Apparently, AT&T is still evaluating the DMS 250 long distance switch while
purchasing the DMS-500 for the local network.
In either case, the Succession Platform appears to be a key ingredient in the package.
Ken
The DMS-500 supports AT&T's evolution from circuit- to packet-based switching
through the
recently announced Nortel Networks' Succession Network. The Succession
Network is an open,
standards-based solution that enables service providers to offer the
revenue-generating telephony
services that drive the bulk of their business today and the new end-to-end
Internet Protocol (IP)
services that the market is increasingly demanding--all without the expense of a
data overlay network.
Recently, Nortel Networks announced that AT&T was evaluating the Nortel
Networks DMS-250
long-distance switch and the Succession Network solution for potential
deployment in the AT&T
network.
go2net.newsalert.com.
AT&T Selects Nortel Networks for Local Network
Expansion
PR Newswire - May 14, 1999 12:31
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., May 14 /PRNewswire/ - Nortel Networks
(NYSE/TSE:
NT) today announced that AT&T has selected Nortel Networks' equipment for the
heart of its local
network expansion.
''We've had a long-standing relationship with Nortel Networks,'' said Al Hansen, senior
vice
president, AT&T Local Services. ''Incorporating 33 Nortel Networks DMS-500
switches into our
network will help us achieve our aggressive local expansion plans and provide new
advanced voice
services.''
The DMS-500 supports AT&T's evolution from circuit- to packet-based switching
through the
recently announced Nortel Networks' Succession Network. The Succession Network
is an open,
standards-based solution that enables service providers to offer the revenue-generating
telephony
services that drive the bulk of their business today and the new end-to-end Internet
Protocol (IP)
services that the market is increasingly demanding--all without the expense of a data
overlay network.
Recently, Nortel Networks announced that AT&T was evaluating the Nortel Networks
DMS-250
long-distance switch and the Succession Network solution for potential deployment in
the AT&T
network.
''We are very pleased that AT&T has recognized Nortel Networks as a strategic
technology vendor
in local networks,'' said George Smyth, senior vice president, AT&T Account at Nortel
Networks.
''We look forward to continuing to create greater value for AT&T with our Unified
Networks
solutions and to working side-by-side with them as they expand the local market and
evolve towards a
packet-based model.''
AT&T is the world's premier provider of voice and data communications, with more
than 80 million
customers, including businesses, government and consumers. AT&T runs the world's
largest, most
powerful long-distance network and the largest wireless network in North America. The
company is a
leading supplier of data and Internet services for businesses and the nation's largest
direct Internet
service provider to consumers. AT&T also provides local telephone service to a
growing number of
businesses.
Nortel Networks delivers value to customers around the world through Unified
Networks solutions,
spanning mission-critical telephony and IP-optimized networks. Customers include
public and private
enterprises and institutions; Internet service providers; local, long distance, cellular and
PCS
communications companies, cable television carriers, and utilities.
Nortel Networks' common shares are listed on the New York, Toronto, Montreal,
Vancouver, and
London stock exchanges. Nortel Networks had 1998 revenues of US$17.6 billion and
has
approximately 75,000 employees worldwide.
Nortel Networks, the Nortel Networks Globemark, Unified Networks, How the world
shares ideas,
DMS-250, DMS-500, and Succession are trademarks of Nortel Networks
Corporation.
SOURCE Nortel Networks Corporation
/CONTACT: Michelle Murray, Nortel Networks,
(770) 708-4434, Pager: 888-769-5913, murraymc(at)nortelnetworks.com; Jeff
Ferry, Nortel Networks, (703) 712-8339, jferry(at)nortelnetworks.com, Or visit
Nortel Networks' website at www.nortelnetworks.com; Nortel's press releases
are also available through CNO-Call by fax at 800-758-5804, ext. 122158 or at
prnewswire.com
/Company News On-Call: prnewswire.com or fax at 800-758-5804,
ext. 122158/
(NT. NT)
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