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Date: 23rd April 2004
Title: Transmode Systems AB selected by Cablecom

Transmode Systems AB, a leading supplier of transmission equipment for fibre optic networks, announced today that it has been selected by Cablecom, the largest cable TV operator in Switzerland.

Cablecom has 1.5 million customers via its own network and another 0.5 million via partner networks in Switzerland, making it the largest cable TV operator in the country. The company is investing heavily in expanding its network and keeping it up to date with modern technology. Thanks to this, Cablecom customers can today use cable to surf the Internet, send e-mails, talk on the phone, watch television, enjoy feature films at home, and exchange huge volumes of data at high speed.

Transmode is providing Cablecom with WDM (Wavelength Division Multiplexing) transmission equipment. System 1100 is a versatile and robust platform that is very easy to install and operate, saving the customer valuable operational expenses. Combining this with the low capital expenditure associated with purchasing the equipment, Transmode has brought unparalleled cost-efficiency to Cablecom's networks.

TRIGON AG, Transmode's Value Added Reseller (VAR) in Switzerland, will provide product support and training and act as Service Partner for Cablecom. TRIGON is one of the most successful VARs for Transmode in Europe.

"Our relationship with TRIGON has been very fruitful and we have won several customers together, mainly in the Enterprise sector. The addition to that list of a quality customer like Cablecom from the operator segment is of course a very important one. We are honoured to be an approved vendor of Cablecom, and we are determined to continue to beat their expectations", says Frank Segers, Transmode's VP of Channel Sales.

Walter Bichsel Manager Data Platform of Cablecom responds: "The Transmode system is very easy and flexible both in planning and in use. We are using System 1100 for various applications, ranging from our internal IT infrastructure needs to connectivity to our Enterprise and Wholesale customers as well as in our cable TV network".

For further information, please contact:
Transmode Systems
Lars Bergström
Product Manager
Phone: 8-506 88 225
Fax: 8-506 88 299
Email: lars.bergstrom@transmode.se

TRIGON AG
Rinaldo Zanella
CEO
Phone: 41-766 21 21
Fax: 41-766 21 31
Email: rzanella@trigon.ch

About Transmode Systems AB: Transmode Systems' (www.transmode.com) cutting-edge fibre optic transmission equipment delivers plug-and-play solutions to companies in a "pay-as-you-grow" manner. Transmode pioneered a new generation of optical transmission systems, and has dramatically redefined the price/performance benchmark for metropolitan and access networking. Based in Stockholm, Sweden, Transmode researches, develops, markets, and sells its patented CWDM products to an international customer base of telecom carriers and large enterprises in Europe, the USA and Asia.

About Cablecom: Cablecom (www.cablecom.ch) is Switzerland's leading cable network operator, serving about 1.5 million households (of which 1.1 million are on hispeed) and employing around 1,400 staff. As a multi-service provider, cablecom provides solutions in the field of analogue and digital cable TV and radio, broadband Internet, and telephone and business applications.

About TRIGON AG: TRIGON (www.trigon.ch), a privately held company founded in 1996, focuses on the telecom and datacom markets in Switzerland and Liechtenstein. TRIGON is strong in telecom business and has a large customer base in the medical, financial, insurance, pharmaceutical, educational, carrier, and governmental markets. TRIGON is an innovative provider of optical, wireless and copper based solutions for LAN and WAN applications. Supported by world class vendors, TRIGON is offering planning, realization, support and maintenance for communications networks.

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