Monday June 19, 09:09 AM Eastern time
Company Press Release
Leading Systems Integrator Selects General DataComm''s ATM Switches; Globe Group Uses GDC APEX Products for Total Solutions Package
MIDDLEBURY, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 19, 2000--General DataComm Industries, Inc. (NYSE:GDC) announced today that its award-winning GDC APEX(R) broadband products have been chosen by Call Out Services (COS), the support and systems integration arm of Globe Group Holdings Ltd.
According to the agreement between General DataComm Limited (U.K.) and Globe Group Holdings Ltd., COS will incorporate GDC's voice and data ATM technology into COS' total solutions package for their blue chip customer base throughout the United Kingdom.
COS is one of the leading support and systems integrators in the U.K. and supplier to key accounts including a major telecommunications company and an international bank.
The United Kingdom, which comprises the countries of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, has over 30 million telephone lines in service used by more than 58 million people.
"We are pleased to partner with COS. The vast expanse served by COS throughout the United Kingdom and Europe provides significant areas of continued growth for GDC's ATM leadership in voice, data and Internet services as the demand of voice/data convergence accelerates," said Anton Kaeslin, GDC's vice president, Europe, Middle East and Africa.
The GDC APEX product family offers Quality of Service (QoS) assurance with highly efficient bandwidth management. The result is reduced network complexity and higher reliability for customers.
"We are all looking forward to a long and fruitful partnership," said Alan Perrett, Globe Group's managing director. "We believe General DataComm's product portfolio will enhance our competitive advantage to provide customers with unified network solutions."
Key features of the GDC APEX family include:
-- Concurrent support for multiple services including voice, data
and video
-- Cost-effective, leading edge AAL2 Voice over ATM
-- Integral multimedia interfaces including MPEG-2 video
capabilities
-- Frame Relay switching and HDLC/SDLC transport over ATM
-- Circuit emulation to protect existing investment and
-- Native LAN interconnection and concentration.
ProSphere(R), a standards-compliant, open-architecture network management system, manages the GDC network. ProSphere consists of a series of element and network-level tools, which allow for topology and fault management, service provisioning and route table management.
About Call Out Services
Call Out Services (COS), the support and systems integration arm of Globe Group Holdings Ltd., delivers tailored data and voice communications solutions to promote the effective use of available technology. COS has gained wide experience in the specification, design, supply, installation and maintenance of business critical communications systems for customers in the financial, commercial, manufacturing and academic sectors. The levels of performance, reliability and support demanded by these organizations pays testimony to the quality of products and services supplied. For more information, visit Globe Group Holdings' website at www.globe.co.uk.
About General DataComm
GDC (www.gdc.com) is a leader in the design, development and manufacture of multiservice communications systems for service providers, private networks and enterprise businesses. GDC broadband, multiservice packet voice and data products are used extensively within the world's largest, public next-generation networks. GDC's multimedia products deliver the highest-quality, most bandwidth-efficient and easiest-to-use packetized interactive MPEG-2 video on the market today. A broad range of advanced network access products provide DSL/Universal Access System solutions frame relay probes, integrated analog, DDS, wideband and broadband network access products all managed under a distributed, open SNMP network management framework. GDC is headquartered in Middlebury, CT, USA, and has an extensive network of subsidiaries and partners located throughout North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific Rim.
All GDC products mentioned in this document are trademarks or registered trademarks of General DataComm, Inc., a wholly-owned operating subsidiary of General DataComm Industries, Inc.
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Contact:
Globe Group Holdings Ltd.
Alan Perrett, 44 1908 276 600
or
GDC Public Relations
Christine Byrne, 203/758-1811
or
GDC Director-Corporate Communications
Richard M. Miles, 203/577-6153
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