Largest North American Fiber-to-the-Home Service Provider Deploys General Bandwidth G6® Platform

Austin TX – General Bandwidth, a leading telecommunications equipment provider enabling carriers to deliver enhanced voice services over broadband networks, has been selected by Futureway Communications Inc. to deploy the G6 Packet Telephony Migration Platform in support of packet voice services over Futureway's integrated voice and data “Last Mile” fiber network. Futureway is the leading service provider for Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) connections in North America.

“Futureway is one of the leading integrated broadband communication providers and has built an infrastructure that supports high quality voice and data services,” said Brendon Mills, President and CEO of General Bandwidth. “General Bandwidth is pleased to have been selected to deliver toll quality voice across Futureway's fiber network and is committed to enabling packetized voice delivery with a quality that is indistinguishable from traditional PSTN service.”

“We are dedicated to providing our customers with an advanced broadband network that delivers traditional high quality voice services today while enabling enhanced voice services in the future,” said Nick Melatti, Chief Operating Officer for Futureway Communications. “The General Bandwidth G6 solution, with its capability to seamlessly integrate into our Fiber to the User solution, provides us with a service migration platform which enables the rapid turn-up of enhanced voice services as demanded by our customers.”

Leading the industry with a call capacity of 3,360 calls per chassis, the G6 platform has been integrated with Futureway's Fiber-to-the-User (FTTU) solution to provide a turnkey solution offering multiple high quality voice lines. The G6 platform simultaneously supports voice services from existing Class 5 circuit switches as well as from next generation, packet-based softswitches. Built upon a custom-designed architecture providing greater than 99.999% carrier class availability, the G6 platform is being deployed by small and large service providers to cost effectively deliver voice services over their existing broadband infrastructure, to better utilize their existing resources by efficiently aggregating access network traffic, and to provide a migration path to end-to-end packet networks.

About Futureway Communications Inc.

Futureway Communications Inc. of Markam, Ontario, maintains the highest speed data connection available on a fibre optic network throughout the Greater Toronto Area. Using the latest technology, Futureway delivers businesses and residences with crystal clear telephone service, reliable television service and the fastest Internet access available. For more information about Futureway, visit their web site at www.futureway.com or call 1-905-326-1000.

About General Bandwidth Inc.

General Bandwidth Inc. is a leading developer of telecommunications equipment that is central to the build-out of the new voice infrastructure. The company's flagship G6 ® platform enables service providers to deploy voice over broadband technology to cost-effectively deliver voice services over their existing broadband infrastructure and provide a migration path to end-to-end packet networks. www.genband.com

Contacts:
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Tabitha Bailey
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Tabitha.Bailey@genband.com

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