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For Immediate Release - Santa Clara, CA
May 31, 2006

Aurora Networks Fiber on Demand™ Captures Diamond Review

Industry Experts Recognize Solution’s Superior Features

Santa Clara, CA — May 31, 2006 — A panel of leading broadband cable engineering and operations executives has evaluated Aurora Networks’ pioneering Fiber on Demand™ solution and awarded it with a Broadband Gear Report 3.5 Diamond Review.

Aurora’s Fiber on Demand™ enables multiple system operators (MSO) to capture Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) revenue by delivering ultra high-speed data services over optical fiber on an individual subscriber basis. Aurora’s innovative Fiber on Demand™ solution minimizes capital and operating expenses and maximizes revenue potential by leveraging cable operators’ existing hybrid fiber-coax (HFC) architectures. The advanced solution also provides operators with significant competitive advantages by enabling them to deploy dedicated, optical Ethernet circuits more rapidly and less expensively than their competitors.

This powerful architecture, which supports up to 160 optical fast Ethernet circuits per fiber pair, includes the DS4004U Optical Ethernet Concentrator for installation in NC4000 series optical nodes, the NI3030E Network Interface module for installation at the headend, standards-based customer premises equipment such as the MC1201U or MC1301P Media Converter, and the hardened and strand-mountable PG1210A Power Gateway with power over Ethernet (PoE) support for wireless backhaul applications.

"We thank Broadband Gear Report’s panel of engineering and operations experts for recognizing Aurora’s Fiber on Demand™ as a beneficial, ground-breaking solution for this competitive industry. We are sincerely honored to have received this Diamond Review," said John Dahlquist, vice president of marketing for Aurora Networks.

"This is the second straight year that an Aurora product has gotten a strong review score, and we urged the judges to pull no punches," said Tim Hermes, publisher of Broadband Gear Report. "Obviously the judges value what the Aurora Fiber on Demand™ solution can offer the operators."

Aurora Networks will demonstrate the innovative capabilities of its Fiber on Demand™ solution at Cable-Tec Expo, June 21-23 in booth 571. In addition, the solution also will be featured in the print edition of Broadband Gear Report @ The Show.

About Aurora Networks
Aurora Networks is a global leader in advanced optical transport systems for broadband networks. The company’s innovative solutions optimize network performance and enable the deployment of advanced residential and commercial broadband services. With a reputation for cutting-edge technology and award-winning engineering, Aurora Networks is a thriving, privately-held company based in Santa Clara, California. For more information, call +1.408.235.7000 or visit www.aurora.com.