For Immediate Release - Santa Clara, CA
Feb. 2, 2009

Aurora Networks Announces Availability of OP4528 Light-Plex™ Product
First-of-its-kind product facilitates cost-effective, seamless remote power level management

SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Feb. 2, 2009 - Aurora Networks, Inc., the only solution provider focused on delivering a cost-effective, optimized platform for next-generation cable services, today announced the availability of the OP4528 Light-Plex product. The OP4528 Light-Plex is a one-of-a-kind module that merges the capabilities of a narrowcast demultiplexer with a broadcast/narrowcast combiner with added remote power level management for field deployment in Aurora Networks' VH4000 Virtual Hub (VHub™) and NC4000 node platform.

Unique to Aurora Networks, remote power level management simplifies the installation, set-up and maintenance of Fiber Deep Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) network architectures. In conjunction with Aurora Networks' element management software, the output level of the combined broadcast/narrowcast signals are precisely set to remotely realign power levels for optimal system performance. With the Light-Plex installed, all network balancing can be accomplished remotely from the Network Operations Center (NOC), headend or hub without ever needing a truck-roll and without interrupting all existing subscriber services.

"The OP4528 Light-Plex has the most effective power level management capabilities for the cable market enabling operators to better manage Fiber Deep networks that support revenue-generating services such as digital video services, video-on-demand (VoD), high-speed data and telephony," said John Dahlquist, vice president of marketing at Aurora Networks. "With the OP4528 Light-Plex, the costs associated with precisely setting the combined optical power levels of both the broadcast and the narrowcast wavelengths in Fiber Deep networks are eliminated. It is one more solution we developed using our deep knowledge of cable architectures and incorporating customer feedback to help MSOs compete in the triple play services marketplace."

The OP4528 Light-Plex is often incorporated in Aurora Networks' VHub, offering tremendous capital expenditure savings. These savings are realized by eliminating the need for a hub site, reducing deployment time and operating costs and supporting 24 unique optical signals that serve up to 20,000 homes in a standard node housing without external cooling or ventilation requirements.

For more information including technical details on the OP4528 and other Light-Plex modules with integrated power level management, visit www.aurora.com.

About Aurora Networks
Aurora Networks is evolving cable by focusing on innovative solutions that build future-proof networks to accommodate the cable subscriber services of today and tomorrow. Aurora Networks is the only pure-play optical transport solution provider that is focused solely on cable MSOs. Using its proven understanding of cable networks, Aurora Networks delivers unique solutions -such as its Fiber Deep architecture and digital return technology - to address specific issues of the cable industry. A technology leader driven by innovation and industry-firsts, Aurora Networks enables leading MSOs across the globe to compete with a cost-effective, optimized launch pad for next-generation cable services. To learn more about Aurora Networks' core cable solutions, please call 408-235-7000 or visit www.aurora.com.

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