Excel Switching to Provide Switching Infrastructure to Motorola's Space Systems and Services Division
Open, Programmable Switching Solution Provides Flexibility, Scalability for Global Communications Network
HYANNIS, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 2, 1999-- Excel Switching Corporation (NASDAQ:XLSW - news), a leading provider of open voice and data switching platforms for telecommunications networks worldwide, today announced that its Expandable Switching System (EXS) has been selected to provide network infrastructure to Motorola's Space Systems and Services Division. The Space Systems and Services Division of Motorola will use Excel's EXS programmable switch, as well as Excel's EXS Call Control software, to create custom call processing applications. This agreement highlights Excel's longstanding relationship with Motorola. The Space Systems and Services Division is the fifth Motorola division that has chosen to implement solutions based on Excel's EXS product line.
''Excel's solution is a cost-effective answer to the custom switching needs of a global communications network. With Excel, we will be able to meet our customers' unique call processing requirements,'' said Ron Taylor, vice president and general manager of Motorola's Space Systems and Services Division. ''Excel's EXS provides the reliability, flexibility and scalability necessary for successful, growing networks.''
Motorola chose the EXS programmable switching system specifically for its customizable EXS Call Control environment, Excel said. EXS Call Control leverages Excel's patented Programmable Protocol Language (PPL) technology, which reduces time-to-market for custom call models and enhanced services on the EXS family of switching solutions. Excel's technology will allow for customized and optimized call processing features that meet Motorola's strict performance requirements. This same PPL technology has enabled Excel to deploy EXS systems in more than 60 countries worldwide.
''We are excited to continue to expand our relationship with Motorola,'' said Robert Madonna, president and CEO of Excel. ''This activity underscores the power of open switching and Excel's commitment to provide open, standards-based infrastructure for existing and next generation networks.''
About Motorola
Motorola is a global leader in providing integrated communications solutions and embedded electronic solutions. These include software-enhanced wireless telephone, two-way radio, messaging and satellite communications products and systems, as well as networking and Internet-access products, for consumers, network operators, and commercial, government and industrial customers. Sales in 1998 were $29.4 billion.
About EXS
This suite of comprehensive products enables carriers worldwide to offer network routing, a variety of enhanced services and Internet Protocol (IP) transport and signaling capabilities to next-generation networks and includes EXS ExchangePlus, EXS Media Gateway, the VDAC card and the EXS RAServer. EXS ExchangePlus is an integrated tandem and international gateway switch that supports the EXS Media Gateway, an open programmable IP Telephony gateway that provides transparent bridging between legacy Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) Intelligent Network (IN) elements and new world IP-centric carrier services. The EXS RAServer is one of the first multi-service access switching systems to provide carriers with the ability to offer reliable packet-oriented data services with circuit-based telco services.
About Excel Switching Corporation
Excel Switching Corporation is a leading provider of open voice and data switching platforms for telecommunications networks worldwide. Excel designs, manufactures, and delivers a family of open, programmable, carrier-class voice and data switches and gateways that address the complex infrastructure and enhanced service needs of network providers. Excel's products are currently deployed in telecommunications networks worldwide. Additional information about Excel's products is available at xl.com.
This release may contain statements which are ''forward looking,'' and is subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ significantly from expectations. Factors that might cause such a difference include, but are not limited to, those relating to Excel's highly competitive market; dependence on and concentration of relationships with application developers, original equipment manufacturers and systems integrators; evolving market for telecommunications services and rapid technological change; possible delayed or lengthy sales cycles; risks associated with concentrated product family and new product introductions; Excel's dependence on its proprietary rights; and other risks identified in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings including those risks identified in the section entitled ''Risk Factors'' of the Company's Annual Report for the year ended December 31, 1998 on Form 10-K. Product and service names used within are trademarks, registered trademarks and service marks of their respective owners.
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Contact:
Excel Switching Corp.
Erica Robinson, (508) 862-3000
erobinson@xl.com |
