To: Raymond who wrote (2609 ) 1/23/1999 9:45:00 PM From: zbyslaw owczarczyk Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 5390
Raymond, <The few big contracts that have been awarded for this next generation telephony networks has gone to Cisco and Lucent.> What are you talking about.CSCO and LU. As far as UK and Eurpe is concerned read the following announcments to refresh you memory:newbridge.com KANATA, Canada, MUNICH, Germany, September 3, 1997 –– BT has selected GPT and the Siemens / Newbridge Alliance as the supplier for its new Broadband Multiservice Platform. With this landmark decision, BT becomes the first major service provider to implement a strategy of a single broadband asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) core network. The contract awarded to GPT includes MainStreetXpressª switches, customer access equipment and network and service management from the Siemens / Newbridge Alliance and Newbridge Affiliate companies. This network will enable BT to seamlessly deliver a comprehensive range of services to its customers. newbridge.com KANATA, Ontario, April 9, 1998 — Cable & Wireless plc and Newbridge Networks Corporation have announced an agreement that strengthens the companies' relationships around the world. Cable & Wireless has appointed Newbridge Networks as a Global Key Supplier for the Cable & Wireless group of companies. It is estimated that Cable & Wireless will spend in excess of £200 million over the next five years.(read the full text)newbridge.com Newbridge Multiservices Platform Plays Key Role in Cable & Wireless $1 Billion Push into Europe KANATA, Ontario, November 24, 1998 -- Newbridge Networks (NYSE: NN; TSE: NNC) today announced that it has been selected to provide a high-capacity, multiservice, multi-access asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) network infrastructure for the initial stage of Cable & Wireless' five-year $1 billion push into Europe. The highly scalable, fully managed, network infrastructure will span 40 cities in 13 countries, enabling Cable & Wireless to offer carriers and corporate customers highly competitive, advanced communications services across mainland Europe. BT, Telecom Italia and Newbridge Networks demonstrate Global Broadband Services Provisioning at NMF's TeleManagement World Paris, April 20, 1998 -- BT, Telecom Italia and Newbridge Networks today demonstrated automated provisioning of broadband services across multiple service provider asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) networks. This enables individual service providers to offer their customers rapid and cost effective service deployment across consortia member jurisdictions. Multinational corporations want this 'one stop shop' approach to ubiquitous high-speed, high-quality services to support their mission critical business applications. This showcase network demonstrates how multiple European operators and their suppliers are collaborating to meet this need by leveraging open standards. As a result, the deployment of pan-European broadband services can now be realized. Also soon mighty Global 1 ( join venture of DT,FT and Sprint) will be announced for Newbridge Networks. NN and ERICY have lots of join projects: read this-Message 5709856 Message 5709864 Regards Zbyslaw