ACT Networks announces T1 digital interfaces and digital voice expansion module for its integrated frame-relay access products.CAMARILLO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 9, 1996--ACT Networks Inc. (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) Tuesday announced that it has introduced T1 digital interface for its SDM-FP and SDM-JFP integrated access products. ACT's new T1 Digital Interface Card supports two T1 interfaces, and when it is paired with the new ACT Digital Voice Expansion Cards (DVC-06), the interfaces allow direct connection between PBXs that have T1 interfaces and ACT Networks' Integrated Frame Relay Access Devices (communications) Frame Relay Access Device - (FRAD) Hardware and software that turns packets from TCP, SNA, IPX, etc into frames that can be sent over a Frame Relay wide area network. (IFRADs). The new digital interface provides a more efficient method of interconnection for network locations requiring high-density voice trunks by eliminating the need for multiple analog voice cards in the PBX (Private Branch eXchange) An inhouse telephone switching system that interconnects telephone extensions to each other as well as to the outside telephone network (PSTN). . The T1 interface module has a list price of $2,995, and the six-channel digital voice card has a list price of $3,995. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Suresh Nihalani, ACT's vice president of product marketing: ``Especially in 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. , our customers with medium-to-heavy traffic often need a greater number of voice lines at their regional and central offices. With the introduction of the T1 interface module, ACT is able to provide our customers with large networks a more efficient solution at a significantly better price.'' ACT Networks is recognized worldwide as the pioneer in voice over 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. . The company develops, manufactures and sells wide-area network products which use standard-based transmission protocol, such as frame relay, and which support a broad range of end-user network applications. ACT's products are designed to work with either terrestrial or wireless media and incorporate advanced compression algorithms, access switching capabilities, and proprietary voice, data and facsimile integration technologies. ACT Networks markets its products through service providers, OEMs and an international network of value-added resellers. Organizations worldwide use the company's products to build cost-effective, bandwidth-efficient, easy-to-manage wide-area networks Wide-area networks Communication networks that are regional, nationwide, or worldwide in geographic area, with a minimum distance typical of that between major metropolitan areas. Smaller networks include metropolitan and local-area networks. . CONTACT: ACT Networks Inc. Anne Rex, 805/388-2474 annerex@acti.com or Capital Relations Lisa Zylstra, 805/494-0830 lisa@caprel.com |
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