Pirelli Broadband Solutions And Intracom Telecom Provide CWDM Technology To Hellas Online

Pirelli’s CWDM/DWDM Multiservice Platform to be deployed in Hellas Online’s transport network in Greece

Milan and Berlin, 9 October 2007 – Pirelli Broadband Solutions, the broadband access and photonics company within the Pirelli Group, today announced that, together with Intracom Telecom, a leading supplier of integrated solutions and professional services to telecom operators in the EMEA region, will deploy its City8™ CWDM Multiservice Platform solution in Hellas Online’s transport network in Athens, Salonika, and rural areas throughout Greece. Pirelli’s Multiservice Transport portfolio will be available for demonstration at Broadband World Forum Europe taking place this week in Berlin.

“With Pirelli we found not only a high-performance metro access platform but also a solutions partner,” said Charalampos Papanastasiou, Wireline Systems Manager of Intracom Telecom. “The Pirelli system is very flexible and allows our customers to add further CWDM capacity and DWDM wavelengths when they need it.”

Pirelli’s CWDM Metro Access System is a carrier-class platform providing high-bandwidth, managed services over a single fiber pair. Customers of City8™ can easily upgrade (in-field) to Pirelli’s City+ CWDM & DWDM Multiservice Platform, which supports six CWDM wavelengths, each operating at 2.5Gbit/s, and 16 DWDM wavelengths, each operating at 2.5 or 10Gbit/s, for a total capacity of 175Gbit/s.

“With the announcements of triple-play services and the arrival of faster broadband access technologies such as VDSL2 and FTTx, we are seeing a growing interest for our CWDM/DWDM Multiservice platform,” said Pierluigi Franco, senior vice president, Marketing of Photonics Products for Pirelli Broadband Solutions. “Partnering with solutions providers like Intracom Telecom further validates our value proposition.”

Pirelli’s Metro-Access Multiservice portfolio supports SONET/SDH, FC, 10GE, ESCON, and FICON interfaces. Field programmable electronic core and pluggable SFP/XFP optical transceivers allow telecom operators and MSOs to address all possible network scenarios. Sub-lambda multiplexing enables the transmission of multiple services over a single wavelength while maintaining transparent client services.

Notes to editors
1. A complete portfolio of broadband CPE and sub systems will be on display or demonstrated at the Pirelli stand – number 1018 – at the Broadband World Forum Europe 2007, taking place in Berlin, 8-11 October 2007.
2. Luigi Mori, manager, Systems Engineering – Broadband Access Products, for Pirelli Broadband Solutions, will be speaking on panel C2 Management of QoS in Home Networks. The session will take place on 9 October at 15:45.
3. Roberto Pellegrini, director, Marketing and Innovation – Broadband Access Products, for Pirelli Broadband Solutions, will be speaking on panel E2 Beyond Triple Play: Home-Network Based Services. The session will take place on 10 October at 14:00.
4. Corrado Rocca, senior vice president, Product Marketing and Development – Broadband Access Products, for Pirelli Broadband Solutions, will be chairing panel E3 Home Highways for Video Distribution. The session will take place on 10 October at 14:00.
5. Corrado Rocca, senior vice president, Product Marketing and Development – Broadband Access Products, for Pirelli Broadband Solutions, will be a guest speaker on plenary panel Over-the-Top Advertised Video versus QoE Subscription-Based Offers – Is there a win-win Combination? The session will take place on 10 October at 15:45.

About INTRACOM TELECOM
INTRACOM TELECOM is a leading developer and producer of telecommunication systems as well as supplier of integrated solutions and professional services to fixed and mobile operators in the EEMEA region. Over 100 customers in more than 50 countries choose INTRACOM TELECOM for its state-of-the-art products and solutions. INTRACOM TELECOM has 2,700 employees, operates subsidiaries in 12 countries and is amongst the largest European companies leading in R&D investments. Since June 2006, INTRACOM TELECOM is controlled by JSC SITRONICS (Russia) with 51%. JSC SITRONICS is the technology subsidiary of JSFC SISTEMA, a leading diversified holding company in Russia and the CIS. INTRACOM HOLDINGS Group (Greece) retains a 49% stake.
For more information please visit: www.intracom-telecom.com.

About Pirelli Broadband Solutions
Pirelli Broadband Solutions is the Company within the Pirelli Group specializing in broadband access technology and photonics. The Access division provides a range of broadband CPE including access gateways, set-top boxes, multiple handsets, and a remote management system; while the Photonics division leverages nanotechnology and its use of tunable and pluggable solutions to deliver a complete range of components, modules and subsystems including dynamically tunable lasers, ITLAs, 10 Gbps transponders, DWDM XFP transceivers, and a CWDM/DWDM system for metro access and metro core networks. In 2006, Pirelli Broadband Solutions posted sales of 129.4 million euros, with a 15.3% growth compared with the previous year. For additional information, visit www.pirellibroadband.com.