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Netopia Joins Electronic News and Industry Luminaries to Discuss IPTV; Dr. Geng Lin, Vice President of Software Engineering at Netopia, Discusses Service Assurance Strategies for IPTV Service Providers

Posted on: Monday, 18 September 2006, 15:00 CDT

Netopia, Inc. (Nasdaq:NTPA), a market leader in broadband gateways and service delivery software, announced that Dr. Geng Lin, its vice president of application and server software engineering, participated in a panel on the future of IPTV at Electronic News's Breakfast in the Valley roundtable. The panel met on Thursday, Aug. 31, at Electronic News's offices in San Jose, California. Electronic News has published a transcript of the conversation with Dr. Geng Lin, Faraj Aalaei, CEO and co-founder of Centillium, Jim Bennette, vice president of business development at Digital Fountain, and Jim Olson, executive vice president at Tandberg TV, on their Web site.

In the transcript, Electronic News explores the business and technical challenges surrounding the deployment of IPTV. According to the article dated September 15, 2006, Dr. Lin says, "IPTV is to the telcos a survival act and growth strategy. Their traditional revenue stream -- voice and data -- is declining with competition from Tivo, Vonage and Skype, and even mobile operators. They have to find new revenue streams. They believe this new video-based service is the magic bullet for the telcos."

Netopia offers service providers a full range of products and services that assure the success of IPTV deployment -- from the consumer gateway to the desktop. These products include the MiAVo range of bonded ADSL2+ and VDSL2 gateways, Netopia Broadband Server (NBBS) software for automated service activation and configuration management, and the recently released eCare version 4.5, software that enables service providers' help-desks to provide customer care through remote control. Recently Netopia completed engineering work to implement the DSL Forum TR-111 specification, enabling the remote management and support of devices -- like IPTV set-top boxes -- behind the gateway, through TR-069 service delivery systems.

A transcript of the panel discussion is posted on Electronic News's Web site at http://www.reed-electronics.com/electronicnews/ in the "Breakfast in the Valley" section.

About Netopia

Netopia, Inc. delivers broadband service assurance solutions through high-performance broadband customer premises equipment and carrier-class remote device management and support software. Netopia's broadband gateways feature advanced technology, high reliability, and remote manageability to assure delivery of triple-play and IPTV services. Netopia's service assurance software platforms empower carriers, service providers, and enterprises with remote device management, centralized support, and value-added services to speed deployment of innovative new broadband applications across home and business networks. Netopia has established strategic distribution relationships with leading carriers and broadband service providers, including AT&T, BellSouth, Covad Communications, eircom, Swisscom, and Verizon.

Headquartered in Emeryville, Calif., Netopia's common stock is listed on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol "NTPA". Further information about Netopia can be obtained via phone at (510) 420-7400, fax at (510) 420-7601, or on the Web at www.netopia.com.

All company names, brand names, and product names are trademarks of their respective holder(s).

Source: Business Wire

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