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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 SK Broadband, Korea�s major cable broadband service provider, has selected Symmetricom�s DOCSIS� (Data Over Cable Service Interface Specifications) Timing Interface (DTI) Server to enable the deployment of 150-megabits-per-second broadband cable services. Symmetricom�s TimeCreator� 1000, the first DTI Compliant Server qualified by CableLabs�, provides the precise time and frequency synchronization critical for delivery of new broadband cable services. �SK Broadband is recognized as a worldwide broadband service provider dedicated to technology adoption and leading deployment strategies,� commented Mr. Young Il Lee, team leader�of broadband network planning in the technology strategy unit at SK Broadband (formerly Hanaro Telecom). �Symmetricom�s TimeCreator allows us to deploy solutions that provide more bandwidth at a lower cost, as well as flexibility for advanced network architectures with greater options.� The TimeCreator 1000 DTI Server allows SK Broadband�s network architecture to be fully DOCSIS 3.0 and Modular Cable Modem Termination System (M-CMTS) compliant, the key industry standards for next generation cable modem services. SK Broadband began providing residential users in Korea with 100Mbps broadband services over hybrid fiber-coaxial (HFC) networks in April 2007, reaching more than 600,000 customers. Symmetricom�s TimeCreator supports SK Broadband�s ability to cost effectively increase its offering to 150Mbps. SK Broadband is currently the Korean market leader in high-speed HFC Internet services. TimeCreator is designed to deliver reliable and precise time and frequency synchronization for cable networks. A feature rich DTI Server with high availability, automatic root recovery, redundant clock cards, redundant power supplies and optional GPS traceability, TimeCreator 1000 is a fundamental part of a cable operator�s headend or hub network deploying M-CMTS and DOCSIS. �TimeCreator, our leading DOCSIS synchronization technology, enables SK Broadband to deploy new services with the flexibility to balance economics, scalability, functionality and carrier class reliability,� commented Jeremy Bennington, director of business development at Symmetricom. �Bringing multiple vendors together to optimize networks requires precise synchronization of the entire network. TimeCreator is a key part of the solution to bring cost-effective reliability and flexibility to the SK Broadband network.� SK Broadband�s installation of TimeCreator is being provided by Sys Cable, a Symmetricom distributor. This is the first large scale deployment of Symmetricom�s DTI Server by an international operator. For more information on Symmetricom�s TimeCreator 1000 DTI Server, visit: http://www.symmetricom.com/products/time-frequency-distribution/docsis-solutions/TimeCreator-1000-DTI-Server/. About SK Broadband SK Broadband, the second largest broadband service provider in Korea, offers internet data, local call, long-distance call, international voice call services and TV-portal services with 3.66 million broadband subscribers, 1.86 million voice subscribers and 540 Thousands TV-portal subscribers. SK Broadband is leading a new paradigm in the Korean telecommunication industry by expanding in business from voice service into multimedia telecommunication services based on its high-quality network to preoccupy future market such as IPTV. For more information, visit SK Broadband on the Internet: www.hanaro.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