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net.com Short-listed for The World Communications Awards 2004 QServ Selected in the Best Technology Foresight Category for Its Industry-leading Quality of Service Capabilities FREMONT, Calif., Sept. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In recognition of their innovative QServ technology, net.com (NYSE:NWK) today announced that it has been short-listed for the World Communications Awards 2004 in the category of Best Technology Foresight. QServ offers a deployable implementation of the TR-059 standard for delivering Quality of Service (QoS) over plain old DSL (PODSL). With nearly 100M DSL lines in the world today, TR-059 provides a framework for delivering new revenue generating services like video and voice over IP using an existing infrastructure. QServ technology, available on net.com's SCREAM platform, is an integral part of this framework, simplifying the simultaneous delivery of multiple services with committed service level guarantees. The World Communication Awards are widely recognized as one of the telecommunications industry's foremost industry accolades. Since its inception in 1999, a mere 22 companies have been short listed in the Best Technology Foresight category from a total of 123 nominations. The winners of this year's award will be announced at an awards ceremony in London, England, on October 11, 2004. "It's an honor to be short listed for the prestigious World Communications Awards," said Bert Whyte, president and CEO of net.com. "This selection is a ringing endorsement of the market value that net.com's SCREAM/QServ technology can offer carriers that want to deliver higher-value, higher-margin, triple-play services over their existing DSL networks." SCREAM, a next generation broadband remote access server (BRAS) with IP edge routing and ATM switching functionality, provides advanced QoS capabilities for IP traffic on ATM access networks. Availability of this QoS technology is critical in enabling carriers to migrate from offering "best-effort" internet access to high priority voice, video and data services. About the World Communications Awards Please visit http://www.totaltele.com/wca About net.com Network Equipment Technologies, Inc., doing business as net.com, develops and delivers service creation platforms for broadband, IP telephony, and multiservice networks. An architect of the networking industry, net.com has been supplying service providers, governments and enterprises around the world with bulletproof networking technology for more than 20 years. net performance. net results. net.com. NOTE: SCREAM is a registered trademark and net.com and the net.com logo are trademarks of Network Equipment Technologies, Inc. DATASOURCE: net.com CONTACT: Steven Shaw, Director of Industry Relations, +1-510-574-2349, or , or Brenda Ropoulos, Director of Investor Relations, +1-510-574-2508, or , both of net.com; or Richard M. Williams of Zonic Group, +1-919-554-3532, or , for net.com Web site: http://www.net.com/

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