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PowerDsine Ltd. (NASDAQ:PDSN), a leading provider of Power over Ethernet (PoE) technology, announced today at FOSE, that it has partnered with Westcon Group's Comstor Division to provide PowerDsine products on its #GS-35F-4389G GSA contract. Accordingly, Comstor is now authorized to supply the federal government with PowerDsine's 6500 PoE Midspans. PowerDsine's Midspan products may reduce infrastructure costs associated with deployment VoIP phones, Wireless LAN Access Points and IP-based network cameras. PowerDsine will work closely with Comstor to create awareness of the benefits of the 6500 PoE Midspan solution. Comstor and PowerDsine will focus on federal agencies active in the IP telephony, wireless LAN and IP surveillance markets. PoE technology offers a compelling value proposition in these market sectors. In addition, PowerDsine is currently accepting requests from Value Added Resellers (VARs) to provide a Letter of Supply (LoS) for any commercially available PowerDsine product for the VARs' local, state and federal contracts. "We believe that federal government agencies are looking to embrace new technologies and, like any other enterprise environment, they demand solutions, like Power over Ethernet, that can reduce IT deployment costs and improve the utilization of their existing network investment," said Igal Rotem, CEO of PowerDsine. "Our solutions are designed to save organizations considerable time and money by feeding power to devices, such as IP phones, IP surveillance cameras and wireless LAN access points, via Ethernet cabling." Through Comstor's GSA schedule, federal agencies and resellers will be able to purchase PowerDsine's 6500 Midspans, which are available in 6, 12, 24 and 48-port models, so that IT administrators can PoE-enable their legacy Ethernet switch environments and at the same time protect their IT investment by not having to invest in an entirely new switch. All PowerDsine products are compliant with the IEEE 802.3af PoE standard. About General Services Administration GSA is a centralized, federal procurement, property management, policy development and information provision agency, created by Congress to improve government efficiency and help federal agencies better serve the public. In this role, GSA acquires products and services on behalf of federal agencies; plays a key role in developing and implementing government-wide policies; provides services and solutions for the office operations of more than one million federal workers; and encourages a citizen-centric relationship with government by providing a single "point of entry" to the information and services citizens need in a timeframe they can appreciate. This allows citizens to receive accurate, timely and consistent answers and information, and helps Federal agencies better respond to citizen inquiries. About Westcon Group Westcon Group, Inc. is a multi-national specialty distributor of networking and communications equipment for leading technology vendors, including Cisco Systems, Inc., Nortel Networks Corporation and Avaya, Inc. Through its Westcon, Comstor and Voda One divisions, Westcon Group sells products and services to resellers, systems integrators and service providers. Westcon Group has particular expertise in the convergence of voice, data and video applications and technologies, including voice-over Internet protocol, or VoIP, security for networking and communications systems, remote access, Internet and e-business, virtual private networks, videoconferencing and wireless connectivity. For more information, visit www.westcongroup.com. About Power over Ethernet Technology PoE is a technology for wired Ethernet, the most widely installed local area network technology in use today. PoE allows the electrical power necessary for the operation of each end-device, to be carried by data cables rather than by separate power cords. It minimizes the number of wires that must be used in order to install the network, resulting in lower cost, less downtime, easier maintenance and greater installation flexibility. About PowerDsine PowerDsine Ltd. (NASDAQ:PDSN) designs, develops and supplies integrated circuits, modules and systems that enable the implementation of Power over Ethernet in local area networks, providing the capability to deliver and manage electrical power over data network cables. PowerDsine offers integrated products and system solutions to communications equipment manufacturers in the telecom and datacom industries who incorporate them into, or bundle them with their products. PowerDsine is a founding, contributing and active member of the IEEE 802.3af and 802.3at Task Forces. For more information, please visit http://www.powerdsine.com Forward Looking Statements Statements made in this press release that are not historical facts, including statements regarding our expectations of future events or our future financial performance, are forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions about PowerDsine and the matters covered in this release. You should not place undue reliance on these statements. Actual events or results may differ materially. Many factors may cause our actual results to differ materially from any forward looking statement, including acceptance of new products, costs relating to such products and other factors detailed in PowerDsine's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Registration Statement on Form F-1. The forward- looking statements are made as of this date and PowerDsine does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. * Please note that PowerDsine is a trademark of PowerDsine Ltd.