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SALIRA TO ANNOUNCE STRATEGIC ENTRY INTO THE CABLE INDUSTRY AT THE CABLE SHOW IN NEW ORLEANS

Company Forms Sales Team Devoted to the Cable Industry

SANTA CLARA – May 14, 2008 – Salira Systems, Inc., the first EPON vendor to attain MEF Carrier Ethernet certification, announced today that the company has made a strategic entry into the cable industry. Salira will leverage its experience with MSOs in North America to develop solutions designed specifically for the cable industry. Salira's solutions will expand the bandwidth capacity of operators' networks while preserving prior investments in infrastructure and operating procedures.

"As we began to work closely with our MSO customers, we realized that our solutions were ideally suited for the cable industry," said Yanming Liu, CEO for Salira. "The big issue for cable operators right now is to grow their residential customer base while they simultaneously compete for a larger share of the commercial market. Salira's solutions significantly increase the bandwidth capacity of operators' network to better equip them for this looming battle with telco and satellite service providers."

At the Cable Show in New Orleans from May 18 through 20, Salira will be displaying new products that significantly increase the bandwidth capacity of its Gigabit Ethernet Passive Optical Network (GE-PON) platform. To see the new products, visit Salira at booth 436. In the coming months, Salira will be announcing several innovative products as the company expands its cable solutions portfolio.

Salira, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hitachi Communication Technologies, Ltd. and Hitachi, Ltd., is also devoting significant human resources to its entry into the cable industry. Salira has hired Rob Solon as its VP Sales, North America. Solon will focus exclusively on the cable industry. Coming from ARRIS, Solon has extensive experience working with cable operators and building sales teams. For sales inquiries, contact Solon at (678) 575-1119 or rsolon@salira.com.

About Salira Systems, Inc.
Based in Santa Clara, California, Salira is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hitachi Communication Technologies, Ltd. and Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE: HIT). Salira builds standards-compliant Gigabit Ethernet Passive Optical Network (GE-PON or EPON) systems that are 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.