TELUS Selects and Deploys Newbridge ADSL Services Solution
KANATA, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 22, 1998-- NEWBRIDGE(TSE:NNC. - news; NYSE:NN - news) Newbridge Chosen for Superior Performance, Manageability, Interoperability, and Support for Value-Added Services.
Newbridge Networks (NYSE: NN - news; TSE: NNC - news) today announced that TELUS Advanced Communications has selected the Company's comprehensive Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) solution for its portfolio of DSL-enabled services.
The Newbridge(r) MainStreet(r) ADSL products and management software comprise the foundation for the TELUS DSL service portfolio. TELUS Advanced Communications will immediately deploy 4,000 ADSL lines at 41 sites in Alberta. This number will expand to over 10,000 lines within the next year. The Newbridge solution enables TELUS to offer a broad range of value-added services, such as local area network (LAN) to LAN interconnect, consumer and business Internet access, teleworking services, and wholesale Internet service provider (ISP) high-speed Internet access.
The Newbridge solution was selected because of the product's superior performance, manageability and support for value-added services. It integrates high-density ADSL line cards into the industry-leading Siemens / Newbridge MainStreetXpress(tm) 36170 Multiservices Switch. The switch offers TELUS Advanced Communications unparalleled scalability and standards compliance, enabling the Newbridge ADSL solution to interoperate with products from leading modem vendors, such as 3Com and Efficient Networks.
''We chose Newbridge because of its support for a wide range of DSL-enabled servicour customers technology-transparent, high-speed, va services that differentiate us from our competitors,'' said Steven Koles, Director of Internetworking Services, TELUS Advanced Communications. ''For example, the solution allows us to provide fully-managed, dedicated Internet access, in contrast to the shared Internet access offered by cable operators.''
The Newbridge ADSL solution also fully integrates with the existing TELUS Advanced Communications asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) and management infrastructure. TELUS Advanced Communications has already deployed MainStreetXpress 36170 Multiservices Switches to form the backbone of its data network. ADSL cards can therefore simply be added to the existing switches as well as additional switches being deployed to support the TELUS DSL-enabled services. A single MainStreetXpress 36170 Multiservices Switch, compliant with the ATM Forum TM 4.0 (traffic management specifications), supports 1,500 ADSL lines and is architected to support over 40,000 lines. Service management is provided by the Siemens / Newbridge MainStreetXpress 46020 Network Manager, enabling TELUS to efficiently roll out and seamlessly manage their high volume DSL-enabled services.
The Newbridge ADSL solution, launched in May 1998, uses the latest in ATM and discrete multi-tone (DMT) silicon technology. Today, more than 30 service providers throughout the world are deploying the standards-compliant ADSL solution from Newbridge Networks.
''The Newbridge solution delivers a powerful, integrated system that opens additional revenue streams for service providers and is highly affordable from a total cost of ownership perspective,'' said Conrad Lewis, Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President, Access Products Group, Newbridge Networks. ''We are excited to be working with an innovative service provider like TELUS, where we will see the benefits of our solution reach their full potential.''
TELUS Corporation, Canada's third largest telecommunications company, manages $4 billion in assets. The TELUS group of companies provides a full range of advanced communications services and products. TELUS shares are held by over 100,000 shareholders and trade on the Toronto and Montreal exchanges (TSE: T - news). News and information are available at www.telus.com.
Newbridge Networks designs, manufactures, markets and services networking solutions to organizations 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 organizations 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.
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