Acterna Named a Finalist for CMP Media LLC's Network Computing's 2005 Well-Connected Awards; DA-3400 with VoIP Performs Well in Lab Tests - as Well as the IP Network.

GERMANTOWN, Md. -- Commitment to quality and high performance has earned Acterna, the leader in test and management solutions for consumer and business broadband communications, recognition as a Finalist for CMP Media LLC's Network Computing's Well-Connected Award.

"For the 11th year in a row, Network Computing will be recognizing the most outstanding tech products and services in the networking and IT world in our Well-Connected award 4/28 issue," says Mike Lee, editor of Network Computing magazine. "The awards are a snapshot in time, the best of what we evaluated over 12 months in our Real-World Labs(R) -- more than 134 finalists in more than 44 categories have been named. The winners will be announced in our 4/28 issue."

The Acterna DA-3400 is one of the industry's most widely deployed IP network troubleshooting and data analysis platforms and incorporates intuitive, real-time expert analysis to identify the root cause of network and customer applications problems on 10/100/1000 Ethernet, WAN, ATM, Mobile, and VoIP networks. For more information, please visit www.acterna.com/global/products/descriptions/DA-3400/index.html.

"Acterna is proud to be recognized by CMP Media LLC's Network Computing as a finalist for the 2005 Well-Connected Award," said John Peeler, Acterna's president and chief executive officer. "Acterna is also honored to receive this recognition based on our performance in the Network Computing Real-World Labs(R), which we hold in high regard because their real-world product testing and evaluation reflects the same exacting demands as our customers."

Well-Connected Award winners and finalists will be honored at a special awards ceremony at Network+Interop Las Vegas 2005 in May.

About Network Computing

For IT, By IT, Network Computing (http://www.networkcomputing.com), published by CMP Media LLC, Manhasset, N.Y., is dedicated to providing critical analysis of technologies, vendors and products to 220,000 IT Managers and Staff who are accountable for strategic technology purchase decisions. In 2003, Network Computing won a total of four awards from the American Society of Business Publications Editors (ASBPE), including a national award in the Best Technical Article category.

About Acterna

Acterna is the world's largest provider of communications test solutions for telecommunications and cable network operators. A trusted communications test partner for more than eight decades, Acterna offers an unmatched portfolio of award-winning instruments, systems, software and services that help its customers reduce network costs while improving performance and reliability. Headquartered in Germantown, Maryland, USA - with European and Asia-Pacific operations based in Eningen, Germany and Hong Kong - Acterna serves nearly every major communications service provider and equipment manufacturer around the world through a skilled sales and support organization in 31 countries.

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