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AMSTERDAM, October 14, 2011 – RAD Data Communications has won the award for Best Mobile Backhaul Product at the Carrier Ethernet World Congress here, with its ETX-205A Carrier Ethernet demarcation device.

The award was presented by IIR Telecoms & Technology, organizer of the event, and the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF), and was determined by a panel of judges from leading industry analyst firms.

A member of RAD’s EtherAccess portfolio, RAD’s ETX-205A is an advanced Carrier Ethernet demarcation device designed for mobile backhaul and business and wholesale service applications. For mobile backhaul, it combines a cell-site gateway or a small hub device with Ethernet demarcation functionalities. Placed at cellular tower and controller sites, it helps backhaul and transport providers, as well as fixed-mobile carriers, guarantee differentiated service levels for 3G, HSPA and LTE mobile operators.

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Nevion to showcase managed video services solutions at HD World
VideoIPath solutions for IP and optical networks lower the cost of video transport

New York, NY, October 12, 2011 – Nevion, a leading provider of managed video services for broadcasters, service providers and government entities worldwide, will showcase its new VideoIPath solution for IP networks for the first time in North America at HD World, part of Content & Communications World, taking place on October 12 – 13 at booth #801 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York. VideoIPath’s managed video services for broadcasters’ and service providers’ IP and optical networks are designed to easily facilitate remote production, a key capability in the current climate of increasing, global live broadcasting.
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AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS, October 12, 2011—Actelis Networks®, the leading global supplier of Ethernet over copper solutions that is accelerating everything for communications and IT service providers, today announced at Carrier Ethernet World Congress (Stand 31-33) that it has shipped its one millionth Ethernet in the First Mile (EFM) port to Colt, Europe’s leading information delivery platform.

Colt started to strengthen its European presence by deploying EFM access capabilities with Actelis’ built-in EFMplus™ technology in 2007. Colt was one of the pioneering providers in Europe to support business needs through integrated computing and network services delivered over EFM access. By leveraging Actelis’ Ethernet access devices, central office aggregation switches and EFM Repeaters, Colt’s European EFM deployments have enabled high-speed and scalable bandwidth over copper. This helps Colt to deliver a wide range of its computing and network services for its large base of small to medium-sized businesses more

PARIS, October 12, 2011 – Ekinops, a leading supplier of next-generation optical equipment, today announced two key products that enable telecommunications service providers to transport traffic at 100 gigabits per second and keep up with the ever-increasing bandwidth needs of their customers.

The 100G transponder and muxponder will provide for both native transport of 100GbE as well as aggregation of lower rates into 100GbE network connections. They share the same hardware and highly-programmable architecture delivering maximum flexibility for deployment and network evolution. These capabilities allow service providers to both address their customers’ needs for high speed Ethernet services and to increase their networks’ overall capacity for lower rate connections. Ekinops’ newest products will be commercially available by the end of 2011.

The new products are part of the Ekinops 360 product line and can be utilized in new deployments, to upgrade existing Ekinops 360 deployments, or to more

Tel-Aviv, Israel, October 11, 2011 – Siklu Communication Ltd., provider of innovative millimeter wave wireless backhaul solutions, successfully participated in the Carrier Ethernet World Congress Public Multi-Vendor Interoperability Test 2011.

The Carrier Ethernet interoperability event at the Carrier Ethernet World Congress 2011 is organized by the European Advanced Networking Test Center (EANTC), with the participation of 18 leading telecom vendors. The EtherHaul E-band wireless system effectively demonstrated, amongst others, standard G.8032 Ethernet ring protection, Synchronous Ethernet (Sync-E) compatibility and QoS over microwave during the EANTC’s Interoperability two-week hot staging in Berlin.

The advanced Carrier Ethernet features that Siklu demonstrated at the hot staging are supported in an unprecedented low-cost all-outdoor radio, featuring a low form factor and low power consumption.

“Including these advanced features in an all-outdoor radio has a significant cost advantage, “says Gaby Junowicz, VP marketing and business development at Siklu. “By doing more

Petah-Tikva, Israel, October 5, 2011 – Siklu, a pioneer in the wireless backhaul market, has signed a distribution agreement with Connectronics, a leading wireless product distributor, for Siklu’s millimeter wave radio systems, which deliver unparalleled price-performance value.

