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Dyband signs Traffic Management Software licensing agreement with Leading Canadian Service Provider.

OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA (January 14, 2004)-Dyband, an industry leading supplier of IP traffic management solutions to service providers and enterprises worldwide, announced a wholesale licensing agreement with Bell Canada's Carrier Services Group to create a customized version of Dyband's traffic management software for resale exclusively to Bell Canada's wholesale ISP customers.

Called Dynamic Traffic Shaping (DTS), the software solution will enable Bell Canada to provide value-added services for its wholesale ISP customers, by providing them with a number of innovative traffic management capabilities that can help them improve service performance, grow their revenues, reduce costs, and improve profitability. The overall value of the agreement is not being disclosed.

"This agreement with Bell Canada reflects our intrinsic value to the service provider market," said Tim Welch of Dyband Corporation. "In the highly competitive Internet Industry, Bell Canada is clearly leading the way in providing innovative solutions that help customers grow their business."

Dyband was selected by Bell Canada after rigorous testing in the IP Technology Research Lab. The software is an innovative, robust and reliable solution that can provide wholesale customers with advanced network visibility to control their bandwidth right down to the individual subscriber. "As a compliment to our leading Internet Transit solution, DTS gives our wholesale customers a powerful set of network management tools with which to shape and manage their customers' bandwidth in real time, enhance product performance, control costs, and introduce new revenue-generating service tiers," explained Jon MacDonald of Bell Canada's Carrier Services Group.

MEETING SERVICE PROVIDER CHALLENGES

• Maximizing throughput across the Internet link - enabling as much as 25% more customers down the same Internet connection.
  
• Enabling service providers to add additional users while providing more consistent, reliable access service.
  
• Enhancing Internet connectivity by reducing packet loss.
  
• Providing separate controls for each traffic direction, thereby allowing complete flexibility in managing upstream and downstream traffic.
  
• Delivering insight into both the topology and performance of the distribution network.
  

ABOUT DYBAND CORPORATION

Dyband Corporation is a provider of unique IP traffic management software and solutions to multiple "last mile" narrowband and broadband access markets, such as the satellite, fixed wireless, wireline, cable and the corporate enterprise markets. Dyband enables Internet service providers, educational institutions, government agencies and enterprise organizations to reduce operating costs and improve profit margins by gaining absolute control of bandwidth, allowing them to provide consistent, reliable access services while eliminating the need to provision bandwidth to meet peak demand. Dyband Corporation is headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and can be reached via email at info@dyband.com or via the Internet at www.dyband.com.

Dyband and logo are trademarks of Dyband Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders and are acknowledged by Dyband Corporation.

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