Belgacom Selects ADTRAN for Carrier Ethernet Services

ADTRAN Solution Enables Migration to Business Ethernet Services

Belgacom (Euronext Brussels: BELG), the Belgian incumbent operator, today announced that they have selected ADTRAN®, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADTN) to supply Ethernet access lines on copper to their new Explore professional service platform. This will enable Belgacom to extend their business-class services availability to locations where their current fiber network is not present or where the current xDSL portfolio is not offering sufficient bandwidth for symmetric profiles.

“ADTRAN’s recent investment in the European market and their leadership in business DSL services made them a perfect choice for this project,” said Van De Velde Hendrik, currently responsible for Product and Solution Management of the Enterprise Business Unit of Belgacom. “Their Total Access® and NetVanta® product families will allow us to efficiently scale Ethernet symmetric services up to 8Mbps which immediately addresses today’s business Ethernet services market, while minimizing our capital and operational investment.”

“Ethernet over Copper (EoCu) is strategic for carriers, like Belgacom, whose customers must migrate from legacy to next-generation IP-compliant services but continue to demand existing business service features such as reliability and assured bandwidth,” said Joe Manuele, ADTRAN managing director, EMEA.

About Belgacom

Belgacom Group [Euronext Brussels: BELG] is the benchmark Belgian provider in the field of integrated telecommunications services. Underpinned by its experience as the country’s national operator, matched by a capacity to innovate, the Belgacom Group, through the strong brands of its subsidiaries (Belgacom, Proximus and Telindus), provides a full range of offers, solutions and expertise in fixed and mobile networks. The Belgacom Group proposes a complete quadruple-play solution comprising fixed and mobile telephony, the Internet and television. It is committed to meeting the demands of its business and residential customers, and innovates in order to anticipate their future needs, drawing from the latest technological developments. For the fiscal year ending 31 December 2006, the Group posted a total revenue of €6.1 billion and a net operating profit before depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) of €2.15 billion.

About ADTRAN

ADTRAN, Inc. is a leading global provider of networking and communications equipment, with a portfolio of more than 1,600 solutions for use in the access portion of today’s telecommunications networks. Widely deployed by carriers and enterprises alike, ADTRAN solutions enable voice, data, video, and Internet communications across copper, fiber, and microwave network infrastructures. ADTRAN solutions are currently in use by many of the top global telecommunications carriers, as well as by thousands of public, private and governmental organizations worldwide.

For more information, contact the company at 800-923-8726 or via email at info {at} adtran(.)com. On the Web, visit www.adtran.com.

Contacts

ADTRAN, Inc.
Tammie Dodson, 256-963-6739
info {at} adtran(.)com