Guangdong Cable of China Selects ATM Backbone
From FORE Systems
China Cable Operator to Blanket Guangzhou City with New ATM-Based Voice, Data and Video
Services
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- FORE Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORE - news), a leading global supplier of
multiservice networking solutions, today announced that the second largest cable operator in China, China Guangdong
Provincial Cable (CGPC), has selected FORE Systems' networking equipment to build its asynchronous transfer mode (ATM)
network backbone. The equipment will be provided through Global Net Broadband Industry, Inc., a China-based systems
integrator. The new network will provide CGPC's 400,000 subscribers with new services, including broadcast video, distance
learning, high-speed Internet access and voice switching.
''Implementing this ATM network will allow our customers to subscribe to services never before available to them,'' said
general manager of CGPC's Data Center, Wendy Ye. ''It will be an honor for our network to help our business customers and
we are proud that we can now bring to bear services that are essential in our competitive environment. We are pleased that
FORE and Global Net Broadband Industry have done their best to meet our requirements. Their approach will help us run a
very efficient network and realize a profit more quickly than we thought possible.''
Network Built for Reliability, Resilience and Scalability
At the core of the network, CGPC will deploy FORE's Network Equipment Building Standards (NEBS) compliant and fully
redundant ForeRunner(R) TNX-210 and TNX-1100 ATM switches to provide the end-to-end ATM switching function.
CGPC will also deploy FORE's PowerHub(R) enterprise LAN switch to act as an ATM adaptation device to deliver IP traffic
to the ATM network. The network was designed to meet or exceed CGPC's strict carrier-class requirements for high
reliability, resilience and scalability. The products chosen enable CGPC's operations staff to implement moves, adds and
changes to the network without interrupting service to the users.
CGPC considered several vendors for this important project. Particular emphasis was put on the vendor's understanding of
CGPC's business issues as well as the vendor's market presence, stability and industry proven technology. Additionally, CGPC
required a vendor that could offer both enterprise and carrier class products, a migration path to OC-48c, per virtual circuit
(VC) queuing, sub-second Private Network-to-Network Interface (PNNI) re-route times and full compliance with NEBS, a
strict carrier standard. Finally, the CGPC network operations staff demanded that the entire ATM network be managed by a
single network management product. FORE Systems' ability to deliver on all these requirements was a key factor in winning the
business.
''Our relationship with CGPC is further evidence of our success in the emerging service provider market as a whole, as well as
in Asia,'' commented Yudan Jin, FORE's country manager for China. ''By providing network solutions like this, service
providers can deploy their networks from a single product family, giving them the scalability and cost economies that will help
them
deliver a high-performance network with a long life cycle that is also highly
profitable."
About Guangdong Provincial Cable
The Guangdong provincial government owns Guangdong Cable TV (GCATV). GCATV serves more than 400,000
subscribers and operates 30 channels of cable TV programming for the entire Guangdong province, one of the largest
provinces in China. It also provides IP and data services via its bi-directional HFC and cable modem network to users
throughout the province. The backbone of the ATM-based network services will operate over CGPC's extensive fiber optic
network infrastructure. For more information, please visit www.gdcatv.com.cn.
About FORE Systems
FORE Systems is a leading global supplier of networking solutions based on an Intelligent Infrastructure(TM) designed to
handle the networked applications of today and tomorrow.
FORE's Networks of Steel(TM) deliver the increased capacity, reduced complexity and unparalleled flexibility and scalability
necessary to build networks that last. Thousands of enterprise and service provider customers worldwide have put FORE
Systems' solutions at the heart of their networks.
For more information on FORE's Networks of Steel, call 888-404-0444 or visit the FORE Systems web site at
www.fore.com.
This press release contains forward-looking statements with respect to products, partners, customers, future growth and other
matters. Please refer to the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed by FORE Systems with the Securities and Exchange
Commission in June, 1998, and the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed by FORE Systems in August, 1998, for a discussion
of risks that could cause actual results to differ materially from such statements.
FORE Systems, ForeRunner and PowerHub are registered trademarks of FORE Systems, Inc. Intelligent Infrastructure and
Networks of Steel are trademarks of FORE Systems, Inc. All other brand or product names are trademarks of their respective
holders.
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