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Hans Communications to Install Amedia's Fiber-to-the-Premises System in Mongolia

Posted on: Tuesday, 25 October 2005, 09:00 CDT

Hans Communications, a CATV and High-Speed Internet Service Provider in Mongolia, SejongNT, a FTTH solution provider in Korea, and Amedia Networks, Inc. (OTCBB:AANI), a provider of switched Ethernet ultra-broadband solutions for the Triple Play Access Market, today announced that Amedia's QoStream(TM) Fiber-to-the-Premises system will be installed in Mongolia as part of a larger effort to modernize that country's communications infrastructure.

Hans Communications, a Korean-based company, has already deployed an 87 km optical backbone infrastructure in Mongolia in support of advanced networking services, and is in the process of building-out that network with an additional 250 km of optical cables anticipated for access. As Hans Communications transitions to systems implementation, they have partnered with SejongNT to initially install 100 units of Amedia's QoStream PG1000 Premises Gateways. Hans anticipates that this deployment will continue to expand following the systems integration phase of the build-out and the performance acceptance of Hans Communications. Hans anticipates a Triple Play service capability that could ultimately serve 20,000 subscribers over the next three years.

At an October 6th opening ceremony at the Mongolian Presidential House Square, Mr. Lee, President of Hans Communications noted the benefits afforded by these services to the citizens of Mongolia, and commented, "Communications are the lifeblood of any nation, and no parcel of land can be exempt from participating in the networking revolution for reasons of remoteness or population size. Fortunately, technology such as that provided by Amedia Networks, is proving sufficiently cost-effective and beneficial to enable us to undertake this historic effort here in Mongolia."

SejongNT will provide the network integration for the Amedia Networks solution. Mr. DongNam Choi, President of SejongNT noted, "We were quite pleased when, a little over a month ago, we entered into a relationship with Amedia as their distributor in Korea. We were familiar with their products and services, and knew them to be outstanding in terms of their quality, capabilities, and economics. In addition, they have a superb team of managers and engineers. In supporting Hans Communications, we knew that the QoStream products from Amedia would be a perfect fit."

Amedia's QoStream products, which include the PG1000 Premises Gateway and the AS5000 Aggregation Switch, deliver up to 100 Mbps of Ultra-broadband services - both upstream and downstream. The products have the industry's leading capability to provision multiple levels of bandwidth quality as appropriate for each service, and are designed to offer carrier-grade performance and reliability. The products can be implemented in multiple configurations, and can offer voice, video and data - including wireless LAN services. The QoStream Director enables a carrier to provision and manage services with a single seat, point and click interface that can be located remotely from the service center.

Frank Galuppo, President and CEO of Amedia commented from Amedia's Eatontown, New Jersey headquarters, "We have followed a strategy of partnering with excellent systems integrators, value added resellers, and distributors to bring our products to market. SejongNT is among the most able partners that we have engaged, and I have no doubt that they will be of immense benefit to Hans Communications as Hans undertakes its historic deployment to support the people of Mongolia."

About Hans Communications

Hans Communication Co., Ltd. is a network provider in Mongolia established by 100% Korean capital in 2004. It is planning to build up 250km optical backbone infrastructure in Ulaanbaatar city and currently 87km section is completed. Its main business models are operation and establishment optical backbone network, leasing service for optical backbone network and HFC network, sending-out and establishment of cable television, ISP business, etc. Its affiliated companies are LKHA STAR TV, a Mongolian cable television company and KBN (Korean Broadcasting Networks), broadcasting for Korean in Mongolia, and so on. It is also scheduled to introduce differentiated broadcasting and internet service to Mongolian subscribers with applying broadcasting technology accumulated overseas to Mongolia at the end of October, 2005.

About SejongNT

SejongNT began its operations in 1997 in the digital home networking business, and has subsequently expanded into cable and other networking areas - including, since 2002, the Fiber-to-the-Premises business. Over the years, SejongNT has provided its customers with the high-yielding and infallible optical network products at a very competitive price level. Their mission is to offer the most advanced, cost-effective, easy to use, and adaptable products in the industry. Additional information about SejongNT can be found at http://www.sejongnt.com/english/index_en.htm

About Amedia Networks

Amedia designs, develops, and implements switched Ethernet solutions for the ultra-broadband access market. These secure and flexible solutions are used by network operators deploying Fiber-to-the-Premises (FTTP) and Fiber-to-the-Node (FTTN) infrastructures as well as Home Gateways to offer their residential and business subscribers high-speed data, video, and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services in a highly cost effective manner. For more information about Amedia Networks, please visit www.amedia.com.

This press release may contain "forward-looking" statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. A number of factors could cause Amedia's actual results to differ from anticipated results expressed in such forward-looking statements. Such factors are addressed in Amedia's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (available at www.sec.gov). Amedia assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements.

Source: Business Wire

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