Symmetricom's TimeProvider® 5000 Grandmaster Clock Recognized by LTE World Series

SAN JOSE, Calif., May 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Symmetricom®, Inc. (NASDAQ: SYMM), a worldwide leader in precision time and frequency technologies, today announced that its TimeProvider® 5000, the company's flagship carrier-grade IEEE 1588-2008 Grandmaster Clock, has been selected as a finalist under the Best LTE Core Network Elements category for the LTE Awards.

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The Telecoms.com LTE World Series is designed to recognize achievements in the LTE industry. The awards will take place at LTE World Summit 2012 on May 23rd in Barcelona where the winners will be announced.  These prestigious awards have now become a symbol of recognition to the entire industry as a mark of leadership, quality and innovation.

The TimeProvider 5000 Grandmaster Clock plays a key role in the deployment of an LTE network, delivering frequency and phase synchronization required for 4G/LTE and upcoming LTE-Advanced networks. TimeProvider 5000 is the only carrier grade multi-standard master clock that supports IEEE 1588 (PTP), Synchronous Ethernet (SyncE), and Network Time Protocol (NTP) in the marketplace today and is the recognized gold standard supporting both networks transitioning from TDM to IP as well as for full Ethernet networks.

"There is no other timing and synchronization solution in the marketplace like the TimeProvider 5000," said Manish Gupta, vice president of marketing and business development at Symmetricom. "Being recognized by the LTE World Series is a great industry endorsement of the value this solution offers service providers deploying LTE networks globally."

Symmetricom's TimeProvider 5000 was specifically built to handle stringent frequency and phase requirements of next generation networks. It offers service providers simultaneous support for PTP 1588, T1/E1 and NTP and scalability with the capacity to support up to 1000 PTP clients. China Mobile recently selected the TimeProvider 5000 to deploy IEEE 1588 and SyncE for its Packet Transport Network (PTN) deployment.

For more information about the TimeProvider 5000, please visit: http://www.symmetricom.com/products/ieee-1588-ptp-solutions/ptp-servers/TimeProvider-5000-and-TimeProvider-Expansion/

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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