ATM Local Telephony Alliance (ALTA) Elects Officers and is Formally Incorporated; Membership Dues Structure Has Been Implemented.Business/Technology Editors WAKEFIELD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 2, 2000 The results of recent elections were announced today by the ATM Local Telephony Alliance (ALTA), an industry association founded in mid-1999. ALTA's members are next-generation service providers and equipment vendors who want to drive convergence at the customer edge of the local network and at the interconnection in·ter·con·nect v. in·ter·con·nect·ed, in·ter·con·nect·ing, in·ter·con·nects v.intr. To be connected with each other: The two buildings interconnect. v.tr. with the public service telephone network. The group, now incorporated in Delaware, recently formalized for·mal·ize tr.v. for·mal·ized, for·mal·iz·ing, for·mal·iz·es 1. To give a definite form or shape to. 2. a. To make formal. b. its membership structure, appointing a Board of Directors and holding elections. The ALTA Directors have elected the following officers for the year 2000: --President - Don Swartz, TeraBridge Technologies; --Vice President - Tom Barsi, VINA Technologies; --Chief Technology Officer - Vince Rocca, 2nd Century Communications; --Secretary/Treasurer - Olivia Hecht, Convergent Networks Companies holding seats on ALTA's Board of Directors are: 2nd Century Communications, Advanced Switching Communications (ASC ASC Ambulatory surgery center, see there ), Convergent Networks, Mariposa Technology, Rhythms NetConnections Rhythms NetConnections Inc. (Former NASDAQ: RTHM) was in the business of providing broadband local-access communication services to large enterprises, telecommunications carriers and their internet service provider (ISP) affiliates and other ISPs. Inc., TeraBridge Technologies, Unisphere Solutions, VINA Technologies, and Woodwind Communications Systems In telecommunication, a communications system is a collection of individual communications networks, transmission systems, relay stations, tributary stations, and data terminal equipment (DTE) usually capable of interconnection and interoperation to form an integrated whole. . Additional companies may be considered for Board seats. ALTA's mission is to promote the interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other. of hardware and software solutions for service provider networks by using ATM, or Asynchronous Transfer Mode See ATM. (communications) Asynchronous Transfer Mode - (ATM, or "fast packet") A method for the dynamic allocation of bandwidth using a fixed-size packet (called a cell). See also ATM Forum, Wideband ATM. ATM acronyms. Indiana acronyms. , as the next-generation telephony technology. ALTA's goals are to establish a framework for product interoperability, to educate the market on ATM advantages for telephony applications, to serve as a forum for discussion of issues and as the voice of the sector, and to sponsor industry research. ALTA has a scaled membership structure, with two classes of membership: Principal and Affiliate Members. For more information about ALTA's programs or about membership, please call 781-246-8899 or send email to Regina Blaney, rblaney@virtualmgmt.com. ALTA is headquartered at 401 Edgewater Place, Suite 500, Wakefield, Mass. 01880. |
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