TELECOMMUNICATIONS MAGAZINE® SELECTS MATISSE NETWORKS’ ETHERBURST™ OPTICAL SWITCH AS PRODUCT OF THE MONTH

Mountain View, California, November 20, 2006 – Matisse Networks Inc., the leader in optical burst switching, today announced its EtherBurst™ optical switch has been selected by Telecommunications Magazine® for the November 2006 Product of the Month.

Telecommunications Magazine Product of the Month profiles leading-edge products within the service provider market. Matisse Networks’ EtherBurst is the world’s first optical burst switch, purpose-built for scaling metro and campus networks from 10 to 640 Gbps.

EtherBurst is designed for both service provider applications such as Internet Exchange, metro business Ethernet and triple play, as well as enterprise applications such as data center mirroring and campus connectivity. EtherBurst delivers a platform for converged Ethernet services in the metro, enabling plug-and-play metro optical networks with the lowest total cost of ownership.

"The Product of the Month column highlights noteworthy products our editors feel will make a positive impact on the telecommunications industry," said Sean Buckley, editor-in-chief of Telecommunications Magazine. "Of the hundreds of new products we see on a monthly basis, we select one that offers service providers a valuable solution that can meet their ever-changing and growing needs, and Matisse Networks’ EtherBurst optical switch deserves this recognition."

"We are delighted to have our EtherBurst optical switch named Product of the Month” said Sam Mathan, Chairman and CEO of Matisse Networks, "Matisse Networks is grateful to everyone at Telecommunications Magazine for this acknowledgment."

About Matisse Networks
Matisse Networks is named after Henri Matisse, the famous painter known as the “Master of Color”. Like the painter, Matisse Networks is mastering the colors of light to pioneer the field of optical burst switching. Matisse Networks’ EtherBurst is the industry’s first optical burst switch, purpose-built for scaling metro aggregation networks from 10 to 640 Gbps. Recognized as both a Network World “Top 10 Startups to Watch” and a “Red Herring 100 Private Company”, additional information on Matisse is available at http://www.matissenetworks.com.
EtherBurst is a trademark of Matisse Networks, Inc.