Access Navigator from Carrier Access Validated for Use with Lucent Technologies' 5ESS Switch.Business Editors BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 9, 2000 Carrier Access Corporation (Nasdaq: CACS CACS Center for Advanced Computer Studies CACS Computer Audit, Control and Security CACS Carrier Access Corporation (stock symbol) CACs Criteria Air Contaminants CACS Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies CACS Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring ) Interoperability Testing Verifies Product's Suitability to Perform TR-303 Call Concentration and Completion While Terminated to a Lucent 5ESS AnyMedia Switch Carrier Access Corporation (Nasdaq: CACS), a leading provider of broadband access See broadband and wireless broadband. equipment, announced today that its Access Navigator GR-303 Host has successfully completed Lucent Technologies' interoperability testing, qualifying it for use with the Lucent 5ESS switch. The comprehensive battery of tests, conducted in Lucent Technologies' LIVE Net test facility, confirms that the Access Navigator meets Lucent Technologies' standards for a TR-303 call concentration solution and will perform appropriately when terminated to a Lucent 5E switch system. The Access Navigator is the second Carrier Access product to successfully complete Lucent interoperability testing. The Wide Bank 28 STS-1 broadband service See broadband and broadband service provider. deployment platform from Carrier Access was verified for use with the 5ESS switch earlier this year. The Access Navigator GR-303 Host provides cost-effective and efficient access by enabling delivery of integrated voice, Internet access See how to access the Internet. and data services. The Access Navigator functions as a 32 T1 full 1/0 non-blocking Digital Crossconnect System with GR-303 host control capability in a compact 1.5 RU footprint. Its small physical size allows deployments closer to customer access points, enabling significant reduction in costs associated with bandwidth backhaul to the serving office. With the Access Navigator GR-303, users can expand the capacity of their Lucent Technologies' 5ESS TR-303 switch port interface by aggregating and concentrating multiple DS1 lines into a TR-303 trunk group signal feeding into the switch. "Because so many service providers already have 5ESS switches, we recognized an opportunity to help them achieve greater service density at a lower cost per DS1," noted Christian Militeau, senior product marketing manager at Carrier Access. "Our customers can deliver up to four times as many DS1s with the switch port relief they get with the Access Navigator's voice concentration feature." About Carrier Access Carrier Access is a leading provider of broadband access equipment to service providers, including competitive local exchange carriers, incumbent local exchange carriers ILEC, short for incumbent local exchange carrier, is a local telephone company in the United States that was in existence at the time of the break up of AT&T into the Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs) also known as the "Baby Bells". , independent operating companies, Internet service providers Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. , and wireless carriers. Carrier Access products are used in the digital last mile for the provisioning of enhanced voice and high-speed data services by carriers to businesses, government and enterprise end users. Carrier Access' Access Bank(R), Adit adit (ăd`ĭt), in mining, underground passage excavated nearly horizontally, with one end open to the earth's surface, usually used to service a mine. The adit end is the furthermost end from the surface, i.e., the location where miners work. (TM), Access Navigator(TM), and Wide Bank(R) family products are connected to T1, HDSL See DSL. HDSL - High bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line , digital radio, T3, and optical access and transport networks. Additional information about Carrier Access and its products can be found at www.carrieraccess.com. Access Navigator, Access with no limits and the Carrier Access logo are trademarks of Carrier Access Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective companies. All specifications and product pricing are subject to change without notice. About Lucent Technologies Lucent Technologies, headquartered in Murray Hill Murray Hill may refer to one of the following places:
5ESS is a registered trademark and AnyMedia is a trademark of Lucent Technologies. |
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