ETX-5300A Ethernet Service Aggregation Platform Chosen by Judges from 
Telus, Colt, Oi Brasil, NTT Japan, Infonetics, and Ovum

    For the second straight year, RAD Data Communications has won a prestigious 
Carrier Ethernet Award at the Carrier Ethernet World Congress, which is meeting 
this week in Barcelona.

    RAD was cited for the Best Carrier Ethernet Aggregation Product EMEA for its
recently-unveiled ETX-5300A Ethernet Service Aggregation Platform 
[http://www.rad.com/12/Ethernet-Aggregation/24320 ]. It bested products from 
Cisco and Telco Systems to take the award.

    The winners were selected by a panel of judges from leading industry 
analyst firms, including Ovum and Infonetics, as well as telecom operators such 
as Telus, Colt, Oi Brasil, and NTT Japan. They were presented under the 
auspices of IIR Telecoms & Technology, organizer of the event, and in the 
presence of the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF).

    "This award, the third such one we've received in the past twelve months, 
confirms RAD's leadership role in developing the most advanced Carrier Ethernet 
access solutions the industry has to offer," states Amir Karo, Vice President 
of Marketing at RAD Data Communications. "Our best-of-breed Carrier Ethernet 
portfolio succeeds in winning multiple commendations because it provides the 
same 'look and feel' in terms of service and network management, uniform 
performance monitoring and provisioning, and simplified maintenance
while delivering high capacity at an affordable cost that significantly lowers 
TCO," he continues. "In addition, we engineer our solutions to respond to the 
carrier's demand for equipment that features low energy consumption and a small 
footprint that saves space in street cabinets and the POP."

    Aggregates up to 80 GbE or 16 10GbE Access Links into Redundant 10GbE Ports

    The ETX-5300A grooms Ethernet and TDM traffic from the access network to the
provider's edge (PE), enabling operators to substantially reduce their 
operational costs per Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) link. Packaged in a small form 
factor box that uses less than half the power consumption than any competitive 
product, the ETX-5300A aggregates up to 80 GbE or 16 10GbE access links into 
redundant 10GbE ports, freeing up expensive PE capacity and significantly 
reducing CapEx and OpEx by cutting the price per link when working
opposite RAD's ETX Carrier Ethernet demarcation devices. It can also be 
deployed to deliver SLA-based business Ethernet services.

    "The ETX-5300A features an extensive toolset with an unsurpassed suite of 
advanced timing-over-packet synchronization technologies, including a 1588 
grandmaster clock," adds Eyal Aloni, RAD's ETX Portfolio Manager. "It can, 
therefore, also be used to provide timing-over-packet services in wholesale 
networks and serve as a single instrument for empowering the convergence of 
business and mobile network services over the same infrastructure."

    Winner of Two Carrier Ethernet Awards in 2011

    Last year, RAD was the only vendor to have won two Carrier Ethernet Awards. 
The company's ETX-203A 
[http://www.rad.com/10/Modular-Fix-Carrier-Ethernet-Demarcation-Device/18095 ] 
was recognized as best Carrier Ethernet demarcation product in Asia-Pacific at 
Carrier Ethernet APAC 2011 in Singapore. At Carrier Ethernet World Congress 
2011, held in Amsterdam, RAD's ETX-205A 
[http://www.rad.com/10/Advanced-Carrier-Ethernet-Demarcation-Device/22561 ] won 
the award for Best Carrier Ethernet mobile backhaul product in EMEA.

    About RAD

    Founded in 1981, RAD Data Communications has achieved international 
recognition as a major manufacturer of high quality access and backhaul 
equipment for data communications and telecommunications applications. These 
solutions serve the data and voice access requirements of service providers, 
carriers, and enterprise networks, as well as utilities and transportation 
systems. The company's installed base exceeds 12,000,000 units and
includes more than 150 carriers and operators around the world, from AT&T to 
Bell Canada, Bharti Airtel, British Telecom, China Mobile, China Telecom, 
Deutsche Telekom, Embratel, France Telecom/Orange, Hutchison, KDDI, KPN, 
SingTel, SoftBank, Sprint, Telefónica, Telekom Austria, TeliaSonera, Telstra, 
Telus, T-Mobile, Verizon, and Vodafone. RAD is an active participant in 
industry organizations such as the IETF, Broadband Forum, ITU, and
MEF. Its customers are supported by 31 offices and more than 300 channel 
partners in 165 countries.

    RAD is a member of the $1.2 billion RAD Group of companies, a world leader 
in networking and internetworking product solutions.

    RAD Data Communications site: http://www.rad.com

    
    Contact
    Bob Eliaz, RAD Data Communications
    +972-3-6458134
    bob@rad.com


    SOURCE: RAD Data Communications Ltd.