ALAMEDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 1, 1998--Ascend
Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASND), a leader in wide area networking
(WAN) and Intelligent Networking (IN) solutions for providers and
users of the next-generation public network, has once again been
declared the market leader in Remote Access Concentrator (RAC)
revenues, according to Frost & Sullivan's newly released 1998 "US
Remote Access Hardware Markets" report.
According to the Frost & Sullivan report, Ascend not only
continues to lead all competitors with 30 percent market share in RAC
revenues for 1998, but has increased its share over 1997. The Frost
and Sullivan report cites Ascend's emphasis on standards,
interoperability, and responsiveness to the diverse range of customer
requirements in positioning it for future market share growth.
"Ascend has been a pioneer in the carrier market for remote
access concentrators and has been among the first to incorporate an
increasing array of multi-service capabilities into its products,"
said Greg Naderi, market research analyst with Frost and Sullivan.
"Ascend's success can be attributed to its ability to develop new
products, enhance existing product lines, and distribute its products
through hybrid distribution channels that efficiently reach customers
throughout the world."
Ascend's leadership in the remote access market is centered on
the MAX families of WAN access switching products, offering the
broadest range of access solutions in the industry. Ascend's MAX WAN
access switch product line includes powerful remote access
concentrators that help enterprise and network service providers build
remote networks of any size, with virtually any combination of analog
and digital carrier services. The MAX TNT is a carrier-class WAN
access switch that gives large corporations and network service
providers a high-capacity, multiservice platform for building
high-density networks.
The MAX family is powered by Ascend's True Access Operating
System (TAOS), the first comprehensive software architecture for WAN
access environments; enabled by NavisAccess, the next-generation tool
for managing dial access and frame relay concentration environments;
and implemented by Ascend's Global Integration Services (GIS), a newly
created business unit consisting of customer technical support and
education, logistics, and professional services. Ascend's combined
capabilities enable the company to create advanced access solutions
like MultiVPN, MultiVoice and Carrier Signaling, as well as last mile
solutions, such as network wholesaling, Frame Relay concentration and
MultiDSL.
"Ascend is delighted to be recognized as the continued leader in
the remote access hardware market," said Kurt Bauer, vice president,
Access Product Management of Ascend's Access Switching Division. "The
findings of the Frost & Sullivan report underscore our commitment to
providing WAN access solutions that not only handle skyrocketing
network growth and demands but also enable our customers to offer
services that will keep them ahead of the competition."
Explosive growth of new Internet and public data network services
is driving many service providers to build next-generation networks to
be used for offering high-speed Internet access and backbone network
services to accommodate increased data traffic. Eagle Communications,
a Network Wholesale service provider, is using Ascend remote access
concentrators to help it enable its service provider customers to buy
network access and backbone capacity which they in turn will resell to
ISPs and enterprise customers.
"Ascend's access products are playing a key role in enabling us
to build a next-generation infrastructure that will result in a new
level of service offerings for both service providers and enterprise
customers," said Kent Charugundla, president and CEO of Eagle
Communications. "Through technological innovation and marketing,
Ascend is helping us to extend our business model and expand our
network so we can help our ISP customers to extend their geographic
reach, quickly and efficiently."
Reports from other research organizations further underscore the
market leadership of Ascend's MAX and MAX TNT families of remote
access products. Ascend has been recognized as the market leader for
the first half of 1998 in the following markets: total worldwide
remote access server (RAS) concentrator revenue and ports shipped
(International Data Corp.); RAS concentrator end user revenue,
manufacturer revenue and port shipments (In-Stat); total remote access
concentration, service provider remote access concentration, and
asynchronous port shipments (Dell'Oro Group); and access concentrator
factory revenue (Dataquest). |
