ANDA Networks Elects New Board Member.Business Editors SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 13, 2000 ANDA Networks, a leading provider of high-performance multi-service/ multi-media access platforms, welcomes the election of George T. Bruno to its board of directors. Mr. Bruno is currently President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Bethany Business Group, and brings nearly 40 years of telecommunications experience to the table. "As a true leader in telecommunications, George will be a valuable asset to our top-tier decision-making and market expansion initiatives," said Charles R. Kenmore, President and CEO of ANDA Networks. "Industry analysts have referred to ANDA as a company of carriers, by carriers and for carriers. The addition of George to our board of directors reinforces that commitment. His years working in this industry adds to ANDA's carrier-centric perspective." George Bruno is President and CEO of Bethany Business Group. He has held presidential and leadership positions at CommServe Communications, U.S. West Information Systems, Mountain Bell Technologies and AT & T. He was President and CEO of Teleport Denver, Ltd. (now ICG ICG indocyanine green. ) for that company's first six years of success, when the company made its mark as one of the country's first national-scope Competitive Local Exchange Carriers. About ANDA Networks ANDA Networks develops high-performance, high-value multi-service/ multi-media access products for the worldwide telecommunications service provider A Telecommunications Service Provider or TSP is a type of Communications Service Provider that has traditionally provided telephone and similar services. This category includes ILECs, CLECs, and mobile wireless companies. market. The company's North American market flagship product, the ANDA Universal Access Platform (UAP 2000(TM)), enables carriers to gradually expand beyond time-division multiplexing (TDM (Time Division Multiplexing) A technology that transmits multiple signals simultaneously over a single transmission path. Each lower-speed signal is time sliced into one high-speed transmission. )-centric metropolitan access to high bandwidth ATM and SONET access. The UAP combines the functionality of Fiber Optic Terminals (FOT), Digital Cross Connects (DCS), Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexers (DSLAM (DSL Access Multiplexor) A central office (CO) device for ADSL service that intermixes voice traffic and DSL traffic onto a customer's DSL line. It also separates incoming phone and data signals and directs them onto the appropriate carrier's network. See DSL. ) and Digital Loop Carrier In telephone communications, a technology that increases the number of channels in the local loop by converting analog signals to digital and multiplexing them back to the end office. (DLC), thus lowering the cost of delivery of multiple services to the subscribers. The company is funded by Wu-Fu Chen, Venrock Capital, Highland Capital Partners Highland Capital Partners is a global venture capital firm with offices located in Boston, Silicon Valley, Geneva, and Shanghai. Since its inception in 1988, the firm has invested in more than 180 early and growth stage companies and taken a sector-focused approach to investing in , PairGain Technologies, InveStar and Crimson Ventures. For more information, visit www.andanetworks.com. |
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