Turin Networks: News & Events

Turin Networks, Inc., a leading developer and supplier of multiservice optical transport platforms for network service providers, announced today that Vermont Telephone Company, commonly known as VTel, has chosen Turin Networks Traverse® Platform to build a high-capacity optical backbone for delivering broadband data services as well as traditional voice services to their customers.

"We are dedicated to providing the members of our local community with the same type of advanced telecommunications services that are available in larger metropolitan areas" said Norm Koch, VP of Network Operations, Vermont Telephone. "This upgrade increases the bandwidth capacity of our optical backbone four fold, enabling us to continue to provide our residential and business customers with affordable broadband data services such as DSL, and paving the way for VTel to offer emerging high-speed services such as Ethernet in the future."

"Turin Networks continues to meet the needs of customers like VTel with a cost-effective, evolutionary solution that supports demands for current and future growth, lowers costs, and accommodates a wide array of new revenue-generating services" said John Webley, president and CEO, Turin Networks, Inc. "The Traverse Platform continues to prove itself as an industry-leader in a very competitive marketplace."

Turin's Traverse Multiservice Optical Transport Platform is designed to integrate smoothly into a carriers' existing SONET-based infrastructure and provide OC-3/12/48/192 transport of traditional DS1, DS3/EC-1 and OC-N services, as well as switched Ethernet over SONET (EoS) services. Turin's current platform provides new functionality that has been leveraged by VTel including integrated Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet switching with advanced VLAN capabilities and virtual concatenation. Other newly available features include support for integrated VT 1.5 switching/grooming, BLSR, and DS3/EC-1 Transmux functionality.

About Turin Networks
Turin Networks Inc. is a leading developer and supplier of an innovative multiservice optical transport product - the Traverse® Platform - for network service providers. Founded in October of 1999, the company is headquartered in Petaluma, the center of California's "Telecom Valley" with additional offices in Boston and London. A privately held corporation, Turin is led by an accomplished management team and is funded by top-tier venture capital firms as well as distinguished corporate and private investors. For more information, visit www.turinnetworks.com or call 707.665.4400.

About Vermont Telephone Company
We at the Vermont Telephone Company, more commonly known as VTel, are committed to our customers. We are focused on offering excellent customer service, dedication to our local communities, good value for our customer's money, and of course state of the art technology. We serve fourteen exchanges, 21,000 telephone lines, and approximately 5,000 DSL customers; making us the largest independent telephone company in the state of Vermont. For more information visit www.vermontel.com