Ariel Joins Telecom Applications Research Alliance, TARA; Testing For Ariel's SS7-Enabled Access Technology Underway.Business Editors CRANBURY, NJ.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 20, 2000 Ariel Corp. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :ADSP ADSP - AppleTalk Data Stream Protocol ), a leading supplier of Linux and Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. remote access solutions, today announced that it has joined the Telecom Applications Research Alliance (TARA). As a TARA member, Ariel now has access to TARA's renowned test lab, collective telecom expertise, and research capability. Ariel is already engaging the TARA lab to validate its remote access products and new SS7 signaling technology. The Telecom Applications Research Alliance (TARA) is a not-for-profit consortium of leading communications companies (including Principal Members Nortel, Cisco, and MTT MTT 3-(4,5-Dimethylthiazol-2-Yl)-2,5-Diphenyltetrazolium Bromide MTT Machine Tool Technology MTT Microwave Theory and Techniques MTT Mobile Task Team MTT Multi-Table Tournament (poker) ), affiliated universities and institutes. Located in Halifax, Nova Scotia For other uses, see Halifax. Halifax, Nova Scotia may refer to any of the following:
TARA provides a private communication network (TARAnet) and live PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network) The worldwide voice telephone network. Once only an analog system, the heart of most telephone networks today is all digital. In the U.S. test bed that members and affiliates can use to develop, test and commercialize new applications, services and equipment. Featuring leading edge equipment such as Nortel Network's DMS-100 SuperNode telephone switch, TARAnet provides connections to member companies, affiliated institutes and other networks such as the CANet3 National Test Network and the Public Telephone Network. "Ariel's Internet access mission is to leverage open systems technology to deliver breakthrough economics to small- to medium-size ISPs and CLECs," said Dennis Schneider, senior vice president of worldwide marketing for Ariel. "The TARA organization's telecom expertise and live PSTN test bed make it ideal for developing and validating new interoperable access equipment based on open systems platforms." "We're pleased to have Ariel on board as a TARA member," said Wayne Bussey, acting president of TARA. "Ariel's expertise in open architecture remote access and unique signaling application technology is a welcome addition to TARA's telecom knowledge base. We look forward to sharing that knowledge base with Ariel and working with Ariel to validate and enhance its network access products." Ariel's PowerPOP Architecture for ISPs utilizes open architecture remote access systems that combine standard operating systems like Linux and Windows NT with Ariel's high-density, PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). and CompactPCI 56K/ISDN remote access cards. PowerPOP architecture remote access systems provide an alternative to dedicated remote access concentrators that not only cut remote access equipment costs by 50%, but enable ISPs to deploy smart points of presence (POPs) that increase network efficiency and responsiveness. When deployed, Ariel's SS7 signaling technology will permit dramatic reductions in dial-up access costs by enabling ISPs to replace their expensive T1 and PRI PRI: see Institutional Revolutionary party. (Primary Rate Interface) An ISDN service that provides 23 64 Kbps B (Bearer) channels and one 64 Kbps D (Data) channel (23B+D), which is equivalent to the 24 channels of a T1 line. lines with the same Inter Machine Trunks that the large ILECs and CLECs use. Ariel's signaling technology will also enable ISPs/CLECs to cut infrastructure costs by reducing the number of POPs they must deploy to eliminate long-distance charges for dial-up customers. More on Ariel Ariel Corp. (NASDAQ:ADSP) is a leading provider of high-density dial-up access equipment for applications such as Internet access, corporate Intranet/Extranet access, on-line services, telecommuting telecommuting, an arrangement by which people work at home using a computer and telephone, transmitting work material to a business office by means of a modem and telephone lines; it is also known as telework. , transaction processing and unified messaging. Ariel's dial-up access products make it easy for ISPs and OEMs targeting ISPs and other service providers to create high-density dial-up solutions using open systems platforms running a variety of popular operating systems, including Windows NT and Linux. Statements contained in this press release that are not historical facts are forward looking statements that are made pursuant to the safe harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. 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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. , the timely development and acceptance of new products, the impact of competitive products and pricing, changing market conditions and the other risks detailed from time to time in the company's filings with the SEC. These risks and uncertainties could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected or currently expected. These forward looking statements represent the company's judgement as of the date of this release. The company disclaims, however, any intent or obligation to update these forward looking statements. |
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