Covaro Networks is headquartered in
Richardson , Texas, in the Telecom Corridor(R), and maintains additional
development staff in Ottawa, Canada .newscom.5G and 3G network applications into a
single solution by integrating legacy 2/2."
Agere's Wireless Access FPI is targeted for use in several types of
equipment, including Node Bs , BTSs, BSCs and RNCs.S.covaro.

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A, AGR. By integrating required
2/2. By handling a mix of traffic types and
providing support for header compression and multiplexing protocols such as
PPP mux (Point-to-Point multiplexing) and cUDP (compress User Datagram
Protocol), backhaul efficiency is improved by as much as 35%. As with all solutions built on
the TrueAdvantage platform and Agere 's network processors, the data plane
software requires up to 30 times fewer lines of code for a given function than
competing processors. Using
the FPI software, manufacturers can avoid several time -consuming tasks such as
learning device-specific details, programming the data plane code, and
developing several hundred thousand lines of control plane code. may call the Agere Systems Customer Response Center
at 1-800-372-2447. Customers in Canada may call 1-800-553-2448. Fax inquiries may be directed
to 1-610-712-4106, or e-mail queries to docmaster@agere. These functions contribute to improved efficiency ,
increased effectiveness and reduced costs.

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B) today unveiled its TrueAdvantage(TM) Wireless Access
Solutions. Agere's platform supports a variety of protocols required for
2/2. The solution architecture
offers a high level of hardware and software flexibility, as well as
scalability, which in turn offers Agere's customers substantial development
savings.agere. For a further discussion of these and other risks and
uncertainties, see our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
September 30, 2004, and our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended December 31, 2004.
Featuring Etherjack technology, the CC-5xx and CC-8xx families provide an
Ethernet demarcation point between provider and customer networks.com .

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Introduction of CC-312 Ethernet Extension Device Offers Increased
Functionality for Customers

RICHARDSON, Texas , Ethernet continues to grow in
popularity, largely because of the major strides companies like Covaro
Networks have made in offering service providers increased intelligence and
maintenance capabilities . Written inquiries
should be sent to Agere Systems, Room 10A-301C, 1110 American Parkway NE,
Lehigh Valley Central Campus, Allentown, PA 18109, USA.

Agere and PayloadPlus are registered trademarks and Agere Systems, the
Agere Systems logo, TrueAdvantage, Ultramapper and Hypermapper are trademarks
of Agere Systems Inc. The CC-8xx family of devices provides Ethernet
demarcation and Ethernet media conversion at Gigabit speeds similar to
Covaro's successful CC-4xx family.

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"DS3/E3 is one of the most widely used delivery methods out there, and
Covaro's CC-312 gives those service providers the ability to offer Ethernet
profitably," said Covaro Networks President and CEO Joe Bass.

About Covaro Networks
Covaro Networks provides products that enable service providers to offer
intelligent Ethernet services profitably over any facility -- copper, fiber,
SONET and DS3/DS1 .
The solutions also potentially save wireless service providers worldwide up to
$300 million per year in T1/E1, Synchronous Optical Network/Synchronous
Digital Hierarchy (SONET/SDH), and Ethernet leased line backhaul costs. By combining these player formats
into one, customers now enjoy either technology without worrying about the
media type or making space for three times the number of consoles in their
home entertainment centers. In addition, equipment
manufacturers can easily modify the source code to incorporate proprietary
features and create differentiated systems.
Agere announced today that NEC, a leading 3G wireless equipment maker,
selected the APP500 network processor for use in its wireless access
equipment. The company's chips and software
power a broad range of computing and communications applications, from cell
phones, PCs, PDAs, hard disk drives and gaming devices to the world's most
sophisticated wireless and wireline networks. For additional
information , visit http://www.

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For more information on Agere's TrueAdvantage Wireless Access
Solutions , please visit http://www.
Covaro's CC-5xx family extends the reach of Ethernet over DS1s and E1s by
encapsulating it using bridging control protocol/point-to-point protocol
(BCP/PPP) RFC 3518 or HDLC.

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TDM, ATM, IP) support
* Capability to simultaneously handle a diverse traffic mix and protocol
interworking
* Various backhaul types (e. To provide OAM capabilities , Etherjack
technology uses a network interface device (NID) based on Ethernet-in-the-
first-mile (EFM) parameters.

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Covaro Networks, the Covaro logo and Etherjack are trademarks or
registered trademarks of Covaro Networks Inc.
Agere enables the convergence of 2/2. This offers
wireless carriers a potential global savings of $300 million per year, as
fewer T1/E1 leased lines will be required to cover a service area.g. Combined with
Covaro's Etherjack(R) demarcation technology these devices offer service
providers and enterprise customers alike the ability to remotely administer
and maintain their Ethernet services with the industry's richest set of
Ethernet OAM capabilities .

