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(COMTEX) XCOM Technologies Creates Carrier-Class Data Network with As
XCOM Technologies Creates Carrier-Class Data Network with Ascend Products
ALAMEDA, CALIF. (Nov. 18) BUSINESS WIRE -Nov. 18, 1997--
Pioneer Competitive Local Exchange Carrier Employs MAX TNT WAN
Access Switches
Ascend Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASND) today announced that XCOM
Technologies, Inc., a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based national
competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC), is deploying Ascend's MAX
TNT WAN access switches in order to provide carrier-class data access
service to Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and corporate customers.
"After evaluating many vendors during the past year, we made the
decision to partner with Ascend because, much like XCOM, their focus is
on data," said Shawn Lewis, vice president of technology and chief
operating officer at XCOM. "Data networks, like traditional
circuit-switched voice telephone networks, need 99.999 percent
reliability. Ascend's MAX TNT is a true carrier-class product with
features such as hot swappable modules, high density, and support for
current and future ITU standards, including ISDN, DSL, and 56 Kbps.
Such features allow us to better respond to the individual needs of our
customers and provide uniquely tailored service offerings."
"Competitive local exchange carriers are an important new market
segment that is expected to explode in the coming years," said Bob
Machlin, vice president of marketing at Ascend. "Our partnership with
XCOM, one of the premier CLEC providers, demonstrates Ascend's ability
to provide world-class, high performance, high reliability remote
access solutions that CLECs need to support digital and analog
services."
XCOM has deployed Ascend's MAX TNT WAN access switches in its
Boston-area point of presence (POP) to provide region-wide remote
access support throughout Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode
Island. Within the next 90 days, XCOM plans to roll out additional
POPs, also employing the MAX TNT, in the New York/New Jersey and
Washington, D.C. areas. 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, please visit the Ascend Web site at www.ascend.com or
email info@ascend.com .
Ascend is headquartered at One Ascend Plaza, 1701 Harbor Bay Parkway,
Alameda, Calif. 94502-3002. Phone 800/ASCEND4; Fax 510/747-2300.
About XCOM
XCOM Technologies, Inc., "the data phone company," is a competitive
local exchange carrier (CLEC) providing local voice and data service.
Founded in 1996, XCOM offers virtual point of presence (POP) to
Internet Service Providers and corporate customers on a regional basis
over a facilities-based network. The Company's data service delivers
lower costs, improved performance, and superior customer service. For
more information about XCOM, email info@xcom.net or call 617/500-0000.
XCOM is headquartered at One Main Street, Cambridge, Mass. 02142.
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