Ledcor Technical Services to Deploy Hitachi
GPON Solution in Coquille, Oregon

ATLANTA, GA, March 28, 2007 – Hitachi Telecom (USA), Inc., today announced that Ledcor Technical Services (LTS) and ComSpan-Bandon Networks will bring the fiber optic network that is now successfully operating in Bandon, Oregon to the town of Coquille.  Coquille is a town of approximately 4,000 on the Coquille River, about 17 miles inland from Bandon.  Construction has already begun, with completion planned for the third quarter, 2007. Coquille and Bandon are being connected by fiber optic cable, which will carry the video feed from the head end located in Bandon to Coquille. LTS and ComSpan-Bandon Networks will offer triple play services – video, high speed Internet and voice.

“We have developed a business model that brings world-class bandwidth to clusters of smaller communities,” said Ashwin Chitamun, SVP of Network Development for LTS. “Once the basic triple play services infrastructure – video, high speed Internet and voice – is established in one location, many of the resources such as the video head end and centralized network operations facilities can be leveraged to economically serve multiple communities. In addition this investment provides the platform to bring future services to these communities such as home security, tele-medicine, videoconferencing etc.”

“Hitachi is pleased to support LTS and ComSpan-Bandon as they extend their business model to Coquille and other locations in the region and throughout North America,” said Rick Schiavinato, Hitachi Telecom vice president sales and marketing. “Our AMN1220 GPON solution has earned a track record of high performance and reliability, and has demonstrated operational compatibility with third party systems that support a wide variety of voice and video services configurations.”

About Hitachi’s AMN1220 Product Family

The AMN1220 FTTP platform is a family of high-performance GPON products that provide ultra high bandwidth communication services to residential, business and institutional subscribers using a single optical fiber direct to the subscriber’s premises.  Compliant with ITU-T G.984 standards, the AMN1220 provides data rates of 2.488Gbit/s downstream and 1.244Gbit/s upstream. Standards compliance provides assurance that service providers will have maximum flexibility in implementing FTTP solutions as applications and services are added in the future. Legacy TDM services such as T1 are seamlessly handled in their native formats using GPON Encapsulation Mode (GEM) framing.

The AMN1220 consists of a centrally located Optical Line Terminal (OLT) connected via single-mode fiber optic cable to Optical Network Terminals (ONT) at the subscribers’ premises. The OLT is equipped with a hybrid Layer 2/3 + TDM switch fabric for flexible traffic management and consolidation.  ONTs include the GST, a single family / small business unit, and the GMT, a configurable multi-dwelling/multi-business ONT.  All ONTs can provide a Gigabit Ethernet line rate interface to the subscriber, enabling a wide range of business applications today and providing future proofing for both residential and business networks.

About Hitachi Telecom (USA), Inc.

Hitachi Telecom (USA), Inc., a subsidiary of Hitachi America, Ltd., develops, manufactures and markets telecommunications equipment for the North American market. The company offers ITU-compliant Gigabit Passive Optical Network ‘triple play’ solutions for Fiber-to-the-Premises applications, and ultra high-speed optical networking equipment such as DWDM and SONET systems.  For more information on Hitachi Telecom (USA), Inc., visit http://www.hitachitelecom.com.

Hitachi America, Ltd., a subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., markets and manufactures a broad range of electronics and semiconductors, and provides industrial equipment and services throughout North America. For more information on Hitachi America, visit
http://www.hitachi.us.

Hitachi, Ltd., (NYSE: HIT / TSE: 6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading global electronics company with approximately 356,000 employees worldwide. Fiscal 2005 (ended March 31, 2006) consolidated sales totaled 9,464 billion yen ($80.9 billion). The company offers a wide range of systems, products and services in market sectors including information systems, electronic devices, power and industrial systems, consumer products, materials and financial services. For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company's website at www.hitachi.com.

About ComSpan Bandon Networks. ComSpan Bandon Networks operates the FTTP network in Bandon, Oregon and is responsible for the marketing and operation of the new FTTP network being built in Coquille. ComSpanUSA is a facilities-based CLEC headquartered in Roseburg, Oregon. ComSpan Bandon Networks and ComSpan USA are subsidiaries of LTS. For more information please visit the company’s website at www.comspanusa.net .

About LTS. A wholly owned subsidiary within the Ledcor Group of Companies (www.ledcor.com), LTS consists of three separate divisions that combined provide a full range of services that offer our customers a North America-wide full service program. LTS Managed Technical Services focuses on the Telecommunications sector and provides field and central office maintenance, electronics installation and construction management services. LTS Infrastructure Services provides engineering and construction services to the Telecommunications, Utilities and Industrial sectors. LTS Network Development provides network design, detailed engineering, turnkey deployment, construction and project management services as well as systems integration and ongoing maintenance to communities, service providers or established operating companies to bring FTTP triple play (voice, data, and TV) services, using state of the art fiber, to residential and businesses customers in mid to small rural communities across the nation.