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(COMTEX) ASCEND: ITC^DeltaCom selects multiservice CBX 500 ATM switch
ASCEND: ITC^DeltaCom selects multiservice CBX 500 ATM switches & Navis service
management products
MAR 3, 1998, M2 Communications - Ascend Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:
ASND) today announced that ITC^DeltaCom (NASDAQ: ITCD) will deploy
Ascend's CBX 500 Multiservice ATM switch to scale its existing B-STDX
9000 Frame Relay network and position itself for providing ATM service
offerings.
The West Point, GA-based interexchange carrier, which is an emerging
Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC), also will purchase Ascend's
NavisCore and NavisXtend network management products including the
NavisXtend Statistics, Report, Provisioning, Fault, and Customer
Network Management servers. It will deploy both Ascend CBX 500
Multiservice ATM and B-STDX 9000 Multiservice Frame Relay switches to
expand its network geographically, stay ahead of the growth of its
current enhanced data customers and add more redundancy and processing
power to facilitate the delivery of additional features and services.
ITC^DeltaCom currently has owned and managed networks throughout ten
southern states in the US.
"In addition to providing guaranteed Quality of Service, the CBX 500
delivers carrier-class features such as seamless integration with the
B-STDX 9000, cost-effectiveness, and reliability which are essential
for growing our data service offering," said Steve Moses, Senior Vice
President of Network Services, ITC^DeltaCom. "End-to-end service
management also was a critical deciding factor for us. With their
client/server architecture and open interfaces, the NavisXtend servers
will allow us to dramatically reduce operational costs thereby making
our services more competitive."
ITC^DeltaCom currently is offering Frame Relay data services from its
existing B-STDX 9000 network. Some of the company's business
communications services include local exchange service, long distance,
enhanced data, Internet, and operator services, and the sale and
maintenance of customer premise equipment. The company will use the CBX
500 and NavisXtend products to grow this network and offer new services
including enhanced Frame Relay, reporting, billing and ATM, among
others.
"We are pleased to build upon our current relationship with
ITC^DeltaCom," said Dan Smith, Ascend Executive Vice President and
General Manager, Core Systems Division. "This purchase further
reaffirms our leading position in supplying backbone ATM and Frame
Relay networks to the service provider market."
ITC^DeltaCom has begun deploying the Ascend CBX 500 and Navis
management products. It expects to complete deployment during the first
quarter of this year.
About Ascend Communications
Ascend Communications, Inc. develops, manufactures, services, and
sells wide area networking solutions for telecommunications carriers,
Internet service providers, and corporate customers worldwide. For more
information about Ascend and its products, please visit the Ascend web
site at www.ascend.com, or send e-mail to info@ascend.com.
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