The agreement is the latest for Siklu, which recently established a presence in North America and has begun offering in that market its carrier-grade millimeter wave Gigabit Ethernet radio solutions.

Under the agreement, Connectronics will offer Siklu’s EtherHaul millimeter wave E-band system to its network of value added resellers, system integrators, and Internet service providers.

The EtherHaul radio operates in the licensed E-Band spectrum, which is ideal for shorter-distance high-bandwidth connections. The truly innovative all-silicon design of EtherHaul enables a price point that is as low as one-third that of competitive systems.

Siklu’s systems are installed in numerous operator and enterprise networks across Europe and will more

Full NTU Platform Ranges from 1 Mbps to 10 Gbps with Carrier Class
High Capacity Access Aggregation for Ethernet, TDM Legacy Services

MAHWAH, New Jersey, September 21, 2011 – RAD Data Communications today announced that it has enhanced its widely deployed EtherAccess® product portfolio with a flexible, high-capacity Ethernet and legacy TDM service aggregation platform, suitable for wholesale, mobile, business, and cloud services.

The new resilient solutions ensure high-density aggregation and are purpose-built to deliver powerful traffic management, performance monitoring, timing synchronization, and demarcation for Carrier Ethernet connectivity. Supporting carrier-to-carrier interfaces, the solution scales to thousands of multi-class service flows in the access, backhaul/middle mile, or edge segments of carrier networks.

The enhanced platform consists of the following devices:
• High-Capacity Pre-Aggregator supporting thousands of multi-class service flows and TDM circuits
• 10 GbE NTU
• Modular all-in-one Carrier Ethernet Demarcation Device
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Paris, August 25, 2011

three network accesses can share Ethernet Local Loop

As the leading global provider of Ethernet Services, Orange Business Services offers multiservice Ethernet access through the Integrated Access option to its International Ethernet Link customers. Integrated Access allows companies to optimize network access costs and complete their architecture with hybrid solutions. According to the Vertical Systems Group’s Full-Year 2010 Global Provider Leaderboard, Orange Business Services is the Ethernet Services global leader for the second consecutive year.

Businesses of all sizes are becoming increasingly dependent on Ethernet to provide a high-bandwidth, multipoint network connecting geographically dispersed locations. By mutualizing the Ethernet Local Loop between three network accesses from Orange Business Services – International Ethernet Link, IP VPN and Internet Direct – Integrated Access provides companies a way to control costs while enabling better, more efficient data sharing and collaboration.

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VideoIPath—a complete managed video services system—to be shown at Nevion’s IBC exhibit

Multiservice system includes new, universal IP transport platform for any video format over contribution networks

Sandefjord, Norway and Oxnard, California, August 24, 2011 - At IBC (stand 8.B70), Nevion—the leading provider of managed video services for broadcasters, service providers and government entities worldwide—will demonstrate its powerful VideoIPath system incorporating new Ventura hardware. VideoIPath is a fully integrated system, providing IP video transport for contribution networks with comprehensive, end-to-end control, monitoring and management. The system features comprehensive managed video services for complete provisioning, connection management, bandwidth optimization, analytics and network inventory. The system also includes a powerful new universal IP access platform with linear encapsulation to IP and low-latency, visually lossless JPEG 2000 compression.
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NEW YORK, August 23, 2011 – Siklu, a pioneer in the wireless backhaul market, has come to North America, and is now offering its low-cost millimeter wave radio systems in the North American market.

Siklu delivers carrier-grade millimetric wave Gigabit Ethernet radio solutions with unparalleled price-performance value. Offering the industry’s lowest total cost of ownership, and incorporating on-board networking capabilities, solutions from Siklu are ideally suited for mobile backhaul, Carrier Ethernet business services, enterprise,and vertical applications.

The flagship Siklu solution is the EtherHaul E-band radio, which operates in the licensed 71-76/81-86GHz portion of the spectrum.What distinguishes EtherHaul is its all-silicon design, which enables a price point 80 percent less than competitive systems. Siklu’s systems are installed in operator and enterprise networks across Europe.

Ilan Moshe, who is heading the North American activities, said the EtherHaul, which was successfully launched in the fourth quarter of 2010 more