Siemens and Newbridge Introduce MainStreetXpress 36177
MultiServices Platform, Extending Core ATM Benefits
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OCTOBER 19, 1998
KANATA, ONTARIO--Leading-Edge Platform Reaffirms Siemens and
Newbridge as Leaders in ATM.
Siemens and Newbridge Networks (NYSE: NN: TSE: NNC) today
continued their drive to consolidate disparate networks onto one
unified, end-to-end, managed multi-services network with the
introduction of the Siemens / Newbridge MainStreetXpress(tm) 36177
MultiServices Platform. This is the newest addition to the
MainStreetXpress family of asynchronous transfer mode (ATM)
products jointly developed by Siemens and Newbridge, the ATM industry leaders.
The MainStreetXpress 36177 MultiServices Platform extends the
broadband core network capabilities of the MainStreetXpress 36170
MultiServices Switch to the farthest reaches of the network,
complementing the strengths of the MainStreetXpress 36140/36144
MultiServices ATM Access Switches. This comprehensive family of
products enables service providers to seamlessly and flexibly
deliver value-added services and end-to-end network and service
management over an ATM infrastructure.
Based on the technology of the MainStreetXpress 36170
MultiServices Switch, this robust, highly scalable, ATM-based
platform offers the same rich set of features and functionality as
the 36170 MultiServices Switch, including seamless delivery of
value-added services and end-to-end network and service management
from a single platform. These services include: frame relay,
switched voice, advanced private line, local area network (LAN)
internetworking, video, native cell relay, permanent virtual
circuits (PVCs) and switched virtual circuits (SVCs).
"We are pleased to be introducing an innovative solution that will
ensure seamless migration of voice, data, video and multimedia
traffic onto an ATM-based platform," said Olwyn Walter, Assistant
Vice President, Switching Products Group Marketing, Newbridge
Networks. "The MainStreetXpress 36177 MultiServices Platform is
particularly advantageous to the over 280 service providers who
already use the MainStreetXpress 36170 MultiServices Switch."
The MainStreetXpress 36177 MultiServices Platform's robust feature
set includes point-to-point and point-to-multipoint PVCs, soft
permanent virtual circuits (SPVCs) and extensive traffic
management. These capabilities ensure quality of service
guarantees per connection and signaling internetworking with
private network-to-network (PNNI) for call-by-call connection setup.
"Carriers and enterprise customers are working to consolidate
their multiple, application-specific data networks onto a single
backbone, and then adding voice to this converged network," said
Jennifer Pigg, Senior Vice President, Data Communications, The
Yankee Group. "The MainStreetXpress 36177 MultiServices Platform
is a logical extension of the Siemens / Newbridge Alliance's
multi-services capabilities. In rounding out its portfolio of
multi-services products, the Alliance continues to deliver proven,
flexible switching solutions and superior end-to-end network and
service management on which customers can build converged networks."
As with the entire Siemens /Newbridge ATM product line, the
MainStreetXpress 36177 MultiServices Platform is fully managed by
the industry-leading MainStreetXpress 46020 Network Manager and
the MainStreetXpress family of service management products. The
MainStreetXpress 46020 Network Manager provides end-to-end
management, incorporating a wide range of capabilities, including:
partitioning, virtual channel and virtual path (VC/VP) management,
and fault detection with dynamic rerouting. Service providers take
advantage of these capabilities to provide feature-rich virtual
private networks (VPNs) for business customers.
"We believe the platform we are introducing today will continue
to meet our customers' needs well into the future by providing the
capability to migrate existing traffic, as well as Internet
Protocol (IP) and advanced multiple voice applications, such as
voice over frame relay, voice over ATM, and voice over IP," said
Thomas Rambold, President of Information and Broadband Networks,
Siemens Information and Communications Networks.
The MainStreetXpress 36177 MultiServices Platform capabilities
will be demonstrated at Networld+InterOp in Atlanta, Georgia,
between October 21 and 23.
The Information and Communications Networks Group (ICN) of Siemens
AG and Newbridge Networks, two world leaders in ATM, formed a
strategic 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.
MainStreetXpress is a trademark used by the Siemens / 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 term alliance.
Siemens and logo are registered trademarks of Siemens AG, Germany.
Newbridge, logo are registered trademarks of Newbridge Networks Corporation. |
