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To: Stephen B. Temple who wrote (1563)	10/16/1998 8:35:00 AM
From: Stephen B. Temple	Respond to of 3178

Its almost turkey-time <g> plans $35 million national internet backbone October 16, 1998 PARIS, FRANCE, Newsbytes via NewsEdge Corporation : Turk Telecom, the state telecommunications carrier of Turkey, has commissioned Alcatel to install a national Internet backbone system that will span the country. Terms of the $35 million deal call on Alcatel to install the national network, which will be known as TTNet, and will offer users access to IP (Internet Protocol) routing, frame relay and ATM (asynchronous transfer mode) switching facilities. According to Alcatel, the TTNet network, when complete around the middle of next year, will give Turkey one of the most modern Internet infrastructures in the world. The network core, officials say, will be based around an ATM backbone, using Alcatel 1100 HSS switches. The network, Alcatel says, will offer international connections up to three by 34 megabits per second (Mbps). Turk Telecom Internet customers will have access to TTnet from around 140 Internet remote access nodes distributed all over Turkey. According to Turk Telecom, using TTNet, high-speed access to TTNet based on ADSL (asymmetric digital subscriber line) technology will be available to users some time next year. Alcatel's Web site is at alcatel.com . Reported by Newsbytes News Network, newsbytes.com .