ADC Announces Expanded OEM Agreement with Sonda.Business Editors MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 7, 2000 Reseller to Offer ADC's NewNet Enhanced Services Products and Solutions Throughout Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. ADC (1) See A/D converter. (2) (Apple Display Connector) A peripheral connector from Apple that combines digital video display, USB and power in one cable. (Nasdaq: ADCT ADCT Adaptive Discrete Cosine Transform ; www.adc.com), a leading global supplier of network equipment, software and integration services for broadband, multiservice networks, announced today that it has signed a new contract to allow Sonda S.A. (www.sonda.com) to distribute ADC's NewNet SMserver(TM) technology - and other leading messaging and infrastructure applications - to regional wireless network operators in Latin America. Under the agreement, Sonda will resell key elements of ADC's NewNet product line, including AccessMANAGER(TM), OTAserver(TM), SGLite(TM), CALEAserver(TM) and iCXserver(TM). ADC's NewNet SMserver software provides digital wireless operators the ability to generate additional revenue and potentially increase airtime usage by adding short message service (SMS (1) (Storage Management System) Software used to routinely back up and archive files. See HSM. (2) (Systems Management Server) Systems management software from Microsoft that runs on Windows NT Server. ) applications to their portfolio of value-added subscriber services. The NewNet SMserver software manages transmission of text messages to mobile handsets, providing subscribers with voicemail notification, digital pages and custom short text messages. Indeed, NewNet SMserver has demonstrated in benchmark tests that it can deliver a throughput of 1,044,000 message delivery attempts per hour on a single computer. With the demand for SMS increasing at a meteoric me·te·or·ic adj. 1. Of, relating to, or formed by a meteoroid. 2. Of or relating to the earth's atmosphere. 3. rate, industry experts now estimate that wireless data may constitute 25% of (worldwide) network traffic, with more than 100 million people using such services. 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. the GSM Association (GSM Association, Dublin, Ireland, www.gsmworld.com) A membership association founded in 1987 that promotes the development and evolution of the GSM communications standard worldwide. , growth of SMS in Latin America alone, not including voicemail alerts, is forecasted to reach 17 billion messages per month by the end of 2002 - compared with under half a billion today. A system of the power, speed and scalability of ADC's NewNet SMserver will be supportive of that growth. ADC's NewNet OTAserver software provides digital wireless operators the ability to provision wireless services quickly, cost-effectively and securely. The server software accepts, manages, and ensures reliable completion of subscriber activation, authentication and roaming list update services "over-the-air." The other products in the agreement allow telcos to manage their SS7 and IP access and switching requirements, and conform to Verb 1. conform to - satisfy a condition or restriction; "Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?" fit, meet coordinate - be co-ordinated; "These activities coordinate well" lawful intercept requirements. "ADC's NewNet SMserver solution offers speed, reliability and a clear growth path, while the other ADC solutions we have undertaken to resell have proven themselves in rigorous comparative tests against other vendors' products", said Andres Navarro, president of Sonda. "ADC clearly understands the future of messaging and the future of Latin American telecommunications." "ADC is very pleased to be commencing a distribution relationship with a partner of the regional stature of Sonda," said Grant Wakelin, president of ADC's Enhanced Services Division. "Latin America is an important, fast growing and highly competitive market, and we plan to build on this relationship for the long-term." ADC's Enhanced Services Division is a leading supplier of global telecommunications software for the convergence of voice 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. in wireless, wireline and next generation networks. The NewNet product line consists of SS7 platforms commercially deployed in over 45 countries, as well as short messaging and over-the-air service provisioning solutions, SS7-IP gateways and Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act The Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) is a United States wiretapping law passed in 1994 (Pub. L. No. 103-414, 108 Stat. 4279). In its own words, the purpose of CALEA is: CALEA Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act of 1994 CALEA Communication Assistance to Low Enforcement Act ) compliant lawful intercept solutions. About ADC ADC is The Broadband Company(TM). ADC's network equipment, software and integration services make broadband communications a reality worldwide by enabling communications service providers to deliver high-speed Internet, data, video and voice services to homes and businesses. ADC (Nasdaq: ADCT) has annual sales of over $2.8 billion and employs more than 20,900 people worldwide. ADC's stock is included in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index and the Nasdaq-100 Index. Learn more about ADC Telecommunications, Inc. at www.adc.com. All brand names and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. |
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