SCOPE Alliance Adds Intel and Diversified Technology, Inc., as First Contributor Members; Sponsor Members Huawei and Lucent Technologies are elected to the Board of Directors

PISCATAWAY, N.J.--June 26, 2006--The SCOPE Alliance, an association of leading network equipment providers, today announced that Intel and Diversified Technology, Inc. (DTI), have joined the Alliance committing to support SCOPE's mission of enabling and promoting the availability and interoperability of open carrier-grade base platforms based on commercial off-the-shelf building blocks.

"Having Intel and DTI, leading manufacturers of open specifications based subsystem, adds an important perspective of independent COTS manufacturers in creating related specifications profiles," said Bo Andren, SCOPE's membership officer and an Ericson's representative to the SCOPE Board. "SCOPE encourages any and all open specifications based COTS component manufacturers to join the Alliance to ensure that their very valuable perspective is reflected in the profiles published by SCOPE."

"Appointing Huawei and Lucent Technologies to the SCOPE Board ensures that SCOPE board is as representative of the global NEP market as possible," said Henry Turko, SCOPE's Marketing officer and a Nokia representative to the SCOPE Board.

About Diversified Technology, Inc.

Founded in 1971, Diversified Technology, Inc. (DTI) has over a thirty-four year heritage in the embedded computing industry. An Ergon company, DTI is part of one of the largest private corporations in America, and has a reputation for design and manufacturing quality and integrity that is unquestionably the core of the company's strengths. DTI's customer deployments extend globally with high-end processing solutions fielded in major communication, military and commercial applications.

About Lucent Technologies

Lucent Technologies designs and delivers the systems, services and software that drive next-generation communications networks. Backed by Bell Labs research and development, Lucent uses its strengths in mobility, optical, software, data and voice networking technologies, as well as services, to create new revenue-generating opportunities for its customers, while enabling them to quickly deploy and better manage their networks. Lucent's customer base includes communications service providers, governments and enterprises worldwide. For more information on Lucent Technologies, which has headquarters in Murray Hill, N.J., USA, visit http://www.lucent.com.

About Huawei

Huawei is a leader in providing next generation telecommunications networks for operators around the world. The company is committed to providing innovative and customized products, services and solutions to create long-term value and potential growth for its customers. For more information visit http://www.huawei.com/about/AboutIndex.do

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 and software building blocks, and to promote interoperability to better serve Service Providers and consumers.

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

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