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To: P2V who wrote (1044)	1/26/1998 12:44:00 PM
From: DHB	Respond to of 1629

If this was already posted I didn't see it. Ascend MAX TNT and DSLTNT Certified for Central Office Operation; Best-selling WAN Access Switch and xDSL Concentrator Receive NEBS Level 3 Certification January 26, 1998 8:05 AM EST ALAMEDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 26, 1998--Ascend Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASND) today announced that the MAX TNT and DSLTNT have been certified NEBS-compliant Level 3, which means they conform to the rigorous requirements for central office operation in global carrier networks. The MAX TNT is the industry's highest-density WAN access switch, and the DSLTNT is the only integrated multi-service xDSL concentrator for the telephone company's central office. Network Equipment Building System (NEBS) compliance is important for network integrity, efficient deployment, reliable and safe operation, and is a critical issue in evaluating the suitability of products for use in telecommunication networks. Level 3 criteria provide the maximum assurance of equipment operability. "The NEBS Level 3 certification is an important milestone for the MAX TNT and DSL TNT because we believe that it will be a key selection criterion as carriers select the strategic platforms that support their long-term growth," said David Boone, product line director. The MAX TNT is Ascend's carrier class WAN access switching solution. It demonstrates capacity at a breakthrough price point. It was the first system that gave service providers the ability to support over 2,000 concurrent modem users or over 4,000 ISDN or 56/64 Kbps Frame Relay connections in a single seven-foot telco rack, or up to 150 T1/FT1 Frame Relay connections in a single 14-inch shelf. The DSLTNT enables telephone companies (RBOCs) and competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs) to deliver multiple xDSL services, including IDSL, SDSL, RADSL-CAP and RADSL-DMT, on a single platform at speeds from 128 Kbps to 7.0 Mbps on a single pair of local loop. The high-density DSLTNT can support up to 1,344 IDSL ports, 1,440 SDSL ports, or 540 RADSL ports in a single seven-foot telco rack. The MAX TNT and DSLTNT are based on a fully distributed multiprocessor architecture and multi-shelf hardware design. Each shelf can support up to 16 hot-swappable modules with fully redundant, load-balancing power supplies. Carriers can add capacity by tightly coupling up to three MAX TNT or DSLTNT shelves together as one logical unit. In this way, carriers can scale both the functionality and features of the system incrementally as their service requirements evolve. The MAX TNT was recently awarded the top rating by Data Communications Magazine in a review of high-density WAN access concentrators products. The MAX TNT was superior in price per port, ease of installation and ease of use compared to products from leading remote access vendors, including 3Com, Cisco, and Bay Networks.