Entel Chile Selects Newbridge Networks:
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Thursday February 18, 10:00 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
Entel Chile Selects Newbridge Networks
to Provide Largest Commercial
Multiservice Network in South America
High-performance, cost-effective platform connects Santiago to other
Chilean cities
KANATA, ONTARIO--Newbridge Networks (NYSE: NN - news; TSE: NNC - news) today
announced that Entel Chile (Entel), one of the largest service providers in South America,
has selected the Siemens / Newbridge multiservice, multi-access asynchronous transfer
mode (ATM) pla tform to build the continent's largest commercial multiservice network. The
contract was awarded to Newbridge through its local distributor and subsidiary, Coasin
Chile.
Entel is using the Siemens / Newbridge MainStreetXpress(tm) 36170 Multiservices Switch
to build a high-capacity, multiservice network connecting Santiago to other major Chilean
cities. The flexibility of the MainStreetXpress platform enables Entel to bui ld a single ATM
network that can provide a wide variety of services including advanced private line, LAN
internetworking, frame relay, native cell relay, business class Internet protocol (IP), virtual
private networks (VPNs), digital subscriber line (DSL ), broadband wireless access and
Internet backbone services for businesses and consumers.
The entire Entel ATM network is managed by the MainStreetXpress 46020 Network
Manager, a powerful network management system that manages thousands of nodes,
provides complete integration with other Newbridge networking products, enables
point-and-click c onfiguration, network and service partitioning and features an extensive
collection of billing information and other essential statistics.
''After an extensive and detailed evaluation, we are confident that our selection of
Newbridge products provides us with a reliable and flexible solution that meets our
immediate needs and will evolve to meet future requirements,'' said Alvaro Silva, Vice
President of Operations, Entel. ''With this comprehensive solution, Entel will deliver
high-performance, cost-effective, and reliable services to its customers using the industry's
recognized leading ATM product portfolio, and the unmatched MainStreetXpr ess network
and services management system.''
''Entel's commitment to its customers' needs has made it one of the most respected
carriers in South America,'' said Giulio Gianturco, Executive Vice President, North and South
America, Newbridge Networks. ''Newbridge is proud to provide the network infrast ructure
that will enable Entel to support its customers into the next century.''
Entel delivers a wide variety of innovative communications solutions to businesses and
consumers throughout Chile including local and long-distance telephone services, PCS/GSM
personal communications, systems integration services for private voice and d ata
networks, high-speed data networks and Internet services. Through its operating
subsidiary Americatel, Entel is the only international carrier to offer international
long-distance service from the United States.
Newbridge Networks designs, manufactures, markets and services networking solutions to
organizations in more than 100 countries. The Company leverages its relationship with a
growing family of Newbridge(r) Affiliate companies and strategic alliances with
Siemens and 3Com Corporation to deliver seamless, end-to-end solutions. Newbridge
customers include the world's 300 largest telecommunications service providers and more
than 10,000 corporations, government organizations and other institutions. Founded
in 1986, the Company employs more than 6,000 people on six continents. News and
information are available at www.newbridge.com.
Newbridge and logo are registered trademarks of Newbridge Networks Corporation.
MainStreetXpress is a trademark used by the Siemens / Newbridge alliance for
comprehensive solutions in broadband communication. No agency relationship, partnership,
or joint ownership of a legal entity is to be inferred or implied by the term alliance.
Contact:
Newbridge Networks Corporation
Linda Bell
Media contact
(703) 736-5917
E-Mail: bell@newbridge.com
Website: www.newbridge.com
or
Newbridge Networks Corporation
John Lawlor
Financial Analyst contact
(613) 591-3600
E-Mail: jlawlor@newbridge.com
or
Newbridge Networks Corporation
Dorothy Boyer
Industry Analyst contact
(703) 736-5776
E-Mail: dboyer@newbridge.com
or
FitzGerald Communications
Keith Figlioli
(617) 588-2228
E-Mail: kfiglioli@fitzcomm.com
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