[January 30, 2013]

Pulsecom SuperG Certified to Carrier Ethernet 2.0

Pulsecom, a Subsidiary of Hubbell Incorporated (2012 revenue: $3.0B), marks its 50^th anniversary by announcing Carrier Ethernet 2.0 certification of the Pulsecom SuperG multi-service access product for mobile backhaul and business Ethernet service delivery.

In the first group of vendors to successfully complete the rigorous MEF (News - Alert) (Metro Ethernet Forum) CE 2.0 certification process, Pulsecom continues to demonstrate its commitment to products optimized for the rigors of Tier 1 Service Provider outside plant operating environments.

"The MEF views the Carrier Ethernet 2.0 certification�program as opening a very important chapter in the evolution of�standardized�Carrier�Ethernet services. CE 2.0 certification provides an essential proof point for CE 2.0 services opening up�new markets for regional providers, delivery of cloud services, the first application-oriented SLAs and optimization of mobile backhaul." Eric Puetz, MEF Certification Committee Co-Chair�& Director - Broadband, Access, an Transport Standards, AT&T (News - Alert).

"Pulsecom brings decades of OSP experience to the Ethernet vendor community, and is uniquely able to provide solutions that not only meet Ethernet operational requirements, but also address the practical, real-world installation and deployment issues associated with OSP cabinets, cell sites and customer premise locations," says Marco Mascitto, Pulsecom Business Development.

The SuperG is a revolutionary way to establish "Ethernet Ready Subscribers", by enabling operators to remotely roll customers from DS1 to CE2.0 Services, integrate with billions of dollars of existing SONET infrastructure, and overcome turn-up and deployment hurdles, such as fiber exhaustion and provisioning in hybrid CE/TDM networks.

The entire family of Pulsecom SuperG products has extensive tagging, QoS, policing, timing, service activation and protection switching capabilities with secured management plane access from the NetPulse Element Management System (EMS).

SuperG products are proudly designed and assembled in the United States by Pulsecom, an ISO9001:2008 and TL9000 certified company. For more information on the SuperG family of products, visit Pulsecom at www.pulse.com.

About Pulsecom:

A subsidiary of Hubbell Incorporated (NYSE: HUBA, HUBB) since 1973, Pulsecom has shipped over 10,000,000 voice and data circuits to the public network; over half have been deployed in harsh Outside Plant applications. As the network evolves from TDM to Ethernet, Pulsecom's mission remains the same: lower the cost of services by leveraging existing public network infrastructure, minimizing provisioning requirements, simplifying testing and troubleshooting and accelerating service delivery.

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