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Verilink Enhances Orion 4000 Multiplexer With T2E International Call Conversion Capabilities New Transport Card Addresses Demand for E1 to T1 Conversion Path CENTENNIAL, Colo., March 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Verilink Corporation (NASDAQ:VRLK), a leading provider of broadband access solutions, today announced the release of an E1 to T1 transport card -- named T2E -- for use with its Orion 4000 Modular Multiplexer used by network service providers and large enterprises. The new T2E conversion card offers customers additional capabilities to extend the reach of their E1 services by allowing for data and voice transport over T1 lines. The standard digital telephony format for most telecommunications devices in Europe is E1 (30 channels of voice or data), equivalent to North America's T1 (24 channels of voice or data). As a result, numerous PBX systems installed in Europe support only the E1 format, limiting their ability to connect to overseas offices established on T1 services. Verilink's new T2E E1 to T1 transport card, designed for integration within the Orion 4000 Modular Multiplexer & Inverse Multiplexer, allows users to convert calls from the originating E1 PBX to either E1 or T1 PBXs depending on the customer's communication topology, giving them seamless PBX interconnectivity. "Addressing overwhelming requests from our customers and partners who use and sell our Orion 4000 Modular Multiplexer products for an E1 to T1 conversion path, Verilink focused engineering efforts in the development of the new E1 to T1 Transport Card," said Sab Gosal, Verilink's Vice President of Marketing. "With the expectation for continued growth in the European market for broadband services, many service providers and businesses are looking to advance their equipment to not only handle the migration to one network that handles voice, video, and data, but also to help link their offices around the globe." Orion 4000 Modular Multiplexer & Inverse Multiplexer The modular Orion 4000 is designed for network service providers and large enterprises trying to cope with rapidly changing broadband networking environments. Its strengths are scalability, ease-of-migration, and long-term investment protection. With rack-mountable 12-slot and 5-slot shelves, the Orion 4000 offers a variety of modules to deliver T3 or E3 access multiplexing (or inverse multiplexing T1s and E1s), transition between circuit- and cell-based services, or to transport data, voice and video over a single DS3 circuit. About Verilink Corporation Verilink Corporation is a leading provider of next-generation broadband access solutions for today's and tomorrow's networks. The company develops, manufactures and markets a broad suite of products that enable carriers (ILECs, CLECs, IXCs, and IOCs) and enterprises to build converged access networks to cost-effectively deliver next-generation communications services to their end customers. The company's products include a complete line of VoIP, VoATM, VoDSL and TDM-based integrated access devices (IADs), optical access products, wire-speed routers, and bandwidth aggregation solutions including CSU/DSUs, multiplexers and DACS. The company also provides turnkey professional services to help carriers plan, manage and accelerate the deployment of new services. Verilink is headquartered in Centennial, CO (metro Denver area) with operations in Madison, AL and Newark, CA and sales offices in the U.S., Europe and Asia. To learn more about Verilink, visit the company's website at http://www.verilink.com/. NOTE: Verilink and the Verilink logo are registered trademarks of Verilink Corporation. DATASOURCE: Verilink Corporation CONTACT: Gary W. Gray of Verilink Corporation, +1-510-771-3354, or Web site: http://www.verilink.com/

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