Riverstone and Telindus Sign Strategic Alliance Agreement; Leading European Network Integrator to Build Best-of-Breed Metro Solutions Using Riverstone Products.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 7, 2001

Riverstone Networks, a leader in service creation infrastructure for the metropolitan area network, today announced a pan-European agreement with Telindus (BSX:TEL), a leading European network integrator. Under the terms of the agreement, Telindus will re-sell Riverstone's entire line of products, including the RS family of metropolitan area network optimized switches and routers as well as its IA line of Web switches. Targeting metro markets across Europe, Telindus will sell Riverstone products to service providers and telecommunication customers, providing high-quality and secure networks, services, and integrated solutions.

"At Telindus, we have assembled a 'dream team' of partners -- companies that define their industry category. Riverstone's products are a welcome addition to the team," said Eric Van Zele, CEO and president of Telindus. "Everything about Riverstone is optimized for the metropolitan area network--their products, their organization, their thinking. The European market is ripe for this, and European service providers are ready to roll out next-generation services based on broadband fiber-optic networks. Telindus and Riverstone are well positioned to succeed in this rapidly growing market."

"We are proud to be selected by Telindus, a premier European network integrator," said Romulus Pereira, president and CEO of Riverstone Networks. "Telindus and its highly skilled network professionals are working at the forefront of the communications revolution in Europe. This alliance enables Riverstone to extend its reach in Europe and to benefit from the large-scale deployment of European broadband fiber-optic networks. The combination of Riverstone's ability to provide value-added services over any network infrastructure and Telindus' ability to provide service and support to large customers makes us a very difficult team to beat. We look forward to a strong relationship with Telindus."

Telindus is the latest member of Riverstone's global partner program. Existing channel partners for distribution in Europe, the U.S., and South East Asia include Azlan, Tech Data, and Avnet, respectively. National system integration partners include Solunet in the U.S. and Canada; CTC and Soliton in Japan; Shanghai Bell, ATOZ Computers, and Choiceway Technologies in China; and Commverge Solutions across the Asia Pacific Region.

About Telindus

Telindus Group NV is the European expert in data and telecommunication networks and is headquartered in Belgium. The Telindus group consists of around 50 companies in fourteen countries, and the group also has an extensive network of representatives in the rest of Europe and other continents. The expertise of the Telindus group includes all areas of modern telecommunications technology, such as LANs, WANs, Internet and e-business, network access and security, VOIP, VPN, and fixed and mobile communications. Telindus can number more than 60 service providers and an eminent range of financial, industrial, distribution, media, governmental, and European institutions amongst its clients. For more information, please visit www.telindus.com.

About Riverstone Networks

Riverstone Networks is a leading developer of routers and switches that enable service providers throughout the metropolitan area network to turn raw bandwidth into profitable services. Leveraging fourth-generation custom silicon and Internet-hardened routing software, Riverstone products deliver line-rate accountability and control, enabling the metro network to become the New Business Internet. Riverstone solutions are deployed in more than 40 countries and in some of the world's largest networks -- including British Telecom, Genuity, MCI WorldCom, MAE West Ames, EarthLink, NTT, and Telefonica. Please visit the company at www.riverstonenet.com.