Sunnyvale, CA – May 26, 2010  – ANDA Networks, the leader in carrier-class access platforms for wireline networks or wireless backhaul applications, announced that it is a finalist in the Billing & OSS World Excellence Awards 2010. ANDA’s ground-breaking EtherEdge 4300 mobile backhaul solution, which addresses the growth of mobile data applications and video traffic, was recognized in the Innovator of the Year category.

ANDA was selected for addressing operators’ needs for cost-effective migration of existing backhaul networks to higher-capacity, lower-cost Ethernet circuits. Its EtherEdge 4300 combines the company’s award-winning EtherProbe real-time performance monitoring verification, with new EtherStream sub-flow monitoring features. These new capabilities enable continuous real-time monitoring, dynamic load balancing, and management of various types of wireless traffic flows without taxing the overall bandwidth or intrusively inspecting individual user’s packets.  With a small modular, one rack unit (half a pizza box) footprint, EtherEdge 4300 can be co-located directly at the cell site for operators to minimize wireless congestion and dropped calls directly at the local cell tower. Employing real-time functions for traffic shaping, clock synchronization, and load balancing, EtherEdge 4300 can be remotely programmed via customized threshold settings to dynamically accommodate highly variable bandwidth-intensive applications as mobile users rapidly move from cell site to cell site.

“We are honored to receive this recognition of the innovative role the EtherEdge 4300 plays in solving operators’ wireless backhaul problems,” notes Charles R. Kenmore, ANDA Networks president and CEO. “Our carrier customers and now Billing & OSS World have chosen the EtherEdge 4300 for its real-time performance monitoring capabilities which mitigate costly ongoing management and remote monitoring for significant OPEX savings. Operators gain highly granular Quality of Service (QoS) metrics for end-to-end visibility to manage service level agreements (SLAs) without sacrificing end-user privacy or taxing management resources to proactively manage mobile traffic patterns.”

Selected from by a panel of judges comprised of leading industry analysts and members of the Billing & OSS World editorial team, the awards honor the best new product, product enhancement, service or implementation that changes the competitive dynamic for a service provider. The Billing & OSS World Excellence Award ceremonies will take place on Wednesday, June 9, at the Billing & OSS World 2010 Conference & Expo, June 9-11, in Washington, D.C. ANDA will also moderate the “Managing Complex Networks and Increased Bandwidth Demands” panel discussion at this year’s event.

For more information on the Billing & OSS World Excellence Awards 2010, visit www.billingworld.com.


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About ANDA Networks

ANDA Networks, Inc., headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA, provides Carrier Class Ethernet and wireless backhaul platforms delivering cost-effective Metro Ethernet services over fiber, copper and wireless access networks worldwide.  With over 27,000 platforms deployed on tier-one carriers’ networks globally, ANDA’s Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF 9 and 14) certified products allow carriers to solve scalable bandwidth and real time performance limits to facilitate migration of circuit to IP based packet wireline and wireless backhaul network services.  The ANDA EtherTone® family of products enable carriers to deliver cost effective 3G, WiMAX, 4G backhaul services, Ethernet private lines, managed VPN, converged VoIP, and circuit-to-packet managed SLA services by leveraging highly economical Ethernet technology.  For more information, please visit http://www.andanetworks.com.

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