Ericsson Teams with Copper Mountain

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 16, 2004-- Copper Mountain Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq:CMTN - News), a leading provider of intelligent broadband access solutions, announced a strategic agreement with Ericsson to create and market value-added solutions that address key issues in the architectural evolution of large carrier broadband access networks. The agreement includes a multi-year OEM, under which Ericsson can integrate Copper Mountain's VantEdge BRAS with its IP Service Engine and System Support. The initial focus of the alliance will be on large service providers in North America. The integrated solution will address challenges large-scale broadband access providers face such as those outlined in the DSL Forum Technical Report 059 (TR-059) entitled "DSL Evolution -- Architecture Requirements for the Support of QoS-Enabled IP Services." Specifically, these challenges include growing scalability concerns for supporting large numbers of broadband subscribers; creating, delivering and charging for differentiated value-added services; and the managed migration from ATM to packet-based backbones. To address these challenges, Copper Mountain and Ericsson will integrate best-in-class technologies and capabilities including:

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