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com ., Agere Systems
(NYSE: AGR.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040618/AGERELOGO )
The TrueAdvantage solutions consist of a broad family of feature-rich
networking chips such as APP network processors, LLP (Link Layer Processor),
TADM, Ultramapper(TM) and Hypermapper(TM) framing and mapping devices.5G and 3G networks forced wireless service providers to consume
precious real estate with separate equipment for each wireless network. The FPI can be used as a black
box, which can easily integrate into targeted wireless applications such as
Node B, BTS, RNC and BSC wireless equipment.

Agere Systems is a global leader in semiconductors for storage, wireless
data, and public and enterprise networks .
Covaro Networks, the Covaro logo and Etherjack are trademarks or
registered trademarks of Covaro Networks, Inc.

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The combination of the UNI and the NID enables performance
monitoring, remote loopback, integrated test pattern generation, real-time
cable testing, simplified provisioning, remote upgrades and other traditional
OAM functions. The CC-
8xx family utilizes small form factor pluggable (SFP) optical devices and can
take advantage of dark fiber to deliver intelligent Ethernet services over a
wide range of optical applications.

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These development alternatives combined translate to reduced product
development costs and defects and improved reliability and scalability. Agere 's actual results could differ materially
from the results stated or implied by those forward-looking statements due to
a number of risk and uncertainties. Etherjack ensures
that Ethernet services will be both differentiated and profitable.

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Using Covaro's unique Etherjack(R) demarcation technology ,
service providers can offer carrier-grade service definition, monitoring and
diagnostics for Ethernet-based services.covaro. - NEC Selects Agere's Network Processors for Use in Wireless Access
Equipment

- Agere's One-of-a-Kind Breakthrough Is a Major Feature Addition to
TrueAdvantage(TM) Converged Access Solutions

- Global Savings Potential of New Agere Solutions to Service Providers
Estimated at $300 Million

ALLENTOWN , Pa.g.com/trueadvantage. Introduction of CC-5xx and CC-8xx Families of Ethernet Demarcation Devices
Offer Service Providers More Ways to Reach Their Customers

RICHARDSON, Texas , Covaro Networks continues to add
to its line of intelligent Ethernet demarcation devices with the introduction
of the CC-5xx and CC-8xx family of Ethernet extension products.

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Featuring Etherjack technology, the CC-312 provides an Ethernet
demarcation point between provider and customer networks .

Agere Systems Announces World's First Integrated Offering To Enable Convergence of Current Future Wireless Network Deployments

Before the availability of the Agere solution, the cost of simultaneously
supporting 2/2.
"Converging and saving costs of backhaul wireless links are major and
related industry trends," said Allen Nogee, analyst with In-Stat.
Covaro Networks is headquartered in Richardson , Texas.

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(Logo: http://www.
Additionally, the solutions offer turnkey software packages, reference designs
and hardware development systems that allow telecom equipment manufacturers to
quickly and efficiently build lower-cost, higher-performance wireless access
network equipment.
Focused specifically on the mobile wireless space, the TrueAdvantage
Wireless Access Solutions efficiently address these needs and help usher in a
new era of lower-cost, higher-performance and more reliable wireless
communications. The FPI
software solution is estimated to save more than 8 to 10 staff years of
development.

"Ethernet's inherently lower capital
costs increases the focus on reducing operations costs. Using Covaro's unique
Etherjack(R) demarcation technology, service providers can offer carrier-grade
service definition, monitoring and diagnostics for Ethernet-based services.

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With BCP/PPP, carriers can terminate
EoDS3/E3 traffic directly on any standards-based switch or router as well as
Covaro's EoDS3/E3 aggregation platform the CC-16000.5G and 3G networks on a single, dynamically programmable device. "Agere's
TrueAdvantage Wireless Access Solution, with its unprecedented integration of
2G and 3G systems onto a single network, economical software for use with
network processors, and scalability for use in a wide range of wireless
equipment and multiple protocols and standards, amount to key catalysts for
driving this market growth.g.

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DS3 is highly popular among service providers, many of which have been
searching diligently for a way to provide Ethernet services profitably to all
of their customers.
The benefits of this integration are analogous to merging what used to be
three distinct media players (a VCR, compact disk and digital video disk
player) into a single consumer product. The complete Agere wireless solution supports the broad diversity
of wireless protocols and interworking required.

This release contains forward-looking statements based on information
currently available to Agere . Service providers can take advantage of available DS1/E1
transport systems or leased DS1/E1 facilities to deliver Ethernet services
efficiently both in-region and out-of-region with the CC-5xx family .

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These functions contribute to improved efficiency, increased
effectiveness and reduced costs . These solutions feature new technology that allows current and
future wireless systems, commonly referred to as second-generation (2G) and
third-generation (3G), to be simultaneously supported over a single network. The combination of the UNI and the NID enables
performance monitoring, remote loopback, integrated test pattern generation,
real-time cable testing, simplified provisioning, remote upgrades and other
traditional OAM functions.

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To provide OAM capabilities, Etherjack technology uses a
network interface device (NID) based on Ethernet-in-the-first-mile (EFM)
parameters.5G protocols such as TRAU, along with the flexible protocol processing
needed for more complex 3G ATM and IP networks, Agere is able to offer, for
the first time in the industry, all the functionality needed to support 2G/3G
converged equipment within a single device.

