XYPOINT Selects FastComm Access Product For Integrated Wireless
Enhanced 9-1-1 Networking Application
STERLING, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 11, 1998--
FastComm EtherFRAD(TM) Product Now Part of Nationwide Roll-Out
FastComm Communications Corp. (NASDAQ:FSCX) today announced that XYPOINT has selected FastComm Frame
Relay Access Devices (FRADs) for integration into XYPOINT's wireless Enhanced 9-1-1 (E9-1-1) communications solution.
XYPOINT, a privately held Seattle company, is a leading designer, developer and marketer of wireless intelligent network
services, providing location-related information services to the wireless industry. FastComm's EtherFRAD(TM) product
provides XYPOINT with a highly reliable, integrated network access device--supporting IP and RIPv2 dynamic routing
updates, with full remote management via SNMP--that enables flexible wide area communications for XYPOINT's wireless
E9-1-1 communications solution.
Each day wireless phone users place more than 59,000 calls to 9-1-1. Currently, most 9-1-1 systems can't automatically
determine wireless callers' telephone numbers--a situation that doesn't allow dispatchers to re-establish contact if calls are
interrupted or disconnected. In addition, today's systems do not capture wireless callers' locations, requiring 9-1-1 operators to
rely solely on information provided by wireless callers to respond to emergencies.
E9-1-1 service will help solve these issues for public safety agencies, contributing to improved response time. The Federal
Communications Commission is requiring all cellular carriers to be prepared to provide wireless E9-1-1 service to emergency
service agencies within six months of requesting the service.
On Dec. 1, 1997, the FCC issued its final order requiring wireless carriers to provide the public safety community with new
E9-1-1 services. Phase I of the FCC's mandate requires wireless carriers to provide a 10-digit call back number and
originating cell location information with each emergency call.
A leading wireless networking company, XYPOINT has been selected to provide its turnkey solution for a number of leading
wireless carriers, including AirTouch, Centennial Cellular, GTE Wireless, PriCellular Corp. and United States Cellular Corp. In
these systems, and others, XYPOINT provides advanced communications equipment, which transports vital information, and is
fully remotely manageable, over the wide area. For more information on XYPOINT, visit its Web site at
xypoint.com.
"We are very proud to have been selected by XYPOINT, a wireless networking innovator, to supply our multi-function
EtherFRAD(tm) product as an integral part of their E9-1-1 communications solution," stated Peter Madsen, FastComm
President.
FastComm gives carriers and integrators a "best-of-breed" platform for combining legacy and LAN applications, as customers
demand better solutions to the problem of integrating legacy applications into their LAN-driven intranets and extranets.
With industry-leading LAN+Legacy(TM) application support, advanced features such as MaximumPRIORITY(TM)
multi-stream prioritization, FastRATE(TM) adaptive congestion and CIR control, FramePROTECT(TM) data protection for
mission critical applications, and optional managed, integral T1/E1 DSU/CSUs and on-board ISDN interfaces for
dial-networking and dial-backup, the data, voice and video capable FastComm products are the best value available to
customers today.
For more information, or to request a data sheet of any FastComm product, phone 703-318-7750; fax to 703-787-4625;
Email to info@fastcomm.com; or visit FastComm on the World Wide Web at fastcomm.com.
FastComm Communications Corp. (FSCX, NASDAQ) designs, manufactures, and sells access products for public and
private digital networks. Its products include Packet and Frame Relay concentrators, Voice and Data FRADs, and
WEB.router(TM) Internet access routers; T-1/E-1 ATM network access equipment; Frame Relay line testers to speed
installations; leased line and Switched 56 CSU/DSUs; SuperView(TM) data switches for managing multiple remote async
devices; and a family of high speed data compressors.
Forward looking statements are made in this release pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that all forward looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties,
including, without limitation, the timing of new announcements or introductions by the Company and its competitors, the hiring
and retention of key employees, competitive pricing pressures, dependence on third party for components and products, and
general economic conditions in the United States and international markets and the risk factors detailed from time to time in the
Company's periodic reports and registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
FastComm, stylized logo, WEB.router, FramePROTECT, LAN+Legacy, MaximumPRIORITY, FastRATE, MonoFRAD,
EtherFRAD, RingFRAD, VoiceFRAD and SuperView are trademarks of FastComm Communications Corp. All rights
reserved. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.
CONTACT: FastComm XYPOINT
Ed Bursk Roger Nyhus
703-318-4337 206-720-1739
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