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AFC Announces Plans for USTA Telecom '04 in Las Vegas New ADSL2+ Card and Legg Mason Financial Conference Headline the Company's Agenda PETALUMA, Calif., Oct. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AFC(R) (NASDAQ:AFCI), The Acronym for Access(SM), today announced its participation in a series of events and activities at the Telecom '04 Annual Conference & Exposition. Sponsored by the United States Telecom Association (USTA), the convention will be held October 9-13 at the Venetian Hotel and Convention Center in Las Vegas. The convention will provide the backdrop for the first demonstration of AFC's new ADSL2+ plug-in card in booth 501. Additionally, AFC's vice president and chief technical officer, Jim Sackman, is slated to speak at the Legg Mason Financial Conference, which is being held in conjunction with USTA Telecom '04. Sackman will also host an informal breakfast at the convention where different fiber strategies, including Fiber-to-the-Node (FTTN), Fiber-to-the-Curb (FTTC) and Fiber-to-the-Premises (FTTP), will be discussed. Sean Blakley, AFC's senior product line manager for integrated services, will be participating in a high-level panel discussion on critical success factors in the digital TV marketplace, talking about seamlessly integrating HDTV, Video-on-Demand (VoD), interactive electronic program guides and interactive TV with traditional services to provide a comprehensive viewer experience. A detailed schedule of AFC's Telecom '04 events includes: Sunday, October 10, 2004 -- What: AFC's UniversalDSL(SM) ADSL2+ plug-in card and FiberDirect(SM) demonstrations -- Where: Booth 501, Exhibit Hall, Venetian Hotel and Convention Center, Las Vegas -- Time: 3:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. PDT Monday, October 11, 2004 (Two Events Listed Below) -- What: AFC's UniversalDSL ADSL2+ plug-in card and FiberDirect demonstrations -- Where: Booth 501, Exhibit Hall, Venetian Hotel and Convention Center, Las Vegas -- Time: 10:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. PDT -- What: Legg Mason Financial Conference. AFC's Jim Sackman will participate in a panel discussion titled "Cable Systems Clash with Telco Networks: Triple Play and Other Disruptive Technologies to Watch." -- Where: Venetian Hotel and Convention Center, Las Vegas -- Time: 3:10 p.m. PDT -- Webcast: The event will be webcast live and can be accessed on AFC's investor relations website at http://www.afc.com/investors. A replay of the panel discussion will be available approximately one hour after the presentation concludes. Tuesday, October 12, 2004 (Two Events Listed Below) -- What: AFC's UniversalDSL ADSL2+ plug-in card and FiberDirect demonstrations -- Where: Booth 501, Exhibit Hall, Venetian Hotel and Convention Center, Las Vegas -- Time: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. PDT -- What: Panel discussion "New Realities in Video: What 21st Century Video Means and How to Get There." Join AFC's Sean Blakley, who will serve as a panelist on the convention's kick-off topic for the video track, talking about the business relationships, packaging, marketing strategies and technical frameworks central to today's advanced video initiatives. -- Where: Venetian Hotel and Convention Center, Las Vegas -- Time: 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. PDT Wednesday, October 13, 2004 -- What: FTTP Breakfast with AFC. Join AFC's Jim Sackman for an informal discussion about "Copper vs. Fiber" as well as an overview of the company's FiberDirect solution. -- Where: Venetian Hotel and Convention Center, Las Vegas -- Time: 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. PDT About AFC Headquartered in Petaluma, Calif., AFC is a leading provider of broadband access solutions for the global telecommunications industry. With a customer base of more than 800 service providers worldwide, AFC continues to build and support the world's evolving broadband access network architecture. Advanced Fibre Communications, Inc., AFC, the AFC logo, and DISC*S are registered trademarks of Advanced Fibre Communications, Inc. AccessMAX is a trademark and The Acronym for Access, FiberDirect and UniversalDSL are service marks of Advanced Fibre Communications, Inc. Copyright 2004. All rights reserved. Any other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. For more information, please visit AFC online at http://www.afc.com/ or call 1-800-690-AFCI. DATASOURCE: Advanced Fibre Communications, Inc. CONTACT: press, Chris Heinemann, +1-707-792-4019, or , or investors, Debbie McGowan, +1-707-794-7720, or , both of Advanced Fibre Communications, Inc. Web site: http://www.afc.com/

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