Cisco Veteran Appointed President of Xten

Cisco Veteran Appointed President of Xten 


SANTA CLARA, CA, June 22  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Xten Networks, Inc. (OTCBB:
XNWK), a provider of VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol), Video over IP,
Instant Messaging (IM), and Presence SIP softphones, today announced that Mr.
Larry Timlick has been appointed as President and a Director of the company,
effective June 17, 2005.

"Larry brings experienced leadership and management expertise to Xten. His
vision combined with over two decades of sales and management experience will
be a great asset to our team, our shareholders and our customers," said Mark
Bruk, co founder and Chairman of Xten. "Larry brings a keen understanding of
the global communications industry, as well as the right combination of
strategic insight and operational discipline to Xten."

With over 22 years of technical sales and management experience, the last 13
years of which was at Cisco Systems Canada, Larry brings extensive knowledge of
the Enterprise and Service Provider markets. Larry was responsible for
developing a sales region for Telus, a major telecommunications carrier in
Canada, which was named Region of the Year, Americas International FY 2004.
Under his leadership in this region, sales and technical teams increased
accounts from $25 million to over $115 million in two years. Larry had many
accomplishments with Cisco Systems, including: Top Americas International
Performer - Regional Manager FY 2000; Highest Regional Percentage of Goal -
Americas International FY 2000 (152% of Goal); Top Canadian Regional
Performance FY 2001 - Western Region Service Providers (120% of Goal); and Top
Customer Satisfaction Americas International FY 2002. As the first Cisco
Systems Employee in Western Canada, Larry expanded the business and opened
offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Regina and Winnipeg. Larry has also
held management positions with AT&T Canada and Telex/Tulsa Computer Products.

"Xten has an outstanding team that has developed award-winning technologies in
one of the hottest sectors in communications, as is shown by Xten's customer
and partner base. I look forward to strengthening relationships with our
current customers, building relationships with future customers, delivering new
products and services to the market, and capturing maximum value for Xten from
our industry alliances," said Larry Timlick, President and a Director of Xten.
In the near term, we will focus on driving value by developing new products and
services for service providers, cable operators, MSOs, Internet telephony
service providers, ISPs, IP PBX manufacturers and OEMs, including set-top box
manufacturers and VoIP device manufacturers."

About Xten Networks, Inc.

Xten Networks is a developer of award-winning, high-quality, carrier- grade
VoIP (Voice over IP) and Video over IP SIP softphones for service providers,
cable operators, Internet telephony service providers, IP PBX manufacturers and
OEMs. Xten's SIP softphones are available either pre-configured or as a
software development kit (SDK), and provide VoIP (Voice over IP), Video over
IP, IM (Instant Messaging), and Presence functionality. eyeBeam - Xten's
feature-rich SIP Video over IP softphone with IM and Presence - recently
received both Communications Solutions(R) Magazine's and INTERNET TELEPHONY(R)
Magazine's "Product of the Year" Award for 2004. Xten's Pocket PC SIP Softphone
was recently named a 2005 Innovation Award winner from INTERNET TELEPHONY(R)
magazine. Through deployments with leading service providers, Xten technology
is deployed in more than 5,400,000 IP endpoints worldwide. For more information
please visit http://www.xten.com/.

  For more information on Xten, please contact Investor Relations - KCSA
  Worldwide:

  Todd Fromer
  +1.212.896.1215
  

  Michael Cimini
  +1.212.896.1233
  

  For more information on Xten products, please contact Media Relations:

  Tiffany Zinck
  +1.604.628.2127
  

DATASOURCE: Xten Networks



CONTACT: on Xten, please contact Investor Relations - KCSA Worldwide:

Todd Fromer, [phone], ; Michael Cimini,

[phone], ; on Xten products, please contact

Media Relations: Tiffany Zinck, [phone], 

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