PairGain Continues HDSL2 Leadership With ComScape Deployment
PR Newswire - February 08, 2000 14:39
ComScape Standardizes on HiGain Solitaire and Targets Advanced Service Opportunities With HDSL2
TUSTIN, Calif., Feb. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- PairGain(R) Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: PAIR), the power behind DSL access(TM), today announced that ComScape Telecommunications, (West Palm Beach, FL), a rapidly growing Integrated Communications Provider (ICP), has chosen PairGain's HiGain Solitaire(TM) as its standard platform for DSL deployment. ComScape is a facilities-based CLEC, ISP, wireless PCS, voice-over-DSL and long distance services provider. HiGain Solitaire was selected for ComScape's DSL-based services because of the enhanced performance and cost savings provided by the PairGain solution. Fully compliant with the ANSI T1.418-2000 HDSL2 standard, HiGain Solitaire is already serving customers in ComScape's Charleston, West Virginia market. The ComScape deal adds considerable momentum to PairGain's assault on the HDSL2 market as more and more public network carriers embrace the benefits of this new technology and turn to HiGain Solitaire as the product of choice.
"We use DSL as the main artery in our network, offering high-speed Internet access, voice over DSL, T1 and other services to our customers," said Mr. Ghanshyam C. Patel, Chairman and CEO of ComScape. "The economics of using HDSL2 for provisioning these services makes it a very attractive technology. And by choosing HiGain Solitaire, we also get a 'best of breed' solution from the industry's leading manufacturer," added Patel.
ComScape is licensed to provide local (CLEC) and PCS wireless telecom services in several states with a combined population of more than 21 million. The Company is expanding its market footprint in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern United States to include a population base of 40 million by next year. ComScape plans to use HiGain Solitaire to increase its capacity for DSL services in existing locations and to maximize its copper infrastructure in new markets. ComScape will use PairGain's HiGain Wideband System 3190 (WBS-3190), a managed DS3-based access platform, to deploy HiGain Solitaire. The WBS-3190 provides a standards-based shelf from which to offer HDSL- and HDSL2-based services and is PairGain's latest HiGain system.
"ComScape represents another significant stride toward leading the HDSL2 market with HiGain Solitaire," said Dennis Young, PairGain's executive vice president, GM Telco Systems. "As the first HDSL2 solution in the world to be shipped, installed and turned up, we expect HiGain Solitaire to continue capturing significant market share."
HiGain Solitaire
HiGain Solitaire is PairGain's standards-based HDSL2 solution that offers the same performance, reach and spectral compatibility of traditional two-pair HDSL. It enables service providers to immediately deploy a high-performance, low-cost solution for T1 delivery applications. The HiGain Solitaire family includes a system of central office (CO) shelves, line units and remote units available in all common T1 system form factors. A turnkey solution ideal for carriers of all sizes, HiGain Solitaire is designed to simplify the adoption and deployment of this new technology and comes with PairGain's comprehensive documentation, training and customer support.
ComScape Telecommunications
ComScape is an emerging facilities-based integrated communications solutions carrier. The Company owns nine PCS wireless licenses and is authorized to provide CLEC services in several states. They are providing DSL/ATM based high-speed Internet access, voice-over-DSL advanced voice and data communications, PCS wireless and CLEC wireline services, as well as local and long distance services. Comscape is expanding its operations to North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. ComScape is the fourth telecommunications company founded or co-founded by its principals; N.T.T., LCI International (now Qwest) and ConQuest were the first three. Additional information about the company is available on the Internet at www.comscape.net.
PairGain Technologies, Inc.
PairGain is the leader in the design, manufacture, marketing and sale of DSL networking systems. Service providers and private network operators worldwide use PairGain's products to deploy DSL-based services such as high-speed Internet access, remote LAN access and enterprise LAN extension.
For more than 10 years, PairGain has been recognized as a technology leader and industry innovator of telecommunications equipment. The Company offers the widest range of DSL-based systems available. Product lines include HiGain Solitaire(TM) HDSL2 solutions, HiGain(R) T1/E1 access systems, PG-FlexPlus(TM), PG-Flex(R) and PG-Plus(R) subscriber carrier systems, the Avidia(R) System, Megabit Modems(R) and Campus-RS(TM) DSL access products. More than 1.7 million PairGain DSL nodes are installed in over 70 countries. Additional information about the Company is available on the Internet at www.pairgain.com.
Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this announcement are forward-looking statements which involve risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to economic, competitive, governmental and technological factors affecting the Company's operations, markets, products, services and prices and other factors discussed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All trademarks within are the property of their respective manufacturers.
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