Peppe,< What if NN only won the TDM business ? That means that CSCO won the edge routers, edge ATM switches
and the core ATM switches. Then, NN's share is a lot smaller than CSCO's, right ?>, if Wall Street knows about NN as much you konw I am not surprise thay do not sheare my optimism- read this(if you read Pat post you will know the answer.This is the last time I gave you info which is available on www.newbridge.com)
regards
Zbyslaw
:BT selects GPT and Siemens / Newbridge Alliance for
Broadband Multiservice ATM
KANATA, Canada, MUNICH, Germany, September 3, 1997 --
BT has selected GPT and the Siemens / Newbridge Alliance as the supplier for
its new Broadband Multiservice Platform. With this landmark decision, BT
becomes the first major service provider to implement a strategy of a single
broadband asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) core network. The contract
awarded to GPT includes MainStreetXpress switches, customer access
equipment and network and service management from the Siemens /
Newbridge Alliance and Newbridge Affiliate companies. This network will
enable BT to seamlessly deliver a comprehensive range of services to its
customers.
"ATM is now accepted as the most effective technology for building flexible
and scalable multiservice networks," said Stewart Davies, Director, Network
Product Design & Management at BT. "The way in which the Siemens /
Newbridge Alliance has implemented ATM maps perfectly onto this vision,
enabling BT to consolidate our existing services and rapidly implement new
services, such as business IP. The solution integrates all elements of the
network from the core and multiservice edge switches, to specialist network
termination equipment, into a single, managed platform architecture, resulting
in service and cost benefits for BT," Davies added.
"This contract award keeps BT at the forefront of broadband and data service
delivery in the U.K. and internationally," said Roger Gilbert, Head of BT's
Data Services Marketing.
"Our national and international Cellstream (ATM) service, successfully
launched this year, has established BT ATM service leadership. As well as
seeing continued Cellstream service growth we expect to continue to lead the
marketplace by exploiting the technology to offer new and innovative
solutions to our customers, including metropolitan area-based services and
integration of local and wide area services," continued Gilbert.
"Working together with Siemens and Newbridge, we will provide BT with a
world-class network to meet the needs of its customers well into the next
century," commented Rod Smith, Managing Director of BT and Concert
Division, GPT.
"By endorsing the Siemens / Newbridge Alliance vision of service provider
networks, BT will benefit from a smooth evolutionary approach to the
development of a managed, broadband multiservice infrastructure," said
Terence Matthews, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Newbridge
Networks. "We see this as yet further evidence of the continued strength in
our relationship with Siemens and GPT."
"The Siemens / Newbridge Alliance solution will enable BT to develop future
services, providing an infrastructure capable of scaling to meet the demands of
global corporations. This success follows the initial CellStream contract in
1996 and reaffirms BT's approval to our ongoing broadband development
program," commented Thomas Rambold, President, Siemens Public
Communication Networks Group.
Under the new contract BT will be able to purchase Alliance equipment from
GPT including the MainStreetXpress 36130 ATM Services Access
Multiplexer, the MainStreetXpress 36150 Access Switch, the
MainStreetXpress 36170 Multiservices Switch, the MainStreetXpress 36190
Core Services Switch, the world¡s largest ATM switch, and the ACC Tigris
Integrated Access Platform.
Siemens Public Communication Networks Group (Munich, Germany) and
Newbridge Networks (Kanata, Canada), two of the world leaders in ATM,
formed a strategic networking alliance in 1996 to provide carriers worldwide
with the most comprehensive and advanced ATM solution set. With this
agreement, the two companies have unified their ATM product lines under the
MainStreetXpress brand and assembled the industry's most extensive ATM
research and development operation -- more than 1,500 engineers in five
countries. In North America, Siemens Public Communication Networks
Group is represented by Siemens Stromberg-Carlson, Boca Raton, Fla.
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Newbridge Networks Corporation under license for their comprehensive
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