ANDA Networks Showcases Ethernet Access Solutions Enabling Cable MSOs to Deliver Real-Time Business Service SLA's at Cable-Tec Expo.

Integrated Ethernet Access and Monitoring Equipment Enables MSOs to Deliver Higher Margin Business Services and Mobile Backhaul Offerings Backed by Strong SLAs

SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- ANDA Networks, the leader in carrier-class fiber and copper-based access platforms for wireline networks or wireless backhaul applications, today announced at SCTE Cable-Tec Expo that its carrier-class portfolio of Ethernet access and real time monitoring solutions are available to help cable operators deliver revenue-generating business services and mobile backhaul over their network with demonstrable SLA's.

With ANDA's EtherReach network termination equipment and EtherEdge aggregation solutions, cable operators can generate new revenue opportunities by delivering Ethernet private lines, transparent LAN services, managed VPN's, and bundled voice, video and data transport services. Integrated with the award winning, EtherProbe real-time monitoring solution, ANDA's equipment platforms allow MSOs to non-intrusively remotely monitor and measure carrier Ethernet traffic in real time without additional test equipment or operator intervention. Thus, ANDA's solution simultaneously enables cable operators to reduce their overall management OPEX and equipment CAPEX.

ANDA's award-winning EtherProbe[TM] is the first stand-alone Ethernet traffic monitoring and service level agreement (SLA) verification solution, eliminating the need for placing expensive external performance monitoring data collection tools on either end of the transmission link. Cable operators benefit by providing true Carrier Ethernet 2.0 capabilities including QoS metrics collection, SLA verification, and enhanced degradation protection for their Ethernet business services ensuring traffic management and policing, which in turn enables them to proactively troubleshoot network performance.

The portfolio includes the MEF certified EtherEdge 4000 series modular Ethernet aggregation solution that enables cost-effective delivery of Ethernet services over copper, fiber and wireless backhaul facilities. The EtherEdge, which can be stationed anywhere in a multi-tenant building, POP or central office, can manage traffic flows and optimize network utilization at both the ingress and egress of the base stations or POP's in real time.

ANDA's EtherReach 1000 and 2000 series are MEF certified single user versions of its EtherEdge 4000 series, and are designed to be located at the customer premises. The products include a family of intelligent network terminating equipment that support different WAN interfaces for either Ethernet-over-TDM (such as bonded T1/E1/DS3/E3/OCx/STMx interfaces for legacy migration) or native Ethernet-over Fiber support for standard 10/100, GigE, and 10GigE WAN interfaces to ensure maximum reach for an MSO's Ethernet service footprint at very attractive prices. All of these intelligent NTE's can either be field upgraded remotely (if already deployed) or as new greenfield equipment deployments with ANDA's new EtherProbe real time performance monitoring software.

"ANDA's full suite of Ethernet access and aggregation equipment coupled with the integrated test and performance measurement software enables cable operators to meet and exceed the resiliency and reliability that they demand from their copper, fiber or wireless network connections," noted Greg Gum, CMO of ANDA Networks. "With ANDA's Ethernet portfolio, cable operators significantly improve their bottom line by rapidly expanding into higher profit business services backed by strong SLAs, real time continuous protection, and QoS guarantees. Our products significantly reduce management OPEX and CAPEX via eliminating truck rolls, additional test sets, network probes, or monitoring personnel to deliver stringent real-time business class SLA's over an MSO's own network or leased off-net facilities."

ANDA will be displaying its portfolio of Ethernet access, aggregation and SLA monitoring equipment solutions at the SCTE Cable-Tec Expo[R] in Colorado from October 28-30 through its distribution partner TVC Communications, at Booth# 6073

About ANDA Networks

ANDA Networks, Inc., headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA, provides Carrier Class Ethernet platforms delivering cost-effective Metro Ethernet services over fiber, copper and wireless access networks worldwide. With over 20,000 platforms deployed on several tier-one carriers' networks globally, ANDA's Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF 9 and 14) certified access products allow carriers to solve scalable bandwidth and real time performance limits to facilitate migration of circuit to IP based packet wireline and wireless backhaul network services. The ANDA EtherTone[R] family of products enable carriers to deliver Ethernet private lines, managed VPN, converged VoIP, and circuit-to-packet managed SLA services by leveraging highly economical Ethernet technology. For more information, please visit http://www.andanetworks.com.

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