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FOR: NEWBRIDGE NETWORKS CORPORATION
TSE SYMBOL: NNC
NYSE SYMBOL: NN
JUNE 7, 1999
Tri Corners Telecommunications Selects Newbridge(r) LMDS
Broadband Wireless Solution: Newbridge Networks Announces
Fifth U.S. LMDS Win; Dominates Broadband Wireless Access
Market
ATLANTA, GEORGIA--SUPERCOMM'99, June 7, 1999 - Newbridge Networks
(NYSE: NN; TSE: NNC) today reaffirmed its dominance of the U.S.
broadband wireless market by announcing that it has been selected
as the strategic networking vendor for the implementation of a
local multipoint distribution service (LMDS) network by Tri
Corners Telecommunications. Tri Corners is an emerging competitive
telecommunications service provider and A and B spectrum LMDS
license holder. Full-scale services are scheduled to commence in
December 1999.
LMDS, a high frequency broadband wireless system operating in the
28 Ghz spectrum, can be quickly deployed to cost-effectively
deliver data, Internet, voice, video and multimedia services using
point-to-multipoint distribution systems. The Newbridge broadband
wireless access solution for LMDS enables Tri Corners to enter the
telecommunications market quickly with a broad portfolio of
premium quality services for business and residential customers.
"As a new competitive carrier, Tri Corners requires more than just
proven technology," said Kelly Bloomer, chief executive officer,
Tri Corners Telecommunications. "We selected Newbridge for our
LMDS deployment because the Company understands and supports our
business case, helps us identify market opportunities and provides
the fully managed, end-to-end broadband multiservice solution
that enables us to exploit opportunities ahead of our
competition."
The Newbridge broadband wireless system will enable Tri Corners to
quickly and cost effectively deliver advanced telecommunications
services. Tri Corners is targeting its broadband LMDS offerings,
including video conferencing and premium quality Internet protocol
(IP) services, at business and residential customers and
government, medical and educational institutions.
Tri Corners Telecommunications is the fifth LMDS licensee in the
United States to select the Newbridge broadband wireless solution,
following announcements with Gateway Telecom, South Central
Telcom, Home Telephone Inc. and Central Texas Communications.
Newbridge is also supplying LMDS networks to Canadian nationwide
spectrum holder MaxLink Communications Inc. and Korea Telecom, the
world's eighth-largest telecommunications company.
Newbridge also announced today that its LMDS solution has received
the 1999 International Engineering Consortium (IEC) InfoVision
Award in the wireless category. The Newbridge solution was
selected based on its versatility, uniqueness, market impact,
customer benefits and value to society. The Newbridge asynchronous
transfer mode (ATM) Radio Interface Card (ARIC), an integral
component of the Newbridge LMDS solution, received the IEC
InfoVision Award in 1998. The solution has also been recognized
with the Data Communications magazine Hot Product Award.
"Newbridge provides progressive new carriers like Tri Corners with
the business and technical support and innovative financing they
need to immediately target revenue generating opportunities," said
Conrad Lewis, executive vice president, Access Products Group,
Newbridge Networks. "The Newbridge LMDS solution delivers the
flexibility and scalability that emerging service providers
require to incrementally expand their network infrastructures as
their customer bases grow."
The Newbridge solution comprises both base station and customer
premise equipment. A base station, consisting of the industry
leading Siemens / Newbridge MainStreetXpress(tm) 36170
Multiservices Switch and point-to-multipoint transmitters and
receivers, is the central location that collects all traffic to
and from customers within a given wireless coverage area and is
the linking point between the customer and the network backbone.
Customer premise equipment includes transceivers and network
interface units (NIUs), which support a full range of services.
The MainStreetXpress 46020 Network Manager will manage both the
wireless and wireline portions of the Tri Corners network,
providing a full range of billing, statistics and maintenance
support.
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 Affiliate companies and with Siemens and 3Com
Corporation to deliver seamless, end-to-end solutions. Newbridge
customers include the world's 350 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 use of the term
alliance.
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