Press Release

November 06, 2006 - Shenandoah Telecommunications Selects the Trident7 Optical Access Platform from Wave7 Optics for New FTTH Networks

ATLANTA – November 6, 2006 – Wave7 Optics Inc., a leading supplier of fiber-to-the-home or -premises (FTTH/FTTP) equipment for residential and business services, today announced that Shenandoah Telecommunications (Shentel) will use Last Mile Link™ (LML) and Trident7™ Optical Access Platform network equipment for new FTTP networks.

Shentel [NSDQ: SHEN], headquartered in Edinburg, Va., is an Independent Operating Company with approximately 25,000 subscribers in its "ILEC" region and 20,000 subscribers in various areas served through its "Converged Services" subsidiary operating in the mid-Atlantic states. Shentel serves a region growing rapidly due to a steady population influx from the neighboring Washington, DC – Baltimore corridor.

Shentel will initially deploy the Wave7 Optics equipment for fiber-fed subdivisions within its ILEC serving area to provide telephone service, television and high-speed Internet. Shentel anticipates bringing their first FTTH customers online later this year.

"We issued a comprehensive technical RFP and selected Wave7 because of numerous system advantages including compatibility with our existing technologies, total cost of ownership, and scalability as we grow," said Jeff Pompeo, Shentel’s VP of Technology. "We believe the Trident7 will help us establish a clear edge over our competitors by providing deployment flexibility that works well in both our ILEC and CLEC configurations and allows us to combine both RF and IP television to create a great variety of compelling service offerings. This is especially important as we see tremendous growth in new FTTH opportunities in our service area."

Leveraging their extensive fiber network, Shentel will deploy the Trident7 configured for EPON (the IEEE 802.3ah Ethernet in the First Mile standard) based services. The Trident7 is the industry’s most advanced and flexible FTTP platform, as it delivers standards-based EPON and GPON technologies in the same platform, which allows service providers to cost-effectively deliver a much broader array of services, as compared to other access network technologies.

"The Trident7 has a low initial capital outlay and is very much a ‘pay as you grow’ system, which is important for operators such as Shentel, who are experiencing rapid growth as the Washington, DC and Baltimore metro areas spread westward," said Emmanuel Vella, Chief Marketing Officer for Wave7 Optics. "Having a fiber rich infrastructure and FTTP equipment such as the Trident7 will enable Shentel to offer increasingly sophisticated services to their growing customer base."

Wave7 Optics is demonstrating the capabilities of its FTTP systems at this week’s TelcoTV conference and exhibition in Dallas (November 6th – 8th), where visitors to booth 1403 can learn about optimum transport and delivery methods for IPTV, RF video, HDTV and other services to end-user customers.

About Shenandoah Telecommunications

Shenandoah Telecommunications Company is a holding company that provides a broad range of telecommunications services through its operating subsidiaries. The Company is traded on the NASDAQ National Market under the symbol "SHEN." The Company’s operating subsidiaries provide local and long distance telephone, Internet and data services, cable television, wireless voice and data services, alarm monitoring, and telecommunications equipment, along with many other associated solutions in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern United States.

About Wave7 Optics

Wave7 Optics has established itself as an industry leader in optical broadband access systems with an expanding FTTP product portfolio featuring a variety of architectural options, based on IP and Ethernet or ATM standards, for "triple play" voice, video and data services. The company's patented Last Mile Link and Trident7 systems are rapidly gaining market share around the world with service providers in the IOC, CLEC, cable MSO, municipal, utility and real estate development categories.

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