[NORTEL PRESS RELEASE]
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Company Press Release
Source: Northern Telecom Limited
Nortel (Northern Telecom) Introduces New Scaleable,
Future-Ready Accessnode Express
RICHARDSON, TX, May 21 /CNW-PRN/ - Nortel (Northern Telecom) today announced a
scaleable access solution that cost-effectively serves low line-size voice and data applications with
rapid service deployment. The new AccessNode Express delivers all of Nortel's AccessNode
functionality for 20 to 192 line remote access applications. GST Telecommunications, Inc., a
competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC), has already placed an order valued at $US 3 million for
AccessNode Express systems. GST plans initial deployment in over 15 cities in eight states
beginning in August 1997.
The AccessNode Express, which consists of two remote modules--the Voice Module and the Data
Module--and the Host Digital Terminal (HDT), is scheduled for initial availability in July 1997. The
AccessNode Express scaleable remote modules support a wide range of advanced voice services
such as CLASS, Meridian Digital Centrex (MDC); ISDN; two- and four-wire special services; as
well as an array of data services such as AccessNode Data Direct, frame relay, ATM, ``legacy''
channel bank and data interfaces.
``There were certain low line size areas where we were looking to capture new business, yet we
couldn't find a solution that was economically feasible,'' said Joseph Basile, president and COO,
GST Telecommunications. ``With the Nortel AccessNode Express, we have found the product that
cost effectively and rapidly allows us to enter these markets and offer voice and data services. Also,
this is a future-ready product that will allow us to offer other high-bandwidth services as customer
demands grow.''
Nearly any transport system--such as T1, HDSL, asynchronous, or SONET--can link the HDT to
subtending remote modules. These modules are positioned throughout service areas to collect
subscriber traffic which is then groomed and consolidated through the HDT, yielding substantial
savings in switching system resources. Furthermore, to meet today's higher bandwidth requirements,
the AccessNode Express can be combined with either the TransportNode OC-3 Express or the
OC-1 SONET Access module to connect the HDT to remote modules.
When GST decided to offer voice services such as Centrex, PBX, and ISDN to their subscribers,
the AccessNode Express was the perfect fit not only in terms of line-size, but in terms of their
deployment requirements. ``We wanted to deploy without incurring the costs of a network build,''
said Joseph Basile, GST. ``We placed the HDT adjacent to our fiber backhaul facility then simply
leased DS-1s to serve the remote modules and were able to extend our reach all the way to the
customer premises saving hundreds of dollars per line.''
``We are proud to have developed a technology that meets the subscriber need for more than just
dialtone,'' said Guy Gill, vice president and general manager, Access Networks, Nortel. ``Nortel's
AccessNode Express is an extremely versatile solution that provides both voice and data services in
order to connect to the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) and the data network.''
Nortel's new AccessNode Express solution cost-effectively addresses voice and data needs with the
configuration option of offering voice only, data only, or combined voice and data services to
customers through a flexible combination of modules. The AccessNode Express supports the new
AccessNode Data Direct feature, which identifies Internet calls and sends them directly to the data
network, reducing congestion in the PSTN. It also supports GR-303/TR-08 gateway accessibility to
a variety of services vehicles such as local digital switches and digital cross-connects.
GST Telecommunications, Inc., headquartered in Vancouver, Wash., currently operates networks
throughout the western United States and Hawaii, and posted record revenues of $US 24.7 million
for its second fiscal quarter 1997. Facilities-based GST provides a broad range of integrated
telecommunications products and services, including voice, video, data, and Internet. GST
strategically clusters its networks to achieve synergy and maximum opportunity within each service
territory. In addition, the Company manufactures telecommunications switching equipment and
provides network management and billing systems through its subsidiary, NACT
Telecommunications, Inc., of Orem, Utah.
Nortel works with customers worldwide to design, build, and integrate digital networks--for
information, entertainment, education, and business-- offering one of the broadest choices of
network solutions in the industry.
Nortel's research capabilities around the world include a network of research and development
facilities, affiliated joint ventures, and other collaborations fostering innovative product development
and advanced design research in 14 countries.
Nortel had 1996 revenues of $US 12.8 billion and has approximately 68,000 employees
worldwide.
SOURCE: Northern Telecom Limited
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