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RELEASE DATE: 4th March 1999
FREE ISP, THE X-STREAM NETWORK,
AWARDS LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES £17.5
MILLION (US $28 M) DATA NETWORKING
CONTRACT
LONDON - Lucent Technologies today announced a £17.5 million
(US$28 M) agreement to provide Internet access technology and
related services to The X-Stream Network, a UK-based Internet
service provider (ISP) with about 200,000 subscribers.
X-Stream's Internet traffic will be carried across a powerful
network built on Lucent's full range of networking solutions,
including products from its acclaimed Cajun™ Campus line of
local area network switches, as well as its PacketStar® IP
portfolio.
"Since the free ISP market has become highly competitive in
such a short time, it is imperative that we offer a highly reliable
Internet service to our subscribers," said Gregory Sukornyk,
chief executive officer and co-founder of The X-Stream
Network." Only Lucent was able to meet all our networking
needs, ensuring we achieve the best Internet service, since it
was the only vendor that was able to supply us with an
end-to-end solution."
"X-Stream is a pioneer in free Internet access and we are very
excited that it has selected Lucent to expand its IP network,"
said Vincent Molinaro, chief operating officer Lucent's Europe,
Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. "In fact, we feel a
special pride because it is proof that we are helping to shape
the future of tomorrow's networks."
X-Stream will manage its incoming data Internet calls using
Lucent's PortMaster® 4 Remote Access Concentrators, which
meet high-volume, multi-service access requirements. In
addition, the company will deploy Lucent's revolutionary
PacketStar IP portfolio, which comprises the PacketStar 6400
Series IP Switch and the PacketStar Gateway 1000 solution.
Millions of Internet calls can be routed via the IP Gateway 1000,
a fault-tolerant, Internet telephony system that also includes the
PacketStar IP for managing and routing calls across multiple
zones in the network.
All in-coming Internet calls will go through the Lucent Managed
Firewall, an industry-leading secure, expandable and
easy-to-use hardware and software platform. They travel across
Lucent's high-capacity Cajun™ P550™ Gigabit Switches either
to X-Stream's host applications - provided by Lucent and Sun
Microsystems' ISP bundle - or out to the World Wide Web via
Lucent's PacketStar 6404 IP Switch, which is designed
specifically to support the convergence of data and voice
networks and services. The PacketStar 6404 IP Switch offers
industry-leading Quality of Service (QoS) capabilities and
guarantees up to 64,000 different levels of service, depending
on the needs of the business.
"Lucent's portfolio of reliable networking products enhances
our edge in the competitive Internet market," said Dr Chirinjeev
Kathuria, executive director of The X-Stream Network.
X-Stream Technologies, Inc and its affiliate companies
represent one of the most exciting developments in the Internet
market today. The X-Stream Network seeks to become the
world's largest true portal to the Web and provide advertisers,
retailers and companies a unique opportunity to secure a direct
access to consumers all over the world via a user-friendly,
highly interactive consumer interface. Currently, it has
approximately 200,000 subscribers in the UK and will shortly
extend its reach overseas. Its operations base is in London, UK
and it is registered in Delaware, US.
Lucent Technologies designs, builds and delivers a wide range
of public and private networks, communications systems and
software, data networking systems, business telephone
systems and microelectronic components. Bell Laboratories is
the research and development arm of the company. For more
information about Lucent Technologies, visit the company's
web site at lucent.com.
The X-Stream Network can be found at
x-stream.com.
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Press Information
Rebecca Atherley
+44 171 647 8085 (ofice)
+44 777 191132 (mobile)
ratherley@lucent.com
Yvonne Diaz
+44 171 647 8036 (office)
+44 468 952 057 (mobile)
ydiaz@lucent.com
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