Spirent Communications PLC announces Total Voting Rights

SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC

VOTING RIGHTS AND CAPITAL - TRANSPARENCY DIRECTIVE DISCLOSURE

London, UK - 28 December 2006: Spirent Communications plc ("the Company") (LSE: SPT; NYSE: SPM), a leading technology communications company would like to notify the market in compliance with the Transparency Directive's transitional provision 6, of the following information as at 28 December 2006:

The Company's issued share capital consists of 975,851,486 ordinary shares of 3 & 1/3 pence with voting rights. The Company holds 90,251,487 ordinary shares in Treasury, and the Company is not permitted to exercise voting rights in respect of those ordinary shares. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 885,599,999.

The above figure (885,599,999) may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the Financial Services Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

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Enquiries Michael Anscombe Deputy Company Secretary +44 (0)1273 767676

About Spirent Communications plc

Spirent Communications plc is a leading communications technology company focused on delivering innovative systems and services to meet the needs of customers worldwide. We are a global provider of performance analysis and service assurance solutions that enable the development and deployment of next-generation networking technologies such as broadband services, Internet telephony, 3G wireless and web applications and security testing. The Systems group develops power control systems for specialist electrical vehicles in the mobility and industrial markets. Further information about Spirent Communications plc can be found at www.spirent.com.

Spirent Communications plc Ordinary shares are traded on the London Stock Exchange (ticker: SPT) and on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker: SPM; CUSIP number: 84856M209) in the form of American Depositary Shares ("ADS"), represented by American Depositary Receipts, with one ADS representing four Ordinary shares.

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SOURCE:  Spirent Communications PLC