Infinera selected by The Carphone Warehouse for nationwide UK network

December 19, 2007

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SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- The Carphone Warehouse(LSE:CPW), Europe's leading mobile phone retailer and one of the UK'sleading Internet service providers, has selected Infinera(Nasdaq:INFN) for its national backbone network in the United Kingdom.Infinera's Digital Optical Network will allow The Carphone Warehouse todeliver the capacity and services needed by its rapidly growing customerbase of residential and business broadband users, as well as supporting thecompany's strategic objective of becoming the UK's leading alternate fixedline provider.

Service, Speed and Flexibility

The Carphone Warehouse decided last year to build its own nationwidebackbone network to carry data and voice traffic for its growing customerbase. The Carphone Warehouse has selected Infinera as the optical platformfor the network because of many key features including flexibility, speed,and cost-effectiveness.

"The Carphone Warehouse has one of the most aggressive growth plans of anyservice provider in the world today," said Neil McArthur, CEO of TheCarphone Warehouse Networks. "We chose Infinera for our national backbonebecause it allows us to achieve far better economics and scale. Moreimportantly it gives us control of our own destiny when it comes to rollingout high-capacity, high-quality services when and where our customers needthem."

Infinera Corp. (Nasdaq: INFN)

Carphone Warehouse Group plc (London: CPW)

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