WWP Deployed in TN

SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. -- World Wide Packetstoday announced that theCity of Clarksville, Tennessee has selected its Carrier Ethernet solution to build a city wide fiber to the home (FTTH) network for delivering a full array of business, residential and transport services. TheClarksville Department of Electricity(CDE) will use the Company's LightningEdge® Carrier Ethernet solution to connect the City's residents and businesses to its electrical utility, creating a true "Broadband Community" that will improve quality of life and spur economic development. The FTTH network will reduce Department of Electricity operating costs on existing utility services while enabling the City to deliver new, revenue generating quad-play (video, voice, data, and mobility) broadband services.

Clarksville selected World Wide Packets based on the company's proven history of leadership in delivering Carrier Ethernet for Residential Services (CERS) and Carrier Ethernet for Business Services (CEBS) and its ability to deliver Carrier Ethernet for Transport Services (CETS). This comprehensive solution from World Wide Packets removes the economic inefficiencies and guesswork introduced by PON based FTTH systems and allows for a seamless architecture that provides next generation broadband services to both residential and commercial customers. In addition, the architecture facilitates the deployment of advanced automated control and management systems being deployed by utilities worldwide.

"Our ultimate goal is to serve the current and future residents of Clarksville by building healthy economic growth across the region. To accomplish this, we recognized an opportunity to implement an FTTH network that would allow us to streamline services while lowering overall operational costs," said Ken Spradlin, president of CDE, City of Clarksville, TN. "We've worked with World Wide Packets in the past and their Carrier Ethernet products were proven in our environment. Additionally, they are the only vendor whose products can scale to deliver the breadth of new services we have planned for our subscribers - services that will improve citizens' quality of life as well as stimulate business and residential growth."

World Wide Packets Inc.