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Symmetricom, Inc. (NASDAQ: SYMM), a worldwide leader in precise time and frequency technologies that accelerate the deployment and enable the management of next generation networks, today announced that Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) has named Symmetricom�s TimeProvider� 5000 IEEE 1588 Version 2 Grandmaster Clock as a recipient of a 2008 INTERNET TELEPHONY Excellence Award presented by INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine (www.itmag.com). �We are delighted to receive this prestigious award from INTERNET TELEPHONY,� commented Gurdip Jande, senior vice president of marketing for Symmetricom. �As service providers transition from TDM-based backhaul, TimeProvider 5000 enables the critical timing and synchronization for peak performance in packet-based networks. We recently demonstrated interoperability with equipment from multiple vendors over live public networks at CEWC in Berlin and at Plug-Fest in Ann Arbor.� TimeProvider 5000 is the industry�s first �purpose built� IEEE 1588 Version 2 �carrier-class� grandmaster clock designed to meet the most stringent timing and synchronization requirements of next generation packet-based networks. Its 1 RU footprint is ideally suited for deployment at Radio Network Controller (RNC) and Base Station Controller (BSC) sites where rack space and real estate are extremely limited. TimeProvider 5000 incorporates hardware-based time stamping providing the highest level of timing and frequency accuracy over a broad range of wireline and wireless applications including timing and frequency for Ethernet backhaul, Circuit Emulation Service (CES) and Passive Optical Networks (PON). �Advancing IP communications and providing real solutions in the marketplace has earned Symmetricom recognition from the editors of INTERNET TELEPHONY and an INTERNET TELEPHONY Excellence Award,� said Greg Galitzine, editorial director of INTERNET TELEPHONY. �TimeProvider 5000 has excelled as an innovative solution for its customers, who are, according to Symmetricom, extremely pleased and have offered their testaments of support.� �We are proud to present Symmetricom with a 2008 INTERNET TELEPHONY Excellence Award,� indicated Rich Tehrani, editor-in-chief of INTERNET TELEPHONY. �TimeProvider 5000 has proven its outstanding contribution to IP communications and is a winning solution for its customers.� The 2008 INTERNET TELEPHONY Excellence Award winners are published in the October 2008 issue of INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine, www.itmag.com. For more information, please visit http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2008/10/09/3694660.htm. About INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine INTERNET TELEPHONY has been the IP Communications Authority since 1998�. Beginning with the first issue in February of 1998, INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine has been providing unbiased views of the complicated converged communications space. INTERNET TELEPHONY offers rich content from solutions-focused editorial content to reviews on products and services from TMC Labs. INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine reaches more than 225,000 readers, including pass-along readers. For more information, please visit www.itmag.com. About TMC Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) is an integrated global media company helping our clients build communities in print, in person and online.�TMC publishes Customer Interaction Solutions, INTERNET TELEPHONY, Unified Communications, and IMS Magazine. TMC is also the first publisher to test new products in its own on-site laboratories, TMC Labs.�TMCnet, TMC's Web site, is the leading source of news and articles for the communications and technology industries, serving as many as three million unique visitors globally each month according to Webtrends. In addition, TMC produces INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO, Call Center 2.0 Conference and Communications Developer Conference. For more information about TMC, visit www.tmcnet.com. About Symmetricom, Inc. As a worldwide leader in precise time and frequency products and services, Symmetricom provides �Perfect Timing� to customers around the world. Since 1985, the company�s solutions have helped define the world�s time and frequency standards, delivering precision, reliability and efficiency to wireline and wireless networks, instrumentation and testing applications and network time management. Deployed in more than 90 countries, the company�s synchronization solutions include primary reference sources, building integrated timing supplies (BITS), GPS timing receivers, time and frequency distribution systems, network time servers and ruggedized oscillators. Symmetricom also incorporates technologies including Universal Timing Interface (UTI), Network Time Protocol (NTP), Precision Time Protocol (IEEE 1588), and others supporting the world�s migration to Next Generation Networks (NGN). Symmetricom is based in San Jose, Calif., with offices worldwide. For more information, visit www.symmetricom.com. SYMM-P