LOOKS LIKE UUNET IS RECONFIRMING THEIR PURCHASE.
HONG KONG, CHINA, 1997 SEP 30 (NB) -- By Margaret Chan. UUNET
Technologies, Inc., Fairfax, Va., the world's largest Internet service
provider and a subsidiary of WorldCom, Inc., continues to partner with
Ascend Communications, Inc., [NASDAQ:ASND] for high-performance WAN
access equipment and selects MAX TNT for expansion of the UUNET dial
network.
UUNET will be purchasing over 170,000 MAX TNT WAN Access ports by the
end of 1997, increasing its total dial network capacity to more than
370,000 dial access ports. Additionally, UUNET has made the decision
to deploy the Ascend GRF IP Switch in its network, further increasing
the capacity and realiability of its Internet infrastructure. This
latest network expansion further solidifies UUNET's position as the
preeminent provider of Internet services globally, with over 1,000
points of presence (POPs) throughout the world.
"UUNET has relied on Ascend equipment in the past and we will
continue expanding with their switches, routers and WAN access
equipment in the future," said John Sidgmore, UUNET chief executive
officer.
David Boast, vice-president dial access network at UUNET said they
would continue to rely on Ascend for providing them with the most
advanced products available. He added that because the needs of their
network continued to evolve, it was important to have partners that
could stay ahead of the technical challanges they faced.
"Ascend has proven that they are such a partner - first with its
leading-edge MAX family of WAN access products and most recently with
the high speed IP switch, the GRF. We have put the TNT and the GRF
through its paces in both our labs and our production network, and
this rigorous testing has proven that these products are capable of
supporting the needs of our networks today, as well as positioning us
for the tremendous growth we envision going forward."
In addition to the latest GRF deployment, UUNET has over 150 BSTDX
9000 multiservice WAN switches installed in its network covering 100
POPs that represent more than 5,000 ports. Together the frame relay
and IP backbone provided by the BSTDX and the GRF backbone service all
of UUNETs MAX dial customers as well as its dedicated frame relay and
IP leased line customers. |
