ANDA Networks Acknowledged Worldwide Leader in Carrier Ethernet over-TDM Access Platform Market

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ANDA Networks, the leader in carrier-class mid-band Ethernet access network platforms, has announced that it 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. ANDA’s thriving EtherTone® product family enables carriers to support voice and data traffic over TDM and IP metro access networks over copper and fiber. EtherTone’s OA&M feature rich platforms allow service providers to optimize bandwidth, increase revenue and decrease cost, giving them an exceptionally efficient network platform.

“ANDA has the ability to win tier 1 world-wide carriers early and keep a tight focus on where they are in their market,” notes Stan Hubbard, Senior Analyst, Heavy Reading. “Its strong partnerships work very effectively in opening the door for global opportunities and revenue growth. In a market in which everything moves so quickly that you have to keep ahead of the R&D curve, ANDA has proven to be an expert.”

Heavy Reading’s Carrier Ethernet Access Platform (CEAP) Quarterly Market Tracker also concluded that worldwide sales of copper-based carrier Ethernet access platforms rose 74 percent year-over-year to $208 million in the four-quarter period ending in 2Q08. Heavy Reading's CEAP Quarterly Market Tracker delivers quarter-by-quarter revenue and market share breakouts for each copper-based CEAP supplier and revenue projections through 2011.

ANDA’s EtherTone solutions play an active role in the global expansion and evolution of Managed Carrier Ethernet service, having over 21 carrier and service provider customers including Verizon Communications Inc, British Telecom, Level 3 Communications, and XO Communication Services, Inc.

“We thank our customers for making us number-one in the Ethernet-over-TDM access market, which contributes to the fast-growing Carrier Ethernet over Copper market,” notes Charles Kenmore, ANDA Networks, CEO. “Our highly capital-efficient hybrid Silicon Valley/China business model enables innovation that meets the most stringent performance and quality needs of tier 1 service providers in a multi-vendor, multi-platform environment. We look forward to having #1 share in Ethernet-over Fiber in the near future.”

About ANDA Networks

ANDA Networks, Inc., headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA, provides carrier-class Ethernet platforms delivering cost-effective Metro Ethernet services over fiber, copper and wireless access networks worldwide. Over 15,000 platforms deployed on tier-one carriers’ networks globally, ANDA’s Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) certified access products allow carriers to solve bandwidth and functionality limits, effectively facilitating migration to next-generation network services. The ANDA EtherTone® family of products enable carriers to deliver Ethernet private lines, converged VoIP, and circuit-to-packet managed services by leveraging highly economical Ethernet technology. For more information, please visit http://www.andanetworks.com.