[Newbridge Networks]
Louie --
You're brilliant. And, of course, now that you mention Newbridge Networks, it seems so obvious since they have an alliance with Siemens for MainStreetXPress ATM products.
A quick look around unearthed a few good sites. First, the one you mentioned:
bctel.net
<<<To create this new access point, BC TEL Advanced Communications provided the high-speed fibre-optic network and Newbridge Networks in partnership with BC TEL provided the ATM switching equipment - capable of simultaneous voice, video and data traffic at very high speeds. The NAP is being run by BCnet which created the first internet network in Canada and now serves more than 100 organizations in BC, including most universities, colleges and institutes.>>>
Job openings:
newbridge.com
<<< Manager, Hardware Design ADSL Business Unit
Key Responsibilities:
Newbridge's ADSL Access business unit is tackling the emerging market for multi-megabit Internet connectivity to the home--over existing telephone wires! Get in on the ground floor of an explosive growth opportunity with a technology that will revolutionize the way people access the Internet and unlock the next generation of multi-media applications.
You will lead a team responsible for the design and development of hardware for one or more products in the ADSL product line. Primary areas of focus are:
Digital Subscriber Loop transmission systems
High-performance ATM switching systems
NIC and modem design
ASIC development
High density programmable devices - FPGAs
PowerPC/680x0 Microprocessor based systems >>>>
Some ATM products:
newbridge.com
<<< Siemens and Newbridge Introduce MainStreetXpress 36130 ATM Services Access Multiplexer Extends ATM networks to outer edge
Supercomm, New Orleans, Louisiana, June 3, 1997 -- The Public Communication Networks Group of Siemens AG and Newbridge Networks today continued their onto one unified, end-to-end, managed multiservices network with the introduction of the MainStreetXpress 36130 ATM Services Access Multiplexer. This is the newest addition to the MainStreetXpress family of asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) products developed jointly by Siemens and Newbridge, the ATM industry leaders. A customer-located access multiplexer, the MainStreetXpress 36130 ATM Services Access Multiplexer enables carriers to cost-effectively deliver legacy voice and data services on ATM networks.>>>
About the NN/Siemens partnership:
<<< The Public Communication Networks Group of Siemens AG (Munich, Germany) and Newbridge Networks (Kanata, Canada), two of the world leaders in ATM, formed a strategic networking alliance in 1996 to provide carriers worldwide with the most comprehensive and advanced ATM solution set. With this agreement, the two companies have unified their ATM product lines under the MainStreetXpress brand and assembled the most extensive ATM research and development operation -- 1,500 engineers in five countries. In North America, Siemens Public Communication Networks Group is represented by Siemens Stromberg-Carlson, Boca Raton, Fla.>>>
Siemens/NN Alliance webpage:
mainstreetxpress.com
Interesting connections:
NN/and Bezeq and Tadiran:
newbridge.com
Swiss PTT:
newbridge.com
And the ultimate MainStreetXpress switch:
newbridge.com
Terry Matthews' message to the company:
newbridge.com
From Siemens' AG homepage:
siemens.de
<<<Canada, with an area of 10 million sq km, is the second largest country in the world. The majority of its population of 28 million live in the southern regions, near the US boarder. The nation's vast expanse and the great distances between settled areas pose a formidable challenge to the communications sector. Undoubtedly, the prominent role the telephone has played since its inception can be ascribed to this factor.
In addition to Canada's eleven major operating companies that are mostly privately owned, 39 independent telecommunications providers operate primarily in Ontario and Quebec. Two cellular companies also offer their services in the Canadian communications market, along with many paging, data services and cable TV companies. Several long distance companies' and numerous resellers' services are available.
Siemens Electric Ltd. offers the entire line of Siemens telecommunications services and products of the US subsidiary, Siemens Stromberg-Carlson. Siemens' Canadian customers include Manitoba Telephone System, British Columbia Telephone (BCTEL), Alberta Government Telephone, seven independent operators in Ontario, two independent operators in Quebec as well as two other common carriers.
>>>>
New Zealand???
siemens.com.au
XPressLinkD for ADSL:
siemens.de
newbridge.com
<<< Siemens and Newbridge Networks Add Inverse Multiplexing for ATM to MainStreetXpress 36170 Multiservices Switch
IMA Enables Cost-Effective Extension of ATM to Edge
Munich, Germany, Kanata, Ontario, July 7, 1997 -- The Public Communication Networks Group of Siemens AG and Newbridge Networks today announced the addition of ATM (asynchronous transfer mode) Forum-compliant Inverse Multiplexing for ATM (IMA) to the industry-leading Siemens / Newbridge MainStreetXpress 36170 Multiservices Switch. IMA will provide end-users cost-effective broadband network access at multiples of T1/E1 speeds (nxT1/E1), even when higher speed facilities are not available or are cost-prohibitive.>>>
I would add the Amati/Siemens press release, but Amati's homepage is not accessible right now.
So, that's it for now.
I think you may be right about Newbridge Networks being the mystery vendor/systems integrator. At least there are enough connections to make it seem plausible.
Cheers!
Pat |
