RAD Unveils EtherAccess

TEL AVIV, Israel -- At ITU Telecom World 2006 in Hong Kong, RAD Data Communications will unveil EtherAccessR, its new strategy for delivering both Ethernet and emulated services over any infrastructure, providing carriers and their customers with a cost-effective, standards-based system for delivering a uniform user experience with verifiable Service Level Agreements (SLAs).

"EtherAccess fulfills three major Ethernet service requirements," explains Yacov Cazes, Director of Ethernet Product Management at RAD Data Communications. "First, by providing Ethernet services over a broad variety of access technologies, EtherAccess increases revenues by allowing Ethernet service providers to reach more customers," he explains. "Second, it provides end-to-end service control and SLA measurement tools," he continues. "Third, it enables the migration of legacy services to packet networks to reduce cost and prevent customer churn, something that is especially important for carriers that do not own large TDM or ATM-based infrastructure."

EtherAccess is based on the deployment of Network Interface Devices (NIDs) at the customer premises. These Ethernet NIDs mark an intelligent demarcation between user and operator networks and, in so doing, allow for end-to-end service control and SLA verification. This strategy extends the service provider's reach and control over fiber, copper and wireless links while facilitating management of differentiated services, including interoffice LAN connectivity, Internet access and virtual private networks (VPNs).

"The rapid provider rollout and customer uptake of Ethernet connections and services has created the need for specialized Ethernet devices that provide a variety of functions from connectivity to demarc to SLA monitoring," confirms Michael Howard, Principal Analyst at Infonetics Research, Inc. "Ethernet access devices are appropriate for copper and fiber connections, customer-to-carrier connections, carrier-to-carrier connections, and building-to-carrier connections."

RAD Data Communications Ltd.