SCOPE Press Release

SCOPE Alliance Publishes ATCA Profile: A significant step in the framework for COTS based Carrier Grade Base Platforms.

The SCOPE Alliance publishes its first specification profile on schedule as committed at its launch on January 18, 2006.

Piscataway, NJ - April 3, 2006 - The SCOPE Alliance, an association of leading Network Equipment Providers (NEPs), has published the ATCA profile.

The ATCA profile is a subset of the PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturing Group’s (PICMG) AdvancedTCA® specification and reflects the technical requirements which are necessary and sufficient for modular hardware to create carrier Grade Base Platforms that fulfill the needs of NEPs and their customers, the service providers.

Three months after its establishment the SCOPE Alliance has published on schedule the ATCA profile continuing on its mission to provide leadership to the Carrier Grade Base Platform ecosystem.

“An ATCA profile from the leading NEPs enables hardware manufacturers to confidently make the necessary investments to commercialize ATCA boards & shelves, the foundation for Carrier Grade Base Platforms,” said Joe Pavlat president of PICMG. “We at PICMG will add the necessary level of detail to the profile to ensure product interoperability.”

SCOPE Alliance ATCA Profile Availability The ATCA profile is available immediately and interested parties may view and download this paper at the document area of SCOPE website www.SCOPE-Alliance.org.

SCOPE expects to be releasing specification profiles related to carrier grade base platforms in the near future. Up to date information can be found at www.SCOPE-Alliance.org.

About SCOPE Alliance
The SCOPE Alliance is an association of Network Equipment Providers aimed at accelerating the deployment of Carrier Grade Base Platforms for service provider applications. Its mission is to enable and promote the availability of open Carrier Grade Base Platforms based on Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) hardware & software building blocks, and to promote interoperability to better serve Service Providers and consumers.

SCOPE was founded January 18, 2006 by Alcatel, Ericsson, Motorola, NEC, Nokia and Siemens.

For more information about the SCOPE Alliance, visit: www.SCOPE-Alliance.org.