Accedian Networks Inc. - Accedian Networks called as one of Canada’s Top 10

Montreal, QC, January 9th 2008 — Accedian Networks Inc., a arch provider of Network Performance Assurance Solutions for Ethernet Service Providers, has been called by OCRI as one of Canada’s Top 10 Technology Companies.

Winners were called by an absolute able console of Canadian and US adventure capitalists.

"I abide to be afflicted by the above of companies that I see advancing out of Canada,” says Bernhardt Zeisig, Director, VIMAC Ventures LLC (Competition Juror).

Accedian provides Network Performance Assurance Solutions for Ethernet Service Providers. Its Ethernet Service Assurance Platform allows acutely defining, advancement and acceptable Ethernet SLAs (“Service Level Agreements”) from End-to-End. Accedian’s Service Assurance Platform can be acclimated in assorted applications, one area from which the Company is seeing astronomic absorption at the moment is wireless backhaul. Wireless Service providers accept started alive their Cell website Backhaul technology from T1 to Ethernet which is abundant added able to abutment the bandwidth access of 4G/EV-DO/HSDPA wireless services. Accedian is currently demography allotment in North America’s actual aboriginal 4G deployment.

“Being honoured as one of Canada’s Top 10 Technology companies is a abundant acceptance of our aggregation and artefact offering” said Patrick Ostiguy, President and CEO of Accedian Networks. “In the accomplished year, Accedian has developed and added its bazaar allotment tremendously. Our solutions acquiesce our barter from all about the apple to bear Service Performance with Assurance.”

Canada’s Top 10 can be beheld on the apple advanced web at www.topcanadiancompanies.ca, in the Technology Competition.

About Accedian Networks:

Accedian provides Network Performance Assurance Solutions for Ethernet Service Providers. Its Ethernet Service Assurance Platform allows acutely defining, advancement and acceptable Ethernet SLAs (“Service Level Agreements”) from End-to-End. Accedian Networks is amid in Montreal, Canada and has a leading-edge ability in the across of Ethernet Service Assurance and arising OAM standards for Carrier-Grade Ethernet Services. Accedian's different technology for Ethernet Service Assurance and OAM (Operations, Administration and Maintenance) uses an innovative, standards-based access and allows their barter to seamlessly assure the abide achievement of Ethernet casework by extending the ability of SLAs above assorted technologies from End-to-End. For added information, visit: www.accedian.com or alarm 1-866-685-8181.

Accedian, EtherNID, SLA-meter, Performance Assurance Agent, PAA, Multi-SLA, “Packet Performance Assurance”, “Delivering Service Performance with Assurance” and “Map-out the Health of your Network” are trademarks of Accedian Networks Inc.

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Source and acquaintance information:

Damien Ramé
Product Marketing Manager

Accedian Networks Inc.
4878, Levy street, Suite 202
St-Laurent, QC, H4R 2P1
Canada

Tel : 514 331-6181 (toll chargeless : 1 866 685-8181)
Fax : 514 331-2210
Email: marketing-pr@accedian.com

Accedian Networks is a abreast captivated aggregation amid in Montreal, Canada and accurate by an accomplished administration aggregation and advising axle with a accurate clue almanac in the telecommunications industry. Accedian cultivates a able In-house leading-edge ability on the beginning of arising standards for Carrier-Grade Ethernet Services.

Accedian's Carrier-Grade technology for Ethernet Services Delivery and OAM&P (Operations, Administration, Maintenance and Provisioning) uses a unique, innovative, yet standards-based access (7 patents pending).

Part of an Ethernet Service Access Platform (ESAP), Accedian's flagship product, the EtherNID™ creates an Ethernet Services Demarcation Point defining a bright abuttals amid the Customer's and the Carrier's Ethernet Network.

Long belted to LAN usage, Ethernet has now stepped into the MAN/WAN and is replacing acceptable business private-line technologies such as T1, Frame-Relay and ATM mostly due to its badly lower amount and simplicity. Telecommunication Service Providers are faced with cutting chump appeal for Ethernet Services but are confronted with the operational shortcomings of Ethernet, which was not initially advised for Carrier Networks.

In that context, Carriers are cogent the charge for Demarcation Devices with the functionality to about-face Ethernet into a accurate Carrier-Grade technology. A able and bright claim has emerged for such devices, adapting Ethernet to the acrimonious operational requirements of the Telecom Carriers and ample Enterprise Operators, authoritative it added manageable, arguable and reliable.