Eurocabel-1 and OFS Celebrate One Million Kilometers Optical Fiber Business Partnership

MOSCOW--(Business Wire)--
Eurocabel-1, a leading Russian optical cable manufacturer, today
announces that its business partnership with world-leading designer
and manufacturer of optical fiber, OFS, has reached an impressive
milestone in optical fiber purchased. The quantity of optical fiber
purchased by Eurocabel-1 from OFS has now exceeded a stunning 1
million kilometers.

"Eurocabel-1 has been using the lion's share of this large volume
of OFS fiber in connection with the expansion of our manufacturing
capacity undertaken to support the sharp growth in consumption of
optical cable in Russia during the last 3-4 years," said Eduard Kim,
General Director of Eurocabel-1, adding that "it is very important to
us that we have not had any claims with regards to the quality of
fiber supplied by OFS."

"Our customers have been very satisfied with the excellent fiber
characteristics of the OFS fiber. In particular our customers have
appreciated the low attenuation, the industry's benchmark in
polarization mode dispersion (PMD) and exceptional splicing
performance during installation. Besides, we are very satisfied with
the attractive price/quality relation of the OFS fiber and by the
extensive product range including all fiber types meeting virtually
any specific customer requirement. The partnership with OFS makes our
position in the optical cable market even stronger year over year."

"The strategic partnership with Eurocabel-1 is extremely important
for OFS in maintaining a leadership position in the Russian optical
fiber and cable market," said Michael Pavlychev, Head of OFS' Russian
office. "We have always supported Eurocabel-1 and its customers in all
aspects of business related to optical fiber and will work diligently
to further expand our cooperation to supply high quality product to
this actively growing market."

About Eurocabel-1 LLC

Eurocabel-1 LLC (www.eurocabel-1.ru) is a Russian company that
specializes in the manufacture of optical cables for communication
systems, designed for application on the communication lines of the
Russian Federation Unified communications network, as well as on the
communication lines of other operating companies belonging to other
ministries and institutions. The company was established in 2002 and
in the intervening years it managed to occupy the leading position in
the field of optical cable manufacture. The range of cables produced
by Eurocable-1 LLC covers different laying conditions: in all kinds of
environments, duct systems, in special tubing, collectors, on the
bridges and elevated structures, it can be hanged on antenna supports,
power transmission lines, trolley system of electric railroad or
inside the buildings. Cable design can be both the loose - tube or
with central optical tube. Type and amount of optical fiber is
specified by the customer on the basis of the communication network
equipment applied.

At present time Eurocabel-1 LLC holds great technological
capabilities for manufacture of optical cables with different lay-ups
for backbone network, area network, local network, Internet, LAN, KTV,
etc. In 2008 it is planned to increase the manufacturing capacity up
to 35,000km of cable per year.

About OFS

OFS is a world-leading designer, manufacturer and provider of
optical fiber, optical fiber cable, FTTX, optical connectivity and
specialty photonics products. Our manufacturing and research divisions
work together to provide innovative products and solutions that
traverse many different applications as they link people and machines
anywhere in the world. Between continents, between cities, around
neighborhoods, and into homes and businesses of digital consumers we
provide the right optical fiber, optical cable and components for
efficient, cost-effective transmission.

OFS' corporate lineage dates back to 1876 and included technology
powerhouses such as AT&T (NYSE: T) and Lucent Technologies (now
Alcatel-Lucent, NYSE: ALU). Today, OFS is owned by Furukawa Electric,
a multi-billion dollar global leader in optical communications.

Headquartered in Norcross (near Atlanta, Georgia), U.S., OFS is a
global provider with facilities in Avon, Connecticut; Carrollton,
Georgia; Somerset, New Jersey; and Sturbridge, Massachusetts, as well
as in Denmark, Germany and Russia.

For more information, please visit www.ofsoptics.com

Eurocabel-1 LLC

POB 430

Shchelkovo, Moskovskaya oblast

141108, Russia

info@eurocable-1.ru

Eurocabel-1 LLC
info@eurocable-1.ru
or
OFS
OFS Russia
Michael Pavlychev
mpavlychev@ofsoptics.com
or
OFS Russia
Alexander Mikilev
+7 095 785 2162
amikilev@ofsoptics.com

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