BusinessWire, Tuesday, November 18, 1997 at 08:10
ALAMEDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 18, 1997--
Pioneer Competitive Local Exchange Carrier Employs MAX TNT WAN
Access Switches
Ascend Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASND) today announced that
XCOM Technologies, Inc., a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based national
competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC), is deploying Ascend's MAX
TNT WAN access switches in order to provide carrier-class data access
service to Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and corporate customers.
"After evaluating many vendors during the past year, we made the
decision to partner with Ascend because, much like XCOM, their focus
is on data," said Shawn Lewis, vice president of technology and
chief operating officer at XCOM. "Data networks, like traditional
circuit-switched voice telephone networks, need 99.999 percent
reliability. Ascend's MAX TNT is a true carrier-class product with
features such as hot swappable modules, high density, and support for
current and future ITU standards, including ISDN, DSL, and 56 Kbps.
Such features allow us to better respond to the individual needs of
our customers and provide uniquely tailored service offerings."
"Competitive local exchange carriers are an important new market
segment that is expected to explode in the coming years," said Bob
Machlin, vice president of marketing at Ascend. "Our partnership
with XCOM, one of the premier CLEC providers, demonstrates Ascend's
ability to provide world-class, high performance, high reliability
remote access solutions that CLECs need to support digital and analog
services."
XCOM has deployed Ascend's MAX TNT WAN access switches in its
Boston-area point of presence (POP) to provide region-wide remote
access support throughout Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode
Island. Within the next 90 days, XCOM plans to roll out additional
POPs, also employing the MAX TNT, in the New York/New Jersey and
Washington, D.C. areas.
About Ascend Communications
Ascend Communications, Inc. develops, manufactures and sells
wide area networking solutions for telecommunications carriers,
Internet Service Providers and corporate customers worldwide. For
more information about Ascend, please visit the Ascend Web site at
www.ascend.com or email info@ascend.com .
Ascend is headquartered at One Ascend Plaza, 1701 Harbor Bay
Parkway, Alameda, Calif. 94502-3002. Phone 800/ASCEND4; Fax
510/747-2300.
About XCOM
XCOM Technologies, Inc., "the data phone company," is a
competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) providing local voice and
data service. Founded in 1996, XCOM offers virtual point of presence
(POP) to Internet Service Providers and corporate customers on a
regional basis over a facilities-based network. The Company's data
service delivers lower costs, improved performance, and superior
customer service. For more information about XCOM, email
info@xcom.net or call 617/500-0000.
XCOM is headquartered at One Main Street, Cambridge, Mass.
02142.
CONTACT: Gallagher PR
Kristi An, 510/747-2721
kan@ascend.com
or
XCOM Technologies, Inc.
David Powers, 617/500-0106
dpowers@xcom.net
KEYWORD: CALIFORNIA MASSACHUSETTS NEW HAMPSHIRE RHODE ISLAND
NEW YORK NEW JERSEY DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
INDUSTRY KEYWORD: COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS COMED
INTERACTIVE/MULTIMEDIA/INTERNET TELECOMMUNICATIONS PRODUCT
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