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To: Gilbert Drapeau who wrote (7043)	10/21/1998 9:15:00 AM
From: Gilbert Drapeau	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 18016

Deutsche Telekom Uses Siemens / Newbridge ATM Platform to Launch Next-Generation Switched Broadband Service NEWS RELEASE TRANSMITTED BY CANADIAN CORPORATE NEWS FOR: NEWBRIDGE NETWORKS CORPORATION TSE SYMBOL: NNC NYSE SYMBOL: NN OCTOBER 21, 1998 ATLANTA, GEORGIA--Highly Flexible Service Offers Duration- and Parameter-Based Billing. Siemens and Newbridge Networks (NYSE: NN; TSE: NNC) today announced that Deutsche Telekom, the third largest telecommunications service provider in the world, is taking the lead in launching a next-generation switched broadband service for corporate customers, using the industry-leading Siemens / Newbridge MainStreetXpress(tm) 36170 MultiServices Switch and the MainStreetXpress 46020 Network Manager. Launched under the brand name, T-Net ATM, this dynamic, flexible service offering delivers switched virtual circuit (SVC) services to meet customers' changing bandwidth and network requirements, depending on the applications being used. The key benefits of the new service include duration- and parameter-based billing and service level management -- features that set this new service apart from other offerings available today. Defining customer-specific limits on dial-up traffic parameters ensures predictable service usage costs for Deutsche Telekom's customers. "Deutsche Telekom's decision to launch this innovative broadband service using the Siemens / Newbridge MainStreetXpress 36170 MultiServices Switch further strengthens the long-standing, successful relationship we have established with Europe's largest telecommunications carrier," said John Everard, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Newbridge Networks. "Like many carriers throughout the world, Deutsche Telekom requires a proven product that delivers flexibility, security and superior end-to-end network and service management," added Thomas Rambold, President Information and Broadband Networks of Siemens Information and Communications Networks. In addition to offering dynamic dial-up traffic parameters, T-Net ATM enables corporate customers to specify service categories that are supported throughout the network. For example, customers can specify constant, fixed or variable bit-rate service for real and non-real time traffic, depending on the application. This flexibility will enable Deutsche Telekom to meet customer demand for innovative, high-bandwidth applications well into the future. "We selected the Siemens / Newbridge 36170 MultiServices Switch to launch our new service because Siemens and Newbridge understand our business requirements, and were able to provide the best possible solution for our immediate and long-term needs," said Norbert Hentges, Product Manager ATM, Deutsche Telekom. "Our product team worked very closely with the two companies, creating and testing a service that is in a class of its own. Another key factor in our decision to work with Siemens and Newbridge was, of course, the superior end-to-end network and service management capabilities being provided by the MainStreetXpress 46020 Network Manager." The industry-leading MainStreetXpress 46020 Network Manager offers network monitoring, technical support and troubleshooting of service providers' entire networks, all from a single platform. It will provide network and service management for Deutsche Telekom's long-standing corporate customers, including banks, manufacturing companies and insurance companies. 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.