Four Leading Communications Companies Join Forces With V.90 Work Group
Members Pledge to Insure True Interoperability of 56K Standard [ASND reference]
PR Newswire - May 11, 1998 10:41
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NEW YORK, May 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Bay Networks (NYSE: BAY),
Cirrus Logic (Nasdaq: CRUS), General DataComm and NewCom
(Nasdaq: NWCM) today announced commitment to the V.90 Work
Group, an association of leading communications companies dedicated to
insuring true interoperability between V.90 products. Early testing
amongst top client and server communications companies has revealed
high performance interoperability is not automatic between differing V.90
implementations. In an effort to bring V.90 technology to consumers in the
most efficient and least confusing manner, this group which also includes
Ascend Communications, Cisco Systems and Hayes Corporation
(Nasdaq: HAYZ), will work together to establish total interoperability
between major modem and server providers.
The V.90 standard was determined February 6, 1998 by the International
Telecommunications Union (ITU). Final adoption and ratification of the
standard is expected to occur in September 1998. While the newly
determined standard provides very specific methods and techniques for
communicating at up to 56K, differences might exist within each
company's V.90 implementation, preventing performance that exceeds the
current K56flex(TM) and x2(TM) 56K technologies. To prevent such
problems from affecting end users, the V.90 Work Group was formed to
insure interoperability testing is completed and robust performance is
documented between major brands.
Each company within the Work Group is responsible for determining
when true interoperability is achieved and its individual products can be
released. Members are also free to respond to market pressures, in a
responsible manner, through the release of product with limited V.90
interoperability.
"Bay Networks has always taken a position of providing standards-based
solutions to our customers and sees a truly interoperable V.90 standard
as critical to the simplified flow of information that is Bay Networks'
hallmark," said Jeff Wolf, Product Manager for Signal Processing
Products, Bay Networks. "Bay Networks is actively supporting this
interoperability by working with our customers to help them with the
migration to V.90, while continuing to develop the software to ensure that
x2, K56flex and V.90 interoperate efficiently at the highest possible
speeds."
"As an early ITU technical advisor in developing the V.90 standard, we
have taken a proactive role in supporting interoperability testing," said
Karl Nordling, vice president of modem engineering at Cirrus Logic. "Our
relationship with the V.90 Work Group reinforces our commitment to
efforts that enable proprietary 56K and V.90 modem implementations to
communicate seamlessly."
Charles P. Johnson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of General
DataComm, Inc., said, "We at General DataComm are looking forward
to contributing to the V.90 Work Group. Our customers --- which
include telephone companies throughout the world, many Fortune 1000
companies, and our technology licensees --- have high standards for
interoperability and performance. General DataComm is committed to
meeting these standards." Johnson continued, "It is in the interests of
everyone in the industry to have a forum like the V.90 Work Group, so
that potential equipment interoperability issues can be discovered and
resolved before they impact the systems of end users."
"The reason standards boards like the ITU set or determine standards is
to allow consumers to buy products that interoperate with correlative
products on the market," said Ron Howard, CEO of Hayes. "Hayes and
other Work Group participants are committed to assuring our existing
K56flex and x2 products are interoperable using V.90. Any company
releasing 'so-called V.90' products before interoperability exists, without
clearly stating its limitations, would be doing a great disservice to end
users."
"NewCom is committed to selling communications products that
interoperate with all applicable industry standards," said David Harralson,
NewCom's Vice President of Engineering. "To this end, NewCom
supports the aims and goals of the V.90 work group to ensure true V.90
interoperability and compatibility."
The Work Group is open to all communications companies. For further
information about the V.90 Work Group, contact Bill Taylor, Vice
President of Marketing, Hayes Corporation at (770) 840-9200, x 6341
or btaylor@hayes.com.
Ascend Communications, Inc. develops, manufactures, sells and services
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.
Bay Networks, Inc. is a leader in the worldwide networking market,
providing a complete line of products that serve corporate enterprises,
service providers and telecommunications carriers. The company offers
frame and ATM switches, routers, shared media, remote and Internet
access solutions, IP services and network management applications, all
integrated by Bay Networks' Adaptive Networking strategy. With
headquarters in Santa Clara, California, Bay Networks markets its
products and services around the world, providing 7x24 support
coverage. For additional information, visit the company's World Wide
Web site at baynetworks.com or call 800-8-BAYNET.
Cirrus Logic is a premier supplier of system-level integrated circuits that
demand high-performance mixed-signal processing. The company applies
its system expertise to enable high-volume applications in data storage,
networking, and multimedia for both computing and consumer electronics
markets as well as ultra-precision data acquisition applications for
industrial automation and instrumentation markets. For more information
about Cirrus Logic, visit the company's web site at
cirrus.com
GDC (http://www.gdc.com) is an acknowledged leader in the design,
development, and manufacture of multiservice communications systems
for service providers and enterprise businesses. It owns an extensive
portfolio of patents, particularly in the area of analog modem technology,
as a result of thirty years of pioneering in the industry. The company has
been an active participant in all of the major modem standards
committees, including the EIA/TIA (United States) and the ITU-T
(International). General DataComm's innovative COLOSSAS(TM)
architecture includes the flagship STROBOS(TM) and GDC APEX(R)
multiservice switching platforms, used extensively within the world's
largest public ATM Wide Area Networks, and a broad range of
Advanced Network Access products to provide integrated E1, T1,
IDSL, and HDSL access to public and private networks, all managed
under a distributed, open network management framework,
ProSphere(TM). GDC is headquartered in Connecticut, USA, and has an
extensive network of subsidiaries and partners located throughout North
America, South America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and the Pacific
Rim.
Headquartered in Norcross, Georgia, Hayes Microcomputer Products,
Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Hayes Corporation, a publicly-traded
company, markets its ULTRA(TM), ACCURA(TM), OPTIMA(TM),
Practical Peripherals(TM), Cardinal(TM) and CENTURY(TM) brands
of analog, digital and cable modems, remote access servers and terminal
adapters along with Smartcom(TM) communications software worldwide.
Today, with distributors in more than 45 countries, it is one of the largest
manufacturers of modems in the world. For more information about
Hayes and the company's award-winning products, visit the Hayes Web
site at hayes.com.
Founded in 1994 as a subsidiary of Aura Systems, Inc., NewCom, now a
publicly held company has quickly emerged as a leader in the
development, manufacturing and marketing of leading-edge
communications products for the personal computer market.
Headquarted in Westlake Village, CA, NewCom designs high-speed
V.90 data/fax modems compliant with both the x2 and K56flex
protocols, an internet set-top appliance (WebPala), the e-Cama for video
e- mail communication, and other innovative products the world depends
on for the efficient flow of information. For more information about
NewCom, call (818) 597-3200 or visit their web site at
newcominc.com.
K56Flex is a trademark of Lucent Technologies, Inc. and Rockwell
International Corporation. x2 is a trademark of U.S. Robotics. Other
trademarks are trademarks of their respective companies.
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SOURCE Hayes Corporation
/CONTACT: Marcy Palmer, Public Relations Specialist, Hayes
Corporation,
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