Tuesday July 14, 11:24 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
Newbridge Networks Awarded Contract to Upgrade Golden Line,
Moscow's Digital Communications Network
Network Upgrade Offers Faster, More Reliable Backbone for Moscow Carrier
KANATA, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 14, 1998--Newbridge (TSE:NNC. - news; NYSE:NN - news)
Newbridge Networks today announced it has been awarded a contract to upgrade a digital communications network
operated by Golden Line, a joint venture company created in 1993 by Newbridge Networks and the Moscow City
Telephone Network (MGTS). Golden Line's network offers ''last mile'' connectivity within the city of Moscow.
The network upgrade, which includes the installation of 50 Siemens / Newbridge MainStreetXpress(TM) 36170
Multiservices Switches, will extend existing customers' services, enabling Golden Line to offer high-speed digital
connectivity, including asynchronous transfer mode (ATM), frame relay, X.25 and circuit emulation for advanced
private line services. This high-speed digital connectivity equips service providers with the capability to deliver
high-quality data services (e.g., e-mail, electronic file exchange, on-line trading) faster and more efficiently.
Using industry standards-compliant interfaces, the Golden Line network enables services to be delivered through an
ATM-core network, providing a flexible, scalable solution that can be expanded to accommodate new customers, as
well as meet future demand for even faster multi-service delivery.
In addition to providing ''last mile'' connectivity within the city of Moscow, Golden Line offers customers direct
access to global data networks and digital point-to-point service. Its customers include telecommunications carriers,
government agencies, Internet service providers (ISPs) and financial institutions - all of whom require high-quality,
reliable, secure, cost-effective communications solutions.
''We have chosen Newbridge equipment to upgrade our network because of its high reliability and powerful
management system capabilities, which enable easy service provisioning and network expansion,'' said Valery V.
Vassilev, Director-General, Golden Line Limited. ''It will prove to be a cost-effective solution as the new
multi-services ATM technology is integrated seamlessly into Golden Line's existing backbone, allowing us to protect
and optimize our initial hardware investment.''
The Golden Line network is managed end-to-end by the industry-leading MainStreetXpress 40620 Network Manager,
a powerful network and services management platform that enables operators to control network equipment using
point-and-click path and parameter configuration. Operators can remotely configure nodes, monitor real-time
operations, set up and manage path routes, perform diagnostics, and isolate and manage conditions that may affect the
network's efficiency.
Top performance and network reliability are ensured through the superior automatic re-routing and restoration functions
of the MainStreetXpress 46020 system.
''Golden Line's customers are demanding higher speed, higher quality links and new services, such as
videoconferencing, Internet access and on-line trading. The powerful, flexible Newbridge solution, which provides
superior, end-to-end network management, will provide the carrier with that capacity now and well into the future,''
said Alexander Mikoyan, Account Manager, Newbridge Networks.
Newbridge Networks has installed several other digital communications networks in the former Soviet Union that are
similar to the Golden Line network, e.g., in St. Petersburg, Kiev and Almaty.
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 16
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.
Newbridge, logo are registered trademarks of Newbridge Networks Corporation. MainStreetXpress is a trademark
used by the Siemens / Newbridge alliance for comprehensive solutions in broadband communication. No agency
relationship, partnership, or joint ownership of a legal entity is to be inferred or implied by the term alliance. |
