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Hitachi Communication Technologies America, Inc. Established to Strengthen Hitachi’s Communications Service Provider Business in the Americas

New company will offer the broadest range of fiber-to-the-premises solutions, along with optical transport, wireless and other advanced solutions

SANTA CLARA – March 31, 2009 – Hitachi Telecom (USA), Inc. and Salira Systems, Inc. today announced that the companies will combine to form Hitachi Communication Technologies America, Inc. effective April 1, 2009. The new company unifies Hitachi’s advanced solutions for communications service providers and will strengthen the company’s presence in the Americas. Current and next-generation solutions include multiple Fiber-to-the-Premises architectures, optical transport solutions, home networking initiatives, and wireless infrastructure products. The company’s headquarters will be in Norcross, Georgia.

The operations of Salira Systems, Inc., a Hitachi-owned supplier of Ethernet-based passive optical network systems, will be merged into the new company, and will continue to be based in their current Silicon Valley offices. Hitachi now offers the widest range of FTTP solutions of any vendor in the Americas. The Hitachi optical access portfolio will now include EPON, Hitachi’s established GPON product line and the company’s RFoG micronode solution. With this product lineup, Hitachi can now offer an optimal solution for any access network operator, including telecom service providers, cable TV Multiple System Operators, municipalities and master planned communities. 

“The formation of Hitachi Communication Technologies America provides synergy to build on our experience and strengths, which include the second largest operating 10-gigabit optical backbone network in North America, and the broadest selection of fiber-to-the-premises solutions of any single vendor in the Americas,” said ­­­­David Foote, Hitachi Telecom (USA), Inc. chief technology officer. “We are currently developing next generation products in these and other technology areas.”

“We are pleased to merge our EPON platform, including the DePON and MW-PON product families, into the access solutions portfolio with Hitachi’s GPON and RFoG products,” said Jeff Stribling, Salira’s vice president, marketing and customer service. “The ability to offer multiple solutions to network operators allows Hitachi to precisely match their needs, giving us a strong competitive advantage. With this merger, Hitachi expects to be an increasingly strong supplier to communications service providers of all types.”

About Salira
Based in Santa Clara, California, Salira is a division of Hitachi Communication Technologies America, Inc.that builds standards-compliant Gigabit Ethernet Passive Optical Network (GE-PON or EPON) systems used to deliver advanced IP-based broadband services (voice, video and data) to both business and consumer end-users. For more about the company, visit www.salira.com.

About Hitachi
Hitachi Communication Technologies America, Inc., a subsidiary of Hitachi Communication Technologies, Ltd., develops, manufactures and markets equipment for communications service providers the Americas. The company offers standards-compliant Fiber-to-the-Premises solutions, including EPON, GPON and RFoG systems, ultra high-speed optical networking equipment for long haul and metro applications, and products for wireless infrastructure applications.  For more information on Hitachi Communication Technologies America, please visit http://www.hitachi-cta.com/.

Hitachi, Ltd., (NYSE: HIT / TSE: 6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading global electronics company with approximately 390,000 employees worldwide. Fiscal 2007 (ended March 31, 2008) consolidated revenues totaled 11,226 billion yen ($112.2 billion). The company offers a wide range of systems, products and services in market sectors including information systems, electronic devices, power and industrial systems, consumer products, materials, logistics and financial services. For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company's website at http://www.hitachi.com/.