Accedian Networks™ is an industry-leading provider of High Performance Service Assurance™ solutions for Carrier Ethernet and IP networks. Today, the Company is the number one provider of performance assurance solutions for Carrier Ethernet backhaul networks with an installed base of over 75,000 cell sites across North America, and more than 90,000 platforms sold worldwide.

Accedian was founded in 2004 with a vision to help accelerate Carrier Ethernet deployments world-wide using a combination of product innovation, education and support. In 2006, we launched our High Performance Service Assurance platform enabling service providers and operators to leverage the best of Carrier Ethernet, without sacrificing on network service quality or performance, while at the same time reducing overall capital and operational expenditures. A key differentiator of our platform has been, and continues to be, our patented Fast-PAAs™ engine—the industry's only Fast Performance Assurance Agent silicon processor that enables the measurement of Key Performance Indications of network health without adding delay to service traffic as it transits the demarcation device.

Accedian's High Performance Service Assurance platform consists of the hardware-based EtherNID®, MetroNID® and MetroNODE 10GE™—the industry's first and only wire-speed 10GbE NID—demarcation devices. Purpose-built for high-performance, wire-speed service creation, activation and assurance monitoring, these demarcation devices enable successful and risk-free Carrier Ethernet deployments. The solutions—which far outperform more costly switches, routers and test equipment— enable Ethernet service verification testing, wire-speed low delay performance, and micro-second accuracy on one-way metrics. They're also optimized to provide the most advanced features, with highest performance and scalability, at the lowest cost of any Ethernet demarcation device available today.

Accedian Networks is a privately held company, backed by Tier-1 US and Canadian growth equity and venture capital firms. Our global customer base includes leading telecommunications providers, cable MSOs and mobile operators offering carrier-grade, packet-based applications in mobile backhaul, Ethernet business, wholesale access, and carrier exchange services.

Headquartered in Montreal, Canada, Accedian supports its international customer base with regional offices in the U.S., Europe, Latin America, Middle East and Asia.