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Catapult Communications Establishes Major R&D Facility In Melbourne

May 15th, 2001

Catapult Communications (NASDAQ: CATT) today announced the establishment of a major new development laboratory in Melbourne, headed by Bryan McGlade, former site manager of Nokia's recently closed Melbourne R&D facility. Mr. McGlade joined Catapult on Monday, May 14 as Managing Director.

"We expect the Melbourne lab to give us a significant, long-term boost in our engineering capability," said David Mayfield, Catapult's Chief Operating Officer. "Melbourne is the largest area of telecom expertise in Australia, giving us a large pool of qualified candidates to choose from. With this new facility in Melbourne, Catapult will now have engineering organizations in United States, Europe and Australia." Mayfield added.

Bryan McGlade comes to Catapult Communications with over 19 years of telecommunications experience. Prior to his experience heading the Nokia development lab in Melbourne, McGlade held senior management and development positions within Alcatel Telecom and at the Integrated Communication Services Section of the Telecom Australia (now Telstra) Research Laboratories.

Catapult has also benefited from local expertise provided by Multimedia Victoria, the government agency responsible for encouraging high-tech industry in the Melbourne area.
 

About Catapult
Catapult Communications Corporation provides advanced test systems to equipment manufacturers and service providers for the design, integration, installation and acceptance testing of a broad range of digital telecommunications equipment and services. Catapult delivers test solutions for over 160 protocols and variants in the following network areas: 3G, VoIP, GPRS, SS7, Intelligent Network, ATM, V5, Digital Cellular and ISDN.
 

Forward Looking Statement
The statement in this press release regarding the company's ability to expand its engineering capability is based on current information and expectations and involves a number of risks and uncertainties, including the possibility that the Company will be unable to recruit qualified staff for the new facility. Please refer to the company's Form 10-K, Forms 10-Q and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for other factors that may cause actual results to differ from those projected.