IRVINE, California, June 13, 2006 - Aktino, the technology leader in delivery of business-class broadband services throughout the carrier serving area (CSA) over embedded copper loops, has signed a multi-year agreement with EMBARQ Logistics, a division of Embarq (NYSE: EQ), the company announced today.

The agreement covers Aktino's AK3000 and AK4000 platforms. The AK3000 provides long-reach DS3 (45 Mbps) bandwidth, while the AK4000 enables true 5 to 50 Mbps business-class Ethernet services over copper. Both platforms enable this capacity across the entire CSA.

EMBARQ Logistics is the deployment, distribution, and logistics division of Embarq, and serves a vast customer base of telecommunications service providers in addition to its parent company. With this agreement, EMBARQ Logistics and Aktino will work together to reach a far broader market for the Aktino platforms.

"Aktino's Broadband over Copper solutions allow us to continue our commitment to providing innovative solutions with compelling value propositions to our 1,400 telco customers nationwide," said Brad Clark, vice president of Marketing and Sales for EMBARQ Logistics. "We selected Aktino because its solution will allow business customers to be able to take advantage of broadband services over their existing copper wires. Plus the product has the ability to reach customers who might not be able to be served with similar legacy offerings."

As Clark said in Embarq's own news announcement last week, "We will focus on those customers -- other carriers and RBOCs -- that have similar needs as Embarq Corporation. Thus, we will be supplying to our customers many of the same types of network equipment that EMBARQ will use to deliver broadband services to its customers. It's practical ingenuity and it just makes sense. With the broad purchasing power of both EMBARQ and EMBARQ Logistics' customers, we offer a product and service portfolio that others simply cannot match."

"With a national telecommunications leader like EMBARQ Logistics carrying our product line for its blue chip list of telco customers, it really broadens our reach," said Hamid Lalani, senior Vice President of Marketing and Business Development for Aktino. "We will work enthusiastically with our partner to bring these products to EMBARQ Logistics customers, with robust support."

Both the AK3000 and AK4000 are based on Aktino's groundbreaking MIMO over DMT (Multiple Input, Multiple Output over Discrete Multi-Tone) technology, which reduces crosstalk among copper pairs. This technology also delivers the kind of reliable high bandwidth that enables providers to establish a broad service footprint, one that covers essentially the entire CSA, or 12,000 feet using 24-gauge wire. Both platforms are environmentally hardened and can be line powered.

The Aktino AK3000 platform transports business-class services up to DS3 using only one-third to one-half as many copper loops as other bonded solutions, such as G.SHDSL and HDSLx. It dynamically load balances traffic across all the loops being used. Because it is T1.417 compliant, it does not interfere with existing services such as ADSL and HDSL in the same binder group, even at long distances and high bandwidth levels.

The Aktino AK4000 platform, an Ethernet in the First Mile solution, enables true 5 to 50 Mbps business-class Ethernet services and guarantees ubiquity of those services across the CSA. It bridges the service gap between high-bandwidth, high-margin Ethernet over fiber and low-bandwidth DS1 or Ethernet over DS1 HDSL-based solutions. The AK4000 extends Ethernet services to the underserved small and medium-sized enterprise market, transporting a symmetrical 10 Mbps Ethernet service on four copper pairs or a symmetrical 25 Mbps Ethernet service on eight pairs.

About Aktino
Aktino designs and delivers innovative carrier-class long reach broadband over copper solutions that enable service providers to offer revenue generating business-class broadband services over existing copper loops. Aktino is a pioneer in the use of industry standard DMT (Discrete multi Tone) with MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) in the wireline domain. Aktino's products enable service providers to deliver more services to a larger footprint than any other copper-based broadband solution. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Irvine, California, Aktino is shipping products to service providers throughout the world. For more information, please visit www.aktino.com

About Embarq
Embarq (NYSE: EQ) provides a suite of communications services to customers in its local service territories. Embarq, which is expected to rank among the Fortune 500, brings common-sense ideas, reliable service and a renewed commitment to the communities it serves. Embarq focuses on offering its customers practical, innovative products and competitive pricing. The company has approximately 20,000 employees and operates in 18 states offering local and long distance voice, data, high speed internet, wireless, and entertainment services. For more information, visit www.embarq.com.