ACT Networks Introduces New Products and Demonstrates Unified Access Architecture Products at COMNET '98; ACT Networks and CBBC to Introduce the First ACT-Enabled Network Service.CAMARILLO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 20, 1998--ACT Networks (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :ANET) today announced that it will introduce three new products and demonstrate the full capability of its Unified Access Architecture (U.A.A.) at the COMNET COMNET - A simulation tool from CACI for analysing wide-area voice or data networks, based on SIMSCRIPT. '98 tradeshow, January 27 through 29 in Washington, D.C. U.A.A., ACT's comprehensive fast-packet-based wide area network solution for enterprise customers, seamlessly integrates voice, fax, data, video and LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. applications over wireline and wireless transmission facilities. This is accomplished by using any combination of 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. , Internet, Intranet and PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network) The worldwide voice telephone network. Once only an analog system, the heart of most telephone networks today is all digital. In the U.S. network services, while providing true end-to-end connectivity End-to-end connectivity is a property of the Internet that allows all nodes of the network to send packets to all other nodes of the network, without requiring intermediate network elements to further interpret them. It was for the first time implemented in the CYCLADES-network. from the Small Office Home Office (SOHO Soho (sōhō`, sə–), district of Westminster, London, England, known for its continental restaurants. Once a fashionable quarter, it became popular among writers and artists in the 19th cent. ) to the regional office, to corporate headquarters. The products being introduced at COMNET '98 include the AVI-2000, a new video over frame relay solution, the MSX-5400, the first member of ACT Networks' ServiceXchange family of multi-service gateway servers and in a partnership with CBBC CBBC China-Britain Business Council CBBC Canadian Beef Breeds Council CBBC Cape Breton Business College (Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada) CBBC Central Bucks Bicycle Club CBBC Calvary Bible Baptist Church (Communications Beyond Boundaries Beyond Boundaries is a documentary series produced by Diverse Bristol for BBC Two. Each series follows a team of physically disabled adventurers as they take on some of the thoughest expaditions on the Planet under the guidance of EX SAS Major Ken Hames. Corporation) and with cooperation from TMI TMI Too Much Information TMI Three Mile Island TMI TRMM Microwave Imager TMI Transactions on Medical Imaging TMI Texas Military Institute TMI Teen Missions International TMI Tauber Manufacturing Institute (Tele Media International), the first "ACT-Enabled Network" service. "The traditional enterprise network had many limits," commented Martin Shum, Chairman, 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. of ACT Networks. "It supported either data or voice applications and was designed for either terrestrial or wireless infrastructure. The network also typically deployed only one backbone transmission protocol and connected only corporate sites of a certain minimum size. We feel that this paradigm is artificial and inefficient and needs to be changed. Our Unified Access Architecture lays out the methodology on removing such restrictions. We are delighted with the introduction of these new products, and we will soon be in the position to deliver the One Enterprise, One Network solution to our customers by providing a fully integrated wide area network solution that handles any application over any service." AVI-2000 ACT's NetPerformer products, which are now installed in thousands of customer sites worldwide, integrate a wide range of end-user applications including voice, fax, synchronous legacy data, asynchronous Refers to events that are not synchronized, or coordinated, in time. The following are considered asynchronous operations. The interval between transmitting A and B is not the same as between B and C. The ability to initiate a transmission at either end. legacy data and LAN traffic. The AVI-2000, a new video module being introduced and demonstrated at COMNET '98, will enable video applications, such as distance learning, to be seamlessly integrated with other enterprise applications and transmitted across a common wide area network. The AVI-2000 has a base price of $3,000 and is available for shipment 30 days ARO. MSX-5400 The MSX-5400, also making its debut at the COMNET show, will support connectivity between frame relay, IP and PSTN networks, thus enabling enterprise customers to integrate their Internet, Intranet, frame relay and PSTN voice traffic over one common wide area network. Currently undergoing field trials, the MSX-5400 is expected to ship in the second quarter of 1998. ACT-Enabled Network The first ACT-Enabled Network service, to be marketed by CBBC, offers reduced-rate telephone and fax access worldwide for corporate and remote office users by combining ACT's integrated voice/fax/data access products, over a wide area backbone infrastructure provided by TMI and managed by CBBC. CBBC's initial implementation uses ACT's NetPerformer SDM-9400 to aggregate, compress and switch up to 24 (T1) or 30 (E1) voice/fax channels per Point-of-Presence, for transport over TMI's worldwide frame relay backbone, to an entry point in a corporation's NetPerformer-based enterprise network or to its final destination via another SDM-9400 situated at some other CBBC Point-of-Presence. About ACT Networks ACT Networks, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets fast packet wide area network access products which support a broad range of voice, data and integrated network A network that supports both data and voice and/or different networking protocols. See converged network and new public network. applications. The company is focused on three strategic markets: enterprise networks (NetPerformer), satellite networks (SkyFrame) and carrier networks (ServiceXchange and DynaStar). ACT Networks is also the architect of Unified Access Architecture (U.A.A.), a network system implementation. End users and service providers worldwide use the company's products to build cost-effective, bandwidth efficient, easy-to-manage wide area networks (WANs). The company's products 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, switching capabilities and proprietary integration technologies. For more information about ACT, contact the company's website at www@acti.com . About CBBC and TMI Communications Beyond Boundaries Corporation is a value-added service provider and an authorized ACT reseller based in Oakland, California and Tele Media International is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Telecom Italia, the world's sixth largest telecommunications provider. -0- This press release may contain forward-looking statements regarding future events and future financial performance of the company. These statements are only predictions and actual events or results may differ materially as a result of a number of factors including, without limitation, the factors discussed in the company's last Reports on Forms 10-K and 10-Q under Risk Factors and the risks associated with the possibility that the market for the company's products will not continue to develop or that the company's products and capabilities will not address emerging market needs; the effect of increased competition; changing technologies, product obsolescence ob·so·les·cent adj. 1. Being in the process of passing out of use or usefulness; becoming obsolete. 2. Biology Gradually disappearing; imperfectly or only slightly developed. and new product developments; the loss of significant customers; the company's ability to effectively integrate acquisitions; the company's ability to manage its growth; international sales, tariff and regulatory matters; reliance on third party suppliers and on resellers for distributing its products; and the company's ability to retain key personnel and to adequately protect its proprietary technology. CONTACT: ACT Networks, Inc. Martin Shum, Chairman & CEO, 805/388-2474 or Morgen-Walke Associates Chris Danne, Jeannine Lewan, 415/296-7383 Deborah Szajngarten, 212/850-5600 or Access PR Karen George, 562/597-8086 (trade contact) |
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