Amplify.net Announces Strategic Partnership With Telia GlobalCast Internetworking AB of Sweden; Telia's Wireless High-Speed Network Adds IP Bandwidth Management Solutions.ANAHEIM, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 29, 1999--Amplify.net (http://www.amplifynet.com), an emerging provider of end-to-end IP bandwidth service management solutions, today announced a strategic partnership with Telia GlobalCast Internetworking. Telia will incorporate amplify.net's iSurf Family to expand a high-speed wireless network throughout Sweden and other European countries. "Wireless networks are the new telecommunication paradigm and Telia is aggressively building a high-speed wireless network throughout parts of Europe," said Hans O. Johansson, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Telia GlobalCast. "Amplify.net's IP bandwidth service management solutions represent a critical element in our deployment. They enable us to provision and meter the bandwidth to our customers." "An important next step in digital convergence In the days of the first computers, transaction and company data were the first types of information digitized. Then came text, opening the world to word processing, followed by audio CDs and finally video. and the evolution of e-commerce is the integration of mobile telephony with data access services over high-speed wireless IP networks," said Peter Christy, principal of Collaborative Research in Los Altos, California Los Altos (IPA: [lɔs ɑltos]) is a city at the southern end of the San Francisco Peninsula, in the San Francisco Bay Area. The city is in Santa Clara County, California, United States. . "Large global telecommunications companies See telecom company. are beginning to provide wireless solutions that not only eliminate the use of copper, but provide high-speed transmission. The partnership between Telia and amplify.net is an exciting first sign of this evolution." "Our partnership with Telia clearly indicates that global telecommunications companies are beginning to view wireless technology as an important focus for building new telecommunications networks A telecommunications network is a of telecommunications links and nodes arranged so that messages may be passed from one part of the network to another over multiple links and through various nodes. ," said Pauline Lo Alker, amplify.net's president and CEO. "The 'non-stop' redundancy, distributed management architecture and 'back office' bandwidth data warehousing See data warehouse. data warehousing - data warehouse functionalities integrated in our solutions are crucial requirements for these types of mission-critical networks." Telia GlobalCast will begin its rollout throughout Sweden in 1999 and similar deployments will follow in Norway, Finland, Denmark and several Baltic countries. Prior to its acquisition by Telia AB, GlobalCast Internetworking first tested amplify.net's iSurfRanger as a beta customer in November 1998. About Telia AB Telia AB is the leading supplier of telecom-based information services See Information Systems. in the Nordic/Baltic region with 34,000 employees and turnover of 46,444 MSEK MSEK Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein (New York law firm) MSEK Million Swedish Kroner in 1997. Telia also provides "seamless" pan-European and global services through powerful alliances and partnerships in Europe and around the world. For more information on Telia AB, visit Telia's Web site at http://www.telia.se. About Telia GlobalCast Internetworking Telia GlobalCast Internetworking, headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, is a leading wireless Internet service provider 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. in that region. Telia GlobalCast is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Telia AB, the Swedish telecommunications company that supplies telecom-based information services to the Nordic/Baltic region of the world. For more information, visit GlobalCast's Web site at http://www.globalcast.se.com. About Amplify.net Amplify.net develops and markets IP bandwidth service management solutions for bandwidth service providers, from ISPs and corporate IT departments to telecommunications carriers and competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs), to boost their business profitability and quality of service. For more information on amplify.net, please visit http://www.amplifynet.com. Amplify.net is located at 47381 Bayside bay·side adj. Situated very close to or on the shore of a bay: bayside cottages. Parkway, Fremont, Calif., 94538. |
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