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To: bill c. who wrote (8162)	12/8/1997 4:58:00 PM
From: Leo Mitkievicz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21342

hi bill Nortel got a contract for its new 1-meg. From the Nortel press release: <<Joanne Latham Nortel 919-992-7851 joanne_latham@nortel.com Nortel (Northern Telecom) Begins Mass-Market Deployment of its 1-Meg Modem Service With $US 20 Million Sale to Transwire Communications L.L.C. Market leader will deploy high-speed Internet access and multi-media and video-streaming capability to businesses and consumers in New York City in early 1998 using a Nortel data network RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC -- Nortel (Northern Telecom) today announced that Transwire Communications, a leading-edge information communications carrier, based in Manhattan, has awarded Nortel a $US 20 million contract for a data network and Nortel's recently announced 1-Meg Modem service. The contract will enable Transwire Communications to offer businesses and consumers in New York City Internet access at speeds of up to one megabit per second-17 times faster than 56K modems-with simultaneous voice service over a single telephone line. Nortel will provide Transwire Communications with key elements of an end-to-end data network that include DMS SuperNode central office switches, Nortel's Magellan Passport ATM switches and 1-Meg Modem equipment. "Finally, small businesses, corporate telecommuters and other consumers will have the high-data speed they've been waiting for at an affordable price. At eight times the speed of dual-channel ISDN, small businesses will have access to an extremely reliable, 24-hour-a-day extended network," said Terrence Peck, chief executive officer, Transwire Communications. "Telecommuters will be able to conduct video conferences from home and download full-motion video clips and audio files in seconds. Moreover, these consumers will be able to access corporate intranets faster than ever before." "Fast, reliable Internet access is becoming a key differentiator in the battle to attract and keep new subscribers in a competitive marketplace," said Glenn Falcao, vice-president and general manager, Nortel Public Data Networks. "Nortel's plug-and- play 1-Meg Modem service can be deployed quickly and cost-effectively by leading-edge companies like Transwire to win subscribers." In addition to high-speed Internet access, Transwire Communications also will offer extranet and Transwire intranet Break-Speed TM communication services including high-quality video and audio streaming, video conferencing, interactive voice response, voicemail, real-time credit card, Secure Electronic Transfer (SET) and Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) transactions, and corporate intranet connections and city-wide extranet services, among others. Initial targets for the service will be small businesses, work-at-home professionals and power users, with a later roll-out to the residential market. The services will be offered initially in Manhattan in early 1998. Announced in October, Nortel's 1-Meg Modem solution is a mass-market, plug-and-play high-speed data solution that delivers Internet access at up to 1 megabit per second-17 times faster than a 56k modem-with simultaneous voice service. The 1-Meg Modem solution is based on Nortel's Consumer Digital Modem TM (CDM) technology. It requires no rewiring in the central office, and no subscriber service call to install a voice/data "splitter." It is compatible with current voice features and extension phones in the home or business. The service is extremely tolerant of phone-line length and condition, and is compatible with the vast majority of all non-loaded telephone lines. Nortel is currently working with other industry leaders, including Rockwell, to speed the deployment of CDM technology. Transwire Communications is an information communications carrier bringing reliable, high-speed, high-bandwidth capabilities direct to telecommuters within large corporations, small businesses and other consumers using the most advanced technologies available. >> Leo