Symmetricom to Showcase Smart Grid Synchronization Solutions at DistribuTECH 2012

SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Symmetricom^®, Inc. (NASDAQ: SYMM), a worldwide leader in precision time and frequency technologies, today announced the company will be exhibiting at the DistribuTECH Conference & Exhibition taking place at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, San Antonio, TX on January 24-26, 2012. 

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Symmetricom is an industry leader providing highly precise timekeeping technologies, instruments and solutions for a range of applications including the power industry. As utilities strive to deliver more from their existing infrastructure, there has been a significant evolution of the control and protection functions. Those advances depend on measurements that are more precisely synchronized. New applications such as wide-area measurement systems now require microsecond accuracy. Precise time in the smart grid has come of age and plays a key role in time-sensitive control and protection applications. The IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol (PTP) is a new toolbox item that supports the evolving need for accurate and reliable timing throughout the grid.

Symmetricom will be showcasing its comprehensive portfolio of IEEE 1588 timing solutions to industry leading utility experts in booth #1420, including its XLi IEEE 1588 Grandmaster, XL-GPS, SyncServer®  S350, TimeProvider® 5000 and ND-4 Network Time Display.  Visit Symmetricom at the event to learn more about the comprehensive line of time synchronization solutions available for the power industry.

About DistribuTECH

DistribuTECH is the utility industry's leading smart grid conference and exposition, covering automation and control systems, energy efficiency, demand response, renewable energy integration, advanced metering, T&D system operation and reliability, power delivery equipment and water utility technology.  For more information, visit: http://www.distributech.com.

About Symmetricom, Inc.

Symmetricom (NASDAQ:SYMM), a world leader in precise time solutions, sets the world's standard for time. The company generates, distributes and applies precise time for the communications, aerospace/defense, IT infrastructure and metrology industries. Symmetricom's customers, from communications service providers and network equipment manufacturers to governments and their suppliers worldwide, are able to build more reliable networks and systems by using the company's advanced timing technologies, atomic clocks, services and solutions. All products support today's precise timing standards, including GPS-based timing, IEEE 1588 (PTP), Network Time Protocol (NTP), Synchronous Ethernet and DOCSIS^® timing. Symmetricom is based in San Jose, Calif., with offices worldwide. For more information, visit: http://www.symmetricom.com or join the dialogue at http://www.twitter.com/symmetricom.

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