Tampa Electric Company Selects NHC's Switchex/DVS Cross Connect Matrix
Switch To Manage Their Voice Network
MONTREAL, Jan. 15 /CNW/ - The Tampa Electric Company (TECO) has awarded
NHC with a purchase agreement to fulfill the immediate requirement for 4 of
its 26 sites with Switchex/DVS Cross Connect Matrix Switches, and are planning
for a minimum provisioning of another 5 sites later in 1999. The combined 9
sites represent a $1 million CDN sale for NHC. The first site was installed
and is presently functional.
Switchex/DVS will provide complete and effective automated management of
TECO's physical layer voice network. TECO will primarily use the Switchex/DVS
to manage all line provisioning and subscriber moves, add and changes (MAC)
for the first nine (9) of their remote locations.
TECO has been extremely impressed by the cost saving benefits to be had
with the turnkey solution proposed by NHC, as confirmed by Stan Gorlick,
General Manager Telecommunications at TECO: ''Switchex/DVS is the only product
that is specifically designed for carrier class applications, which has
allowed us to avoid the huge expenses normally associated with manual cross
connects, especially for remote sites.''
Switchex/DVS design is the cutting edge of technology, with its powerful
and scaleable physical layer cross connect hardware that can accommodate up to
5,400 paired circuits, and with a built in test port which makes it ideal for
quick and easy connection of diagnostic test equipment to any of the lines.
This facilitates the provisioning, maintenance and replacement of
telecommunication lines. The software component also integrates
state-of-the-art technological design principles and provides support for both
pre-configured and user-defined scenarios. In addition, this highly flexible
and versatile GUI based SNMP Connection Management software allows for
unattended local or remote operation for multiple switches controlled by one
host system.
The Switchex/DVS flexible design can handle a variety of other
communication protocols such as XDSL, T1, ISDN and can also be used in fall
back switching scenarios.
''The Telecommunications Group at TECO was quick to realize the potential
savings in operating costs associated with remote travel and manual cross
connects provided with our Switchex/DVS,'' remarked Peter Benisti, V.P. North
American Sales at NHC. He went on to say, ''NHC is the key player addressing
this niche market, as our goal is to provide our customers with total control
over the entire physical layer of their telecommunications infrastructure.''
For complete information on the Switchex/DVS, contact NHC Communications
Inc. at 800-361-1965 or visit the company's web site at nhc.com.
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For further information: Steve Simon of S&S PR, 847-291-8422, ext. 237,
for NHC Communications Inc. |
