Fumble, what is your opinion about LU new xDSL product, just
recently announced vs. NN 350 node(IVSN),which combined with 36170 and 46020 provides IP services and TV,video over ADSL.
Announced in June and shipped in August this offering makes
perfect business case for Bell Companies to compete for IP+ TV with Cable Companies.
Zbyslaw
Newbridge Networks Launches Digital
Media Distribution Service, the
Industry's First Solution to Enable
Broadcast Media Distribution Over
Service Provider Networks
Comprehensive Solution Enables Carriers To Become Full Service Providers By
Offering Broadcast Video, Audio and Data with Internet and Traditional Voice
Services
SUPERCOMM'99, Atlanta, Georgia, June 7, 1999 -- Newbridge Networks (NYSE:
NN; TSE: NNC), a world leader in multiservice, multi-access wide area networking
solutions, today unveiled the Company's Digital Media Distribution Service (DMDS)
solution, part of the Newbridge Versatile IP portfolio of advanced Internet protocol (IP)
solutions. The highly scalable and reliable Newbridge DMDS solution enables established
and new generation carriers to offer broadcast media services over digital subscriber line
(xDSL) infrastructures.
DMDS leverages the strengths of standard IP multicast protocols to offer a broad range of
new revenue generating services -- including premium quality broadcast television,
video-on-demand (VoD), radio, and Internet services -- with guaranteed quality of service
(QoS) and end-to-end network and service management. DMDS is the industry's only
carrier class offering and, when combined with high speed Internet access and voice services
from Newbridge, delivers a comprehensive solution that enables carriers to become full
service providers.
"At NBTel, we have thoroughly evaluated several competitive network solutions for
delivering residential broadcast media services via ADSL. The Newbridge Digital Media
Distribution Service is the only architecture we found that delivers carrier class service for IP
TV over copper," said Ken Clancy, program director, IP TV Services, NBTel. "We expect
DMDS to provide the necessary quality, scalability and end-to-end management to cost
effectively deploy large-scale TV services to a demanding residential customer base.
"The innovative Newbridge solution moves the IP forwarding and policy capabilities away
from a centralized router network and efficiently distributes them to the edge of the copper
network. This functionality is essential to achieve our cost objectives for the delivery of
residential broadband services, including TV services, over IP. By seamlessly integrating IP
multicast forwarding and policy functions with our ATM switching network, we see a great
reduction in total network costs," added Clancy.
"The Newbridge DMDS offering is the only comprehensive solution that enables incumbent
and alternate carriers to offer a full range of services, including broadcast video, audio and
data with Internet and traditional voice services," said Christin Flynn, analyst, the Yankee
Group, the Boston-based research and consulting firm. "Newbridge leverages its Versatile
IP technology and top-notch ATM switching to provide IP multicast while guaranteeing full
quality of service to each subscriber."
DMDS - Leveraging the Newbridge Solutions Portfolio
"The Newbridge DMDS solution capitalizes on the proven strengths of leading products and
solutions from across the Newbridge portfolio," said Jim Arseneault, executive vice
president, Internetworking Products Group, Newbridge Networks. "The Newbridge
switching and access platforms, along with the Versatile IP architecture and full network and
service management, provide the foundation necessary to deliver high performance IP
multicasting."
Using the industry leading Siemens / Newbridge MainStreetXpress„ 36170 Multiservices
Switch and the Newbridge 350 Integrated Versatile Services Node (IVSN), the DMDS
solution gives service providers the connection-oriented switching fabric and QoS guarantees
necessary to deliver fully managed unicast and multicast transport capabilities directly from
their existing broadband network infrastructures.
"Newbridge has delivered an innovative media distribution solution that leverages the inherent
strength of IP multicast in an efficient, highly scalable manner," said Martin Hall, chief
technology officer, Stardust Forums and co-founder of the IP Multicast Initiative. "The
Newbridge DMDS solution enables service providers to realize the potential of ADSL to
offer a complete portfolio of broadcast voice, video and data services."
The Newbridge asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) switching platforms used to support
DMDS can also simultaneously support other Newbridge Versatile IP solutions, such as
Carrier Switched Routing and Multiservices Remote Access (M-RAS). The Newbridge
Versatile IP solutions enable service providers to seamlessly blend the best attributes of
private enterprise networks, the Internet and their own shared public network to offer the
optimal mix of control, reliability, reach and cost options.
