The following was released today by 3COM. Is it old news????
(COMTEX) 3Com Corp. Gains Undisputed Market Leadership in the Remote
3Com Corp. Gains Undisputed Market Leadership in the Remote Access Market; Ease
of x2 Technology Upgrades Among Leading Factors
SANTA CLARA, CALIF. (Jan. 19) BUSINESS WIRE -Jan. 19, 1998--
Increasing Number of ISPs Standardize on Total Control Remote
Access Concentrator
According to all three recent reports on the access concentrator
market, 3Com Corp. (NASDAQ:COMS) gained a commanding lead over the
competition in market share by revenue, the company announced today.
For the period of Q3-1997, reports by the Dell'Oro Group, Dataquest
and In-Stat show 3Com widening its leading position by as much as 15
percentage points over both Ascend Communications and Cisco Systems.
The ease of upgrading 3Com's Total Control(TM) remote access
concentrator to x2(TM) technology, and the scalability and performance
of the platform are important factors in this growth.
In its analysis published Nov. 18, 1997, Dell'Oro Group, an industry
research firm based in Portola Valley, Calif., reported that 3Com grew
its lead to 40 percent of revenue market share over second place
Ascend's 29 percent and Cisco's 14.9 percent in the access concentrator
category.
In Dataquest's access concentrator report published Nov. 20, 1997, the
San Jose-based industry research firm listed 3Com with 43.8 percent of
end-user revenue market share compared to Ascend's 28.5 percent and
Cisco's 15.5 percent.
In its Nov. 20 report, In-Stat, an industry research firm based in
Scottsdale, Ariz., reported 3Com with a 38.6 percent revenue market
share in the access concentrator category while Ascend had 32 percent
and Cisco 17.4 percent.
Among the leading factors in this robust growth is the software
upgradability of 3Com's Total Control remote access concentrators to x2
technology. Using this technology, 3Com was the first company to
provide a workable end-to-end 56 Kbps(1) technology solution in March
1997. This has provided significant benefit to end users in the form of
much faster access to the Internet or corporate intranets.
Additionally, with the introduction of the HiPer(TM) access system,
the Total Control platform offers the highest level of scalability and
performance in the marketplace. It is also ideal as a multi-service
access device with inherent capability to provide integrated support
for voice, data, video and fax. Based on these factors, nine of the 10
largest ISPs in the world have standardized on the Total Control
platform.
"The easy migration path of the Total Control system to new
technologies has played a key role in our deployment of the platform,"
said Neil van Wouw, vice president--technology, Global OnLine Japan.
"Our investment is protected, and we upgraded our systems to new
services like x2 technology without having to change hardware as we
would have to with competitive product offerings."
"Virgin Net prides itself on its architecture and commitment to
supporting open technology standards where they exist," said Ivan
Izikowitz, technical director for this London-based ISP. "The software
upgradability of the Total Control solution ensures that when the 56
Kbps standardization is finalized, we will be able to adopt the ITU
standard painlessly."
"The ability to provide multiple services from a single platform and
the software upgradability were important factors in our selection of
the Total Control remote access concentrator," said Tom Adamek,
president of Urbana, Illinois-based Planet Digital Network
Technologies, an Internet communications service provider.
"The flexible bandwidth of the Total Control system gives users a new
medium for Internet, local and long distance telephone service, voice,
data and video applications from a single provider, reducing overall
costs."
"Southern New England Telephone (SNET) selected the Total Control
remote access concentrator because of its software-based architecture,
which gave us the ability to deploy new modem technologies quickly,"
said Dave McPhail, director of SNET On-Line Services. "With the Total
Control platform, we've been able to offer our customers 56 Kbps
technology with a clear upgrade path to the standard."
The Total Control remote access concentrator is designed for carriers,
ISPs and corporate enterprises that need to support a wide range of
remote users or Internet subscribers.
With its HiPer DSP technology, the Total Control system can terminate
336 (420 E1) remote sessions in less than nine inches of rackmount
height, the highest port density in the smallest amount of space. The
Total Control platform is the only remote access concentrator that was
originally designed with a software-upgradable architecture. About
3Com
3Com Corp. enables individuals and organizations worldwide to
communicate and share information and resources at anytime from
anywhere. As one of the world's preeminent suppliers of data, voice and
video communications technology, 3Com has delivered networking
solutions to more than 100 million customers worldwide. The company
provides enterprises, network service providers and carriers, small
businesses and consumers with comprehensive, innovative information
access products and system solutions for building intelligent, reliable
and high performance local and wide area networks. For further
information, visit 3Com's World Wide Web site at 3com.com,
or the press site at 3com.com
(1)All x2 products are capable of 56 Kbps downloads; however, due to
FCC rules which restrict the power output of service providers' modems,
current download speeds are limited to 53 Kbps. Actual speeds may vary
depending on line conditions. Uploads from end users to service
providers travel at speeds up to 28.8 Kbps. An x2 modem, an analog
phone line compatible with x2 technology, and an Internet Service
Provider or a corporate host site with x2 technology are required for
these high-speed downloads. See www.usr.com/x2 for details.
Note to Editors: 3Com is a registered trademark, and HiPer, Total
Control and x2 are trademarks of 3Com Corp. or its subsidiaries. All
other brands and product names may be trademarks or registered
trademarks of their respective owners.
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CONTACT: 3Com Public Relations
Philip Anast, 847/797-6576
philip_anast@mw.3com.com
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