Leading Australian Telecommunications Provider Deploys Metropolitan Area Network Solution to Improve Services and Reduce Subscriber Costs
ROCHESTER, N.H. and MELBOURNE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 24, 1999--
UEComm Utilizes Cabletron SmartSwitch Routers In
Three-City Metropolitan Area Network
Cabletron Systems (NYSE: CS - news) today announced that UEComm, (formerly United Energy Telecommunications), Australia's leading bulk bandwidth Internet Service Provider, has selected a Cabletron Gigabit Ethernet switching solution to provide a high speed Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) across Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.
UEComm has invested millions of dollars in building a state-of-the-art MAN that connects prime commercial buildings in each city. This new network enables business owners and tenants to purchase affordable, IP-based services to communicate at speeds of up to 1 Gigabit-per-second (Gbps). The network core is designed to ensure service reliability through fault tolerant network paths, Quality of Service guarantees, and an advanced Layer-4 switching architecture.
Based on Cabletron's Layer-3/4 SmartSwitch Router (SSR) technology, UEComm' is able to offer customers unique value-added services, including the ability to prioritize delivery of key business applications. In addition, users can take advantage of leading network management and service level agreement (SLA) capabilities, achievable via SPECTRUM, Cabletron's Service Management Solution.
''Cabletron's Gigabit carrier solution provides us with a significant price and performance advantage over our competition,'' commented UEComm's Managing Director, Mr. Ondarchie. ''With both hardware and software, Cabletron has enabled us to literally ''light up our fiber'' with an excellent range of services for business customers, including network management, wireless networking, service level management, and secure Virtual Private Networking (VPNs).''
''Telecommunications deregulation in Australia is now in full swing. Businesses can easily shop around and compare ''Bang for Buck'' between WAN service providers. We welcome the chance to propose our service and functionality against any other providers,'' stated Mr. Ondarchie.
In October 1999, Sandra Ng, director, communications and peripherals research for International Data Corporation (IDC), Asia/Pacific, commented, ''Asia/Pacific markets for Internet access and related services will continue to grow rapidly over the next five years. Despite the declining prices of Internet access, ISP revenues will continue to register strong growth as demand for value-added services is expected to rise.''
Bill Burger, Senior director of service provider marketing for Cabletron Systems, added, ''The delivery of high performance, cost-effective solutions to all types of service providers has been a core focus of Cabletron 's over the past few years. UEComm's adoption of Metropolitan Area Network and Intelligent Building solutions from Cabletron shows that not only are we providing the right technology, but we are delivering solutions that make our customers more competitive in their marketplace.''
About UEComm
UEComm is one of Australia's leading bulk bandwidth and Internet protocol network providers. The UEComm fibre-optic network, LightNet, offers Metropolitan Gigabit Ethernet, Fast Ethernet and Ethernet services, along with traditional synchronous digital hierarchy, ATM and dense wave-division multiplexing services. With these technologies, UEComm supports a diverse range of client applications including application service provision, application prioritization, traffic accounting, telemedicine, LAN-LAN connections, ESCON traffic between mainframes and call center traffic.
About Cabletron Systems
Cabletron Systems, a premier provider of world-class networking solutions, delivers reliable network access and communications to millions of people worldwide. With scalable products designed for Global 1000 enterprise networks, service providers and small businesses, Cabletron is the e-business communications specialist in the Internet economy. Listed on the New York Stock Exchange for more than a decade under the symbol CS, Cabletron is an S&P 500 index company. Cabletron's web site can be reached on the Internet at cabletron.com
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Cabletron Systems
Mark Jedicke
(603) 337-1326
mjedicke@cabletron.com
or
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