Metrobility and Appian Communications Complete Interoperability Testing to Provide Ethernet First Mile Solutions.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MERRIMACK, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 15, 2003 Testing Critical to Providing End-to-End Ethernet First Mile Solution Metrobility Optical Systems today announced that it has completed interoperability testing with the Appian Communications Optical Services Activation Platform (OSAP OSAP, n.pr an abbreviation for the Organization for Safety and Asepsis Procedures, a nonprofit organization that consists of dental and health care professionals and others interested in promoting infection control and effective health and safety ) to offer a fully managed Ethernet in the First Mile Ethernet in the First Mile (EFM), also known as IEEE 802.3ah, is a collection of protocols specified in IEEE 802.3, defining the Ethernet in the Access networks, i.e. First/Last Mile. (EFM (Ethernet in the First Mile) Using Ethernet to provide connectivity from the customer to the carrier. See 802.3ah. ) fiber solution that extends from the smallest business establishment to the first central office of the service provider. "Appian's OSAP and Services Termination Unit (STU STU Student STU Secure Telephone Unit STU St. Thomas University (Fredericton, New Brunswick) STU St. Thomas University (Miami, Florida) STU SHDSL ) solution is designed to ease the migration from traditional 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. to carrier-quality Ethernet services that are simple, scalable and bandwidth efficient," said Anand Parikh, vice president of product marketing and business development at Appian. "While the STU extends advanced Ethernet and TDM over fiber services to facilities serving up to four customers, the OSAP supports the provisioning, aggregation and grooming of these services onto a provider's SONET/SDH and/or IP services backbone," continued Parikh. "Extensive interoperability testing with Metrobility's Radiance Optical Ethernet System has shown that we can now extend fully-managed Ethernet First Mile services to also include single-tenant facilities with Metrobility's physical layer EFM solution." Based on an advanced Ethernet switching and QoS architecture, the OSAP and STU deliver fully-managed, carrier-class Ethernet services that scale from 64kbps to 1Gbps in 1kbps increments. Metrobility's Radiance Optical Ethernet System provides a set of operation, administration and maintenance (OAM (Operations Administration Maintenance) Refers to managing and maintaining a network or network device. The P in "OAM&P" adds "provisioning" to the list, which is a telephone company term for setting up a service. ) features for remote management, including line quality, troubleshooting and testing, and equipment health throughout the physical layer. These combined features enable service providers to not only enable the delivery, aggregation and grooming of legacy TDM and next generation Ethernet services to a carrier's services network, but also effectively monitor and troubleshoot remote optical Ethernet links to lower the cost of ownership while providing greater customer satisfaction. Because the Radiance system is both modular and scalable, it also supports Appian's scalable, pay as you grow service delivery architecture. "Metrobility's Ethernet First Mile OAM solution relies on the ability to interoperate with Layer 2 and 3 Ethernet products to extend Ethernet's advantages to customers in the first mile," said Alex Saunders, 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 Metrobility. "Since our strategy to provide service providers the tools necessary to create simple, reliable and scalable Ethernet WAN solutions that dramatically reduce the cost of delivering metro access services, it is important that we continue to pursue interoperability testing with the leading network equipment providers, such as Appian." About Metrobility Optical Systems Metrobility Optical Systems is an innovative, next generation optical networking company focusing on delivering optical access and connectivity to create a more efficient, more reliable, and more manageable network infrastructure. Metrobility is the first to harness the power of Ethernet and fiber optics to deliver superior carrier-class network connectivity solutions to bring WAN-manageable capabilities - optical remote management, connectivity, and access - to the metropolitan area network. As a market leader in media conversion, Metrobility has over a million units installed in networks around the world and is the product of choice for network builders who need to maximize network uptime and ensure network availability. Metrobility Optical Systems is an ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001:2000 registered company based in Merrimack, New Hampshire Merrimack is a town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States. As of the 2000 census, the town population was 25,119 (including the East Merrimack Census-Designated Place [1]), making it the eighth largest municipality in New Hampshire. USA. More information on Metrobility Optical Systems can be found at www.metrobility.com. About Appian Communications Appian Communications offers service providers a complete metro optical access solution enabling the delivery of premium, carrier-class Ethernet and TDM services to a broad footprint of small, medium, and large business establishments. Designed for ease of service migration, the solution brings the flexibility of Ethernet switching, advanced Quality of Service (QoS), Resilient Packet Ring See RPR. services, and standards-based service interworking (standard) interworking - Systems or components, possibly from different origins, working together to perform some task. Interworking depends crucially on standards to define the interfaces between the components. to existing SONET/SDH networks. With this solution, providers can optimize the investments made in SONET/SDH transport and back office systems while migrating to higher bandwidth, carrier-quality services that include Ethernet Private Lines, Layer 2 Virtual Private Networks (L2 VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. ), Transparent LANs and high bandwidth Frame Relay, ATM or IP services access. Appian products are currently shipping to emerging and established service providers, including NTT NTT Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation NTT New Technology Telescope NTT National Technology Transfer, Inc NTT Name That Tune (TV game show) NTT National Tree Trust NTT Number Theoretic Transform Communications, around the world. For more information, please visit www.appiancom.com. 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