Distribution Agreement

21 May 2007 07:00

BATM Advanced Communications Ld21 May 2007 BATM Advanced Communications Limited BATM signs agreement with major Japanese distributor BATM Advanced Communications Limited (LSE: BVC) ("BATM"), a leading designer ofbroadband data and telecoms systems, announces that it has signed a distributionagreement with CTC, one of the largest distributors to the Japanese technology market. Having passed all of CTC's rigorous technical testing processes, CTC will now distribute BATM's products and solutions through its sales channels, which achieved revenues of 294bn Yen (circa £1bn) for the year ended 31 March 2007. CTC is currently the number one vendor to the Japanese market of Sun Microsystems, EMC, Avaya, Hewlett Packard, Network Appliances, Symantec and various BEA Systems' Weblogic applications, as well as the number two vendor of Cisco Systems. Deployment of BATM's products is expected to commence towards the end of thisyear and is unlikely therefore to have a material impact on this year's trading. Dr. Zvi Marom, Chief Executive of BATM, said: "Japan represents the second largest market in the world's technology industry and we are delighted to have signed this agreement with CTC. Whilst we have been in discussions with the company for some months the decision to distribute BATM's products came much sooner than we could have anticipated, which is testament to the outstanding quality of our offering. This agreement means that BATM now has a truly global reach into the most exciting markets worldwide." Enquiries: BATM Advanced Communications +972 9 866 2525Dr Zvi Marom, Chief Executive Threadneedle Communications +44 20 7936 9605Graham Herring / Josh Royston Kaupthing Singer and Friedlander Capital Markets ltd +44 20 3205 5000Nicholas How / Marc Young About BATM Advanced Communications BATM is a world leader in the design and supply of IP packet-based systems suchas high-capacity, self-routing switches with extensive QoS capabilities. Formore information, visit the BATM Advanced Communications web site atwww.batm.com Telco Systems is a wholly owned subsidiary of BATM Advanced Communications Basedin Foxboro, Massachusetts; the company provides industry-leading networkingsolutions to the carrier and enterprise markets. Telco Systems' focus is tomaximize the power of customers' networks by integrating transport, access, andpacket technologies onto industry-leading platforms, therefore fully meetingtoday's and tomorrow's network requirements. For more information, visit theTelco Systems web site at www.telco.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange