Montreal, Feb. 19, 2013

Accedian Networks, the leader in Performance Assured Networking™ for Mobile Backhaul, Business Ethernet and Cloud Services, today announced that it has been named a finalist in the coveted 2013 Global Mobile Awards and that its CEO, Patrick Ostiguy, will be presenting during the upcoming Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2013 event.

Accedian is honored to have been selected as a finalist in the 2013 MWC Global Mobile awards. After receiving over 600 entries for 37 awards, the Global Mobile Awards judges – which consisted of independent experts, mobile operators, journalists, analysts and academics– named the Accedian NanoNID a ‘Best Mobile Infrastructure’ finalist.

Accedian will also join 6 other companies during the ‘Back to the Future: Mobile Innovation’ session on Wednesday February 27^th from 14:00 – 15:40. The session will focus on predicting the mobile future through pitch presentations, as well as, keynote speeches from established industry innovators. Audience participants will be invited to vote on the pitch presentations that they believe will make the most impact of the future of communications by the year 2023.

“MWC is the premiere event for the mobile industry and we are very pleased to be able to leverage this event with our award nomination and speaking on the innovation panel,” said Patrick Ostiguy, President and CEO of Accedian Networks. “We are very pleased to have our NanoNID recognized as a finalist in the Best Mobile Infrastructure category. At a time when mobile operators are differentiating themselves through network performance, especially as they deploy small cells, the NanoNID empowers them with powerful performance assurance capabilities.”

Winners of the Global Mobile Awards will be announced during MWC 2013 on Tuesday February 26, 2013 at 14:30.

About Accedian Networks
Accedian Networks is the leader in Performance Assured Networking ™ for Mobile Backhaul, Business Ethernet and Cloud Services. Accedian Networks’ solutions enable mobile operators and service providers to assure, manage, improve and optimize their Carrier Ethernet and IP network performance; thereby delivering the best possible experience to their subscribers. Accedian’s award-winning solutions deliver the most precise network performance measurements, as well as, advanced service creation and traffic management capabilities that enable high value SLA-backed services.

Established in 2004, Accedian Networks has an installed base that exceeds 75,000 cell sites and hasover 130,000 (and counting) platforms deployed worldwide. For more information, please visit Accedian.com.

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