ADTRAN Leads DSU Market in 1998 Dataquest Report; Dataquest Declares ADTRAN Market Share to be Highest in the Industry.HUNTSVILLE, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 20, 1998--ADTRAN, 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 : ADTN ADTN Administrative Data Transmission Network ADTN Administrative Data Telecommunications Network ) remains the market share leader in DSUs. According to "1998 North American WAN Market Share and Forecast" by noted analyst group Dataquest, ADTRAN continues to lead the market with 21 percent share of the subrate market and a 19.6 percent share of the T1 market. According to Dataquest, ADTRAN has been the revenue leader in the T1 DSU market for two consecutive years. From 1996 to 1997, ADTRAN T1 DSUs experienced an overall revenue growth of 39 percent. "ADTRAN's commitment to overall customer satisfaction and quality has enabled us to enhance our position in the market," according to Danny Windham, vice president of ADTRAN CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) Communications equipment that resides on the customer's premises. CPE - Customer Premises Equipment marketing. "Our goal is to be the industry's premier supplier of network access products. We're proud of this accomplishment and will continue to remain focused on our goal." To that end, ADTRAN recently expanded the DSU line with a family of intelligent frame relay access products, the IQ products, designed to provide detailed statistics on the overall health of the frame relay network. Additional recent product announcements include the ATLAS family, the industry's most complete integrated access system supporting T3, T1, ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. and frame relay. About ADTRAN Established in 1985, ADTRAN is a leading provider of total system solutions for delivering today's digital transmission technologies over existing telecommunications infrastructures. The company is best-known for developing cost-effective, high-performance equipment that transforms copper wire local loops into high-speed digital networks. An ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001 registered company, ADTRAN is a top supplier of DDS (1) (Digital Data Storage) See DAT. (2) (Data Dictionary System) See QuickBuild and OpenDDS. (3) (Dataphone Digital S , ISDN, frame relay, T1/FT1 and HDSL See DSL. HDSL - High bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line products. ADTRAN customers include the Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs) and many of the more than 1,300 independent Telcos in the United States. ADTRAN also designs and manufactures products for private end users in the customer premise equipment (CPE) market. For more information, contact the company at 1.800.9ADTRAN or via e-mail at info@adtran.com. On the web, visit www.adtran.com.
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