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To: Frank Edwards who wrote (6860)	10/6/1998 9:20:00 AM
From: MD Bryant	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 18016

NEW CONTRACT OCTOBER 6, 1998 Belgacom Ensures Competitive Edge With Siemens / Newbridge Solution - Networking Solution Offers Superior End-to-End Network Management KANATA, ONTARIO--Belgacom, Belgium's national carrier, today announced that it has deployed the Siemens / Newbridge MainStreetXpress(tm) 36170 Multiservices Switch to extend its data network. This solution provides high performance connectivity to its BiLan (Belgacom Interconnection of LANs) customers. The move by Belgacom will ensure its competitive advantage over new alternate service providers, such as cable companies, following the recent deregulation of the Belgium telecommunications market. The BiLan network comprises more than 40 MainStreetXpress 36170 Multiservices Switches delivering frame relay, Internet Protocol (IP) and native cell relay services, all fully managed by the industry-leading MainStreetXpress 46020 Network Manager and serving more than 1,000 corporations. This highly scalable, comprehensive network management system offers a multi-service solution that provides effective manageability of services across the entire network -- from small, remote offices to large corporate data centers. The MainStreetXpress 46020 Network Manager also enables Belgacom to support multi-service Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), offering customers control of their VPNs through its flexible customer service management capabilities. Belgacom's network is currently used primarily for applications such as local area network (LAN) interconnection via frame relay, and can now concentrate data traffic onto the new high-speed ATM backbone. The MainStreetXpress 36170 Multiservices Switches provide Belgacom with both flexibility and investment protection, as they can be deployed in either an access or frame relay/ATM backbone switching capacity. The network enhancement will be completed this year, with further expansion planned through 1999 and 2000. "We selected the Siemens / Newbridge 36170 Multiservices Switch as it enables us to implement a scalable multi-services network that offers end-to-end network management," commented Kris Vervaet, Data Services Manager, Belgacom. "The switches provide a flexible networking asset, while the MainStreetXpress 46020 Network Manager helps us reduce our operational costs by providing single-point network management and configuration. This new networking platform enables us to continue to offer the most Internet points of presence in Belgium and satisfy completely our customers' desire for increased performance." "Over the many years we have worked with Belgacom, we have developed an understanding of their business needs and pressures," said Nick Godridge, Vice President and General Manager, Newbridge Networks, Northern Europe. "This close relationship has enabled us to combine our considerable experience in frame relay, ATM and IP networking to offer a solution that meets Belgacom's specific requirements and enhances the range and performance of services to its customers." The Public Communication Networks Group of Siemens AG and Newbridge Networks, two world leaders in ATM, formed a strategic networking alliance in 1996 to provide carriers worldwide with the most comprehensive and advanced ATM solution set. Within 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, consisting of more than 2,000 engineers in five countries. Newbridge Networks (NYSE: NN; TSE: NNC) designs, manufactures, markets and services networking solutions to organisations in more than 100 countries. The Company leverages its relationship with a growing family of Affiliate companies and strategic alliances with Siemens and 3Com Corporation to deliver seamless, end-to-end solutions. Newbridge customers include the world's 300 largest telecommunications service providers and more than 10,000 corporations, government organisations 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. Newbridge, logo are registered trademarks of Newbridge Networks Corporation. MainStreetXpress is a trademark used by the Siemens and Newbridge alliance for comprehensive solutions in broadband communication. No agency relationship, partnership, or joint ownership of a legal entity is to be inferred or implied by the use of the term alliance.