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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (1449)	10/5/1998 11:14:00 PM
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OT but very Sweet>ggg Nortel Networks and RedBack Networks Collaborate on Mass-Market DSL; The resulting 1-Meg Modem network solution enables service providers to easily introduce Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) into their networks and provides superior scalability to support thousands of end users.Deliver Service Selection Capability to 1-Meg Modem Solutions Solution Empowers End Users With Freedom to Connect to Multiple Networks; Delivers Scalability and Enhanced Revenue Opportunities to Service Providers RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. and SUNNYVALE, Ca., Oct. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Nortel Networks (NYSE: NT - news; Toronto: NTL - news) and market innovator RedBack Networks, Inc. today announced a multi-year, multi-million dollar agreement through which Nortel Networks will resell the RedBack Subscriber Management System 1000 (SMS 1000) initially in Nortel Networks' industry-leading 1-Meg Modem network solutions. The resulting 1-Meg Modem network solution enables service providers to easily introduce Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) into their networks and provides superior scalability to support thousands of end users. ''AGIS is excited about the strong value that the Nortel-RedBack 1-Meg Modem solution will bring to our customers,'' said Farooq Hussain, executive vice president, Global Multimedia and Data Services, AGIS, a Nortel Networks service provider customer. ''The dynamic services selection capability undoubtedly will broaden the appeal of the services we are introducing and will allow us to offer customers a whole suite of new solutions. This is a great fit for our network and business model.'' ''Next-generation communication providers like Transwire recognize the enormous demand for always-connected, lightning-fast Internet and advanced data services,'' added Terry Peck, president and CEO of New York-based Transwire. ''The addition of scalable, interoperable backbone architectures like RedBack make it even easier for providers to rapidly deploy and expand their networks to meet the demand for DSL services that are faster and easier to manage than more expensive solutions.'' RedBack's SMS 1000 is a high-density, highly intelligent networking device that bridges the operational gap between DSL equipment in the central office and service provider backbone routers. Deployed by carriers at a network access point or by service providers at a data center, the SMS 1000 aggregates a high concentration of data traffic from DSL equipment. It applies scalable user configuration and management, grooms the traffic to offload backbone routers, and enables connections to multiple destination networks. This new 1-Meg Modem network solution enables efficient, wide-scale deployment using the same operational model well understood for dial-up access technologies. ''Without modifying their operational systems, service providers deploying Nortel Networks' 1-Meg Modem can now take advantage of the lucrative opportunities emerging in the broadband marketplace and rapidly roll out new services,'' said Larry Blair, RedBack marketing vice president. Because the SMS 1000 uses point-to-point protocol over Ethernet (PPP over Ethernet), PCs sharing a single 1-Meg Modem can connect to multiple service networks. End users are now free from ''nailed up'' DSL connections and can dynamically select their ISP, corporate LAN, or other content providers through a simple point-and-click model during a single session. In addition, end users will get bandwidth control required to support a variety of applications. ''In a traditional DSL environment, telecommuters or consumers are limited to one point-to-point connection whether it be their corporate LAN or their ISP,'' added Blair. ''With the SMS 1000 in the data network, service providers can now offer their customers more choice and more revenue-generating services, clearly differentiating themselves from the competition.'' RedBack's SMS 1000 gives service providers access provisioning, accounting and management control over DSL end users by taking advantage of the same systems already in place to accommodate large populations of dial users. The SMS 1000 integrates the functions of a RADIUS database -- for user authentication, authorization and accounting; remote access servers for session termination and traffic aggregation; and routers for Internet backbone connectivity. In the process, the SMS 1000 isolates and offloads backbone routers of all subscriber management functions. Nortel Networks' 1-Meg Modem is a splitterless, mass-market, high-speed data solution that offers consumers an Internet connection that's over 17 times faster than the fastest analog modem. The 1-Meg Modem is being deployed by several United States providers including Transwire Communications of New York, MegsINet of Chicago, and AGIS Communications of Detroit, and several smaller institutions, ISPs, and service providers. To date, Nortel Networks has more than $1 billion in orders for the product, representing the potential for more than one million end-user lines. Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, RedBack Networks develops networking solutions for the next generation of Internet services. RedBack is privately owned and financed through venture capital funding. Investors include Accel partners, Mayfield Fund, and Sequoia Capital. Customers wanting more information about RedBack products can visit its World Wide Web site at rback.com, or contact the company at 408-548-350