Nortel has expanded its relationship with ANDA Networks, a leading supplier of carrier-class Ethernet equipment, to integrate intelligent network termination equipment into Nortel's Metro Ethernet Networks portfolio.

ANDA Networks has been named as the worldwide #1 market share leader of the Ethernet-over-TDM access circuit market for the second quarter of 2008 by Heavy Reading, earning a 21-percent market share

Ethernet-over-TDM access circuit and Ethernet-over-bonded copper pair equipment segments are both likely to see a CAGR of at least 39%

ANDA and Soapstone Networks demo end-to-end carrier-grade service provisioning and restoration in multi-vendor networks

First access vendor to support Ethernet OAM standards with rapid fault identification and recovery

First in the Carrier Ethernet access space to offer scalable multi-vendor support for EMS

Please see the following video from the recent LR Ethernet Expo where ANDA CEO Mr. Charles R. Kenmore explains why carriers are moving to Ethernet 2.0 which is all about OAM and better management capabilities to enable managed services.

Enables carriers to dynamically provision and manage new Ethernet services, end-to-end, across multi-vendor networks