2nd Century Signs Agreement with Lucent Technologies NetCare for Nationwide, End-to-End Services.TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 18, 1999-- 2nd Century Communications, a second generation competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC (Competitive Local Exchange Carrier) An organization offering local telephone service that is not one of the traditional telephone companies. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 allowed competition to the incumbent telcos (ILECs), enabling new companies (CLECs) ), today announced it has signed a multi-year agreement with Lucent Technologies (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :LU) NetCare(R) for nationwide installation and maintenance of integrated communications services over its ATM-based local exchange network. Under this agreement 2nd Century's customers, switch sites and sales offices can access NetCare's services. "Our agreement with Lucent Technologies NetCare provides our small and medium business customers with a national installation and maintenance support system on a 24-hour-a-day basis," said John Prisco, 2nd Century's president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "The NetCare agreement is another component in 2nd Century's commitment to provide turnkey solutions for all our customers' communications needs. Customers can count on 2nd Century to be their communications partner for everything from installation to network monitoring The term network monitoring describes the use of a system that constantly monitors a computer network for slow or failing systems and that notifies the network administrator in case of outages via email, pager or other alarms. -- in effect, we become our customer's outsourced IT manager." 2nd Century is building a nationwide ATM-based local exchange network that enables customers to take advantage of convergence through fully integrated applications and services. The company delivers the traditional services of local, long distance and Internet access See how to access the Internet. integrated with managed Internet applications at the customer premises including e-mail, Web hosting Making a Web site available on the Internet. Many ISPs host a few personal Web pages for an individual at no additional cost above the monthly service fee, but the address is subordinate to the ISP; for example, www.friendlyisp.com/pat_smith. , firewall and file sharing Copying files from one computer to another. See peer-to-peer network, file sharing protocol and file and printer sharing. . In addition to up-front installation, Lucent's NetCare service will handle ongoing testing and maintenance for 2nd Century's network -- including adds, moves and changes. "We are pleased to be working with a leading-edge start-up like 2nd Century Communications, and look forward to helping them rapidly roll out their services to customers," said Jack Helman, director, NetCare Services Sales for Lucent. "When you combine 2nd Century's broad product and service portfolio with Lucent NetCare's value-added services and support, 2nd Century is uniquely able to serve the communications needs of the small and medium business market." About 2nd Century Communications 2nd Century is a second-generation competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC). The company will offer small- and medium-sized businesses advanced applications along with integrated telecommunications and data communications data communications, application of telecommunications technology to the problem of transmitting data, especially to, from, or between computers. In popular usage, it is said that data communications make it possible for one computer to "talk" with another. over one unified network. The company's product offering includes dedicated, high-speed Internet access, e-mail, and Web hosting integrated with local and long distance services integrated onto one unified network. Customers subscribing to 2nd Century's services will no longer need to rely on multiple vendors for their communications needs, allowing small- and medium-sized businesses to leverage the benefits of communications solutions previously available only to large companies. 2nd Century Communications, a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. , is headquartered in Tampa, Fla., and can be found on the World Wide Web at www.2c2.com. About Lucent Technologies NetCare Lucent Technologies NetCare offers business consulting, network design and integration, network deployment, 24-by-7 customer support, education, training and certification, and a variety of additional services and support programs focused on delivering the highest levels of customer satisfaction to global carriers, next-generation network providers, competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs), Internet service providers Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. (ISPs) and enterprise customers. Lucent Technologies designs, builds and delivers a wide range of public and private networks, communications systems and software, data networking systems, business telephone systems and microelectronic components. Bell Laboratories is the research and development arm for the company. For more information about Lucent Technologies, headquartered at Murray Hill, N.J., visit the company's website at http://www.lucent.com. |
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