**Exhibit31.1**

**CERTIFICATIONS**

I, Khoa D. Nguyen,the President and Chief Executive Officer of Ezenia! Inc. (the “Company”),certify that:
| 1.     | I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of  the Company;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
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| 2.     | Based on my knowledge, this annual report does not  contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material  fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances  under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period  covered by this annual report; |
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| 3.     | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and  other financial information included in this annual report, fairly present in  all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash  flows of the Company as of, and for, the periods presented in this annual  report;                       |
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| 4.     | The Company’s other certifying officer and I are  responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and  procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e))  [intentionally omitted] for the Company and we have:                                                                     |
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|   | a.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |   | Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or  caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our  supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Company,  including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within  those entities, particularly during the period in which this annual report is  being prepared; |
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|   | c.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |   | Evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s  disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our  conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and  procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such  evaluation; and |
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| d.     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | Disclosed in this report any change in the Company’s  internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Company’s  fourth fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely  to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial  reporting; and |
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| 5.     | The Company’s other certifying officer and I have  disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over  financial reporting, to the Company’s auditors and the audit committee of  Company’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent  functions):                        |
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| a.     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses  in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which  are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company’s ability to record,  process, summarize and report financial information; and |
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|   | b.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |   | Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves  management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s  internal control over financial reporting. |
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| Date: March 30, 2007 |   | By:    |   | /s/ Khoa D. Nguyen                    |   |
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|                 |   |   |   | Khoa D. Nguyen                        |
|                 |   |   |   | President and Chief Executive Officer |

 

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