Another contract with Cable and Wireless. This contract extends Cable & Wireless' existing commitment to the Newbridge(R) 3600 MainStreet(R)
Bandwidth Manager
Wednesday April 15, 1:48 pm Eastern Time
Company Press Release
Cable and Wireless Selects Newbridge Networks to Deliver
Network for CityVoice Express and CityData Express Services
KANATA, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 15, 1998--(TSE:NNC. - news; NYSE:NN - news)
Newbridge solution offers superior voice services for European financial sector
Newbridge Networks today announced it has been selected to supply Cable & Wireless plc with a
networking solution for its new CityVoice Express and CityData Express services. The initial value of the
contract is two million pounds Sterling and is forecast to grow to 20 million pounds Sterling over the next
two years.
The contract extends Cable & Wireless' existing commitment to the Newbridge(R) 3600 MainStreet(R)
Bandwidth Manager, which is already deployed in the Cable & Wireless Global Digital Highway. The
solution guarantees exceptional voice quality through the use of LD-CELP and A-CELP voice
compression algorithms. CityVoice Express and CityData Express are part of Cable & Wireless'
worldwide backbone network, called the Global Digital Highway.
The CityVoice Express and CityData Express networks presently cover six cities and, upon completion at
the end of August 1998, will link 241 key financial centers across 17 European cities.
he 3600 MainStreet Bandwidth Manager will be installed in these financial centers to ensure that superior
quality voice services can be rapidly provided on-demand to financial institutions.
he network is scalable and ready to be upgraded to an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) capability.
Last week Cable & Wireless and Newbridge announced an agreement whereby the industry-leading
MainStreetXpress(TM) network switching and associated management software, including the Siemens /
Newbridge MainStreetXpress(TM) 36170 Multiservices Switch and MainStreetXpress 46020 Network
Manager, have been selected by Cable & Wireless and its international subsidiaries' ATM networks.
''Superior voice quality, which ensures that the informational content of a message is not distorted in
transmission, is of vital importance to a financial network in which transactions involving large sums of
money are settled by voice,'' commented Greg Clarke of Cable & Wireless Communications. ''Extensive
testing demonstrated that the 3600 MainStreet Bandwidth Manager offers the highest voice quality of all
available solutions.''
The award of the contract to Newbridge recognizes its network management capabilities, which include
the rapid provisioning of services, its established relationship with Cable & Wireless, and its track record
of providing the network solutions for the financial community.
With the support of Newbridge the CityVoice Express and CityData Express services will offer
customers superior voice quality, improved flexibility, and greater efficiency.
''Newbridge is pleased to be working with Cable & Wireless to extend the capabilities of the CityVoice
Express and CityData Express network throughout Europe,'' said John Everard, President, Newbridge
Networks Limited.
Cable & Wireless plc is one of the world's leading providers of international telecommunications services,
whose businesses provide over 15 million customers in over 70 countries with a complete range of
international, domestic and mobile communication.
Cable & Wireless plc is the world's third largest carrier of international traffic, provides mobile
communications in 30 countries and operates the world's largest, most advanced cable ship fleet.
Newbridge Networks (NYSE: NN - news; TSE: NNC - news) designs, manufactures, markets and
services networking solutions to organizations in more than 100 countries. Newbridge leverages its
relationship with 15 Affiliate companies, and strategic alliances with Siemens and 3Com Corporation to
deliver seamless, end-to-end solutions.
Newbridge customers include the world's 250 largest telecommunications service providers and more
than 10,000 corporations, government organizations and other institutions. Founded in 1986, the
company employs more than 6,000 people on five continents. News and information are available at
www.newbridge.com. |
