WinStar Selects Siemens For Broadband Wireless Expansion
and we know who is ATM provider for Siemens:NEWBRIDGE!!!
BOCA RATON, Fla., Sept. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Telecom equipment manufacturer and system integrator, Siemens
Information and Communication Networks Inc., has signed a five-year contract with WinStar Communications Inc.
(Nasdaq: WCII - news) to manufacture, deploy, and install equipment and provide support for national and international
Point-to-Multipoint (PMP) broadband wireless networks. This strategic agreement includes plans to deploy PMP
technology domestically and internationally with a total business opportunity of up to $400 million. WinStar will deploy the
PMP system from Siemens for commercial use in major U.S. metropolitan cities.
The Siemens PMP system delivers two-way, high-speed data, video, Internet access and voice services from the network
to the end user using local multipoint distribution service (LMDS) technology. It is one of the first ATM (asynchronous
transfer mode) systems in the broadband wireless market to move beyond either trials or first office applications (FOAs),
and to reach a significant commercial rollout.
Siemens will integrate both P-Com and Siemens products into the WinStar PMP network. Siemens will provide multiple
levels of service for WinStar's nationwide rollout. Siemens is also prepared to support WinStar's international PMP rollout.
``Siemens has world-class integration expertise in wireless, ATM and voice telephony networks,' said WinStar, president
and chief operating officer, Nathan Kantor. ``The high-speed performance of their system and its capability to provide
multiple services to customers delivers a distinct competitive advantage to WinStar.'
``This agreement validates both our LMDS technology and our ability to serve WinStar as a first-class system integrator,'
said Fred Fromm, president and CEO of Siemens Information and Communication Networks. ``WinStar and Siemens are
at the forefront of the drive to bring next-generation services and benefits to end users.'
WinStar provides business customers with a wide range of state-of-the-art telecommunications services through its
national-local broadband network. Commercial office buildings can be quickly connected to WinStar's fixed wireless
network, giving businesses in those buildings swift access to local and long distance phone service, Internet, video
conferencing, data applications and other advanced telecommunications and data services such as telemedicine, distance
learning and virtual private networks.
The award of this multi-year contract for the deployment of a PMP network is the result of a joint development agreement
between Siemens and P-Com. The system utilizes P-Com wireless technology, which is integrated with customer premise
equipment, (CPE) jointly developed by the two companies. Earlier this year, Siemens and P-Com announced the
completion of the first phase of the commercial deployment of their PMP wireless access solution with WinStar in
Washington, D.C.
The resulting PMP solution is an easy-to-provision, high-capacity single platform that can support and deliver multiple
services to areas not served by fiber and limited by traditional twisted copper pair wiring. A PMP network enables a single
radio at a base station location to communicate with many remote terminals located within a cluster of buildings. The
ATM-based base station unit can send, receive, and switch two-way transmissions to and from each remote terminal.
WinStar Communications Inc. is a pioneer in providing business customers with broadband communications services,
including local and long distance phone service, as well as high-speed Internet access, data and information services.
WinStar provides these Wireless Fiber(SM) services in more than 30 U.S. markets over its own local broadband
networks, using its licenses in the 28 and 38 GHz spectrum, which are connected to the company's nationwide fiber-optic
network. In addition, the company offers Wireless Fiber services in two international markets. In the past year, WinStar
has become one of the largest Internet companies in the U.S. Recently, the company announced a destination Web site for
businesses, Office.com(SM), a service from WinStar. WinStar is a registered trademark, and Wireless Fiber and
Office.com are service marks of WinStar Communications, Inc.
P-Com Inc., headquartered in Campbell, Calif., develops, manufactures and markets network access systems for the
worldwide wireless telecommunications market. The point-to-point, spread spectrum and point-to-multipoint radio links
provided by P-Com are designed to satisfy the network requirements of cellular and personal communications service,
corporate communications, public utilities and local governments. The home page is www.p-com.com.
Based in Boca Raton, Fla., Siemens Information and Communication Networks Inc. provides integrated voice, data, and
video communications networks to carrier and enterprise customers. Last year, the company's 7,000 U.S. employees
generated sales of nearly $2 billion. Its parent firm is Siemens, the pioneering electronics giant with more than 400,000
employees worldwide and global sales of over $66 billion. For more information, visit the company's Web site at
www.icn.siemens.com.
Except for any historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this press release contain forward-looking
statements that involve risks and uncertainties, which are described in WinStar's SEC reports, including the 10-K for the
period ended December 31, 1998, and the 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 1999.
Siemens is a registered trademark of Siemens AG. For Siemens product information: 800-814-1680.
SOURCE: Siemens Information and Communication Networks, Inc.
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