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To: Wolverine who wrote (53846)	9/8/1998 8:50:00 AM
From: Neil H	Respond to of 61433

Tuesday September 8, 8:14 am Eastern Time Company Press Release Cable & Wireless Communications Provides Business Customers With Virtual Private Networks Based on Ascend Communications Remote Access Solutions ALAMEDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 8, 1998--Ascend Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASND - news) a leader in wide area networking (WAN) solutions for providers and users of the Public Network, today announced that Cable & Wireless Communications can now offer its business customers SecureDial, a dial-up Virtual Private Network (VPN) service based on remote access solutions from Ascend. Combining Ascend's award winning Max 4000 and MAX TNT access concentrators and VPN security protocols, Cable & Wireless Communications will be able to offer its customers high-speed global communication links with the highest security, scalability and flexibility. Remote local area network (LAN) access allows teleworkers, mobile workers and employees whether in the UK or travelling abroad to access information and applications stored on the corporate LAN to perform tasks such as e-mail, Intranet, Lotus Notes and database updates. This often results in high communications costs as it is very expensive to dial directly into the corporate network. SecureDial allows remote users to dial into a local Point of Presence (POP) and then, using a secure, direct private connection over the Cable & Wireless infrastructure, gain access to the corporate LAN. This provides a more cost-effective, reliable and secure connection to the customer than previously available. The Ascend solution offers both ISDN and PSTN dial-up access to the Cable & Wireless managed network providing data throughput from 1.2 kbps to 56 kbps for modem users and 64kbps or 128kbps (using the Multilink PPP protocol) for ISDN users. SecureDial also supports the major LAN protocols TCP/IP, IPX. The highest level of security is maintained using Ascend's industry leading VPN tunneling protocol Ascend Tunnel Management Protocol (ATMP). By using this protocol, customer traffic is kept completely separate from all other traffic on the network. Jim Coupe, Dial Data Services Manager, Cable & Wireless Communications, said, ''Cable & Wireless developed the SecureDial service in response to customer needs. ''We evaluated a number of vendors and chose Ascend as we were looking for a robust, secure and scalable solution, so we could offer our customers the best possible service. Ascend's strong client base and excellent global support were also decisive factors.'' Phil Holcroft, UK Country Manager, Ascend Communications said, ''Security and reliability were of paramount importance for this service. As an industry leader in providing VPN services to carriers, Internet Service providers and corporate customers, Ascend was able to offer Cable & Wireless the guarantees they needed to provide a high quality service to their customers.'' The initial roll out of the SecureDial service in Europe includes Austria, Belgium, Spain, France, Holland, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. It has since been expanded to include Hong Kong and Japan. It is planned to extend the service further to cover Asia Pacific, South and North America, South Africa, Scandinavia and Eastern Europe. Regards Neil