ANDA Completes International Type Approvals and Ships Record Quarter for
International EtherTone Products
GLOBALCOMM, CHICAGO, June 5 /PRNewswire/ -- ANDA Networks, the leader
in carrier-class solutions for fiber and copper-based access networks,
today announced that it has successfully completed International type
approvals supporting Verizon Business Services Ethernet Virtual Private
Line (EVPL) service offering across selected Asia Pacific, EU and Latin
American countries. To date, ANDA has completed international type
approvals for its EtherEdge 4000 Ethernet aggregation product for
deployments in Australia, Colombia, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Kuwait,
Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and
Thailand. Type approvals are also pending in an additional 10 countries.
Verizon Business Services has deployed ANDA's carrier-class Ethernet access
products to extend their worldwide footprint of Ethernet service offerings
to address the growing needs of large enterprise businesses over Verizon's
global network infrastructure.
Verizon Business deploys ANDA's EtherEdge 4000 series edge aggregation
platforms to carry Ethernet services between U.S., Asia Pacific, Europe and
Latin American locations. To further extend their international Ethernet
footprint, ANDA is completing 10 additional in-country lab certifications
for type approval.
ANDA's EtherEdge 4000 edge aggregation and EtherReach CPE platforms
combine traffic originating from large business customers or many branch
business locations across a single, secure and manageable Ethernet access
circuit. ANDA Networks' EtherTone family of Access and edge platforms
enable Verizon Business to offer Ethernet-based services over existing
copper, SONET/SDH and dark fiber networks.
Recent statistics from Business Communications Review, Vertical Systems
and Western European Telecom Statistics have indicated that approximately
only 11% of businesses in the US and 5% in European countries are actually
directly fiber connected today. According to Stan Hubbard, Sr. Ethernet
Analyst for Heavy Reading, "The biggest obstacle holding up the adoption of
Ethernet services has been availability, but industry players like ANDA and
Verizon are working to address this concern. By utilizing ANDA EtherTone
platforms, Verizon can quickly deploy their Ethernet service worldwide to
the majority of locations not easily or economically reached by fiber
builds using existing T1/E1/T3/E3 leased circuit network infrastructure."
ANDA EtherTone solutions provide cost-effective aggregation switching
and cross connect for consolidating Managed Ethernet Private line,
Transparent LAN and SAN connections for business customers requiring a
simple Ethernet interface at the customer premise with connection into the
Packet Switched Network.
"We're pleased to support Verizon's rapid international Ethernet
expansion," said Charles Kenmore, president and CEO of ANDA Networks and
Board Member of TIA the parent of Globalcomm. "ANDA had a record quarter of
international shipments growing our installed base of over 6200 systems to
accelerate the worldwide adoption of Ethernet based services".
ANDA will highlight its international and domestic products at
GLOBALCOMM in Chicago on June 5-8, 2006 at Booth #42037.
About ANDA Networks
Founded in 1998 with company headquarters in Sunnyvale, California,
ANDA Networks provides carrier-class solutions for delivering
cost-effective Ethernet services over both fiber- and copper-based Access
Networks worldwide. ANDA's portfolio of solutions includes EtherTone(TM), a
family of products that enables carriers to deliver Ethernet, VoIP, and
Circuit-to-Packet services over existing copper and fiber infrastructure by
leveraging highly economical Ethernet technology, and the Universal Access
Platform(R), an Optical Line Terminal, for carriers Fiber-To-The-Home
(FTTH) PON deployments. For more information on ANDA Networks, visit
http://www.andanetworks.com.
About Verizon
Verizon Communications Inc., a Dow 30 company, is a leader in
delivering broadband and other communication innovations to wireline and
wireless customers. Verizon operates America's most reliable wireless
network, serving 49.3 million customers nationwide; one of the most
expansive wholly-owned global IP networks; and one of the nation's premier
wireline networks, serving home, business and wholesale customers. Based in
New York, Verizon has a diverse workforce of approximately 250,000 and
generates annual consolidated operating revenues of approximately $90
billion. For more information, visit http://www.verizon.com.
Media Contact: Company Contact:
John C. Tran Greg Gum
Neale-May & Partners ANDA Networks, Inc.
650-328-5555 ext. 277 408-519-4847
jtran@nealemay.com ggum@andanetworks.com
SOURCE ANDA Networks
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Related links:
http://www.verizon.com/
http://www.andanetworks.com/
CONTACT:
John C. Tran of Neale-May & Partners,
+1-650-328-5555, ext. 277, or jtran@nealemay.com, for ANDA
Networks, Inc.; or Greg Gum of ANDA Networks, Inc.,
+1-408-519-4847, or ggum@andanetworks.com
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