OTTAWA, Canada - April 18, 2006 - Galazar Networks® Inc., a leading semiconductor vendor of Ethernet, DS1/E1 and SONET/SDH access solutions, announced it was awarded ISO 9001:2000 certification by the Quality Management Institute (QMI™), one of the largest North American ISO accredited registrars. The certification was granted after an extensive and successful audit of all the elements of Galazar’s quality management system.

ISO 9001:2000 is the internationally accepted quality management standard adopted in over 150 countries, and over 670,000 organizations of all types. Galazar Networks makes quality an integral part of its corporate culture, and is committed to responding to Carrier Grade Ethernet equipment customer needs.

“Achieving ISO 9001:2000 certification marks another milestone in our strategic growth plan”, said Richard Deboer, CEO, Galazar Networks Inc. “The application of the standard and our own proprietary tools and processes have enabled the continued focus on understanding and fulfilling customer needs, while at the same time optimizing our business processes to achieve maximum efficiency.”

Receiving this certification demonstrates the commitment of the Galazar team to the continual improvement of its processes and systems, and confirms its ability to consistently deliver a superior quality product to its customers.

“Fujitsu provides many products for the Japanese and US markets. Our main policy is to provide customer satisfaction through high quality products”, said Hideyuki Motoori, Manager, Corporate Component Engineering Center at Fujitsu Limited. “The ISO 9001:2000 certification is the most important criteria for supplier selection, as it demonstrates a strong Quality Assurance System”.

About Galazar Networks Inc.
Galazar Networks Inc. is a leading semiconductor vendor focused on framers for carrier grade Ethernet over SONET/SDH (EoS) and Multi-Service line cards. Our products support SONET/SDH, PDH (DS3/E3, DS1/E1), data (Ethernet, packet, private line) and SAN services (Fibre Channel, FICON, ESCON, Gigabit Ethernet). Galazar is a technology leader in Generic Framing Protocol (GFP), Virtual Concatenation (VCAT) of both High and Low Order paths, and Link Capacity Adjustment Scheme (LCAS). Galazar’s products are ideal for Ethernet, SAN and Multi-Service CPE/CLE platforms as well as EoS, PoS and SAN line cards for ADMs, routers, MSTPs and Metro Core switches. For more information, visit www.galazar.com.

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