AT&T announces First Frame Relay Service between the U.S. and Argentina.BASKING RIDGE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 16, 1996--AT&T today announced an agreement with Telintar to provide international 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. service between the U.S. and Argentina, making it the first U.S. carrier to do so. The agreement with Telintar reinforces AT&T's commitment to provide high-speed, reliable 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. services to countries that are vital to the business interests of multinational customers. With this announcement, AT&T global frame relay service is now available to 31 countries. A number of AT&T's customers have an immediate need for frame relay service into Argentina including 3M, Honeywell, and JP Morgan Morgan, American family of financiers and philanthropists. Junius Spencer Morgan, 1813–90, b. West Springfield, Mass., prospered at investment banking. . AT&T said the service will be available to customers during the fourth quarter of the year. "Argentina is a key center for commerce and trade in 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. . Our agreement with Telintar will assure customers their data transport needs can be capably managed by the world's leading international frame relay service," said Luisa Cerar, president of AT&T Argentina. Today, most businesses with local-area networking data connectivity needs between the U.S. 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. must rely on satellite or X.25 packet switching A network technology that breaks up a message into small packets for transmission. Unlike circuit switching, which requires the establishment of a dedicated point-to-point connection, each packet in a packet-switched network contains a destination address. services. With this announcement, customers with data transport needs between the U.S. and Argentina have the option to select AT&T's frame relay service for cost-effective cost-effective, n the minimal expenditure of dollars, time, and other elements necessary to achieve the health care result deemed necessary and appropriate. data transfer that requires error-free "bursting" capability at high speed. Frame relay service is an ideal transport medium for high-volume data that is transmitted in large amounts in intermittent intermittent /in·ter·mit·tent/ (-mit´ent) marked by alternating periods of activity and inactivity. in·ter·mit·tent adj. 1. Stopping and starting at intervals. 2. bursts. AT&T said its service to Argentina will support initial port transmission speeds of 64, 128 and 256 kilobits-per-second, with higher speeds available as customer demand changes. Telintar owns and operates 100% of the international long-distance transmission facilities in Argentina. Telintar's transition from analog to digital is well underway and its installed base of both microwave and fiber optic networks is experiencing significant growth. AT&T operates the world's largest domestic and international long-distance network and is the market leader for frame relay service. AT&T is the industry leader in providing communications services for customers, business and government. CONTACT: AT&T-Miami Lydia Rodriguez 305-569-3746 (work) 305-446-5585 (home) lrrodriguez@att.com or Dianne Bernez AT&T - New Jersey 908-221-6367 (work) 201-660-9148 (home) dbernez@att.com |
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