Relationship Expands Accel’s Presence in U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico

St. Petersburg, FL., February 19th, 2010 / -- Accel Networks, the leader in advanced fixed wireless broadband solutions, announced today that it has signed a reseller agreement with MetTel, a leading integration communications service provider headquartered in New York, NY.  Under the agreement, MetTel will act as a Master Reseller and will resell Accel Networks services throughout their partner network.  This agreement further expands the Accel Networks presence across the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico, and adds the most advanced PCI compliant fixed wireless broadband solution to MetTel's product portfolio.

"Accel Networks achieved explosive growth during 2009 because SMB and multi-site enterprise organizations require secure broadband solutions that address today's advanced and ubiquitous broadband needs," said Eric Sandoval, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Accel Networks.  "By partnering with MetTel, we expand our distribution capability throughout the United States, and offer MetTel's large portfolio of retail clients advanced PCI compliant solutions with an SLA backed guarantee, required to address today's retail challenges."

Founded in 2002, Accel Networks is a trusted fixed wireless broadband solution provider to many of the largest retailers throughout the United States.  Under this agreement, MetTel, will provide Accel Networks broadband solutions to its extensive portfolio of customers including enterprise, multi-site retailers, and SMB companies.

"MetTel adheres to an extremely close relationship with our customers" said Andoni Economou, MetTel Chief Operating Officer & Executive Vice President. "We are in tune with our customers' business and technology needs; our offering encompasses a variety of broadband and telephony solutions. Accel provides a fixed wireless broadband solution that has a perfect fit within our extensive portfolio of products and services. We have had an overwhelming positive response to the new offering, we are confident that this will be a winning relationship for both MetTel and Accel."

About Accel Networks

Accel is the leading provider of PCI compliant, managed fixed wireless broadband services in North America.  Accel’s proprietary antenna technology and monitoring platforms, combined with the coverage of the three largest wireless providers in the U.S. enables Accel to offer the highest data rates and broadest coverage and of any wireless provider.  Accel brings together the availability, reliability, network management and security of terrestrial frame relay with the data throughput and price point of DSL, without the long lead times, complex installations, and high fallout rates of terrestrial broadband. For more information, visit www.accel-networks.com.

Founded in 1996, MetTel is a privately held nationwide integrated communications provider serving customers from coast to coast. MetTel provides a comprehensive portfolio of local, long distance and advanced voice and data services (i.e., including Internet Access, Voice over IP (VoIP), Metro Ethernet and Wireless) to the business market, specializing in multi-state, multi-location enterprise customers. MetTel’s innovative and proprietary operations support systems provide leading edge electronic bonding, provisioning, customer care, agent support and billing system capabilities, which have fueled its rapid expansion. For more information, visitwww.mettel.net or call 1.877.963.8663.

Eric Sandoval

Accel Networks