2Wire Selected by OnHollywood as Top 100 Private Company Award Winner

2Wire Selected by OnHollywood as Top 100 Private Company Award Winner

Recognized for Leadership in Emerging Technology

SAN JOSE, Calif., March 15 /PRNewswire/ -- 2Wire, a provider of broadband service platforms exclusively for the DSL market, today announced that it has been chosen by OnHollywood as one of the Top 100 Private Company award winners. The OnHollywood 100 is a power list of the top private digital media and entertainment companies. 2Wire was handpicked by the OnHollywood editorial team based on a set of five criteria -- innovation, market potential, customer adoption, media buzz and investor value creation.

2Wire and the OnHollywood 100 will be honored at the OnHollywood executive summit May 2-4 at The Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood, California. The summit will focus on the challenges, opportunities and business models of the digital era, showcasing top innovative private companies that are revolutionizing the way media and entertainment is created, distributed and consumed.

The OnHollywood 100 was selected from over a 1,000 companies, peer- nominated by leading venture capitalists, investment bankers and industry analysts. The OnHollywood 100 consists of private companies at all stages of development, from early to late stage.

2Wire has developed a unique broadband services delivery platform, which will allow telecom providers to quickly deploy a triple play of voice, data, and video services, including live TV and IP video on demand.

"We scoured hundreds of applications we received to vote on the top emerging private technology companies," said Tony Perkins, founder and editor of AlwaysOn. "Selected are the companies we think are demonstrating significant market traction or pursuing game-changing technology. We expect these organizations to have a big impact for both Hollywood and Silicon Valley."

2Wire's MediaPortal(TM) set top box combines broadband services and satellite TV programming to immediately enable services such as multi-room digital video recording, media on demand, music management, photo sharing, and remote access, for a fully integrated experience of digital media convergence. AT&T will be bringing the MediaPortal to market this year, under the brand "Homezone."

A full list of all the OnHollywood 100 companies can be found on the AlwaysOn website at http://www.alwayson-network.com/comments.php?id=12031 .

About 2Wire

2Wire is a provider of broadband service platforms for the DSL market. 2Wire's suite of solutions offers DSL providers an integrated triple play of data, voice, and media services. 2Wire's products and services include the award-winning HomePortal residential gateways, the MediaPortal set top box, and a robust Component Management System (CMS) for service management and provisioning. 2Wire's products are distributed exclusively by the major DSL service providers, including AT&T, BT, and TELMEX. Headquartered in San Jose, California, 2Wire was founded in July 1998 by Brian L. Hinman, a co-founder of PictureTel Corporation and Polycom, Inc. 2Wire, MediaPortal and HomePortal are the trademarks or registered trademarks of 2Wire, Inc. in the United States and in other jurisdictions throughout the world. All other company and product names may be trade names or trademarks of their respective owners. For more information, visit www.2Wire.com.

About OnHollywood 2006: May 2-4 @ The Roosevelt Hotel, Hollywood

OnHollywood is where cutting edge technology from the backstreets of Silicon Valley converges with Hollywood's media and entertainment elite. The two-and-a-half-day event borrows on the "film market" tradition by providing an open environment for digital media and entertainment entrepreneurs to meet the big-time studio, telco, and consumer electronics executives, venture capitalists, and media. OnHollywood delves into the challenges, opportunities, and business models of the digital era, and showcases the most innovative private companies that are revolutionizing the way media and entertainment is created, distributed, and consumed.

About AlwaysOn Network

AlwaysOn is transforming the communication business with its online blogging network for technology, media and entertainment insiders, establishing it as a leader in the Open Media revolution. Borrowing from the underground traditions of blogging and social networking, AlwaysOn (http://www.alwayson-network.com/ ) was launched in 2003. Today, AO's annual Summit @ Stanford and OnHollywood events, print "blogozine" and online services encourage direct collaboration between global thought leaders and technology insiders. No other media brand has dared allow such openness amongst its readers and participants. AlwaysOn, LLC, is a privately held and virtually headquartered company born out of the heart of Silicon Valley.

Source: 2Wire

CONTACT: Paul Brunato of 2Wire, Inc., +1-408-503-1088, or
pbrunato@2Wire.com; or Julia French, +1-415-277-5400, or onh@lewispr.com, or
Andy Oliver, +1-415-277-5400, or onh@lewispr.com, for OnHollywood; or Michelle
Homes, +1-415-992-4423, or michelleh@lewispr.com, for 2Wire, Inc.

Web site: http://www.2wire.com/
http://www.alwayson-network.com/

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