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Draka Communications Selected to Provide Fiber Optic Cable for the First FTTH Deployment of Its Kind in Canada

Telephone Drummond is the first CLEC & Service provider to build a true fiber to the home network in Canada

Claremont, North Carolina, September 22, 2008 — Draka Communications - Americas has been selected by Telephone Guevremont, a Quebec based ILEC, and Telephone Drummond and Maskatel, CLEC affiliates of Telephone Guevremont, to provide all the fiber optic cable requirements for their FTTH deployment in the Drummondville, Quebec area.

The Telephone Drummond FTTH project is the first of its kind in Canada, the first CLEC & Service provider to build a true fiber to the home network.  This success story is the result of the vision of Mr. Augustin Guevremont. The Guevremont family has been involved as an ILEC in the Ste-Rosalie, Quebec area for over 75 years.  Over a decade ago Mr. Guevremont partnered with Mr. Donald Dupuis to form Maskatel and soon thereafter Mr. Claude Beauregard joined them to start Telephone Drummond.  Their headend was built in 2006 and they started serving their first customer in August of 2007. 

Draka Communications is proud to be part of this success story by providing a broad range of fiber optic cable products, including its 864 count ezRibbon™ high count loose tube cables, ezPrep™ Loose Tube cables and ezDrop™ FTTH drop cables.  Draka's family of outdoor, indoor and specialty fiber cables allow network operators and installers to simply and cost-effectively deploy fiber infrastructure.

“Having served Telephone Guevremont and Maskatel in the past, we were very confident in Draka’s ability to provide proven products that exceed industry standards,” commented Maskatel President Donald Dupius.  “Draka was also proactive in assisting us by providing introductions to a variety of FTTH experts in the United States.  We felt this exemplified the spirit of partnership we were looking for in a vendor.”

For more information on how Draka Communications can help with your fiber deployment, please contact a customer service representative at 1-800-879-9862 or visit the Web site at www.drakaamericas.com.

About Draka Communications
Draka, headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, is a $4 billion, publicly listed (Euronext) company with 9,145 employees worldwide.  Draka is divided into three groups: Energy & Infrastructure, Industry & Specialty and Communications.  Communications is responsible for the production and sale of optical fiber, cable and communication infrastructure solutions globally. Draka Communications – Americas’ roots in North America run a century deep in names like Alcatel, ITT, Ericsson, Chromatic Technologies, and Phelps Dodge. Our clients are served from Draka's unique site in Claremont, North Carolina which is home to the 125-acre corporate campus & Americas headquarters, over 1 million square feet of manufacturing space and the only integrated optical fiber and cable facility in North America.  For more information please visit http://www.drakaamericas.com.

About Maskatel, Téléphone Drummond, and Téléphone Guèvremont
Based in Quebec Canada, Maskatel is registered as a Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC) in Canada. Maskatel has been serving the St-Hyacinthe area east of Montreal since 1996. Since then, it has steadily expanded to serve other localities in Quebec and currently serves about 25,000 customers. Téléphone Drummond is registered as a CLEC and will start its operations in 2007 to serve the Drummondville area. Téléphone Guèvremont is registered as a Small ILEC and offers service covering the Ste-Rosalie area (now part of St-Hyacinthe) in Quebec.

Draka Communications - Americas Media Contact:
Kim Hudson, Marketing Communications Manager
Phone  828.459.8443
Fax      828.459.8444
Kim.Hudson@draka.com