Alcatel Announces Next Generation Advances in Switching System.Business & High Tech Editors DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 21, 2000 Alcatel Alcatel Société Alsacienne de Constructions Atomiques, de Télécomunications et d'Electronique (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : ALA) today announced the newest additions to its industry leading tandem switching A telephone central office switch that links telco end offices together and does not connect to the customer directly. Also called a "Class 4 switch" or "TDM switch," a tandem switch is a computer that is specialized for TDM-based, circuit-switched telephone calls. platform, the Alcatel MegaHub(R). Available immediately, the U.S. MegaHub now features integrated echo cancellation The elimination of an echo in a two-way voice transmission. Echo is created in the telephone company's central office switch when two-wire lines from the customer are converted to four-wire lines for backbone trunks. and local service options. The Local Service Application will enable long distance carriers to compete in local markets by offering calling services that until now were exclusive services only available through the regional or local carrier. The overall benefit extends the portfolio of in-demand services that long distance carriers can deliver. The Echo Card (Digital Span Interface or DSI-2E) enables long distance carriers to significantly decrease the echo interference on long distance and international calls with minimal up-front up-front or up·front Informal adj. 1. Straightforward; frank. 2. Paid or due in advance: up-front cash. adv. investment. "The DSI-2E is quickly becoming a hot product because its pricing and efficiency significantly lower our customers' costs. It eliminates the cost and inconvenience of using external equipment to solve echo problems and can provide echo cancellation for all of the trunk A communications channel between two points. It generally refers to a high-bandwidth, fiber-optic line between telephone switching centers (central offices). Telephone "trunks" handle thousands of simultaneous voice and data signals, whereas telephone "lines" are the wires from the components in the MegaHub switching system," said Ron Settele, Alcatel Director of MegaHub Business Development. "Competitive carriers today want to be able to differentiate their offerings and provide the services that produce the highest revenue. With the local services application, carriers have equal opportunity to deliver local services and increase their revenue stream," said Henry Wasik, VP/GM Alcatel Networking Systems Division. The Echo Card and Local Services Application will be shown at Comptel Spring 2000 in booth No. 427 in Long Beach, CA, Feb 19-23. Alcatel builds next generation networks, delivering integrated end-to-end end-to-end a pattern of anastomosis in which severed ends are matched and united, in contrast with other patterns such as end-to-side or side-to-side. Usually applied to anastomosis of the intestine. voice and data solutions to established and new carriers, as well as enterprises and consumers worldwide. With 120,000 employees and sales of EURO 21.3 billion ($25.0 billion), Alcatel operates in more than 130 countries. For more information, visit Alcatel at http://www.alcatel.com or the US Web site at www.usa.alcatel.com. |
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