ACT's Next-Generation NetPerformer Products Receive Certification for Use in Sprint Network; Multi-Service Access Product Line Approved for Connection to IXC's Network.Business Editors and High-Tech Writers CALABASAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 16, 2000 ACT Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: ANET) - a leading provider of multi-service access products - today announced that its next-generation NetPerformer(TM) Multi-Service Access products have been approved by Sprint's Frame Relay A high-speed packet switching protocol used in wide area networks (WANs). Providing a granular service of up to DS3 speed (45 Mbps), it has become popular for LAN to LAN connections across remote distances, and services are offered by most major carriers. Certification Lab for connection to the Sprint Frame Relay Network Service. These models include the NetPerformer 9360 and 9380 stand-alone units that were introduced this January. NetPerformer products are customer premise equipment (CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) Communications equipment that resides on the customer's premises. CPE - Customer Premises Equipment ) that integrate voice, data and video traffic over public packet-based networks such as Frame Relay, IP and other emerging services. Combined with Sprint's advanced, fiber-based Frame Relay service, the NetPerformer enables large, distributed corporations to reliably converge enterprise voice traffic onto existing packet-based wide area networks, reducing service and equipment expenditures while enabling new converged voice and data applications such as e-commerce. "Sprint's certification is just one more step in ACT gaining recognition and success as an integral component of carrier managed service offerings,"said Dave Weisman, ACT's vice president of marketing. "NetPerformer products have been certified and are installed on carrier networks worldwide, including the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Pacific Rim Pacific Rim, term used to describe the nations bordering the Pacific Ocean and the island countries situated in it. In the post–World War II era, the Pacific Rim has become an increasingly important and interconnected economic region. , Europe and South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. ." About ACT Networks ACT Networks develops, manufactures, and markets multi-service Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) access products, which support a broad range of integrated voice, video and data networking applications. Service providers and enterprise customers use the Company's products to build bandwidth-efficient, cost-effective, easy-to-manage converged networks The integration of the telephone system with IP-based data networks. See softswitch. (networking) converged network - A single network that can carry voice, video and data. . ACT's award-winning NetPerformer(R) and ServiceXchange(TM) product lines incorporate advanced voice and data compression data compression Process of reducing the amount of data needed for storage or transmission of a given piece of information (text, graphics, video, sound, etc.), typically by use of encoding techniques. algorithms, enhanced switching and traffic management, and state-of-the-art telephony integration technologies that provide the highest voice quality solutions for voice-over-packet and data solutions. For more information about ACT Networks, headquartered in Calabasas, California Calabasas is a city in Los Angeles County, California, in the western United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 23,123. The city was formally incorporated in 1991. , go to www.actnetworks.com. This press release may contain forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. regarding the Company's business, capabilities of new products, customer prospects or other factors that may affect future earnings or financial results. Such statements involve risks and uncertainties which would cause actual results to vary materially from those expressed in or indicated by the forward-looking statements, including without limitations, the possibility that the proposed new products and new product features will not be released when anticipated or work in accordance with expectation. These and other potential risk factors are discussed in the company's most recent 10K and 10Q filings. Note to Editors: ACT Networks and NetPerformer are registered trademarks and ServiceXchange is a trademark of ACT Networks. All other trademarks mentioned in this press release are the property of their respective owners. |
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