Tuesday September 16 9:58 PM EDT
Company Press Release
NTT, Japan's Largest Supplier of Telecommunications Services, Chooses
Ascend Frame Relay Multiservice WAN Switches
ALAMEDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 16, 1997--Ascend Communications,
Inc. (NASDAQ:ASND) today announced that its carrier-class B-STDX 9000
Multiservice Frame Relay switches and CBX 500 ATM switches have been
selected by Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) in Japan, the
world's second largest telecommunications company. Over the next three
years, more than 150 Frame Relay switches and a number of ATM switches will
be used as the backbone to enhance NTT's domestic Frame Relay network to
accommodate the country's rapidly increasing data traffic including
Internet and corporate use.
Ascend's carrier-class switches were selected by NTT for their excellent
cost/performance, scalability and reliability. These were key deciding
factors in the search for a solution to help NTT respond to competitive
pressures now driving tremendous growth in the Japanese Internet market.
The Frame Relay switches provide a flexible, cost-effective multiservice
WAN platform for interworking among broadband packet networks, including
Frame Relay, SMDS, IP, and ATM. It also enables enhanced Frame Relay
services such as Quality of Service (QoS) with Priority Frame technology.
The Frame Relay switches also enable QoS guarantees and IP services through
Ascend's IP Navigator software. The Ascend CBX 500 ATM switches provide a
high-bandwidth (OC-12), high-density multiservice platform. They offer
features that ensure QoS, a modular design for economical scaling, and
integral high-speed Frame Relay and IP access and interworking.
``We are very pleased to see that our market-leading Frame Relay products
will be the focus for enhancing Japan's most important Frame Relay carrier
backbone,'' said Curt Sanford, Senior Vice President & General Manager of
International Operations, Ascend Communications, Inc.
About NTT
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) and its subsidiaries are
the largest nationwide supplier of telecommunications service in Japan,
offering telephone, cellular telephone, telegraph, leased circuit, data
communication facility, digital data exchange, pocket pager, and other
services as well as leasing and purchase plans for terminal equipment.
Visit NTT's home page at nttinfo.ntt.co.jp .
About Ascend Communications
Ascend Communications, Inc. develops, manufactures and sells wide area
networking solutions for telecommunications carriers, Internet service
providers and corporate customers worldwide. For more information about
Ascend and its products, please visit the Ascend web site at
ascend.com or e-mail info@ascend.com . Ascend has headquarters
at One Ascend Plaza, 1701 Harbor Bay Parkway, Alameda, CA 94502;
800/ASCEND4; fax 510/814-2300.
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Contact:
Ascend Communications, Alameda
Lucy Graziano, 508/952-1291
lucy.graziano@ascend.com
or
Gallagher PR
Shannon Malliet, 510/747-2254
smalliet@ascend.com
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* More news for referenced ticker symbols: ASND, and related industries:
Networking, computer, internet.
* Additional news and quotes: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp - NTT.
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