VICTORIA, British Columbia -- Vecima Networks Inc. ("Vecima" or "the Company")(TSX:VCM), a leading provider of equipment supporting broadband access tocable, wireless and telephony networks, today announced it has signed anagreement to supply DOCSIS 3.0 modules to a leading, US-based originalequipment manufacturer (OEM). Vecima, the world leader in DOCSIS transmittermodule technology, will supply modules for both a high density Modular CMTS(M-CMTS) EdgeQAM platform as well as a low-density integrated CMTS platform,with volume deliveries expected to begin in the fourth quarter of the 2009calendar year. Developed to meet growing consumer demand for bandwidth, DOCSIS3.0 provides a number of enhancements, most notably, channel bonding, supportfor IPv6, and support for IPTV. Channel bonding provides cable operators witha flexible way to offer up to 150Mbps service to subscribers.

"These products represent an evolution of our previous generation DOCSIStechnology that was developed over multiple years, is broadly deployed andcurrently serving about 60% of all data over cable traffic globally," saidSurinder Kumar, Chairman and CEO of Vecima. "Bringing products to market thatsupport next generation digital technologies and services is a core piece ofour multi-prong growth strategy and this supply agreement is an important stepforward in the execution of that strategy."

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