OTCBB FTEL
For Release
September 24, 1996
FRANKLIN SUPPORTS ROCKWELL'S
NEW 56K CHIP WITH THE FRANKLIN
CYCLONE!
Westlake Village, CA.> Franklin Telecom announced today that the Franklin Cyclone,
its new product developed in conjunction with StarComm Products has completed a
design upgrade to take advantage of the new 56,000 bit per second Modem chip set
introduced by Rockwell. Franklin joins U. S. Robotics, Hayes and other leaders in the
modem industry who have announced similar intentions to utilize the new technology.
The Cyclone combines Franklin's D-Mark channel bank with StarComm's V.34 28,800
bps modems, eliminating redundant SLIC functions for each of the 8 modems as well
as the D-Mark's 8 port Analog Voice card. The addition of the new 56k chip will increase
the Cyclone's speed capability to 56,000 bps which will be the next state-of-the-art
benchmark.
The new Rockwell chip requires a channel bank on one end of the circuit; by contrast,
the typical V.34 modem is a point to point device which requires a modem on both ends
of the line. The Cyclone can receive a T1 Telco circuit with the packets of the new 56k
chip embedded and connect it directly to the Franklin D-Mark channel bank. The output
then looks just like the output of a 56k digital modem on a DB25 connector.
Phil Sutter, StarComm President said, "We are very pleased with the way the new
Rockwell specs complement our Cyclone design. StarComm has always been very
active in providing communications solutions for Internet Service Providers (ISP). The
timing of this latest technological step forward couldn't be better for us."
Frank Peters, Franklin's President & CEO, adds, "This keeps us in the forefront of the
industry for the combined modem/channel bank product. Even more importantly, the
new product will significantly reduce the cost for a high speed line. This translates into
major savings for ISP's!"
Pricing and delivery for the new version are not available at this printing. The Cyclone will
be marketed through Franklin's existing reseller channels and new distributors as they
come on board.
More information can be obtained by contacting Helen West, Shareholder Relations, at 805-373-8688.
Franklin Telecom, founded in 1981, designs and manufactures communications devices and software.
Franklin has an installed base of over 100,000 nodes. Franklin is traded on the Over The Counter Market
as "FTEL". |