The Newbridge DMDS solution also provides customer access to broadcast media and
traditional voice services through the standards-compliant Newbridge asymmetric digital
subscriber line (ADSL) solution. The Newbridge ADSL solution integrates high density DSL
line cards into the MainStreetXpress 36170 Multiservices Switch or the Newbridge 350
IVSN to deliver ADSL services seamlessly, with full QoS guarantees, directly from the
existing service provider ATM infrastructure.
The newly introduced Newbridge 350 IVSN greatly expands the economic reach of
broadband services through a flexible mix of access technologies, very high port densities,
footprint and power reduction and outside plant capabilities.
End-to-end network and service management and provisioning are provided by the
MainStreetXpress 46020 Network Manager, enabling service providers to focus on
deploying new services while reducing the associated administrative burdens and costs. The
Newbridge center-weighted service management model consolidates policy administration to
a handful of policy servers in the network and distributes the intelligence to enforce these
policies to the network edge.
The Newbridge DMDS solution is being demonstrated at Supercomm'99 in Atlanta,
Georgia, June 7-10, 1999. The Newbridge booth is #7715, located in Hall H.
Newbridge Networks Unveils 350
Integrated Versatile Services Node
Industry's First Carrier Class, High Density, Multiservice, Multi-Access Platform
Enables Service Providers to Cost Effectively Extend Broadband Service Capability
from the Central Office to the Customer Edge
SUPERCOMM'99, Atlanta, Georgia, June 7, 1999 -- Newbridge Networks (NYSE:
NN; TSE: NNC), a world leader in multiservice, multi-access wide area networking
solutions, today unveiled the Newbridge 350 Integrated Versatile Services Node (IVSN).
The multiservice, multi-access platform enables service providers to quickly and cost
effectively expand their network footprint and service portfolio while maximizing return on
investment and minimizing time to profitability.
The Newbridge 350 IVSN is the industry's first fully integrated narrowband and broadband
services access platform designed to deliver high revenue voice, data and premium quality
Internet protocol (IP) services to business and residential customers through a broad range
of integrated wireless and wireline broadband access media.
Newbridge has combined its industry leadership in asynchronous transfer mode (ATM)
traffic management and multiservice delivery with its award-winning broadband access
solutions to migrate ATM and IP to the customer edge. This enables full service convergence
and maximized bandwidth utilization with full quality of service (QoS) guarantees and
end-to-end network and service management.
"ATM is a key platform in the deployment of the next generation network, and clearly must
move beyond the core networks of today," said Sam Sigarto, director, Broadband Network
Architecture, SBC Communications Inc. "The Newbridge 350 Integrated Versatile Services
Node integrates the functionality required to allow widespread deployment of ATM
ultimately out to the customer edge. This development by Newbridge is in line with the SBC
strategy."
"The multiservice nature of ATM clearly allows alternate carriers, such as GST, the ability to
deploy a single platform as we expand our coverage. Newbridge is addressing this
opportunity with the integration offered by the 350 IVSN platform, which further adds
capabilities for different last mile technologies and multiservices in one solution, said Steve
Hensley, vice president of engineering, GST Telecommunications. "It will be products like
this that Integrated Communications Providers (ICPs) like GST Telecommunications will use
for efficient expansion of networks into new markets."
"As a next generation access vehicle, the Newbridge 350 IVSN delivers greater flexibility
and higher capacity and density in the same price range as single purpose network access
products being offered by the competition," said Christin Flynn, analyst, the Yankee Group,
the Boston-based research and consulting firm. "This high level of integration and flexibility in
a single deployment platform enables service providers to quickly deploy new services with
significantly reduced total cost of ownership and improved time to profitability. With this
development Newbridge is definitely leading the broadband access industry into the next
millenium."
The first in a series of scalable broadband multiservice platforms designed for service
provider access infrastructures, the Newbridge 350 IVSN uniquely combines advanced
switching, routing and service provisioning with high density digital subscriber line (xDSL),
two to 42 GHz broadband wireless technologies and emerging access technologies.
