Accedian Networks selected as one of Canada’s Top 10

Montreal, QC, January 9th 2008 — Accedian Networks Inc., a leading provider of Network Performance Assurance Solutions for Ethernet Service Providers, has been selected by OCRI as one of Canada’s Top 10 Technology Companies.

Winners were chosen by an independent expert panel of Canadian and US venture capitalists.

"I continue to be impressed by the quality of companies that I see coming out of Canada,” says Bernhardt Zeisig, Director, VIMAC Ventures LLC (Competition Juror).

Accedian provides Network Performance Assurance Solutions for Ethernet Service Providers. Its Ethernet Service Assurance Platform allows clearly defining, maintaining and assuring Ethernet SLAs (“Service Level Agreements”) from End-to-End. Accedian’s Service Assurance Platform can be used in diverse applications, one sector from which the Company is seeing enormous traction at the moment is wireless backhaul. Wireless Service providers have started shifting their Cell site Backhaul technology from T1 to Ethernet which is much more efficient to support the bandwidth explosion of 4G/EV-DO/HSDPA wireless services. Accedian is currently taking part in North America’s very first 4G deployment.

“Being honoured as one of Canada’s Top 10 Technology companies is a great recognition of our company and product offering” said Patrick Ostiguy, President and CEO of Accedian Networks. “In the past year, Accedian has grown and increased its market share tremendously. Our solutions allow our customers from all around the world to deliver Service Performance with Assurance.”

Canada’s Top 10 can be viewed on the world wide web at www.topcanadiancompanies.ca, in the Technology Competition.

About Accedian Networks:

Accedian provides Network Performance Assurance Solutions for Ethernet Service Providers. Its Ethernet Service Assurance Platform allows clearly defining, maintaining and assuring Ethernet SLAs (“Service Level Agreements”) from End-to-End. Accedian Networks is located in Montreal, Canada and has a leading-edge expertise in the area of Ethernet Service Assurance and emerging OAM standards for Carrier-Grade Ethernet Services. Accedian's unique technology for Ethernet Service Assurance and OAM (Operations, Administration and Maintenance) uses an innovative, standards-based approach and allows their customers to seamlessly assure the live performance of Ethernet services by extending the reach of SLAs across multiple technologies from End-to-End. For additional information, visit: www.accedian.com or call 1-866-685-8181.

Accedian, EtherNID, SLA-meter, Performance Assurance Agent, PAA, Multi-SLA, “Packet Performance Assurance”, “Delivering Service Performance with Assurance” and “Map-out the Health of your Network” are trademarks of Accedian Networks Inc.

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Source and contact information:

Damien Ramé
Product Marketing Manager

Accedian Networks Inc.
4878, Levy street, Suite 202
St-Laurent, QC, H4R 2P1
Canada

Tel : 514 331-6181 (toll free : 1 866 685-8181)
Fax : 514 331-2210
Email: marketing-pr@accedian.com

Accedian Networks is a privately held company located in Montreal, Canada and supported by an experienced management team and advisory board with a proven track record in the telecommunications industry. Accedian cultivates a strong In-house leading-edge expertise on the forefront of emerging standards for Carrier-Grade Ethernet Services.

Accedian's Carrier-Grade technology for Ethernet Services Delivery and OAM&P (Operations, Administration, Maintenance and Provisioning) uses a unique, innovative, yet standards-based approach (7 patents pending).

Part of an Ethernet Service Access Platform (ESAP), Accedian's flagship product, the EtherNID™ creates an Ethernet Services Demarcation Point defining a clear boundary between the Customer's and the Carrier's Ethernet Network.

Long restricted to LAN usage, Ethernet has now stepped into the MAN/WAN and is replacing traditional business private-line technologies such as T1, Frame-Relay and ATM mostly due to its dramatically lower cost and simplicity. Telecommunication Service Providers are faced with overwhelming customer demand for Ethernet Services but are confronted with the operational shortcomings of Ethernet, which was not initially designed for Carrier Networks.

In that context, Carriers are expressing the need for Demarcation Devices with the functionality to turn Ethernet into a true Carrier-Grade technology. A strong and clear requirement has emerged for such devices, adapting Ethernet to the stringent operational requirements of the Telecom Carriers and large Enterprise Operators, making it more manageable, maintainable and reliable.

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