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NORCROSS, Ga. -- Vyyo Inc. (NASDAQ: VYYO), a supplier of broadband access equipment for cable system operators, announced today that two prominent cable industry executives -- Jim Chiddix and Wayne Davis -- have joined the company as vice chairman and chief executive officer, respectively.

Chiddix, whose career includes 15 years as chief technology officer with Time Warner Cable, joins Vyyo after having served as chairman and chief executive officer of OpenTV for the past three years. Davis was most recently executive vice president, engineering, and chief technology officer of Charter Communications, the third-largest publicly traded cable operator in the United States. At Vyyo, both executives will spearhead the company's efforts to accelerate industry deployment of Vyyo's 3 GHz Spectrum Overlay and business services solutions.

Davis succeeds Davidi Gilo, who will remain chairman of Vyyo.

"The commitments that Jim Chiddix and Wayne Davis are making to Vyyo underscore the value of our technology to the cable industry," said Gilo."As two of the most respected innovators in cable, their expertise and knowledge will help Vyyo work more closely with operators to leverage the competitive advantages of existing plant infrastructure against fiber."

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