Ascend To Bundle Options of Its Popular Multiband Network Access Product Line; Consolidates Features, and Simplifies Ordering and Installation of All Multiband Plus and Multiband VSX Systems.ALAMEDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 16, 1996--Ascend Communications, Inc. (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 : ASND ASND A Streetcar Named Desire (play) ) today announced a consolidation of the most popular features for its entire family of Multiband Plus and Multiband VSX (Verification Suite for X/Open) A testing procedure from X/Open that verifies compliance with their endorsed standards. VSX3 has over 5,500 tests for compliance with XPG3. See XPG. VSX - Verification Suite for X/open. products. Multiband systems combine inverse multiplexing with dynamic bandwidth management to support videoconferencing, multimedia, and voice/data backup and overflow applications in a single network access unit. By bundling these key popular features into each basic model, Ascend is able to simplify the ordering and installation of all Multiband systems, achieve price reductions on certain units, and better serve its customers. "Ascend is now bundling options that were once available separately in every Multiband Plus and Multiband VSX system," commented Roger Boyce, Ascend's general manager of multimedia access. "These changes, made possible by clear trends in the marketplace, reduce the complexity of ordering and installing network access equipment. The new configurations are more cost-effective in WAN access applications that require bandwidth on demand, such as videoconferencing, and corporate backup and overflow." Multiband units can interface to videoconferencing systems, 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). systems and routers, providing separate bandwidth on demand for the video, voice and data traffic. Also, by utilizing inverse multiplexing, the multiple channels are combined into a unified, end-to-end service across the WAN. The new models bundle the most popular Multiband features, previously available as separately priced options. The bundled feature set includes Ascend Inverse Multiplexing (AIM), BONDING, dynamic bandwidth management, call and device management, and RS366/V.25bis/X.21 dialing. Multiband Plus systems connect up to four user devices with a choice of network types. Models are available with a single T1/E1 Primary Rate Interface (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. ), eight ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. Basic Rate Interfaces (BRIs), or seven two- or four-wire SW56 interfaces. The new Multiband Plus prices, effective immediately, range from $7,000 to $9,000 for a complete system. Multiband VSX models connect up to two user devices, and support one or four ISDN BRI interfaces, or a single T1/PRI. Bundling features will save customers up to $400 on the Multiband VSX BRI See ISDN. BRI - Basic Rate Interface models, which now have list prices ranging from $1,195 to $2,895. Multiband VSX T1/PRI models have list prices ranging from $5,495 to $7,195. Ascend Communications, Inc. is a leading, worldwide provider of remote networking solutions for corporate central sites, Internet Service Providers' points of presence, remote offices, mobile workers and telecommuters. Ascend develops, manufactures, markets, sells and supports products which utilize bandwidth on demand to extend existing corporate networks for applications such as remote 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. access, Internet access, telecommuting, SOHO Soho (sōhō`, sə–), district of Westminster, London, England, known for its continental restaurants. Once a fashionable quarter, it became popular among writers and artists in the 19th cent. connectivity and videoconferencing/multimedia access. Detailed information on Ascend products, news announcements, seminars, service and support is available on Ascend's home page at the World Wide Web site http://www.ascend.com. Ascend is headquartered at 1275 Harbor Bay Parkway, Alameda, California 94502. Phone: 800/621-9578; Fax: 510/814-2300; E-mail: info@ascend.com. CONTACT: Gallagher PR Kevin Gallagher, 510/743-7830 kevin@gpr.com |
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