| SUPERCOMM 2004
Booth #13356 and #20338
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 22, 2004--
Allied to Expand Service Offerings and Deliver
Business-Class Ethernet Services to Customers
Throughout the Washington DC Metro Area
Actelis Networks(R), a leading supplier of solutions that enable
profitable, carrier-grade broadband services over local-loop copper,
today announced at Supercomm 2004 that Allied Telecom Group has
selected its MetaLIGHT(R) Ethernet-over-Copper platforms and will
immediately begin offering Ethernet services to businesses throughout
the Washington DC metro area. Actelis platforms allow Allied Telecom
to significantly expand their customer base by cost-effectively
offering scalable Ethernet services to those businesses only served by
copper. Walker & Associates, an Actelis' business partner, will
support Allied Telecom as they deploy the platforms and begin
delivering new Ethernet services to customers.
Actelis is demonstrating its Ethernet-over-Copper platforms at
Supercomm 2004, held June 22 - 24 in Chicago, IL, in booth #13356.
Actelis is also demonstrating its solutions in the Ethernet in the
First Mile (EFMA) interoperability showcase in booth #20338.
Allied Telecom is a facilities-based Internet service provider
serving the Washington DC metro area. For more than 14 years, they
have been offering broadband telecommunications solutions including
XDSL, T1/T3/OC-3 and Metro Ethernet services. Allied selected Actelis'
Ethernet-over-Copper platforms to meet a rapidly growing demand for
Ethernet services. Actelis' platforms will allow Allied to utilize a
"build-to-order" service model that will eliminate the need to invest
in equipment before revenue is generated. Once a customer is secured,
Actelis' platforms can be deployed within a few days, allowing Allied
to immediately begin generating revenue.
"Actelis' platforms are ideal because of how quickly and
economically they allow us to eliminate barriers to delivering
high-bandwidth Ethernet services to a wide variety of customers," said
Ken Williams, president and chief executive officer, Allied Telecom
Group. "The Actelis platforms allow us to extend our value proposition
of delivering mission critical, extremely reliable, Ethernet services
to all our customers, including those only served by copper. Since
Actelis' platforms utilize existing copper facilities, Allied Telecom
is able to rapidly respond to business demand for fault tolerant,
multi-megabit Internet access and Metro Ethernet services. Delivery of
Ethernet services over multiple copper pairs provides a level of
circuit protection and reliability not available with traditional T-1
service deployment. We can expand our Ethernet service offerings and
generate additional revenue without dramatically increasing our
capital expenditures."
Prior to selecting Actelis' platform to deliver Ethernet services,
Allied Telecom tested multiple Ethernet-over-Copper solutions. The
testing proved that Actelis' platforms provided superior rate, reach
and reliability compared to other copper-based Ethernet solutions.
They also proved to be sufficiently robust enough to meet its
real-world deployment needs for carrier-class Ethernet services.
"Allied Telecom Group is a perfect example of how Actelis can help
service providers begin immediately offering new revenue services,"
said Bruce Hammergren, vice president of North American sales, Actelis
Networks. "They needed to offer new revenue generating services,
without an initial CAPEX expenditure. With our platforms, they can
actually deliver high-quality, high-bandwidth Ethernet services to
customers in a matter of hours utilizing the existing infrastructure."
Available in point-to-point or point-to-multipoint configurations,
Actelis' MetaLIGHT(R) Ethernet-over-Copper platforms allow service
providers to deliver up to 70 Mbps of high-quality Ethernet services
to customers or locations over the existing copper plant. Designed to
comply with the emerging IEEE 802.3ah Ethernet in the First Mile (EFM)
standard, they can be quickly and seamlessly integrated into service
provider networks. Additionally, MetaLIGHT platforms are powered with
Actelis' patent-pending MetaLOOP(R) technology, which includes
features such as cross talk cancellation (CTC), cross-talk management
(CTM) and cut-line protection, among others. This technology allows
Actelis' platforms to provide far better rate, reach and reliability
than other Ethernet-over-Copper solutions. With the ability to provide
high-quality bandwidth to distances beyond 18,000 feet/5.5km, Actelis'
platforms are ideal to support a wide range of broadband applications
including transparent LAN services, LAN interconnection, voice and
video over IP. They are also well suited to backhaul bandwidth to
DSLAMs/NGDLCs, WiFi and cellular base stations.
About Actelis Networks
Actelis Networks is a leading supplier of solutions that enable
service providers and enterprises to deliver carrier-grade, new
broadband services using existing copper plant. With the superior
rate, reach and reliability of Actelis' standards-based, award-winning
MetaLIGHT products, service providers and enterprises can deliver high
bandwidth, symmetrical services to their customers and/or locations
without further infrastructure investments. Founded in 1998 and
headquartered in the Silicon Valley, Actelis Networks is backed by
preeminent telecom investors, including New Enterprise Associates, The
Walden International Investment Group, U.S. Venture Partners and The
Carlyle Group. Actelis is shipping generally available products to
customers throughout the United States, as well as in Europe and Asia
Pacific. For more information, please visit the corporate website at
www.actelis.com.
About Walker & Associates
Located in Welcome, NC, Walker is a woman-owned wholesale
distributor providing supply chain management, installation, product
integration, and custom cables to the US telecommunications service
providers. Customers include telephone companies, long distance
carriers, wireless carriers and government telecommunications offices.
About Allied Telecom
Allied Telecom is a Washington DC-based, minority-owned
"facilities based" ISP who has been providing telecommunications
solutions to organizations in downtown DC and the surrounding metro
areas for over 14 years. Allied's network is configured with full
redundancy between multiple "Tier 1" national fiber optic backbones.
Allied offers a full range of Broadband and Telecom Systems
Integration services. From simple ultra-reliable Internet Connectivity
to high-end custom engineered solutions, Allied is the vendor of
choice for many well known organizations in the Washington DC area.
Actelis Networks, MetaLIGHT and MetaLOOP are registered trademarks
of Actelis Networks, Inc.
One or more U.S. and foreign patents pending cover the product
described above.
All other trademarks used herein are the property of their
respective owners.
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CONTACT: Actelis Networks
Ben Culp, 510-545-1039
ben.culp@actelis.com
or
Will Matlack, 510-794-1921 (Press)
matlackpr@sbcglobal.net
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