Press Release

Laurel Networks Wins SUPERQuest Award at SUPERCOMM 2003

ST200 Service Edge Router Wins Backbone/Edge Networking Category

June 4, 2003 - Atlanta, GA — Laurel Networks, Inc., the first provider of high-performance service edge routers, was honored at SUPERCOMM's 6th Annual SUPERQuest Awards Ceremony, held June 3 at the Georgia World Congress Center. Laurel's ST200™ Service Edge Router Broadband Software Module was named the most promising network technology in the Backbone/Edge Networking category.

The ST200 is the first BRAS (Broadband Remote Access Server) with Service Separation and Blending (SSB), a key innovation required to deliver advanced broadband services over a single customer connection. SSB includes the high bandwidth-per-subscriber, advanced QoS and integrated routing and switching required for multimedia broadband service delivery. Laurel's award-winning ST200 BRAS capabilities are being demonstrated publicly for the first time at SUPERCOMM 2003 (exhibit #21237).

SUPERCOMM 2003, the premier annual communications infrastructure technology exhibition and conference, is being held this week at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. Exhibits are open today from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and tomorrow, June 5, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

For six years, the SUPERQuest Awards have honored the best-built networks and most promising new technologies among SUPERCOMM exhibitors and their customers worldwide. SUPERQuest Award recipients have been selected as the best of the best in delivering exceptional network design, supporting technologies and products across all facets of the communications infrastructure industry. Winners are chosen by a panel of judges which include industry leading technology press, analysts and other experts.

According to Jack Chalden, general manager of SUPERCOMM, "The strength and resiliency of this industry is reflected in the SUPERQuest Award Winners and Runners-Up. These forward-thinking, innovative companies give promise to the continuing growth and development of this industry and show us exactly where we should be headed in the future."

SUPERQuest Award nominations were accepted based on the following criteria:

. Companies must have a presence at SUPERCOMM 2003, either through their own booth, that of a partner or by securing meeting room space on the exhibit floor.
. Service Providers or Enterprise Organizations (Product Service Manufacturer) who have put their services or operations into commercial use during the previous calendar year (2002).
.Vendors and/or Suppliers nominated for new technologies and products must have released their products to the market within one month of SUPERCOMM 2003 (May 1, 2003).

About Laurel Networks
Laurel Networks is leading the creation of The New Service Delivery Architecture to enable profitable delivery of data and IP services at the edge of carrier IP/MPLS networks. Laurel's service edge routers and service management software are evolving carrier architectures from multiple data networks to a single packet-switched architecture with minimal capital investment. Combining carrier-class routing, data switching, advanced QoS and high availability, Laurel service edge routers support both routed and switched services. This unmatched service agility allows carriers to evolve their service portfolio to meet changing market requirements. Laurel Networks was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. For more information, visit www.laurelnetworks.com.

About SUPERCOMM
The premier annual communications infrastructure exhibition and conference, SUPERCOMM is owned jointly by the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), http://www.tiaonline.org/, Arlington, Va. and the United States Telecom Association (USTA), http://www.usta.org/, Washington, DC.