Actelis Networks is the first company to radically boost the speed, range, and reliability of copper to achieve fiber performance and quality in the local loop. By the decade's end, over 10 million businesses in the U.S. will not be fiber-fed. Actelis Networks will bring the fiber era to these small to medium-sized businesses. Actelis is pioneering a new generation of broadband transport that enables local carriers and service providers to rapidly deliver high-speed, high-value services over existing copper assets. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in the Silicon Valley, Actelis Networks is backed by preeminent telecom investors, including Carlyle Venture Partners, New Enterprise Associates, U.S. Venture Partners, and The Walden International Investment Group (early investors in Juniper Networks, Sun Microsystems, and Ascend Communications). For more information please visit the Actelis corporate Web site at www.actelis.com.