Altamar Will Plan Your Network

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Altamar Networks, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Ditech Communications Corporation, (Nasdaq: DITC) today announced its new AltaNet(TM) Network Planning Service. AltaNet is an integrated network planning and design service that enables service providers to optimize network performance and reduce capital and operational costs. Through the use of its architecture, analysis and business case development tools, carriers can streamline the network planning process and evaluate various configuration alternatives to design the most effective deployment of Altamar's Titanium Optical Network System(TM), which is currently being developed to be the industry's most integrated, scalable transport system for the long-distance optical network. The AltaNet Network Planning Service is now available. Further information on the AltaNet Network Planning Service can be found on the Altamar Networks' website located at http://www.altamar.com. "In today's challenging business environment, service providers must design and deploy networks that will evolve with service demand while optimizing capital and operations costs. They require an integrated network planning and design solution that will enable them to create and evaluate networks that take into consideration the business goals of the organization," said Ian Wright, Altamar's senior vice president of engineering and chief technical officer. "Altamar's AltaNet Network Planning Service enables service providers to create various 'what if' scenarios and evaluate configuration alternatives to design the most effective deployment of their network to meet their current and future service requirements." Altamar Networks Inc.