net.com Appoints Telecom Veteran Frederick D'Alessio to Board of Directors

net.com Appoints Telecom Veteran Frederick D'Alessio to Board of
Directors 


FREMONT, Calif., Jan. 12  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Network Equipment
Technologies, Inc., dba net.com (NYSE:NWK), announced today that Fred D'Alessio
has been elected to its Board of Directors.

Mr. D'Alessio brings over 30 years of telecommunications experience to net.com,
which includes executive positions with Bell Atlantic, Verizon Communications,
and Capitol Management Partners, a consulting firm for early stage
communication organizations. As president of Verizon's Advanced Services group,
Mr. D'Alessio led both the launch of its DSL and Broadband ISP businesses and
the effort to become the long distance market's first Regional Bell Operating
Company (RBOC).

At Bell Atlantic, Mr. D'Alessio's senior management positions included
president, Advanced Services group; group president of Consumer Business; vice
president of operations and engineering; and CEO and president of Bell Atlantic
Maryland.  With the mergers of Nynex and GTE, Mr. D'Alessio sought to improve
overall customer experience by combining the best practices of both companies
while saving millions of dollars.

"I would like to welcome Fred to net.com," said Hubert "Bert" Whyte, net.com
president and CEO.  "He brings a wealth of telecom experience to our Board of
Directors and his experience with a major RBOC will prove invaluable as net.com
moves forward.  We look forward to his guidance."

Mr. D'Alessio currently sits on a number of corporate boards, including SS8
networks, Spirent PLC, Aware Inc., and Hatteras Networks.  Mr. D'Alessio
graduated from the Rutgers Business School with an MBA and the New Jersey
Institute of Technology with a BS and MS in Electrical Engineering.

About net.com

Network Equipment Technologies, Inc., doing business as net.com, develops and
delivers platforms for broadband services, Internet telephony, and multiservice
networks. An architect of the networking industry, net.com has been supplying
service providers, governments and enterprises around the world with
bulletproof networking technology for more than 20 years. net performance. net
results. net.com.

Visit http://www.net.com/ for more information.

NOTE:  net.com is a trademark of Network Equipment Technologies, Inc. 

DATASOURCE: Network Equipment Technologies, Inc.



CONTACT:  Brenda Ropoulos, Director of Corporate Relations of net.com,

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