Press Release  
Alloptic delivers Industry’s Highest Performing Return Path Receiver
Livermore, CA – October 26, 2009 – Alloptic, a global leader in the development of RF over glass (RFoG) and passive optical networking (PON) solutions for CATV, telecom, and private network operators worldwide, today announced the availability of its ultra high performance Return Path Receivers. The EVRRL410 series of Return Path Receivers allows service providers DOCSIS 3.0 performance with the widest dynamic range in which to operate a high capacity QAM return path using a standard, non-proprietary RFoG architecture.

The new Return Path Receiver builds upon the high performance of the Alloptic Receiver line, which already led the industry in noise performance. The EVRRL410 series provide 7 dB noise performance improvement over typical analog return receivers and almost 3 dB improvement over other Alloptic receivers. This ultra low noise performance translates into the ability to carry, with 15dB of margin, 4 bonded 64QAM channels in a DOCSIS 3.0 return path over an SCTE-standard, non-proprietary RFoG architecture operating with a 29dB optical budget.

“Alloptic is proud to be extending our leadership in the RFoG market. We are committed to using standards-based solutions to resolve application issues,” says Shane Eleniak, Executive Vice President of Marketing and Business Development at Alloptic. “The new ultra low noise Return Path Receivers provide significant margin, allowing greater than 20km optical reach and more splits per PON, simplifying the successful deployment of DOCSIS 3.0.”

“Other vendors have proposed proprietary methods for reach and density, but from a deployment and purchasing perspective it just makes more sense to choose a standards-based approach that offers interoperability and more flexibility. Alloptic delivers dynamic range and noise performance better than or equal to the best proprietary schemes, but with a fully compatible, non-proprietary solution.”

Alloptic expands its line of Return Path Receivers with the release of the EVRRL410 series. The Return Path Receiver product line includes designs for both typical and high RF output requirements, as well as ones used for long reach and fiber-starved deployments. All receivers are temperature-hardened in 1RU form factors, with both front and rear access versions.

RFoG allows service providers to continue to leverage traditional HFC equipment and back-office applications with the new FTTP deployments. Cable operators can continue to rely on the existing provisioning and billing systems, CMTS platforms, headend equipment, set-top boxes, conditional access technology, and cable modems while gaining benefits inherent with RFoG and FTTx.

About Alloptic, Inc.

Alloptic is an industry leader in the development and deployment of RFoG and PON technology. Alloptic’s access network systems have been deployed around the world and offer the only solution with years of field-hardened operational history. Alloptic offers the widest portfolio of products for fiber access networks.

Alloptic develops and delivers optical access solutions that enable CATV, telecom, and private network operators to offer converged, communications, entertainment, security, and automation services for both businesses and residential customers. The company is the clear market leader in RF over glass (RFoG) solutions and worldwide deployments. Alloptic’s history of innovation dates back to its founding in 1999, including numerous passive optical network (PON) patents worldwide that have fundamentally advanced the capabilities and performance of passive optical-based networks.

Headquartered in Livermore, CA, Alloptic has customers in 22 countries spanning 6 continents. These customers benefit from state-of-the-art products with unique attributes that drive revenue through improved bandwidth utilization and support for next-generation service offerings, and that minimize capital and operating expenditures and deployment schedules through seamless migration into the existing network and back-office infrastructure.

For additional information about Alloptic and its breakthrough products, please visit www.alloptic.com.

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Contact:
Emily O’Brien
Calysto Communications
303-377-3887
eobrien@calysto.com



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