Korea's PowerComm to deploy more than 1,000 Riverstone routers

January 7, 2002

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SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Riverstone Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq:RSTN) today announced that PowerComm Corp., a subsidiary of KEPCO, Korea's National Electric Power Corp., will become the first national telecommunications carrier to deploy an all-Ethernet metropolitan area network. PowerComm will deploy over 1,000 advanced Riverstone service-creation routers in the greater Seoul area to create the world's largest metro Ethernet network. PowerComm's next-generation network will unify its cable and last-mile Ethernet sub-networks, allowing the national carrier to offer its own advanced telecommunications services while leasing the network to other service providers in Seoul and neighboring communities. "Given Riverstone's successful track record deploying and supporting metro networks with major carriers throughout Asia and the rest of the world, we are convinced that our new next-generation network will enable us to successfully deliver and meet the stringent demands of our customers," said Jin-Seob Kim, access network director, PowerComm. "Riverstone quickly emerged as one of a few vendors capable of supporting a deployment of this scale. Riverstone's technology will also save considerable costs by allowing us to leverage our existing fiber infrastructure."PowerComm will deploy interlinked RS 38000 aggregation routers in its metro core and RS 1000 and RS 3000 access routers in its metro edge, which will reach every district throughout greater Seoul, with a population of 11 million. The network will offer Layer 2 and Layer 3 services and feature Riverstone's Rapid Ring Spanning Tree resiliency technology for high availability and operational simplicity. In addition to offering its own Internet-based services to compete with traditional legacy service providers, PowerComm will also lease its network to local broadband service providers. PowerComm has installed over 60,000 km of optical fiber throughout Korea.Riverstone Networks Inc.

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