Not sure if i ever posted this here... re: NXLK and TNSI...
nextlink.com
NEXTLINK Announces Consecutive Point Broadband Wireless Equipment In Boston And Dallas
-- Triton Network Systems™ Invisible Fiber™ broadband wireless equipment expected to economically extend NEXTLINK’s local fiber networks--
McLean, VA. (May 10, 2000) -- NEXTLINK Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:NXLK), one of the nation's fastest growing providers of broadband communications services, today announced it is beginning field trials in Boston and Dallas of "consecutive point" broadband wireless technology that is expected to be used to significantly extend NEXTLINK’s local fiber networks via "invisible fiber wireless" rings.
NEXTLINK selected Triton Network Systems, Inc. (TNS) to participate in the field trials after TNS successfully passed rigorous network testing in NEXTLINK’s research lab in Plano, Texas. In the field tests, Triton Network System’s consecutive point equipment is being utilized in varying network environments to evaluate its SONET-like ring-architecture design and integration with NEXTLINK’s current fiber-based and broadband wireless networks.
"We expect the use of consecutive point wireless technology to complement our current point-to-point and point-multipoint broadband wireless capabilities and extend the reach of our fiber networks at a fraction of the current construction time and cost," said NEXTLINK Chief Technology Officer, Doug Carter. "We’ve been pleased with our lab results using Triton Network System’s ‘Consecutive Point’ broadband wireless equipment. And because the technology is SONET protected it is extremely stable and we expect it to be relatively easy to integrate into NEXTLINK’s existing fiber and broadband wireless networks."
Consecutive point broadband wireless technology essentially forms wireless sub-rings within the 20–40 square mile area that comprises the local network of most metropolitan areas. Additionally, in the unlikely event of a wireless link failure, the consecutive point Invisible Fiber ring continues without service interruption as the traffic – similar to the operation of a SONET fiber network - is automatically re-routed in the other direction within the ring. NEXTLINK intends to use these wireless technology to extend the rings of it’s local fiber network. Then the company intends to make the final "golden mile" connection directly to a customer’s building via a combination of facilities-based fiber and broadband wireless or facilities based digital subscriber line (DSL) connections.
Another expected advantage of the consecutive point broadband wireless technology is its software capabilities that will allow the NEXTLINK network operations center to simultaneously view the company’s fiber and broadband wireless networks in real time without the need for supplementary connections or equipment.
"Working with the NEXTLINK team on these trials and first office applications has given us the opportunity to demonstrate the advantages of our Invisible Fiber units deployed in consecutive point networks," said Triton Network Systems President and CEO, Skip Speaks. "Triton Network Systems’ broadband fixed wireless access products are expected to enable NEXTLINK to extend the reach of their fiber networks, to deliver carrier class quality and to maximize the use of their capital."
NEXTLINK has previously announced its selection of Nortel Networks to provide broadband wireless, point-to-multipoint access equipment. The company expects to utilize additional broadband wireless vendors in its networks in the future. NEXTLINK plans to deploy broadband wireless networks to a total of 25 U.S. markets by the end of 2000.
About Triton Network Systems
Triton Network Systems, Inc. provides broadband wireless equipment that enables communications service providers to deliver high-speed, cost-effective voice, video, and data services to their customers. |
