Symmetricom Announces New GPS Time and Frequency Receiver

XL-GPS delivers a cost-effective global positioning system for data acquisition, process automation, test and measurement, and other applications.

San Jose, CA (PRWEB) June 21, 2005 -Symmetricom, Inc. (NASDAQ:SYMM) (http://www.symmttm.com/?engine=pressrelease&keyword=xlgps), a worldwide leader in precision time and frequency products and services, today announced the XL-GPS Time and Frequency Receiver (http://www.symmttm.com/pr_lp/XL-GPS/?engine=pressrelease&keyword=xlgps). The XL-GPS provides accurate time and frequency (http://www.symmttm.com/time-and-frequency.html?engine=pressrelease&keyword=xlgps) signals and a cost-effective global positioning system to support many applications including test and measurement, data acquisition, central timing systems, process automation, range timing, and the power industry.

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The XL-GPS (http://www.symmttm.com/pr_lp/XL-GPS/?engine=pressrelease&keyword=xlgps) further strengthens Symmetricoms (http://www.symmttm.com/?engine=pressrelease&keyword=xlgps) position in the time and frequency market by providing a mid-range, cost-effective solution for our diverse commercial and government customer base." commented Ron Holm, product marketing manager at Symmetricom. A powerful, accurate and versatile GPS (http://www.symmttm.com/gps-timing.html?engine=pressrelease&keyword=xlgps) instrument, the XL-GPS (http://www.symmttm.com/pr_lp/XL-GPS/?engine=pressrelease&keyword=xlgps) leverages the core technology of the proven XLi Time and Frequency System to ensure ultra-precise time and frequency (http://www.symmttm.com/time-and-frequency.html?engine=pressrelease&keyword=xlgps) generation.

Symmetricoms (http://www.symmttm.com/?engine=pressrelease&keyword=xlgps) XL-GPS Time and Frequency Receiver (http://www.symmttm.com/pr_lp/XL-GPS/?engine=pressrelease&keyword=xlgps) is a versatile, 1U instrument with user configurable inputs and outputs to suit application requirements. Signal outputs include a 1 pulse-per-second (PPS), IRIG-B time code, and rate outputs to 10 MPPS. Management and control is facilitated with a network interface. An optional expansion module provides additional outputs. The XL-GPS (http://www.symmttm.com/pr_lp/XL-GPS/?engine=pressrelease&keyword=xlgps) can be optionally configured to function as a Network Time Protocol (NTP) server for computer synchronization.

Key features of the XL-GPS Time and Frequency Receiver (http://www.symmttm.com/pr_lp/XL-GPS/?engine=pressrelease&keyword=xlgps) include:

- Accurate to within 30 nanoseconds RMS UTC(USNO)

- Frequency stability better than 1x10-12 (long term)

- High performance 12 channel GPS receiver with TRAIM (Time Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring) to protect against faulty satellite signals.

Pricing and Availability

The XL-GPS Time and Frequency Receiver (http://www.symmttm.com/pr_lp/XL-GPS/?engine=pressrelease&keyword=xlgps) will be available in July, 2005.

For more information please visit: www.xlgps.symmttm.com (http://www.symmttm.com/pr_lp/XL-GPS/?engine=pressrelease&keyword=xlgps)

About Symmetricom, Inc.

As a worldwide leader in precise time and frequency products and services, Symmetricom (http://www.symmttm.com/?engine=pressrelease&keyword=xlgps) provides Perfect Timing" to customers around the world, including communication service providers, network equipment manufacturers, U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), aerospace contractors, enterprises, governments and research facilities. Since 1985, the companys timing, frequency (http://www.symmttm.com/time-and-frequency.html?engine=pressrelease&keyword=xlgps) and synchronization solutions have helped define the worlds standards, delivering precision, reliability and efficiency to wireless and wireline networks, instrumentation and testing applications and network time management. Deployed in more than 90 countries, instrumentation products include atomic clocks, cesium (http://www.symmttm.com/cesium.html?engine=pressrelease&keyword=xlgps) and rubidium (http://www.symmttm.com/rubidium.html?engine=pressrelease&keyword=xlgps) standards, VME (http://www.symmttm.com/vme.html?engine=pressrelease&keyword=xlgps), VXI, crystal oscillators (http://www.symmttm.com/crystal-oscillators.html?engine=pressrelease&keyword=xlgps), Bus Timing, PCI cards and Global Positioning System (GPS) (http://www.symmttm.com/gps-timing.html?engine=pressrelease&keyword=xlgps) solutions for instrumentation applications, alphanumeric displays, as well as network time servers for Network Time Protocol (NTP) (http://www.ntp-systems.com/ntp.html?engine=pressrelease&keyword=xlgps) synchronization and time synchronization solutions. In 2002, Symmetricom acquired TrueTime and Datum, enhancing its position in the world time and frequency markets. Symmetricom is based in San Jose, Calif., with offices worldwide. For more information, visit www.symmetricom.com

Contacts:

Raychel Marcotte

BroadPR

617-645-6022

raychel@broadpr.com

Jeanne Hopkins

Symmetricom

978-232-1487

jhopkins@symmetricom.com

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