American Telecom Adds N.E.T. PrimeSwitch ISDN Access to Nationwide N.E.T. Multiservice Network in Spain.FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 28, 1998--N.E.T. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :NWK NWK Newark NWK Network Layer (Layer 3 of the WCPE protocol stack) NWK New Wet Kojak (band) NWK Newark Penn Station (Amtrak station code) NWK Networking ) today announced that American Telecom, an alternate long-distance voice service provider in Spain, signed a contract with N.E.T. for more than 125 N.E.T.(TM) PrimeSwitch(TM) 100 Multiprotocol Access Systems to create Spain's second nationwide network for managed-ISDN services. The PrimeSwitch systems will provide remote ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. access throughout Spain and its dependencies to an international N.E.T. Promina(TM) 800 Series multiservice network that can support voice, data and video services. The PrimeSwitch 100 contract is valued at approximately $3 million. American Telecom is establishing this ISDN network access capability to provide managed voice services for Spain's expanding business needs. One particular target market is the hotel and resort industry that is dependent on telephone reservations as a part of its business. The PrimeSwitch 100 systems are cost-effective, compact devices that provide an ISDN voice/data/fax connection from the hotel's private branch exchange (PBX (Private Branch eXchange) An inhouse telephone switching system that interconnects telephone extensions to each other as well as to the outside telephone network (PSTN). ) or telephone system to American Telecom's nationwide N.E.T. Promina multiservice network. Subscriber connections can be provided to travel service offices to create an alternate network to the national carrier network. "As an alternate managed services An umbrella term for third-party monitoring and maintaining of computers, networks and software. The actual equipment may be inhouse or at the third-party's facilities, but the "managed" implies an ongoing effort; for example, making sure the equipment is running at a certain quality provider, American Telecom must deploy highly reliable, flexible provisioning systems that can be adapted to any environment and interoperate See interoperable. with a variety of vendor's PBX systems," said Luis Alarcun Correa, vice president, Technology, American Telecom. "There are many telecom vendors in the market and many variants of ISDN supported by those vendors, so it doesn't make sense to be locked to a single vendor, or a single technology, or a single application. We have a great deal of interconnection flexibility with the N.E.T. network in terms of technologies and applications." N.E.T. worked closely with Harris Corporation Harris Corporation NYSE: HRS is an international communications equipment company that produces wireless equipment, electronic systems, and both terrestrial and spaceborne antennas for use in the government, defense, and commercial sectors. and American Telecom to assess the network needs ranging from capacity to applications potential. Harris was involved in the original sale of the N.E.T. Promina multiservice network to American Telecom and continued as a recommending consultant on the PrimeSwitch system enhancement to the network. The PrimeSwitch access expansion is planned for deployment in August. The N.E.T. PrimeSwitch 100 system is equipped with a variety of analog and digital voice interfaces that can compress traffic before switching it through the network. Compatible with most vendors PBXs and voice systems, a PrimeSwitch 100 system's voice-compression capabilities can lower the network capacity needed for voice and fax calls, while preserving voice quality and integrity. N.E.T. created a global ISDN software solution that allows PBXs from different vendors to be connected to the network eliminating the need to designate a particular vendors' ISDN variant. The PrimeSwitch system can compress voice transmissions to one-quarter -- or one-eighth of their usual bandwidth requirements Bandwidth requirements (communications) The channel bandwidths needed to transmit various types of signals, using various processing schemes. Every signal observed in practice can be expressed as a sum (discrete or over a frequency continuum) of sinusoidal , so more calls can be carried over the same network in a reliable manner that does not impede Quality of Service. Voice, data and fax calls can all be carried on the same 64 kbit/s link. The Promina 800 Series Multiservice Access Platforms adapt and aggregate voice, data, or video traffic for access to ATM and other WAN services. The Promina platform supports intelligent switching of toll-quality compressed voice, 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. , legacy 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. data, and ISDN traffic, as well as ATM access. Network Equipment Technologies, Inc. (N.E.T.) is a leading worldwide supplier of multiservice wide area networks used by enterprises, government organizations and carriers in more than 75 countries. N.E.T. multiservice WANs and ATM products integrate voice, data, and video traffic with ATM, frame relay, LAN internetworking and ISDN capabilities for today's mission-critical applications. The company is certified to the worldwide ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001 standard for design, manufacturing and service. N.E.T. recently moved its headquarters locally in Silicon Valley from Redwood City Redwood City, city (1990 pop. 66,072), seat of San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1868. Manufactures include commmunications, electrical, electronic, and medical equipment. to new facilities in Fremont, Calif. Join us at our worldwide web site: http://www.net.com for further information. NOTE TO EDITORS: N.E.T., Promina and PrimeSwitch are trademarks, and the N.E.T. logo is a registered trademark of Network Equipment Technologies, Inc.
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