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2003

HANARO TELECOM DEPLOYS FORCE10 NETWORKS E-SERIES FOR MAJOR NETWORK EXPANSION

MILPITAS, Calif., November 10, 2003 — Force10 Networks, Inc., a pioneer in resilient switching and routing, today announced that South Korea-based Hanaro Telecom Inc. (Nasdaq: HANA) selected CommVerge Solutions to deploy Force10’s E-Series switch/routers for 10 Gigabit Ethernet routing and Gigabit Ethernet aggregation services. Hanaro Telecom’s network expansion, including increasing high-capacity connectivity for a wide range of broadband services, required the resiliency, fault-tolerance and robust 10 Gigabit routing that Force10’s E-Series is uniquely designed to provide.

“Force10’s E-Series enhances our core routing infrastructure, enabling us to extend our IP service offerings to include native Gig and 10 Gig connectivity,” said Mr. Park, Chan-Woong, team manager of the Network Planning Team for Hanaro Telecom. “We selected Force10’s E-Series because it clearly demonstrated the capacity to meet our customers’ current demands and allows us to address the future capacity needs of our customers.”

Nearly 30 percent of South Korea’s 10 million broadband subscribers are Hanaro customers and the company is expanding its network in order to increase its market share. Force10’s switch/routers provide the added capacity that will enable Hanaro to expand its customer base throughout South Korea while the resilient architecture that characterizes the E-Series ensures line-rate performance. With Force10’s E-Series, Hanaro can reliably deliver multi-megabit connectivity to its current and future subscribers.

“Hanaro Telecom’s investment in the E-Series for 10GbE core routing services demonstrates that carriers around the world demand a new breed of routers and switches that offer advanced reliability and resiliency in combination with next generation performance,” said Stephen Garrison, vice president of corporate marketing at Force10 Networks Inc. “Force10 and CommVerge Solutions are delivering the resiliency and reliability that sophisticated telecommunications providers like Hanaro need to continue supporting and developing advanced services.”

Force10’s E-Series provides resilient IP switching and routing at line-rate Gigabit and 10 Gigabit speeds. The E-Series combines the industry’s first fully distributed hardware architecture with modular software to provide best-in-class resiliency and redundancy and enable new levels of network-based security.

Sixty-five percent of South Korea’s 16 million households have broadband connections – the world's highest broadband penetration. According to the International Telecommunications Union, 94 percent of all Internet subscribers in South Korea subscribe to broadband, a rate that is approximately three years ahead of the global average.

About Hanaro Telecom
Hanaro Telecom, Inc. is a provider of high-speed Internet access, local telephony, multimedia, data, and Internet data center services in Korea. The Company offers its subscribers always-on, high-speed Internet access at speeds up to 10 Mbps (megabits per second) over its own and leased networks. It also offers local telephony services as one of only two companies licensed to own and operate a local telephony network in Korea. In addition, Hanaro Telecom provides leased line services and IDC services to its corporate clients. As of August 31, 2003, the Company provided high-speed Internet access services to over three million subscribers in 98 districts through owned and leased cable lines, to 35,477 subscribers through local multipoint distribution system connections and to 20,843 subscribers through wireless local area networks connections. For more information, visit Hanaro Telecom at www.hanaro.com.

About CommVerge Solutions
CommVerge Solutions is a unique services company and a leading integrator of technology and business solutions, serving Telecommunications Service Providers throughout Asia. Since its inception in 1999, CommVerge has undertaken countless projects to design, implement and maintain converged voice and data networks, mobile network infrastructure, as well as 2.5G and 3G application platforms. CommVerge’s mission is to assist customers maximize value and reduce risk by offering superior professional services and network solutions designed to realize their business, technical and operational objectives. Headquartered in Hong Kong, CommVerge has established offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Singapore, Taipei, Seoul, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Bangkok, Brunei Darussalam, and San Jose, California. For more information, please visit www.commverge.com.

Contact:
Peter Ruzicka
Force10 Networks Inc.
408-965-5151
pruzicka@force10networks.com

Contact:
Jennifer Arculeo
Force10 Networks Inc.
408-965-5194
jarculeo@force10networks.com

About Force10 Networks
Force10 Networks is the pioneer in building and securing high performance networks. Based on a revolutionary system architecture that delivers best-in-class resiliency and massive scalability, Force10’s TeraScale E-Series switch/routers ensure predictable application performance, increase network availability, and reduce operating costs. Today, many of the world’s largest Gigabit Ethernet and 10 Gigabit Ethernet networks depend on Force10 Networks. For additional information, please visit www.force10networks.com.

Force10 Networks and E-Series are registered trademarks, and P-Series, S-Series, TeraScale and FTOS are trademarks of Force10 Networks, Inc. All other company names are trademarks of their respective holders.