SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 31, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Symmetricom, Inc. (Nasdaq:SYMM), a worldwide leader in precise time and frequency products and services, today announced the availability of SymmTime 2006, the free and convenient multi-zone desktop time utility that automatically synchronizes a system clock to any accessible NTP server to keep accurate time. Its previous version is used by more than 100,000 users around the world. SymmTime 2006 is available for immediate download with various new features at http://www.ntp-systems.com/lp_SymmTime2006.asp.
New SymmTime 2006 features include:
-- More digital and analog clocks to choose from -- Wide variety of size choices for desktop -- Hundreds of time zone locations -- Up to 30 clocks on one panel -- Excellent Help features
The clocks in the clock panel can be tailored in various ways, including: 1) time zones/cities, 2) number of clocks on the clock panel, 3) analog (with clock face and hands) or digital, 4) 24-hour or AM/PM, 5) with or without second hand/seconds counter, 6) with or without city/time zone, 7) colors of the panel and of the clocks themselves; and 8) size, style, color of lettering.
SymmTime 2006 can be used in Microsoft(r) Windows PC operating systems, including Windows NT 4, Windows 2000, Windows 2003 and Windows XP, and will automatically override any prior versions.
SymmTime users range from a computer network in a South Pole research station to international business people who need to know the time zones on multiple continents to home schoolers in small town America. The default settings provide Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), New York, London and Tokyo, but the display can be set to other locations including Sydney, Los Angeles, Chicago, Buenos Aires, London, Moscow, Dakar, Singapore and Beijing.
With hundreds of thousands of downloads since 2000, SymmTime has become the timekeeper of choice for many individuals and organizations worldwide. Users have come to rely on SymmTime for its accuracy, ease-of-use and stability. With additional time zones and clocks included, it will be able to service even more organizations.
For more information and to download SymmTime 2006 please visit: http://www.ntp-systems.com/lp_SymmTime2006.asp.
About Symmetricom, Inc.
As a worldwide leader in precise time and frequency products and services, Symmetricom 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 company's timing, frequency and synchronization solutions have helped define the world's 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 and rubidium standards, VME, VXI, crystal oscillators, Bus Timing, PCI cards and Global Positioning System (GPS) solutions for instrumentation applications, alphanumeric displays, as well as network time servers for Network Time Protocol (NTP) 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.
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Jeanne Hopkins
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