Ethernet Backhaul Management Barrier Cleared by Creanord

BARCELONA, Spain, February 14, 2011 - MWC 2011 — Creanord Ltd., a premier enabler of Mobile Backhaul with
Ethernet Performance Monitoring and Reporting for leading Carriers and
Service Providers clears the Ethernet Backhaul management barrier.

Base Station backhaul plays a significant role when analyzing Mobile
Operator's operational expenditure. At the same time the backhaul is becoming
increasingly important to manage. New base station and carrier technologies
increase the number of possible backhaul scenarios. Managed Ethernet Backhaul
with solid Service Level Guarantees is the one that stands out when
considering the options.

The need for speed is materializing

Most of the Service Providers are geared towards increasing network
capacity while reducing backhaul expenditure. But with poorly managed
environment both end user experience and return of investment are far from
ideal. By implementing Managed Ethernet Backhaul with ITU Y.1731 standard
Performance Management and automated Service Level Agreement (SLA) assurance
these concerns are under control.

Most Ethernet Backhaul vendors claim that they have a solution that
complies with ITU Y.1731 standard for Performance Management, but not all are
ready for end-to-end SLA and OAM scalable to 10,000's tower sites. For
example it's possible that Windows-based management software just isn't
capable of heavy lifting that is required when receiving important telemetry
data from a large network. Or solution simply falls short already in the
turn-up phase as manually created measurement configurations that worked fine
in the lab environment are operationally impossible to be executed in
real-world dimensions.

Creanord EchoVault MAX - Delivering scalable Ethernet Backhaul assurance
with SLA

The EchoVault MAX is designed to provide superior performance and
scalability. For example the solution leverages On-chip cryptographic
acceleration, Oracle VM virtualization, Oracle Real Application Clusters and
Oracle Partitioning. To meet the real-time SLA requirements of large Mobile
Service Providers, the EchoVault MAX is built to produce raw but intelligent
performance for real-world networks.

"Together with our key Technology Partner Oracle, we deliver completely
optimized hardware and software solution for Mobile Service Providers. We are
now empowered to take the responsibility of SLA and OAM for very large
networks without breaking the Service Provider's bank." says Antti Pappila,
CTO of Creanord, and continues "with EchoVault MAX we are stronger than ever
before, thanks to our solid development effort maximizing benefits of Oracle
Stack and our unique value proposition".

The EchoVault MAX is available now with pricing that provides savings in
both initial installations and network-wide deployments. Contact us for
getting in touch with our partner near you.

About Creanord

Creanord enables lightning fast Mobile Backhaul with Ethernet Performance
Monitoring and Reporting for leading Carriers and Service Providers.

Creanord's Managed Ethernet Access solution comprises innovative Ethernet
Access hardware and carrier-grade EchoVault(TM) Service and Service Level
Agreement (SLA) delivery software. With the Creanord solution, service
providers are empowered to roll out and manage high-performance Ethernet
Mobile Backhaul and services that surpass the customer expectations.

www.creanord.com

Samu Backman, Marketing Manager, +358-10-309-3406, Samu.Backman (at) creanord.com