Accedian Networks Inc. - Zayo Bandwidth Deploys Accedian Networks Platform

Store this angel in big sizeAccedian Network’s ESAP Ethernet Service Assurance Platform enables premium, SLA-backed QoS for Zayo’s top achievement 3G and 4G adaptable backhaul offerings.

Montreal, Canada, March 26th, 2008 – Accedian Networks, a arch provider of Packet Performance Assurance solutions for telecom, cable and wireless operators, appear today that Zayo Bandwidth, a bounded provider of top bandwidth services, has called and deployed Accedian Networks’ ESAP Ethernet Service Assurance Platform to adviser Quality of Service (QoS) and assure Service Level Agreements (SLAs) in its top achievement Ethernet wireless backhaul arrangement in the Northeastern US.

Zayo Bandwidth’s arrangement spans 95 markets in 12 states by leveraging over 17,000 avenue afar of fiber. As allotment of its growing account portfolio, Zayo provides carrier-grade Ethernet wireless backhaul for emerging, packet-based 3G and 4G wireless networks. Accedian Networks EtherNIDTM packet affirmation bound units and the functionality of the ESAP belvedere accredit Zayo’s Ethernet backhaul casework to accommodated the austere SLAs appropriate by 3G, WiMAX and LTE wireless networks currently in deployment nationwide.

Accedian Networks’ band-aid provides account affirmation for point-to-point, multi-point and cobweb arrangement configurations, acceptance wireless backhaul providers to agreement account achievement amid anniversary abject base and the Mobile Switching Center (MSC). Unique in-service analysis functionality provides connected ecology of all analytical SLA parameters, including one-way latency, jitter, committed throughput and account availability after affecting critical, real-time applications such as VoIP and adaptable video.

“Accedian Networks’ belvedere helps us to bear SLA-backed wireless backhaul casework by accouterment Ethernet achievement ecology and administration afterimage anon to anniversary cell-site.” commented Troy Kau, Vice President of Engineering at Zayo Bandwidth. “The EtherNIDs versatility as a both an in-line altitude delving and able bound accessory allows us to absolutely apparatus our network, authorize end-to-end Ethernet OAM, and, in accordant applications, accommodate cilia addendum to corpuscle sites in a cost-effective manner.”

“Our solutions are optimized for the SLA affirmation demands of high-performance 3G and 4G wireless backhaul networks.” explained Patrick Ostiguy, founding President & CEO of Accedian Networks. “Our unique, carrier-grade, silicon-based architecture allows our units to action all packets casual through them at abounding wire-speed, enabling a advanced arrangement of account conception and affirmation functionality including account mapping, bandwidth policing, cartage filtering, and in-service RFC-2544 throughput testing – all after affecting the account itself.”

Accedian Networks’ EtherNID bound units will be included in a adaptable backhaul affirmation at CTIA Wireless 2008, 1-3 April, Las Vegas, NV at the Nortel booth, #1939. EtherNID units active the Packet Assurance Agent (PAA TM) will accommodate abide ecology of the aberrant one-way adjournment and jitter achievement of Nortel’s latest bearing Optical Multiservice Edge (OME) adaptable backhaul solutions. Accedian Networks’ articles will aswell be on affectation at the JDSU booth, #3202.

About Accedian Networks

Accedian Networks is a arch provider of Packet Performance Assurance TM solutions that accredit wireless operators, account providers and cable MSOs to bear carrier-grade, packet-based applications including VoIP, IPTV, video-conferencing and cellophane LAN casework over Ethernet, IP/MPLS, and wireless 3G / 4G / WiMAX networks.

Accedian Networks’ Ethernet Service Assurance Platform (ESAP) provides in-service monitoring, loopback testing, limited troubleshooting, account administration and arrangement bound for high-performance wireless backhaul, business casework and carrier hand-off applications. Ethernet account conception simplifies end-to-end account accessories and administration after big-ticket arrangement upgrades.

EtherNID packet affirmation bound units acquiesce providers to achieve ascendancy of their casework by establishing end-to-end, standards-based operations, administering and aliment (OAM) over converged multi-technology and multi-provider networks, while enabling value-added casework backed by assured Service Level Agreements (SLAs).

Accedian Networks is a abreast captivated aggregation headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

For added information, amuse visit: www.Accedian.com, or alarm 1-866-685-8181 or +1 (514) 331-6181.

About Zayo Bandwidth

Based in Louisville, Colo., Zayo Bandwidth is a bounded provider of top accommodation fiber-based bandwidth casework to carriers and ample enterprises in 95 markets spanning 12 states. Zayo Bandwidth owns and operates cilia optic networks in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Midwest, accouterment bandwidth casework including clandestine line, wavelength, Ethernet, Internet and colocation. Zayo Bandwidth barter cover carriers, web-centric companies, accessible institutions and bandwidth-intensive enterprises. Zayo’s mission is to accommodate fiber-based bandwidth, acknowledging account and a able network. Visit us at www.zayo.com.

Accedian, EtherNID, MetroNID, SLA-meter, Performance Assurance Agent, PAA, Multi-SLA, Ether-PRO, EtherSHELF, Ethernet Service Assurance Platform (ESAP), EVC-Builder, “Packet Performance Assurance”, “Delivering Service Performance with Assurance” and “Map-out the Health of your Network” are trademarks of Accedian Networks Inc.

Scott Sumner
VP, Marketing
Accedian Networks, Inc.

Tel: +1 (514) 331-6181 x 605
Cel: +1 (514) 295-4858
ssumner@Accedian.com

About Accedian Networks

Accedian Networks is a arch provider of Packet Performance Assurance solutions that accredit wireless operators, account providers and cable MSOs to bear carrier-grade, packet-based applications including VoIP, IPTV, video-conferencing and cellophane LAN casework over Ethernet, IP/MPLS, and wireless 3G / 4G / WiMAX networks.

Accedian Networks’ Ethernet Service Assurance Platform (ESAP) provides in-service monitoring, loopback testing, limited troubleshooting, account administration and arrangement bound for high-performance wireless backhaul, business casework and carrier hand-off applications. Ethernet account conception simplifies end-to-end account accessories and administration after big-ticket arrangement upgrades.

EtherNID packet affirmation bound units acquiesce providers to achieve ascendancy of their casework by establishing end-to-end, standards-based operations, administering and aliment (OAM) over converged multi-technology and multi-provider networks, while enabling value-added casework backed by assured Service Level Agreements (SLAs).

Accedian Networks is a abreast captivated aggregation headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

For added information, amuse visit: www.Accedian.com, or alarm 1-866-685-8181 or +1 (514) 331-6181.