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To: bill c. who wrote (8932)	1/14/1998 11:43:00 AM
From: pat mudge	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21342

[BA gearing up for higher speeds???] bill -- Checking for clues: <<< Bell Atlantic Selects ADC's Soneplex ESCON Channel Extender System Business Wire - January 14, 1998 08:22 MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 13, 1998--The Transport Systems Group (formerly the Network Services Division) of ADC Telecommunications, Inc., today announced that Bell Atlantic will use ADC's Soneplex(R) ESCON channel extender system (ECX) to support the data center needs of its largest IBM compatible mainframe customers. The ECX system will be installed by Bell Atlantic to provide its customers with high bandwidth and point-to-point data connections. The IBM Enterprise Systems Connection (ESCON(R)) architecture has become a widely accepted standard for data communications in large-scale computer environments. ESCON users include banks, brokerages and insurance companies - institutions with enormous mission-critical data operations and database security concerns. Originally developed for campus environments, the ESCON architecture was introduced to simplify physical connections within the network, allowing all network elements to be wired to an ESCON Director, which switches traffic between communicating devices. With the addition of a channel extender, such as the ECX, network elements can be tied together across a metropolitan area. "With ADC's ECX system, we are able to offer our customers a variety of cost-saving and security-related applications, such as mainframe disaster recovery, data center relocation and connection to remote data archives," said Oscar Mujica, manager of Large Business Services for Bell Atlantic. "The ECX system was developed in collaboration with IBM, and uses the same repeater hardware marketed by IBM directly to it's customers under it's own private label," said John Griffin, vice president of marketing at ADC. "In this regard, ADC's ESCON system can provide the highest level of compliance and interoperability with IBMs ESCON environment." ADC's Soneplex system is designed to help carriers grow their T1 business services. Focused on providing flexible, end-to-end solutions, the Soneplex system can save carriers money on T1-based services over fiber or copper, using HDSL, optical DS2, ADSL or traditional T1 repeater technology, in a single platform. ESCON is another carrier business service that can be delivered with ADC's Soneplex system. The new Bell Atlantic - formed through the merger of Bell Atlantic and NYNEX - is at the forefront of the new communications, information and entertainment industry. With 40 million telephone access lines and 5.8 million wireless customers worldwide, Bell Atlantic companies are premier providers of advanced wireline voice and data services, market leaders in wireless services and the worlds largest publishers of directory information. Bell Atlantic companies are also among the world's largest investors in high-growth global communications markets, with operations and investments in 21 countries. ADC Telecommunications, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADCT) is a leading supplier of transmission and networking systems used to deliver voice, data and video services. The company holds a preeminent market position in physical connectivity products for wireless, fiber-optic, twisted-pair and coaxial networks. Revenues for fiscal year 1997 were $1.164 billion. More information about ADC Telecommunications and its business units, products and technologies, is available at its site, adc.com, or by calling the company at 1- 800-366-3891, ext. 3223. >>>