Next Level demonstrates new equipment that delivers TV-over-DSL and broadband faster, at a lower cost, to more users

March 6, 2003

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ROHNERT PARK, Calif. -- Next Level Communications (Nasdaq:NXTV), the leader in TV-over-DSL deployments, today announced that it will demonstrate new equipment to many of the world's largest telephone companies at the Full Service-VDSL (FS-VDSL) committee meeting March 4-6 in Toronto. Next Level's new Broadband Services Access Multiplexer - Single Shelf Enclosure (BSAM-SSE) will make it cheaper and easier than ever for telephone companies to deliver television services over their existing networks, without discarding existing equipment. The BSAM-SSE is a simple overlay to existing equipment telcos use to deliver local phone service that allows delivery of television and high-speed Internet services. This addition to Next Level's platform is expected to be particularly appealing to U.S. incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs) like the Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs), who, because of the FCC's rulings last week, are no longer required to share hybrid copper-fiber networks used to deliver broadband services with other service providers. Under the FCC's rule changes, telephone companies will be able to use the BSAM-SSE to deliver a voice, video and data bundle more cost-effectively than was previously possible. Next Level will introduce the BSAM-SSE at the last meeting of the FS-VDSL committee before the expected issuance of full service standards by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) this summer. The meeting will be attended by representatives from SBC, Qwest, Bell Canada, British Telecom, Deutsche Telekom, France Telecom, Korea Telecom, Telenor, Telecom Italia and others. "The BSAM-SSE, as part of the Next Level Full Service Access System, can serve six to seven times as many homes as equipment from vendors who claim that they can deliver television services -- each of our remote cabinets can serve 144 homes with cable-competitive digital TV and high-speed Internet services," said Bill Weeks, chief technology officer of Next Level. "This equipment allows large phone companies who previously only delivered DSL out of their central offices to extend digital television and high-speed Internet services out into suburban neighborhoods, where demand for them is greatest. For telephone companies, the BSAM-SSE significantly extends the reach and increases the potential scale of bundled TV and broadband deployments." Next Level Communications

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