ORCKIT AND TOLLBRIDGE PROVE INTEROPERABILITY FOR END-TO-END VOICE-OVER-DSL SOLUTION
Folsom, Calif., October 25, 1999 - Orckit Communications Ltd. (NASDAQ: ORCT) and TollBridge Technologies, Inc., announced today that they have successfully proven interoperability between Orckit's DSL access multiplexer (DSLAM) systems and TollBridge Technologies' family of voice-over-broadband products. alberghi a VeronaThe TollBridge TB200 Local Exchange Gateway and TB50 customer premises voice equipment have been verified for interoperability with Orckit's DSL access multiplexer systems. This includes Orckit's FastInternet DSLAM, deployed worldwide, and the SPEEDPORT DSLAM supplied in North America by Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc. cheap hotel in Bournemouth"Because TollBridge's products operate at the IP layer, their quality of service maps onto any other QoS architecture, including frame-relay and ATM," said Nigel Cole, vice president of business development, Orckit Communications. "Orckit's DSLAMs support frame-relay as well as ATM and adding this voice-over-frame option gives our customers greater flexibility to offer voice services over today's data networks, whether frame, ATM, or mixed." "Orckit solutions power some of the largest DSL deployments in the world today," said Jim Grady, vice president of marketing, TollBridge Technologies, Inc. "The combination of the TollBridge and Orckit products enables LECs to bundle voice services with their existing DSL deployments, generating new revenue opportunities from telephony services." About Orckit
Orckit Communications Ltd. (Orckit) develops and delivers Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) solutions, which enable telephone companies and Internet Service Providers to optimize the bandwidth of the "last mile" of copper wire in the Local Loop. Orckit possesses both core silicon expertise and a wide range of DSL products, including its FastInternet DSLAM System with ADSL, and its CopperTrunk HDSL and VDSL product lines. Orckit has key strategic alliances with several leading semiconductor companies and telecom equipment providers. For more information about Orckit and its DSL solutions, visit Orckit's Web site at http://www.orckit.com. About TollBridge Technologies
Founded in March 1998 and located in Sunnyvale, Calif., TollBridge Technologies is the leading developer of IP-based multiline voice solutions targeted at Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLECs). The company's solutions change the economics of delivering voice services to small-business customers by allowing voice CLECs that own Class 5 switches to use broadband access technologies, such as DSL, to bypass the incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) and deliver toll-quality voice and integrated data services. For more information about TollBridge Technologies, visit the company's Website at http://www.tollbridgetech.com or contact Rich Farana at (408) 585-2146. hotels KastrupTollBridge and TollVoiceTM are trademarks of TollBridge Technologies, Inc. All other service marks and trademarks are the property of their respective owners. | 
