verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . july 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message axerra networks the pseudo wire company type private industry networking hardware founded 1999 headquarters tel aviv israel products pseudo wire gateways number of employees 50 website http www.axerra.com axerra s headquarters in tel aviv axerra networks is a leading provider of circuit emulation and service emulation solutions over packet access networks for mobile backhaul and business service delivery . contents 1 company overview 2 technology overview 3 references 4 external links company overview edit axerra s pseudowire pw solutions enable mobile operators cable msos competitive access providers and incumbent carriers to extend ip and legacy voice and data services in native format over ethernet ip and mpls networks . the result is greater operational efficiency new revenue opportunities and a smooth migration strategy to a single converged network without losing any revenue streams from profitable legacy services . axerra s solutions enable all service providers to benefit from pseudowires by converting any access network carrier ethernet broadband wireless including wimax cable hfc xdsl xpon etc. into a multiservice alternative to tdm access . axerra networks is based in tel aviv israel with offices in the us russia and poland . in 2010 dragonwave acquired the company for 9.5 million . 1 technology overview edit pseudowires pw enable providers to roll out a full complement of both emerging and legacy services from their ip and mpls networks . pw technology is a hot topic because it furnishes greater operational efficiency while simultaneously enabling a smooth migration strategy to a single converged network without stranding any revenue streams from legacy services . the term pseudowire comes from the ietf s pseudowire emulation edge to edge pwe3 working group which is chartered to define a mechanism that emulate the essential attributes of services such as atm frame relay ethernet or circuit emulation over a packet switched network psn . the goals of pwe3 are similar in many ways to what we have known for over a decade as multiservice . the difference is that ethernet ip and mpls have replaced atm as the fundamental switching and transport technology . pwe3 working group was originally formed in mid 2001 although pseudowires were originally known as private wires a little known fact . even so the ideas behind pseudowires did not originate in 2001 . axerra networks has been at the forefront of envisioning multiservice using ethernet ip and mpls since before 1999 . axerra coined the terms multiservice over ip msoip circuit emulation service over ip cesoip frame relay over ip froip and atm over ip atmoip and still owns the internet domain names and trademarks for these terms . thus axerra has been an early innovator of pseudowire technology and a leading contributor to the pwe3 standardization efforts rapidly reaching fruition in pwe3 as well as itu t the broadband forum bbf and the metro ethernet forum mef bode well for the adoption of pseudowire technology by the service provider industry . axerra understands that pseudowire is simply a new term for the next generation of multiservice multiservice over ip and mpls . based on its experience in this technology predating even its new name and based on contributions to these standardization efforts axerra is well positioned to lead service providers uptake of pseudowires networking . references edit dragonwave buys axerra for 9.5 m tracy ford rtt wireless 14 october 2010 deloitte s 2008 israel technology fast 50 winners external links edit axerra networks website rfc 4553 authored jointly with axerra networks structure agnostic time division multiplexing tdm over packet satop rfc 5086 authored jointly with axerra networks structure aware time division multiplexed 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