Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Technology Stocks : Ascend Communications (ASND) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Gary Korn who wrote (24547)	11/24/1997 4:14:00 PM
From: Chris S	Respond to of 61433

Any thoughts on what this means to the ascend relationship with UUNET and WCOM? MCI And 3Com Enter Into Strategic Marketing Alliance To Offer Customized Networking Solutions ATLANTA and SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov 24, 1997-- MCI and 3Com Corporation today announced the two companies have formed a strategic alliance to jointly market the MCI HyperStream and private line broadband services and 3Com's networking products. The alliance will provide MCI and 3Com's business customers with a cost-effective means to build local and wide area data networks. The two companies will jointly market best-of-breed networking solutions to a broad range of small, mid- and large-sized businesses-providing a wide range of communications solutions to enterprise customers. In addition, MCI will provide a variety of networking services, including network design, installation, configuration and management - all individualized to fit each customer's needs. Working as a coordinated team, MCI and 3Com's sales forces will develop proposals designed to meet customers' requirements for jointly engineered network solutions. These single proposals will feature MCI enterprise services and 3Com's networking products priced under pre-negotiated rates offered in the new joint marketing agreement. Initially, the following 3Com products will be offered: AccessBuilder 9600, NetBuilder routers, SuperStack II hubs, OfficeConnect hubs, and Total Control hubs. ''The alliance with 3Com will provide MCI's customers with a variety of cost-effective networking solutions,'' said Stephen Von Rump, MCI Vice President of Enterprise Services. ''Coupled with MCI's premier usage-based HyperStream broadband data services, 3Com's networking products will give our customers the tools they will need to build powerful networks to handle their data needs of the next century.'' ''Our strategic alliance with MCI helps customers rely on both companies' networking expertise to custom build powerful local and wide area networks,'' said Roger Manka, 3Com Carrier Systems, VP Americas Sales. ''Together, 3Com and MCI provide cost-effective, end to end networks to customers that are strong today, with the built in flexibility to meet the needs of tomorrow.'' 3Com Corporation has helped more than 45 million people gain access to critical information through high-speed networks. Designed to serve large enterprises, service providers, small office and homes, 3Com products provide a scalable architecture to meet the present and future connectivity needs of today's users. With research and development on three continents, 3Com is one of the data networking industry's largest and fastest growing companies. 3Com's innovative marketing, engineering, sales and support simplify communication, optimize network reliability and protect customer investments. MCI, headquartered in Washington, D.C., offers the industry's most comprehensive portfolio of communication services. With 1996 revenues of $18.5 billion, MCI ranks as one of the world's largest telecommunications companies. MCI is also the world's second largest carrier of international traffic and operates one of the world's most advanced Internet networks. Since its founding in 1968, MCI has been a leader in bringing the benefits of long distance competition to businesses and consumers and is now leading the charge to open U.S. local calling markets to competition. On November 10, 1997, MCI announced a definitive merger agreement with WorldCom, Inc. to form a new company called MCI WorldCom.