ADTRAN NetVanta 7100 Certified for Deployment with Covad’s Integrated Access Service

Combined Solution Delivers Best-in-Class Features for SMB and Enterprise Customers

ADTRAN®, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADTN), a leading supplier of converged services networking and communications solutions, announced today that its NetVanta® 7100 IP PBX has been certified for deployment as part of Covad’s Integrated Access service. The combination of ADTRAN’s highly integrated, feature-rich NetVanta 7100 with Covad’s SIP-based Integrated Access service provides a high-quality, cost-effective solution for converged voice and data services for Small and Mid-Sized Business (SMB) and enterprise end users.

Covad’s Integrated Access service is an affordable, all-in-one phone and Internet service designed for businesses with up to 35 employees per location. The service is delivered over a powerful voice-optimized T1 line and utilizes SIP trunking to support a wide range of IP digital and analog PBXs.

“Covad and ADTRAN have successfully tested the NetVanta 7100 and found it to work well with Covad’s Integrated Access service,” said Jake Heinz, vice president and general manager, Covad VoIP. “This combination offers SMBs and enterprise customers an affordable, all-in-one phone and Internet service delivered over a high-performance, feature-rich platform.”

The NetVanta 7100 provides high-performance and industry-leading feature integration. In addition to a full-featured IP PBX, the NetVanta 7100 provides a multi-service access router, gateway, Wireless Access Point (WAP) controller, Virtual Private Networking (VPN) and security features, and innovative Voice Quality Monitoring capabilities, along with a 24-port Power over Ethernet (PoE) switch. As with all NetVanta products, the NetVanta 7100 comes with an industry-leading warranty and best-in-class technical support.

“We are pleased to be certified for deployment with an industry leader such as Covad,” said Dennis Gatens, director of strategy, ADTRAN Enterprise Networks Division. “This combination of hardware and services from two industry leaders offers customers proven quality and reliability to address all of their voice and data needs.”

About ADTRAN

ADTRAN, Inc. is a leading global provider of networking and communications equipment, with a portfolio of more than 1,700 solutions for use in the last mile of today’s telecommunications networks. Widely deployed by carriers and enterprises alike, ADTRAN solutions enable voice, data, video, and Internet communications across copper, fiber, and wireless network infrastructures. ADTRAN solutions are currently in use by every major U.S. service provider and many global ones, as well as by thousands of public, private and governmental organizations worldwide.

For more information, contact the company at 800 9ADTRAN (800 923-8726) or via email at info {at} adtran(.)com. On the Web, visit www.adtran.com.

Contacts

ADTRAN, Inc.
Tammie Dodson, 256-963-6739
Public Relations Manager
tammie.dodson {at} adtran(.)com