C-COR Introduces a Full Suite of 1 GHz Bandwidth HFC Access Products

C-COR Introduces a Full Suite of 1 GHz Bandwidth HFC Access Products

    Business Editors
    The National Show 2005

    STATE COLLEGE, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 22, 2005--C-COR Incorporated (Nasdaq:CCBL), a global provider of interoperable network solutions for the IP era that include access and digital transport products, software systems, and technical services, today announced the immediate availability of a full suite of 1 GHz bandwidth HFC access products for headend optics, nodes, and amplifiers. The 1 GHz capability enables network operators to enhance their current HDTV and VOD service offerings by providing the additional bandwidth required for these services. C-COR's first public showing of these products will be at the NCTA 2005 National Show (Booth #6454, North Hall D, Moscone Center, San Francisco, April 3-5, 2005).

    C-COR's HFC access product lines with the new 1 GHz bandwidth capability are:

--	The CHP Max5000(TM) Converged Headend Platform with advanced 1 GHz transmitters that are dual-input, variable optical output, and hot swappable with integrated local and remote management.
--	The Opti Max4100 fully segmentable 1 GHz nodes featuring high port-to-port isolation that is critical for today's triple play services over the same network, as well as 'pay as you grow' modular options that include a variety of return path technologies.
--	The Flex Max901 series of 1 GHz trunk and bridger amplifiers that are designed to overcome the higher insertion losses of coaxial cable and passives and to ensure cost-effective new designs and drop-in upgrades of existing 750 and 862 MHz networks.
--	The Flex Max331 line extenders that are part of a new and enhanced series of 1 GHz strandmount line extenders with the superior quality and exceptional performance customers have come to expect with C-COR RF amplifiers.

    C-COR's access and transport equipment is developed, produced, sold, and supported through C-COR Access and Transport, which along with C-COR Solutions and C-COR Network Services, form the Company's three synergistic, performance-driven business units. Together, these groups have one mission: to be a trusted partner in helping C-COR's customers, the network operators, to implement unified solutions that put subscribers in personal control of their entertainment, information, and communications. Each group has offerings that can work either as stand-alone solutions or with each other as integrated, cross-functional solutions to meet the specific and often unique needs of network operators. Key network solutions brought together by these business units include:

    -- Delivery of commercial services (C-COR Access and Transport).

    -- Digital Ad/Program Insertion (C-COR Solutions).

    -- Management and delivery of VOD (C-COR Solutions).

    -- Management and delivery of VoIP (C-COR Solutions and C-COR
    Access and Transport).

    -- Management and delivery of High-Speed Data (C-COR Solutions
    and C-COR Access and Transport).

    -- Bandwidth Expansion (C-COR Access and Transport).

    -- Back Office Management Automation for workforce management,
    network assurance, and subscriber fulfillment (C-COR
    Solutions).

    -- Design & Planning, Integration Services, and Outside Plant
    Services (C-COR Network Services).

    About C-COR

    C-COR offers world-class, market-focused business solutions for cable operators, telephone companies, broadcasters, and other private and public sector entities. C-COR's solutions simplify the transition to Internet Protocol (IP) demand-oriented networks by delivering interoperable, modular products in sync with IP network upgrade cycles. The Company's products and services include a suite of software applications that automate the management of content, network, subscribers, and workforce, with more than 200 deployments worldwide; next-generation optical transport products; on demand video systems with implementations in more than 20 countries; and a range of network assurance and technical services that allows operators to design and keep their networks operating at peak performance. Leading network operators through the transition to the on demand IP era, C-COR leverages its dedicated global workforce to deliver solutions for lowering risk, improving profit margins, and effectively managing change. C-COR was recently named in CED Magazine's "Broadband 50 Companies to Watch." C-COR's common stock is listed on the Nasdaq National Market (Symbol: CCBL) and is a component of the Russell 2000 Stock Index. For additional information regarding C-COR, visit www.c-cor.com.

    Some of the information presented in this announcement constitutes forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements represent the Company's judgment regarding future events, and are based on currently available information. Although the Company believes it has a reasonable basis for these forward-looking statements, the Company cannot guarantee their accuracy and actual results may differ materially from those the Company anticipated due to a number of known and unknown uncertainties. Factors which could cause actual results to differ from expectations include, among others, capital spending patterns of the communications industry, changes in regard to significant customers, the demand for network integrity, the trend toward more fiber in the network, the Company's ability to develop new and enhanced products, the Company's ability to provide complete network solutions, continued industry consolidation, the development of competing technology, the global demand for the Company's products and services, and the Company's ability to complete and integrate acquisitions and achieve its strategic objectives. For additional information concerning these and other important factors that may cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from expectations and underlying assumptions, please refer to the reports filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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CONTACT: C-COR Investor Relations Sally O. Thiel, 814-231-4402, email: sthiel@c-cor.com or C-COR Media Relations Jo Ann Lehtihet, 814-231-4438, email: jlehtihet@c-cor.com

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