Pulsecom Announces RBOC Agreements

HERNDON, VIRGINIA, January 4, 2005 — Pulsecom (www.pulse.com, a subsidiary of Hubbell Incorporated NYSE: HUBA, HUBB) today announced another round of Agreements are in place with all four RBOCs for purchase of its Central Office and Digital Loop Carrier transmission product families. The company believes its ability to provide an efficient domestic source for traditional high volume residential and business access equipment permits carriers to better concentrate on emerging revenue opportunities.

Pulsecom shipped nearly a quarter-million circuits in 2004, and recorded its first increase in CO and DLC transmission product line revenues since 1997 — significant in view of wireless and broadband growth over the same period. According to Doug Spaulding, Pulsecom's VP of Operations and Engineering, “The results are interesting in light of growing pressures on wireline services. The major carriers continue to provide the link between users and the network no matter who ultimately does the subscriber billing.”

Pulsecom has seen its market share steadily increase as other manufacturers shift their focus to more exotic technologies. “Many vendors are just learning about re-use, according to Spaulding. It's hard to justify purchases of new platforms when the economics of churning existing plug-in inventories are considered.