RE: Lucent "Deal" - parts for cash from xstream - I contacted Lucent and shall be getting the information on exactly what Lucent has provided to date, if anything, and what xstream has paid, if anything. When I receive the info, I'll post it. Also, there is another ORGANIZATION requesting that same information, and when that is "released" I shall post that too along with the link. organization out of UK FWIW.
Subject:
RE: xstream - contract
Date:
Wed, 30 Jun 1999 14:20:21 +0100
From:
"Atherley, Rebecca Anne (Rebecca)" <ratherley@lucent.com>
To:
Jacalyn Deaner'"
> ----------
> From: Jacalyn Deaner
> Sent: 29 June 1999 19:18
> To: Atherley, Rebecca Anne (Rebecca)
> Subject: xstream - contract
>
> with reference to the following article, has this agreement been
> consumated and have you actually been rendering services? Thank you.
>
Jacalyn M. Deaner
> Free ISP, the X-Stream Network, awards Lucent Technologies US
> $28M data networking contract
>
> FOR RELEASE THURSDAY MARCH 04, 1999
>
>
> LONDON - Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) 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 of 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 in-coming 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 Manager and PacketStar IP Gatekeeper for
> managing and routing calls across multiple zones in
> the network.
>
> All incoming 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(tm) P550(tm) 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.
>
>
> For more information, reporters may contact:
>
> Vibha Agrawal
> Lucent Technologies - U.S.
> 908-953-2679 (office)
> 1-800-759-8888, PIN 9787214 (pager)
> Email:vagrawal@lucent.com
>
> Rebecca Atherley
> Lucent Technologies - U.K.
> +44-171-647-8085 (office)
> +44-777-191-1132 (mobile)
> Email:ratherley@lucent.com |