Designed to meet standards-based carrier building environments, the Newbridge 350 IVSN
operates in standalone configuration or can be networked with Siemens / Newbridge
MainStreetXpress 36170 Multiservices Switches located in the central office. The
Newbridge 350 IVSN also enables emerging service providers to collocate their equipment
at the sites of established carriers. With its remote node capabilities and high port densities,
the Newbridge 350 IVSN expands service footprints while reducing aggregate service costs
per subscriber.
Extended temperature range and environmental hardening enable service providers to deploy
the Newbridge 350 IVSN within the access infrastructure ó on roofs and pedestals or in
digital loop carrier (DLC) cabinets and shared equipment rooms ó despite harsh
environmental conditions. The Newbridge 350 IVSN can be flexibly connected to the core
network via wireless or fiber backhaul, minimizing time to commission and services delivery.
"The addition of the Newbridge 350 IVSN to the comprehensive Newbridge products and
solutions portfolio enables established and new generation service providers to quickly and
flexibly expand their served markets," said Conrad Lewis, executive vice president, Access
Products Group, Newbridge Networks. "The platform's modular, scalable architecture
allows emerging and established service providers to tailor their service offerings and method
of access as their customer base and services portfolio evolves. Newbridge also delivers the
creative financing and technical and business support to enable service providers to quickly
and cost effectively roll out new services ahead of the competition.
"The Newbridge 350 IVSN is particularly advantageous to the more than 350 established
and new generation service provider customers worldwide looking to extend their core
broadband service networks based on the MainStreetXpress 36170 Multiservices Switch,"
added Mr. Lewis.
The Newbridge 350 IVSN capitalizes on the strengths of products and solutions from across
the Newbridge portfolio. With the addition of a Newbridge Internetworking Services Card
(ISC) ó a key component of the Newbridge Versatile IP portfolio of advanced IP solutions
ó the Newbridge 350 IVSN enables service providers to deliver premium quality, revenue
generating IP-based offerings, such as IP virtual private networks (VPNs) and electronic
commerce services.
For example, the Newbridge Digital Media Distribution Service (DMDS) solution, also
launched today, is fully supported by the Newbridge 350 IVSN. DMDS is the industry's first
comprehensive solution that enables service providers to offer premium quality broadcast
television, video-on-demand (VoD), radio and high speed Internet services using standard
IP multicast protocols. The Newbridge 350 IVSN combines the support of DMDS with
other advanced IP services, Internet access, high speed data, and full voice services across
multiple access media. As with other Newbridge solutions, it provides full end-to-end
network and service management and billing.
The 350 IVSN delivers a switching capacity of 1.6 Gbit/s and a robust feature set that
includes:
12 universal card slots;
Full traffic shaping and management;
Concentrated public switched telephone network (PSTN) interconnect via GR303
and V5.2;
Support for circuit emulation, cell relay, frame relay, video, switched voice, advanced
IP and local area network (LAN) services.
By sharing a common hardware and software design stream with the MainStreetXpress
36170 Multiservices Switch, the Newbridge 350 IVSN fully supports existing service and
access interface cards, as well as a continuously emerging range of new higher density
interfaces.
End-to-end network and service management is provided by the MainStreetXpress 46020
Network Manager, offering a wide range of advanced network and service management
capabilities, enabling service providers to focus on deploying new services while reducing the
associated administrative burdens and costs. The Newbridge center-weighted service
management model consolidates policy administration to a handful of policy servers in the
network and distributes the intelligence to enforce these policies to the network edge.
Newbridge recently strengthened the management capabilities of the MainStreetXpress
46020 Network Manager to support IP-VPN services.
The Newbridge 350 Integrated Versatile Service Node is being demonstrated at
Supercomm'99 in Atlanta, Georgia, June 7-10, 1999. The Newbridge booth, #7715, is
located in Hall H.
Newbridge Networks designs, manufactures, markets and services networking solutions to
organizations in more than 100 countries. The Company leverages its relationship with a
growing family of Affiliate companies and with Siemens and 3Com Corporation to deliver
seamless, end-to-end solutions. Newbridge customers include the world's 350 largest
telecommunications service providers and more than 10,000 corporations, government
organizations and other institutions. Founded in 1986, the Company employs more than
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