Full Press Release!
FastComm FRAD and WEB.router™ Products Pass Certification Tests at ITS/TestMark for
use on Concert; a joint venture between BT and MCI
STERLING, Virginia, October 29 1997--FastComm Communications Corp. today announced that its EtherFRAD™, RingFRAD™, MonoFRAD™ and WEB.router™ products meet the Concert Frame Relay "Level B" UNI Annex D protocol requirements. Concert
is a joint venture between British Telecom (BT) and MCI. The FastComm products were certified on the basis of tests completed successfully by ITS/TestMark Laboratories of Kentucky, USA.
The announcement strengthens FastComm's launch of a targeted network access product line on a global basis. FastComm gives Carriers and their customers a superior Customer Premise (CPE)product for use in their popular managed network service offerings. In addition, these products offer Integrators a "best-of-breed" platform for combining legacy and LAN applications, as customers demand better solutions to the problem of integrating legacy applications into their LAN-driven
Intranets and Extranets.
With industry-leading LAN+Legacy™ application support, advanced features as MaximumPRIORITY™ multi-stream prioritization, FastRATE™ adaptive congestion and CIR control, FramePROTECT™ data protection for mission critical applications, and optional integral T1/E1 DSU/CSUs, the Data, Voice and Video capable FastComm wide area networking products are the best value available to customers today.
"We're pleased to announce the certification of our product suite for use on the BT/Concert Frame Service," stated Peter Madsen, President of FastComm. "Our goal is universal availability of our FRAD and router products, and the ability of our customers to use BT/Concert services in North America and abroad bolsters our global push!"
Forward looking statements are made in this release pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that all forward looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, the timing of new announcements or introductions by the Company and its competitors, the hiring and retention of key
employees, competitive pricing pressures, dependence on third party for components and products, and general economic conditions in the United States and international markets and the risk factors
detailed from time to time in the Company's periodic reports and registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
For more information, or to request a data sheet of any FastComm product, phone 703-318-7750;fax to 703-787-4625; Email to info@fastcomm.com; or visit FastComm on the World Wide Web
at fastcomm.com.
FastComm Communications Corp. (FSCX, NASDAQ) designs, manufactures, and sells access products for public and private digital networks. Its products include Packet and Frame Relay concentrators, Voice and Data FRADs, and WEB.router™ Internet access routers; T-1/E-1 ATM network access equipment; Frame Relay line testers to speed installations; leased line and Switched 56 CSU/DSUs; SuperView™ data switches for managing multiple remote async devices; and a family of high speed data compressors.
FastComm, stylized logo, WEB.router, FramePROTECT, LAN+Legacy, MaximumPRIORITY, FastRATE, MonoFRAD, EtherFRAD, RingFRAD, and SuperView are trademarks of FastComm Communications Corp. All
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