MCI Selects ADC's Integrated Communications Access Server (ICX) for Local Service Termination
MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 23, 1998--ADC Telecommunications, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADCT), announced today that MCI Communications has selected ADC's Integrated Communications Access Server (ICX(TM)) system as the customer located equipment (CLE) element to terminate voice and data services as MCI expands into local service markets. The ICX system currently is being deployed throughout the United States.
The ICX system allows MCI to provision a wide variety of services, such as POTS, ISDN, ATM, frame relay and others, to its local service customers from a highly flexible service access platform. With its unique architecture, the ICX system supports a single service or the entire range of services simultaneously and supplies MCI with remote diagnostic and maintenance capabilities. The adaptive nature of the ICX architecture also makes it easier for MCI to upgrade or add services as they become available in the future.
The ICX system is based on Premisys Communications' flagship integrated access solution, the Integrated Multiple Access Communications Server (IMACS). Integrating access services on a single platform spares MCI the time and capital dollars otherwise necessary to construct independent networks for each service it wants to offer. Instead, the ICX system combines traffic from all of the services and transports it cost efficiently over high-speed T1 or E1 circuits.
"We welcome the opportunity to support MCI's efforts to foster competition in the local service market," said Barry Kantner, director of marketing for ADC's Access Products Division. "Service access devices are critical to our overall strategy to provide carriers with the most flexible and robust service delivery solutions available in the local loop. We plan to build a strong presence in the growing local market by providing products such as the ICX system."
"MCI is investing in local telephone facilities to ensure that consumers enjoy more choices, lower prices, and better services in the local telephone market. The ICX system offers us the flexibility to accommodate our customers' demands for services today and in the future," said Shawn O'Donnell, director of transmission standards and engineering for MCI. "Additionally, ADC's commitment to training, service and support for its products distinguishes the ICX system from other offerings."
"The ICX is the ideal access vehicle of these competitive times," said Nicholas J. Williams, Premisys Communications president and chief operating officer. "It will allow MCI to move to new markets at will, offering a full array of voice and data services from day one. Their customers can't ask for a better response than that."
MCI, headquartered in Washington, D.C., is a leading provider of local-to-global communication services to business, government and residential users. The company's fast-growing portfolio of advanced data, Internet and IT services now accounts for nearly a quarter of MCI's $19.7 billion in annual revenue. MCI operates one of the world's largest and most advanced digital networks, connecting local markets in the U.S. to more than 280 countries and locations worldwide. MCI has agreed to merge with WorldCom, one of the world's fastest-growing communications companies. The merger, which is expected to be completed by mid-1998, will create MCI WorldCom, a company uniquely positioned in the U.S. local and long distance markets as well as the global data and Internet markets.
Premisys Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ-PRMS), based in Fremont, California, pioneered development of integrated access solutions for telecommunications service providers. Today, Premisys leads the industry worldwide with a growing family of access products, featuring its Integrated Multiple Access Communications Server (IMACS). Premisys' products allow service providers to quickly and cost-effectively accommodate the growing demand from businesses for voice, data and video communications services. More information about Premisys Communications and its products is available on its Worldwide Web site (www.premisys.com) and by contacting its Fremont headquarters (1-800-301-8815).
ADC Telecommunications, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADCT) designs, manufactures, markets and integrates communications hardware and software systems. These systems are used by global service providers such as Regional Bell Operating Companies, post, telephone and telegraph (PTT) organizations, and cable television operators to deliver communications services to their customers. The company also provides products used in enterprise networks for connection and access to the public network. Revenues for fiscal year 1997 were $1.164 billion. More information about ADC Telecommunications, Inc., and its business units, products and technologies, is available at its Web site, adc.com, or by calling 1-800-366-3891 ext. 3223.
CONTACT:
Lynne High, ADC Scott E. Smith
Marketing Communications Premisys Communications
612-946-3136 (510) 353-2326
lynne-high@adc.com scott.smith@premisys.com
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Mark Borman, ADC
Investor Relations
612-946-3338
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