Contract!!!: Entel Chile Selects Newbridge Networks to Provide
Largest Commercial Multiservice Network in South America
High-performance, cost-effective platform connects Santiago to other Chilean cities
KANATA, ONTARIO--Newbridge Networks (NYSE: NN - news; TSE: NNC - news) today announced that Entel Chile
(Entel), one of the largest service providers in South America, has selected the Siemens / Newbridge multiservice,
multi-access asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) pla tform to build the continent's largest commercial multiservice network.
The contract was awarded to Newbridge through its local distributor and subsidiary, Coasin Chile.
Entel is using the Siemens / Newbridge MainStreetXpress(tm) 36170 Multiservices Switch to build a high-capacity,
multiservice network connecting Santiago to other major Chilean cities. The flexibility of the MainStreetXpress platform
enables Entel to bui ld a single ATM network that can provide a wide variety of services including advanced private line,
LAN internetworking, frame relay, native cell relay, business class Internet protocol (IP), virtual private networks (VPNs),
digital subscriber line (DSL ), broadband wireless access and Internet backbone services for businesses and consumers.
The entire Entel ATM network is managed by the MainStreetXpress 46020 Network Manager, a powerful network
management system that manages thousands of nodes, provides complete integration with other Newbridge networking
products, enables point-and-click c onfiguration, network and service partitioning and features an extensive collection of
billing information and other essential statistics.
''After an extensive and detailed evaluation, we are confident that our selection of Newbridge products provides us with a
reliable and flexible solution that meets our immediate needs and will evolve to meet future requirements,'' said Alvaro Silva,
Vice President of Operations, Entel. ''With this comprehensive solution, Entel will deliver high-performance, cost-effective,
and reliable services to its customers using the industry's recognized leading ATM product portfolio, and the unmatched
MainStreetXpr ess network and services management system.''
''Entel's commitment to its customers' needs has made it one of the most respected carriers in South America,'' said Giulio
Gianturco, Executive Vice President, North and South America, Newbridge Networks. ''Newbridge is proud to provide
the network infrast ructure that will enable Entel to support its customers into the next century.''
Entel delivers a wide variety of innovative communications solutions to businesses and consumers throughout Chile including
local and long-distance telephone services, PCS/GSM personal communications, systems integration services for private
voice and d ata networks, high-speed data networks and Internet services. Through its operating subsidiary Americatel,
Entel is the only international carrier to offer international long-distance service from the United States.
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 Newbridge(r) 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 six continents. News and information are available at
www.newbridge.com.
Newbridge and logo are registered trademarks of Newbridge Networks Corporation.
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.
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