Actel Successfully Completes First Field Trial of Integral Access PurePacket Multi-Service Platform.Actel to Begin Offering Integrated Voice and Broadband Data Services Using PurePacket Access Platform to Business Customers in Southeast Integral Access, Inc. -- the leading provider of packet-based multi-service access platforms for competitive carriers -- today announced that Actel Integrated Communications has successfully completed initial installation and the first field trials of the PurePacket(TM) platform. Upon successful completion of exhaustive field testing, Actel will add PurePacket customer premise and Central Office/Local Exchange equipment to its suite of capabilities to cost-effectively deliver voice and broadband data services over DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary and DS-1 access links to customers throughout the Southeast. The company is currently operating in nine cities and plans to expand its network to reach twenty-two markets before the end of the year 2000. In June of this year, Integral Access announced that Actel would purchase $5 million of PurePacket equipment for its integrated communications network The transmission channels interconnecting all client and server stations as well as all supporting hardware and software. . The addition of the Integral Access PurePacket platform to Actel's equipment base will enable Actel to provide its business customers with an enhanced portfolio of services with efficient delivery of Voice over DSL, high-speed Internet See broadband. access and LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. interconnection over existing access infrastructures. By integrating the functionality of a Digital Loop Carrier In telephone communications, a technology that increases the number of channels in the local loop by converting analog signals to digital and multiplexing them back to the end office. , a DSL Access Multiplexer (DSLAM (DSL Access Multiplexor) A central office (CO) device for ADSL service that intermixes voice traffic and DSL traffic onto a customer's DSL line. It also separates incoming phone and data signals and directs them onto the appropriate carrier's network. See DSL. ), a 1/0 Digital Cross-Connect A network device used by telecom carriers and large enterprises to switch and multiplex low-speed voice and data signals onto high-speed lines and vice versa. It is typically used to aggregate several T1 lines into a higher-speed electrical or optical line as well as to distribute signals and an Add/Drop Multiplexer A device installed at an intermediate point on a transmission line that enables new signals to come in and existing signals to go out. In a typical example, most signals pass through the device, but some would be "dropped" by splitting them from the line. , PurePacket provides a single easy-to-manage platform that reduces operating costs operating costs npl → gastos mpl operacionales , while allowing Actel to provision new services faster and offer new converged IP services. PurePacket's end-to-end MPLS-based traffic prioritization capabilities will also permit Actel to measure network utilization and performance for maintaining Service Level Agreements (SLAs), providing usage based billing and offering premium services. "PurePacket's integrated support for voice and data services, combined with its packet-based transport architecture substantially boosts bandwidth and efficiency in the access network expanding our capabilities to provide competitively priced traditional, enhanced and new services to our customers," said John Beck John Beck is the name of:
PurePacket OUTburst(TM) equipment is installed at customer locations. These integrated access devices packetize voice calls and aggregate voice and data traffic, which is transported using an MPLS-based system to co-location sites over a single DSL or DS-1 access link. From there, a PurePacket Node uses its built-in gateway functionality to relay voice calls to a Lucent 5ESS switch and transmit Internet traffic Internet traffic is the flow of data around the Internet. It includes web traffic, which is the amount of that data that is related to the World Wide Web, along with the traffic from other major uses of the Internet, such as electronic mail and peer-to-peer networks. to the Internet Service Provider's router, while LAN traffic is handed off to an ATM backbone or IP Data Network. Using the Web browser-based PurePacket Operations Management System (OMS OMS - Opportunity Management System ) console, the network administrators can manage the entire PurePacket network from virtually anywhere as well as rapidly configure, deploy and activate new services. "Actel's decision to include PurePacket in its network demonstrates the competitive advantages that the Integral Access platform provides for delivering integrated communications services," said David Gunning, vice president of marketing at Integral Access. "By integrating voice and data access in one multi-function platform that leverages packet technology, PurePacket reduces network complexity, equipment costs and operating expenses Operating expenses The amount paid for asset maintenance or the cost of doing business, excluding depreciation. Earnings are distributed after operating expenses are deducted. while allowing network operators to rapidly provision a complete range of telecom and data com services." PurePacket Overview The PurePacket family of access products provides competitive carriers a single, scalable, fault tolerant infrastructure for delivering multiple services - including voice, tiered data services and IP Telephony - cost-effectively to small and medium sized businesses. The PurePacket family includes carrier network equipment (for central office, co-locations and points of presence), customer-premise equipment, and a powerful operations management system. To maximize the traffic carrying capacity carrying capacity the number of animal units that a farm or area will carry on a year round basis, including that needed for conservation of winter feed. Usually stated as dry cows or dry sheep equivalents per hectare. of networks and increase revenue opportunities for carriers, PurePacket uses an MPLS-based architecture to route, transport and switch voice and data transmissions in packet format. PurePacket allows operators to leverage existing circuit-switched infrastructures, while providing a solution that is optimized for the IP-intensive applications of the future. About Actel Integrated Communications Actel Integrated Communications, Inc., headquartered in Mobile, Alabama, is a privately owned, facilities-based Integrated Communications Provider (ICP (1) (Internet Cache Protocol) A protocol used by one proxy server to query another for a cached Web page without having to go to the Internet to retrieve it. See CARP and proxy server. ). Actel provides local, long distance, Internet services, and intelligent networking solutions. Actel is able to cost effectively provide a comprehensive suite of services due to its use of advanced switching technologies and its team of experienced telecommunications professionals. Actel began offering services in Mobile, AL on March 1, 1999 and has quickly expanded its services to New Orleans, Birmingham, Baton Rouge, Montgomery, Pensacola and Huntsville. For more information, visit the Actel website at www.actel.net or contact Vickie Langham at the company's headquarters at 1-877-65ACTEL. About Integral Access Founded in 1997, Integral Access, Inc. provides packet-based access platforms that allow competitive carriers to cost effectively deliver multiple services - including voice, tiered data services and IP Telephony - to small and medium sized businesses. The PurePacket family of products allows competitive carriers to economically enter new markets, provide broad-based services over existing copper loop and leased facilities, and maximize revenue opportunities. Integral Access is headquartered in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, and is led by a management team of executives and engineers with extensive worldwide experience in voice and data networks as well as network management systems. Integral Access is privately held, and supported by $21 million in venture funding from Coral Ventures, Prism Venture Partners, St. Paul Venture Capital, Ascent Ventures Partners, Canaan Ventures, BancBoston Capital, Technology Fund II Pte Ltd. (Singapore) and SsangYong (Singapore) Limited. To contact Integral Access call +1-978-256-8833, visit us on the Web at http://www.integralaccess.com, or write to info@integralaccess.com. Note to Editors: PurePacket and PurePacketPower are trademarks of Integral Access, Inc. |
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