Not sure if this is in the same place, but NN got a management contract, announced in May:
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Newbridge Networks Designs Global Services Management Platform for New AT&T Service
Industry-leading Newbridge platforms to integrate private line, frame relay and ATM transport into single, end-to-end managed solution
NETWORLD + INTEROP, Las Vegas, May 5, 1998 -- In a demonstration of leadership in scalable, end-to-end service management and reliable networking platforms, Newbridge Networks today announced that AT&T Corp. has begun the deployment of the Company's MainStreetr and MainStreetXpressT management and access products in the AT&T Managed Bandwidth Service (MBS) offering (see related AT&T announcement). The Newbridger Global Services Management Platform (GSMP) has been designed for the global reach and extensive scope of the AT&T Managed Bandwidth Service. AT&T Managed Bandwidth Service brings together the strengths of AT&T private line, frame relay and asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) service offering with the power of the Newbridge GSMP and networking equipment into a single managed solution for corporate network voice, image, video and data traffic requirements.
Introduced at Telecom '95 in Geneva, the Newbridge GSMP is a fully managed and integrated set of networking products selected from the Newbridge product portfolio optimized to deliver advanced standards-based global service offerings. GSMP enables carriers to provide many thousands of corporate network customers a full, end-to-end view of their global networks encompassing private line, frame relay and ATM services, including key parameters such as configuration, network status, Service Level Agreement and performance reporting, as well as unprecedented visibility of network bandwidth resources down to the slot, card, or port level.
"By deploying Newbridge equipment and GSMP customized for AT&T, AT&T Managed Bandwidth Services offers the industry's most comprehensive suite of managed, end-to-end, reconfigurable bandwidth services and provides corporate network customers an unprecedented on-line view of these services on a global basis," said Bill Callahan, Services Director, AT&T Managed Network Solutions.
"AT&T MBS unleashes the power of two leaders in their respective industries. The explosion of the managed network services, network integration and outsourcing industry is testimony to our vision of multiservice, multi-fabric and multi-administrator global services management," said Terence Matthews, Chairman and CEO, Newbridge Networks. "With its reach and breadth of scope of its managed network service offering, AT&T is the undisputed leader of this high-growth industry. I am pleased that AT&T has selected the Newbridge solution set for its aggressive global deployment plans for MBS."
This solution set includes the 3600 and 3645 MainStreet bandwidth management products and the MainStreetXpressT 36170 Multiservices Switch, 36150 Access Switch, 36100 Access Concentrator, and 36035/75 Local Area Network Service Units. The family of network and service management systems includes the MainStreetXpress 46020 Network Manager, 45020 Element Manager, 48020 Multinetwork Service Controller, 56020 Routing Services Control Point, Connext Exec, and Customer Service Management.
AT&T Corp. is the world's premier communications and information services company, serving more than 90 million customers, including consumers, businesses and government. The company has annual revenues of more than $52 billion and 130,000 employees. It runs the world's largest, most sophisticated communications network and is the leading provider of long-distance and wireless services. AT&T operates in more than 200 countries and territories around the world.
Newbridge Networks (NYSE: NN; TSE: NNC) designs, manufactures, markets and services total networking solutions to organizations in more than 100 countries. Newbridge leverages its relationship with 15 Affiliate companies, and strategic alliances with Siemens and 3Com Corporation to deliver seamless, end-to-end solutions. Newbridge customers include the world's 250 largest telecommunications service providers and more than 10,000 corporations, government organizations and other institutions. Founded in 1986, the company employs more than 6,000 people on five continents. News and information are available at www.newbridge.com.>>>> |
