Press Release

September 24, 2007 - Orlando Business Telephone Systems Selects Wave7 Optics for New FTTP Networks Serving Multiple Housing Developments in the Orlando Area

ATLANTA – September 24, 2007 - Wave7 Optics, a leading supplier of fiber-to-the-home and -premises (FTTH/FTTP) broadband network equipment for residential and business services, is announcing next week at the Fiber to the Home Council Conference and Expo in Orlando the installation of new FTTH networks in the Orlando area for Orlando Business Telephone Services (OBTS) and its sister company Orlando Telephone Company (OTC).

OBTS and OTC are active throughout the state of Florida and service more than 14,000 access lines in the Orlando area. They offer “triple play” services and target residential customers in apartment complexes and new single-family home developments, as well as large and small business customers, with an emphasis on the hospitality industry.

For this project, OBTS and OTC have selected the Trident7™ Universal Access Platform, deployed in its EPON (IEEE 802.3ah EFM standard) FTTP configuration, to connect initially more than 1600 homes and apartments. The Trident7 is the industry’s only FTTP platform capable of delivering standards-based GPON, EPON and Point-to-Point technologies simultaneously from a common platform. OBTS and OTC have deployed two Trident7 “OLTs” (optical line terminals) in two separate central office facilities, where they are integrating them with VOIP switching equipment from Mitel and routers from Cisco.

“We selected the Trident7 for, among other reasons, its simplicity of use and its flexibility to support both RF and IP video,” said John Fisher, President of OBTS. “We’re already initiating services via these new networks and our customers will welcome the triple play service packages.”

“We are thrilled to be working with OBTS, which shows again how the Trident7 is gaining traction in both the U.S. and internationally,” said Emmanuel Vella, CMO of Wave7 Optics. “Now that we also support GPON standard networks via the Trident7 platform, we expect customer interest to continue to escalate”

Wave7 Optics is exhibiting the complete Trident7 product line at the 2007 FTTH Council Conference & Expo in Orlando, September 30 – October 4, in Booth 213.

About OBTS

Headquartered in Orlando, Florida, OBTS built its name evolving from a telecommunications company into a full service converged IP networking company. Company President and CEO Herb Bornack founded OBTS in 1982 and over the next two decades OBTS grew into a conglomerate of three networking companies serving Central Florida. These companies include OBTS, Brevard Business Telephone Systems (BBTS), and Orlando Telephone Company (OTC).

Our capabilities include building multi-media infrastructures for voice, data, and video from desktop to the network core. OBTS continues to play an integral role in the convergence of the telecommunications and data industries by providing name brand products and services for IP solutions that converge voice, data, and video. Our business plan encompasses serving the telecommunication needs -- including, voice, data/internet, cabling and video -- for hospitality, large and small business, multiple dwelling units and Greenfield projects in the State of Florida.

All companies are privately held.

About Wave7 Optics

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

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