(PR Wires) PRW: Franklin Telecom Installs OC-48 Expansion; Meets Need f
PRW: Franklin Telecom Installs OC-48 Expansion; Meets Need for Additional DS-3
Capability
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 1, 1999--Franklin Telecom
(AMEX:FCM) Friday announced that installation is complete on an expansion of
its Network Operations Center (NOC).
In 1996, GTE, at its own expense, ran optical fiber into Franklin's Westlake
Village headquarters.
(NOTE: OC stands for Optical Carrier; OC-48 is the equivalent of 48 DS-3s.
DS stands for Digital Signal; DS-3 is the equivalent of 28 T1s. A T1 can
handle 24 simultaneous transmissions of voice, fax or data.)
Although Franklin only required the use of OC-3 capacity in 1996, the
original installation had the capacity to expand to OC-24. During the last
two years, demand has increased until more DS-3 lines are required to
satisfy customer requirements. Therefore GTE returned to install the OC-48.
To explain this expanded capacity another way, employing traditional switch
technology, Franklin's NOC can now handle more than 32,000 simultaneous toll
quality calls. However, as a Next Generation Telephone Company, Franklin
also uses compression to maximize bandwidth. This expands the number of
possible calls by approximately 8 times -- or to more than 250,000
simultaneous voice connections.
Each call coming into the Network Operations Center is automatically
evaluated to determine its best route -- in other words, whether the call
can be terminated more efficiently via traditional switch or through
packetized compression. The call is then completed using best cost routing.
According to Michael Peters, vice president of e-Commerce and Enhanced
Services, the switchover to the OC-48 was accomplished earlier this week
without any interruption to existing service. "The important issue," he went
on to say, "is that we have greatly increased the size of customer base we
can handle and of the potential revenues this customer base will engender."
About Franklin Telecom
The primary business of Franklin Telecom is the design and manufacturing of
communications devices, including hardware and software solutions that
enable superior quality Voice over IP applications. Franklin's Internet
subsidiary FNet provides Voice over Internet Protocol global Telco services.
Certain statements in this news release constitute "forward- looking
statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933
and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such forward-looking
statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors
that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the
company to be materially different from any future results, performance or
achievements, expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.
For additional information about this company, visit the Officer's Message
page at Franklin's Web Site: www.ftel.com -- for Internet Telephony &
Franklin's Next Generation Telephone Equipment; www.fnet.net -- for Internet
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