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generic framing procedure (GFP) and now BCP/PPP so service providers can take
advantage of available DS3 transport systems or leased DS3 facilities to
deliver Ethernet services efficiently. The CC-312 has a
service user network interface (UNI) that is based on Metro Ethernet Forum
(MEF) guidelines. These savings are critical as seventy to eighty percent of the
lifetime cost of a programmable system is in software development. Equipment makers, such as NEC, carefully consider the network
processor selection as it represents a critical element within wireless
equipment.

Covaro Networks Provides Even More Choices for Customers When It Comes to Delivering Profitable/Intelligent Ethernet

"Embedding Covaro 's Etherjack demarcation technology into these Ethernet
extension devices ensures consistent OAM and SLA capabilities while supporting
additional first mile access technologies," said Covaro Networks Vice
President of Marketing, Fred Ellefson.

About Covaro Networks
Covaro Networks is a leader in the intelligent Ethernet demarcation space
for Ethernet WAN applications and provides products that enable service
providers to offer intelligent Ethernet services profitably over any facility
-- copper, fiber, SONET/SDH, DS3/DS1 and E3/E1.

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As wireless carriers add support for emerging data applications, which
require higher bandwidth than voice services, the network transition from
slower 2/2.5G data services to faster 3G data services is already taking
place. T1/E1, OC3 /STM-1, 10/100/1000 Ethernet)
* Various mechanisms to substantially improve transport backhaul
efficiency

Agere's TrueAdvantage Wireless Solutions are available for customers
today. Customers
outside those countries may call 1-610-712-4323. Agere disclaims any intention or obligation to update
or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new
information , future events or otherwise.

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Looking to increase that functionality to an even
greater degree, Covaro has created the CC-312, which adds the bridging control
protocol/point-to-point protocol (BCP/PPP ) RFC 3518 support and dual Ethernet
ports for providers that want to supply multiple Ethernet services via a
DS3/E3. Agere
also announced today that NEC has selected Agere's TrueAdvantage solution ,
including Agere's Advanced PayloadPlus(R) (APP) network processor chips, for
use in its wireless access equipment.
Agere's novel approach allows the wireless carriers to converge these networks
onto a single platform, reducing equipment cost and operational expenses,
improving scalability and ultimately providing the ability to lower the cost
of consumer services. WiMax, GSM, UMTS, CDMA , GERAN) and multiservice
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Covaro's CC-312 maps Ethernet over DS3s/E3s using X. "The Covaro Etherjack technology in the CC-312 supplies the demarcation
and gives service providers the ability to conduct the remote monitoring
efficiently.5G protocols, such as Transcoder
Rate Adapter Unit (TRAU), Frame Relay, and AAL1 Circuit Emulation, into a
solution which also provides 3G protocol support. The FPI combined with the
complete TrueAdvantage Wireless offerings enables a common platform design
with:

* Configurable and scalable hardware and software platforms
* Field software upgradeable feature sets
* High platform availability and reliability
* Multistandard (e.
Customers in the U. Agere's customers include top
manufacturers of consumer electronics , communications and computing equipment. These risks and uncertainties include, but
are not limited to, our reliance on major customers and suppliers, our ability
to keep pace with technological change , our dependence on new product
development, price and product competition, availability of manufacturing
capacity, customer demand for our products and services, and general industry
and market conditions . Both
devices have an Ethernet service user network interface (UNI) that is based on
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"And, with
BCP/PPP support on each port, service providers get a ton of additional
functionality at a fraction of the price they would have to pay for similar
functionality on other devices. Wireless carriers are increasing the revenue-generating potential of
their networks while simultaneously striving to reduce their costs and make
better use of their backhaul transport bandwidth.
Accelerating wireless network convergence allows carriers to cut costs by
reducing the number of T1/E1, SONET/SDH and Ethernet backhaul links they must
deploy.
Agere's products connect people to information and entertainment at home, at
work and on the road-enabling the connected lifestyle.

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Covaro Networks Makes It Even Easier to Deliver Profitable/Intelligent Ethernet

In particular , Covaro's Etherjack(R) technology has
changed the way many service providers and some enterprises think about how
they use operations, administration and maintenance (OAM) functionality to
improve their service.
"Ethernet demarcation is a big part of the CC-312 benefit, as well," Bass
said . For additional information, visit
http://www. Additional backhaul savings can be achieved by improving the
efficiency of T1/E1 backhaul links with the flexible protocol processing of
the TrueAdvantage Wireless Solutions.
All these capabilities are delivered to wireless equipment manufacturers
in conjunction with the new production-ready TrueAdvantage Wireless Access
Functional Programming Interface (FPI) software that runs on Agere's APP300
and APP500 network processor product families ."
Both products support single service and multi-service applications with
multiple Ethernet ports as well as support for Ethernet Virtual Circuits
(EVCs) or VLANs.