Actelis Networks' Craig Easley Re-Elected to the Metro Ethernet Forum's Board of Directors.

"The Mobile Backhaul Initiative is One of the Most Important Projects Currently Underway at the MEF."

FREMONT, Calif. -- Actelis Networks[R], the leading global supplier of Carrier Ethernet over Copper[TM] solutions, today announced that Craig Easley, the company's vice president of marketing, has been re-elected to the Metro Ethernet Forum's Board of Directors and will continue to serve as vice president and treasurer for the MEF. As a long-time advocate for carrier Ethernet and Ethernet in the First Mile (EFM) access, Easley is a major contributor in shaping the vision for carrier Ethernet in the telecommunications industry. This election, which was held recently at the annual members meeting in Montreal, Canada, marks Easley's fifth term as a member of the MEF Board.

"Craig's expertise, coupled with his passion and ability to succinctly convey the benefits of carrier Ethernet, make him invaluable to the Metro Ethernet Forum and our Board," said Nan Chen, president of the Metro Ethernet Forum. "He has been a long-time ambassador for the Forum and its continued mission. We're pleased that he has been re-elected and look forward to his ongoing contributions in this emerging market."

The growth of Ethernet access is being fuelled by the escalating demand for low cost, reliable, high-bandwidth access to carrier Ethernet services over the last mile, which typically means copper since fiber is only rarely available while wireless is insufficiently mature. Traditionally, Ethernet services have been delivered only to enterprise customers who are connected to a Local Area Network (LAN) via fiber-optic lines. However, standards bodies such as the MEF are reshaping the landscape of the access network in the last mile, empowering leading manufacturers like Actelis Networks to develop and supply standards-based telecom equipment that delivers high-speed, symmetrical Ethernet services--with all the performance and reliability of fiber--over thousands of miles of embedded copper plant.

"Today, the legacy market for packet-based services is now in the mature phase, with little prospect of significant further expansion, while Ethernet services--both below and above 10 Mbps--are poised for rapid growth," commented Easley, who will be speaking on the benefits of carrier Ethernet solutions at a number of upcoming events, including USTelecom's Executive Business Forum, Carrier Ethernet World Congress, CompTel, Broadband World Forum Europe, and Ethernet Expo.

Easley, who has been the Chairman of the Ethernet Access Subcommittee for the past two years, is now contributing his leadership to the MEF's mobile backhaul initiative.

"Using carrier Ethernet technology to boost the backhaul networks that connect remote base-stations to mobile carriers' core networks is a fundamental requirement to enabling 3G and 4G wireless applications like enhanced Internet, high-speed packet access, and digital video broadcast to the handset," explained Easley. "The mobile backhaul initiative is one of the most important projects currently underway at the MEF."

Actelis' portfolio of EADs (Ethernet access devices), which are certified compliant with MEF standards 9 and 14, provide field-proven carrier Ethernet over copper solutions to incumbent carriers worldwide. Powered by the company's award-winning EFMplus[TM] technology, Actelis' solutions enable carriers to help their customers migrate toward end-to-end Ethernet services by transforming legacy access over T1 circuits into high-performance, highly reliable Ethernet links, giving them the ideal solution for introducing next-generation Ethernet services over their existing copper network infrastructure.

About the Metro Ethernet Forum

The Metro Ethernet Forum, a non-profit organization created to accelerate the adoption of Ethernet in metro networks worldwide, consists of more than 60 member companies representing a range of leading Ethernet service providers, major incumbent local exchange carriers, top network equipment vendors and other prominent networking companies. For more information about the Forum, including a complete listing of all current MEF members, please visit the MEF Web site at www.MetroEthernetForum.org.

About Actelis Networks

Actelis Networks[R] is the global leader of Carrier Ethernet over Copper[TM] solutions. The company's award-winning products combine innovative EFMplus[TM] copper transmission technology with a complete set of standards-based carrier Ethernet switching capabilities that extend the reach of Ethernet services over the existing voice grade copper network. Actelis' EFMplus technology employs advanced digital signal processing techniques and link level dynamic spectral management (DSM) to create reliable, high-performance Ethernet that are 100% complementary to the legacy services already deployed in the copper network. As the industry leader, Actelis' solutions are deployed in more than 30 countries, on five continents, around the world. Actelis Networks is a privately held company headquartered in Silicon Valley, California. Actelis Networks and the Actelis Networks logo are registered trademarks and Carrier Ethernet over Copper and EFMplus are trademarks of Actelis Networks, Inc. One or more U.S. and foreign patents pending cover the product described above. All other trademarks used herein are the property of their respective owners. For more information, visit www.actelis.com.