MODEM VENDORS SEE RAPID GROWTH IN K56FLEX SALES
(i do not remember seeing this article,sorry if old - balnmind)
Alameda, Calif., December 2, 1997 -- Simultaneously with the announcement today of the large-scale deployment of K56flex ports by Ascend Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASND), modem vendors reported their support for the K56flex technology and rapid growth in K56flex sales.
"We've seen over a 300 percent increase in K56flex sales through our
partners during the last 90 days. We attribute this directly to the fast
growth of K56flex central site deployment and to rapid consumer acceptance
of this technology."
-- Bruce Zaman, President
Best Data Products, Inc.
Contact:
Paul Goldberg
(818) 773-9600 x164
paul@bestdata.com
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"We at TDK are excited by the performance and availability
of K56flex. With the rapid growth in Internet access we
are committed to K56flex as the technology that will be the
dominant player in the 56K race."
-- Bill Harris, Product Marketing Manager
TDK Systems, Inc.
Contact:
Bill Harris
(916) 478-8275
bharris@sierra.tsi.tdk.com
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"As the only modem vendor in the world to offer both K56flex and X2 products,
we are finding that our K56flex products are outselling the competition
20-to-1. It is clear that K56flex has gathered steam, due in large measure
to the efforts of Ascend and its ISP partners."
-- Marshall Toplansky, Vice President, Marketing
Hayes Microcomputer Systems, Inc.
Contact:
Marshall Toplansky
mtoplansky@hayes.com
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"The significant increase in deployment of K56flex, which Ascend is reporting,
is reflected in our numbers. During the month of October, we experienced a
significant up-tick in 56K orders, and this trend is continuing with November's
shipments. These positive signs indicate that consumers are gaining
confidence in the deployment of ISPs. As the number of ISPs offering
K56flex connections increases, consumers are increasingly demanding
the high-speed modems for Internet access."
-- Tony Zalenski, President and CEO
Boca Research
Contact:
Gale Blackburn
(561) 997-6227 x305
galeb@bocaresearch.com
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"Customers continually demand faster Internet access for surfing the web and
downloading the increasingly multimedia-intensive graphics, video and audio
found on the World Wide Web. With 56K technology, consumers and small
businesses can achieve speeds that will allow them to significantly
enhance their internet experience and overall productivity."
-- Jim Cady, Vice President and General Manager
Diamond Multimedia, Communications Division
Contact:
Kerry Verbanic
(360) 604-1456
kerryv@diamondmm.com
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"Zoom has developed a broad line of award-winning K56flex products for many
countries worldwide. We have felt all along that K56flex would be the most
popular pre-standard 56K approach, given its support by Rockwell, Lucent,
Compaq and other leading computer manufacturers, and the top central
site manufacturers. With recent widespread service roll-out by American
Online, Bell South, Earthlink, Erols, GTE, Microsoft Network, UUNet and
many others, we are seeing a surge in sell-through of K56flex at retail
and intense excitement by our sales team and market channel partners."
-- Frank Manning, President
Zoom Telephonics, Inc.
Contact:
Ray Zamagni
(617) 753-0585
rayz@zoomtel.com |
