Amedia Networks Names J.D. Gardner as Chief Financial Officer; Former BellSouth and Cingular Executive Joins Amedia as it Transitions to Commercial Deployments.

EATONTOWN, N.J. -- Amedia Networks, Inc. (OTCBB: AANI), a provider of Ethernet ultra-broadband solutions for the Triple Play Access Market, today announced that J.D. Gardner has been appointed as its Chief Financial Officer. In addition, given his extensive management and operational credentials, Mr. Gardner will also lead the business operations activities as the Company emerges from its successful field trial stage into full commercialization and deployment.

With a successful business career spanning over 30 years, Gardner brings to Amedia proven expertise in the areas of domestic and international operations, corporate finance, and business planning and strategy. Prior to joining Amedia, he held the CFO responsibilities at Cingular Interactive / BellSouth Wireless Data, BellSouth Mobile Data, and RAM/BSE Communications. He also held other senior executive positions at both BellSouth and AT&T, including his leadership role related to BellSouth's financing efforts totaling over $1B of debt and equity. At BellSouth Wireless Data, he led the Company through a period of explosive growth that saw subscribers double to over 500,000 in one year. His most recent positions were COO of a digital / internet photo service and CEO of a wireless point-of-sales start-up in New Jersey.

"A little over a year ago when we opened our doors at Amedia, our focus was on building a strong development team, followed by an expert marketing capability," commented Frank Galuppo, President and CEO of Amedia. "Now, as we are building our global customer support infrastructure, business operations, and commercial deployment focus, I can't imagine winning a better addition to our senior executive team than J.D. His credentials and accomplishments are truly impressive, and we're elated that he has decided to join us."

Mr. Gardner is a graduate of the prestigious Stanford-Sloan Program, and has a MBA in Finance from Farleigh Dickinson University and a BA in Accounting from Wartburg College. J.D. will be located in the company's new headquarters, now located in Eatontown, New Jersey.

About Amedia Networks

Amedia designs, develops, and implements Ethernet solutions for the ultra-broadband access market. These secure and flexible solutions are used by network operators deploying Fiber-to-the-Premises (FTTP) and/or Fiber-to-the-Node (FTTN) infrastructures to offer their residential and business subscribers high-speed data, video, and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services in a highly cost effective manner. For more information about Amedia, Networks, please visit www.amedia.com.

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