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WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 25, 1997--Franklin
Telecom (OTC/BB:FTEL) Tuesday announced that its recently introduced
Tempest Data Voice Gateway has been selected by the Syracuse
University High Performance Distributed Computing Lab to demonstrate
toll-quality voice over an ATM network.
The Rural Educational System Network (RESNET) demonstration was
the result of a joint effort by Lucent Technologies, IBM, Sheco
Energy Co., Syracuse University and Franklin Telecom.
Dr. Salim Hariri, head of the High Performance Distributed
Computing Lab, said: ''In my telephony laboratory at Syracuse
University, we tested several voice-over-IP gateways. The Franklin
Tempest stood out as the quality leader for its voice quality. We
have recently demonstrated successfully the use of the Tempest to
provide telephony service over IP/ATM network as part of the RESNET
demonstration held on Thursday, Nov. 20, 1997.''
(http://www.atm.syr.edu/projects/RESNET/index.html)
The mandate of the RESNET project is to develop a reliable,
state-of-the-art means of linking people in remote areas with
educational, medical and entertainment resources that have, until
now, been unavailable to them. The design for the RESNET system,
developed by Syracuse University, utilizes Asynchronous Transfer
Mode (ATM) and single-mode fiber.
RESNET will connect the Tyler County Courthouse, Woodville ISD
High School, Tyler County Hospital, Alabama-Coushatta Indian
Reservation, Big Sandy ISD, Livingston High School, the Polk County
Courthouse and the Polk County Hospital with the main campus of Sam
Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas.
The demonstration was held at the Alabama-Coushatta Indian
Reservation, 75 miles northeast of Houston. An inter-LATA voice
call over an OC-24 ATM backbone was accomplished by simply picking
up a telephone in the Tribal Council Meeting Room and dialing the
extension of the Woodville school library, 16 miles away.
State, regional and local officials were on hand to witness this
ground-breaking event, which also included demonstrations of remote
teacher/student video conferencing and multicast DVD movie viewing.
For the demonstration, Lucent Technologies provided the optical
fiber, IBM supplied the ATM switch hardware and Sheco Energy did the
physical cable installation. Syracuse University provided the
system personnel and technical personnel. Franklin Telecom provided
the voice-over-IP hardware (the Tempest) and support.
According to Frank Peters, Franklin's president and chief
executive officer: ''We are delighted that Syracuse chose our
Tempest to be part of this innovative program. This application
demonstrates the life-changing potential in these new technologies.
In one sense, the world is shrinking; in another, it is expanding
beyond what we could have imagined only a few short years ago.
''It is extremely gratifying that such a prestigious operation
recognized the Tempest's outstanding voice quality and reliability
above other available products and incorporated the Tempest into this
project.''
The primary business of Franklin Telecom, founded in 1981, is
the design and manufacturing of communications devices, high-speed
LAN, WAN, telco and satellite systems and software. Franklin has an
installed base of more than 100,000 nodes worldwide. Franklin's
Internet subsidiaries, FNet and Internet Passport, provide services
using FTEL products.
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