PG-FlexPlus Win with California CLEC:
Tuesday June 1, 8:06 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
PairGain Expands CLEC Business With PG-FlexPlus Win At ATG
TUSTIN, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 1, 1999--PairGain¨ Technologies Inc.
(Nasdaq:PAIR - news), a premiere solutions supplier to the telecommunications
industry, Tuesday
announced that Advanced TelCom Group Inc. (ATG), a rapidly growing Competitive
Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC), has standardized on PairGain's PG-FlexPlus(TM)
platform for
delivering quality voice and high-speed data services.
PairGain is supplying ATG with a turnkey solution, including site engineering, assembly
and installation of PG-FlexPlus hardware and software. The agreement is the inaugural
sale of PG-FlexPlus for PairGain and represents the
product's successful penetration into the CLEC market through PairGain's total solutions
approach.
PG-FlexPlus enables ATG to deliver integrated voice and data effectively to its
customers by supporting multi-line voice/data services to line-powered remotes.
PG-FlexPlus fits firmly into ATG's plans to serve middle size markets
with voice and data service.
''We were looking for the right solution to maximize the capability of the unbundled loop
network. PairGain's PG-FlexPlus helps facilitate delivery and enables ATG to better
serve its customers,'' said Chuck Seefloth, executive
director of field operations for ATG.
''Of course we're excited about the early sale of our PG-FlexPlus platform. But the
application that ATG is deploying is even more exciting, because it demonstrates the
flexibility of the product,'' said Bill Fox, vice president of
PairGain's Subscriber Carrier Business Unit. ''ATG is maximizing traffic concentration
by placing the PG-FlexPlus GR-303 concentration component in their central offices
and PG-FlexPlus shelves at their co-location sites.''
''PG-FlexPlus offers ATG the valuable combination of GR-303 concentration with
multi-lines services. PairGain's technology partnership with ANDA Networks, which
includes the integration of GR-303 traffic concentration into
PG-FlexPlus, has been key to our success with ATG,'' said Brian Van Voorhis, product
manager for the PG-FlexPlus.
PairGain and ANDA announced their technology partnership on May 10 of this year.
PairGain Technologies
PairGain is a world leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of DSL (Digital
Subscriber Line) networking systems. Service providers and private network operators
worldwide use PairGain's products to deploy DSL-based
services such as high-speed Internet, remote LAN access and enterprise LAN
extension.
The company offers the widest range of DSL-based systems available. Product lines
include HiGain¨ T1/E1 access systems, HiGain Solitaire(TM) HDSL2 solutions,
PG-FlexPlus(TM), PG-Flex¨ and PG-Plus¨ small subscriber
carrier systems, Avidia¨ System and Megabit Modem¨ campus systems and megabit
access products. More than 1.5 million PairGain DSL nodes are installed in over 70
countries. Additional information about the company is
available on the Internet at www.pairgain.com.
Advance TelCom Group
Advanced TelCom Group (ATG) is a facilities-based Competitive Local Exchange
Carrier (CLEC) with headquarters in Santa Rosa, Calif. ATG focuses on the under
served, middle sized markets, bringing local, long distance and
high speed Internet access to its customers. ATG plans to expand to more than 50
markets across the United States in the next five years.
The senior management team of ATG, financed by a consortium of venture capital
companies, represents more than 150 years of successful telecommunications operating
experience. More information about ATG is available on the
Internet at www.callatg.com.
Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this
announcement are forward-looking statements which involve risks and uncertainties,
including but not limited to economic, competitive,
governmental and technological factors affecting the company's operations, markets,
products, services and prices and other factors discussed in the company's filings with
the Securities and Exchange Commission. All trademarks
are the property of their respective manufacturers.
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