Utopia Selects Riverstone

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Riverstone Networks (PINK SHEETS: RSTN) today announced that it has expanded its deployment with the Utah Telecommunications Open Infrastructure Agency (UTOPIA) to include Riverstone's newest product, the Riverstone 15008 Ethernet Edge Router, in the network's core. UTOPIA, which is utilizing an Active Ethernet architecture, is the nation's largest municipal fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network.

Introduced in June 2004, the Riverstone 15008 Ethernet Edge Router is an MPLS-based, 10-gigabit carrier Ethernet router featuring a modular operating system for exceptional software reliability. By using the Riverstone 15008, Utopia will have the scalability, reliability and traffic engineering needed to deliver a mix of broadband-intensive applications such as video conferencing, high definition TV (HDTV) and data storage, with guaranteed Quality of Service (QoS). This, in turn, will allow service providers utilizing the wholesale UTOPIA network to deliver "triple play services" --bundled voice, video and data applications--to their customers.

"The Riverstone 15008 gives us plenty of room to grow the network, both in terms of households and services, " said Paul Morris, UTOPIA's Executive Director. "The combination of the 15008's traffic engineering features and software reliability means that end users will be able to enjoy such applications as video downloads and IPTV simultaneously without compromised quality or service interruptions."

Riverstone Networks Inc.