ADTRAN Named As One of Everything Channel's 10 Most Strategic Networking Vendors

Company Chosen for Gigabit Ethernet Switch Launch and Broad Portfolio

HUNTSVILLE, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ADTRAN®, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADTN) today announced that it has been named as one of Everything Channel's 10 Most Strategic Networking Vendors. This recognition comes as the result of Everything Channel's State of Technology Networking Survey that was conducted earlier this year. Channel executives in the networking and communications industry ranked ADTRAN in the top four joining Microsoft, Cisco and Hewlett-Packard out of industry's top 10 vendors, naming the company as one of the industry's most strategic partners.

“It is even more prestigious because the distinction comes from the most knowledgeable integrators in the business today. These are companies that work to stay ahead of the competition in the solution provider community.”

ADTRAN was chosen as a channel favorite because of its broad portfolio of cost-effective products targeting the Small and Medium-Size Business (SMB) market. ADTRAN was also noted for its recent launch of the NetVanta 1544 family of Gigabit Ethernet aggregation switches that address a void in the market by providing higher bandwidth aggregation hardware at an affordable price point.

“The Most Strategic Networking Vendors list represents the most innovative, trend-setting companies,” said Robert C. DeMarzo, senior vice president and editorial director, Everything Channel. “It is even more prestigious because the distinction comes from the most knowledgeable integrators in the business today. These are companies that work to stay ahead of the competition in the solution provider community.”

“With our partners, we set a new standard by offering a flexible portfolio of options that better position SMBs and distributed enterprises to manage their businesses for long-term success,” said Ted Cole, vice president of channel sales, ADTRAN Enterprise Networks Division. “Our goal is to provide our partners with an innovative, affordable and reliable product portfolio that allows our partners to differentiate themselves in the market. This selection is validation that we are doing just that.”

This honor adds to a long list of channel awards for ADTRAN. In addition to this award, ADTRAN has been recognized by Everything Channel as a Five-Star partner program, ADTRAN's Ted Cole was named a Channel Chief and ADTRAN was recognized on the Everything Channel Best Sellers list for SMB routers.

About ADTRAN

ADTRAN, Inc. is a leading global provider of networking and communications equipment, with a portfolio of more than 1,700 solutions for use in the last mile of today's telecommunications networks. Widely deployed by carriers and enterprises alike, ADTRAN solutions enable voice, data, video, and Internet communications across copper, fiber, and wireless network infrastructures. ADTRAN solutions are currently in use by every major U.S. service provider and many global ones, as well as by thousands of public, private and governmental organizations worldwide.

For more information, contact the company at 800 9ADTRAN (800 923-8726) or via email at [e-mail]. On the Web, visit www.adtran.com.

About Everything Channel (www.everythingchannel.com, www.channelweb.com)

Everything Channel is the one-stop shop for accessing, enabling, managing and accelerating technology sales channels. From branding and recruiting to marketing and sales, Everything Channel offers technology marketers the unmatched breadth and depth of global brands and market intelligence combined with unparalleled audience loyalty and credibility serving all technology sales channels through an extensive database. Everything Channel provides innovative sales and marketing solutions to arm the sellers of technology with the resources they need to achieve measurable and significant results.

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