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IBM Chooses Summa Four For Geotek Wireless Infrastructure Project
PR Newswire, Monday, September 08, 1997 at 13:23
MANCHESTER, N.H., Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Summa Four, Inc.,
(NASDAQ:SUMA), today announced that it has been selected to supply its VCO(R)
Series of open programmable switches to IBM (NYSE:IBM) under its Master
Resale agreement. The switches are to be used by Geotek Communications, Inc.
to upgrade Geotek's FHMA wireless network architecture.
The initial forecast is for delivery of more than 20 switches, valued at
several million dollars, for deployment in commercial mobile radio networks in
the United States and Korea.
"Being selected by these two industry leaders is an important milestone in
the adoption of our VCO Series as transport switches in wireless networks,"
said Bob Degan, president and CEO of Summa Four. "Scaleable, flexible
architectures are the key to meeting the demands of this highly competitive
industry. It takes a team effort to bring the best solutions to market
quickly."
Degan noted that a key factor in the selection was the VCO's ability to
perform subrate switching. Subrate switching greatly increases switch
capacity, network bandwidth efficiency, and voice quality because it enables
up to eight voice and data transmissions to share a single 64K channel and
eliminates the need for repetitive transcoding.
IBM will use the switches to upgrade Geotek's Enhanced Specialty Mobile
Radio (ESMR) network with enhanced voice and data applications as well as
implementing "roaming" and "hand-off" capabilities. The switches will support
interfaces to both wireless and PSTN networks using industry standard
protocols such as IS-41 and SS7.
"VCO's open interfaces and scaleable architecture will enable IBM to
develop the feature-rich, cost-effective solution Geotek requires for it's
mobile customers," said Rich Caruso, general manager, global solutions, IBM
Global Telecommunications and Media Industries. "Summa Four's VCO switches
are ideally suited for this wireless infrastructure application."
About Summa Four
Summa Four is a leading provider of open, programmable switching platforms
that enable telecommunications providers worldwide to build intelligent,
flexible networks that support the rapid deployment of new wireline and
wireless services. An ISO 9001 certified company, Summa Four is headquartered
in Manchester, N.H., and has sales, service and support offices in the United
States, U.K., Singapore, and Japan.
About IBM
The IBM Global Telecommunications and Media Industries business unit
offers a wide range of solutions for telecommunications, cable TV, wireless,
broadcasting, publishing, advertising, sports and entertainment industries in
more than 160 countries.
The above forward-looking statements are subject to change, based on
various important factors, including without limitation, changes in customer
buying decisions and competitive actions. Further information on potential
factors that could affect the company's financial results is included in the
Company's periodic reports filed with the SEC.
NOTE: Product and service names used within are trademarks, registered
trademarks and service marks of their respective owners.
SOURCE Summa Four, Inc.
-0- 9/08/97
/CONTACT: Peter Carlino of Summa Four, 603-625-4050, ext. 2276 or
carlino@summa4.com or www.summa4.com/
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