The Banco Popular Group Awards 3Com the Contract for Network Switches in its More Than 2,200 Offices Throughout Spain

3Com solutions selected for their leading price/performance ratio
MARLBOROUGH, Mass.--(Business Wire)--
3Com Corporation (Nasdaq: COMS) today announced that it has been selected by
Banco Popular Group as the approved provider of enterprise network LAN switches
for its 2,255 offices throughout Spain. Banco Popular, the third biggest Spanish
bank, has 6.7 million customers.

The new 3Com network infrastructure will enable the bank to increase its focus
on its customers by providing a more reliable converged network between all its
offices. In the selection process, the bank opted for 3Com as it offered the
scalability and performance necessary for applications to function properly.
Extensive testing confirmed that the features, functionality and overall cost of
3Com`s solutions satisfactorily met the bank`s requirements.

"3Com is proud to support the Banco Popular Group in its mission to provide the
highest quality service to its customers," said Ron Sege, president and COO of
3Com. "In today`s current economic environment, smart customers such as Banco
Popular are taking a close look at their networking vendors with an eye toward
reducing the cost and complexity of building enterprise networks. Our 3Com and
H3C enterprise networking portfolios are designed to help customers lower their
total networking costs without compromising performance, security and
reliability."

Banco Popular will replace its current switches with a network consisting of
stand-alone 3Com Switch 4210 PWR Power over Ethernet (PoE) switches and
stackable 3Com Switch 4500 PWR PoE switches, allowing Banco Popular to take
advantage of more benefits at less cost. 3Com engineers have worked together
with Banco Popular to ensure that the 3Com solutions exactly meet the financial
institution`s needs.

About 3Com

3Com Corporation is a $1.3 billion global enterprise networking solutions
provider that sets a new price/performance standard for customers. 3Com has
three global brands-H3C, 3Com, and TippingPoint-that offer high-performance
networking and security solutions to enterprises large and small. The H3C
enterprise networking portfolio-a market leader in China-includes products that
span from the data center to the edge of the network, while TippingPoint
network-based intrusion prevention systems and network access control solutions
deliver in-depth, no-compromise application, infrastructure and performance
protection.

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