Press Release

September 10, 2001 - Wave7 Optics Supports New FTTH Council

Alpharetta, GA, September 10, 2001— Optical networking developer Wave7 Optics, Inc. today announced that its Chief Technical Officer, Jim Farmer, has been elected to serve on the Board of Directors for the newly established Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) Council. Wave 7 CMO, Emmanuel Vella will also participate in the Council, serving as Vice Chairman of the Membership Committee.

The FTTH Council was formed by 51 companies — including equipment manufacturers, integrators and service providers — which united in an effort to promote and accelerate the deployment of fiber-to-the-home broadband access in North America.

“It is rare that you find a bunch of technologists and business people this excited about anything new,” said Farmer. “We are standing at the threshold of a wonderful new communications experience, and I’m excited to be a part of it. Next-generation broadband could be bigger than the development of digital TV, and our FTTH Council is poised to lead the way.”

“The FTTH Council is very fortunate to have Jim Farmer as a Board member and a committee chair. His leadership within and knowledge of the industry will enable our organization to advance the broadband revolution,” said Donna Keegan, FTTH Council executive director.

Farmer holds approximately 80 patents in broadband technology. He was honored with the 1996 National Cable Television Association Vanguard Award in Technology and was inducted into the Society of Cable Television Engineers (SCTE) Hall of Fame in 1997, and was inducted into Cable Pioneers in 1998. Former President of the IEEE Consumer Electronics Society and current editor of its newsletter, Farmer also serves on the program committee for the NCTA Convention, the NCTA engineering committee, and the IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics. He is a contributing editor to Communications Technology and Communications Technology International Magazines, as well as to The Literature Library.

About the FTTH Council
Established in 2001, the FTTH Council’s charter is to educate, promote and accelerate the deployment of fiber-to-the-home in North America. FTTH Council members represent all areas of broadband industries, including telecommunications, computing, networking, system integration, and content-provider companies, as well as traditional telecommunications service providers, utilities, municipalities, and real estate developers. For more information about upcoming events or about joining the FTTH Council, visit www.ftthcouncil.org.

About Wave7 Optics
Wave7 Optics, Inc., a privately held company, headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia, is a technology developer dedicated to the creation of a fiber-to-the-home and -business (FTTX) optical access system for video, high-speed data and telephony signals that resolves the “last mile” bandwidth dilemma. The Wave7 Optics network architecture effectively overcomes traditional cost and implementation barriers to FTTX-based solutions using a combination of innovative technology and creative applications of existing technologies. Additional information about Wave7 Optics is available on the web at www.wave7optics.com.

For more information please contact Will Bryan

<Back>