WinStar Completes Integration of Voice and Data Networks in Key Markets; Co-locates ATM, Frame Relay, ISP and Voice Switches
Business Wire - September 23, 1998 06:16
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 23, 1998--WINSTAR COMMUNICATIONS, INC. (NASDAQ: WCII) announced today that it has completed the integration of its voice and data networks as part of the nationwide deployment of its facilities-based telecommunications services.
WinStar has co-located data switches, which provide ATM and Frame Relay capability as well as Internet connectivity, in each market where it has a Lucent Class 4/5ESS-2000 voice switch. As WinStar expands its national Wireless Fiber(SM) service in additional markets, it will continue to co-locate state-of-the-art voice and data switches at each of its new switch sites.
Howard Taylor, President and Chief Operating Officer, WinStar Broadband Services, said, "We are poised for significant growth in broadband traffic and our network is fully prepared to meet the capacity demands of this growth. The co-location of our switches gives us a scalable solution for meeting customer demand. It also provides considerable cost savings through shared transport, real estate and maintenance expenses, which will allow us to continue to be a cost-efficient provider of broadband services."
William J. Rouhana, Jr., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of WinStar, said, "As we move forward with the nationwide deployment of our point-to-multipoint technology, which should drive a large amount of additional traffic onto our network, we continue to implement network approaches that create meaningful operating efficiencies. Integrating voice and data switches together in the same location results in greater use of our growing facilities-based network, additional cost savings for our company and enhanced service for our business customers."
WinStar's broadband network provides business customers with a single source of local and long distance phone service, as well as high speed data, Internet and information services. The WinStar network includes Newbridge multiprotocol ATM switches, Ascend 9000 Frame Relay switches, Cisco Internet routers and Lucent Class 4/5ESS-2000 voice switches.
WinStar now provides switched voice, data and Frame Relay services in 27 markets, including Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Columbus, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Fort Worth, Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, New York, Newark, Oakbrook, IL, Oakland, Orange County, CA, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Stamford, CT, Tampa and Washington, D.C. The company will deploy its telecommunications network in Miami, St. Louis and Cleveland by the end of the year.
WinStar Communications, Inc. is a facilities-based national local communications company, serving business customers in major markets throughout the U.S. The company provides local and long distance phone service and high speed data, Internet access and information services. WinStar provides these Wireless Fiber(SM) services over its own network, using its licenses in the 28 and 38 GHz spectrum.
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