Ascom Nexion announces new member to the award winning NEXEN 2000 product family; NEXEN 2200L delivers cascading capability at the LAN connecting up to 240 users.ACTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 12, 1996--Ascom Nexion announced today the release of the NEXEN 2200L, an entry level communications slave unit, that operates with a NEXEN 2200. The product enables desktop-to-desktop connectivity for current frame-based applications, and emerging multimedia and Computer Telephony Integration Computer Telephony Integration - Computer Telephone Integration (CTI (Computer Telephone Integration) Combining data with voice systems in order to enhance telephone services. For example, automatic number identification (ANI) allows a caller's records to be retrieved from the database while the call is routed to the appropriate party. ) applications, across existing Local Area Networks. It has sixteen ports and can be cascaded to allow up to 240 users to be connected at any one time. The new NEXEN 2200L features full compatibility with the most common 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. wiring system - Ethernet 10baseT unshielded twisted pair See twisted pair. (hardware) unshielded twisted pair - (UTP) Normal telephone wire (in the USA). It may be used for computer to computer communications, e.g. using a version of Ethernet or localtalk. It is much cheaper than standard "full-spec" Ethernet cable. . This ensures no new wiring is required and the existing network infrastructure comprised of applications, routers, bridges, and segment switches continue to be used - protecting current investments. "The NEXEN 2200L provides network managers with a practical path to expanding a network economically," said Alan Dzeijma, Product Marketing Director, NEXEN 2000 Product Family. "The combination of call control and signaling with local and wide area interfaces permits the integration of high-bandwidth communications with regular Ethernet traffic over existing cabling. This enables the NEXEN 2000 Product Family to transparently serve as the customer premises interface to the ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. and Ethernet infrastructure or, in the near future, ATM-based public network services." The NEXEN 2200L uses Isochronous Ethernet National Semiconductor's enhancement to Ethernet for handling real time voice and video. It adds 96 ISDN channels to standard 10 Mbps Ethernet and runs over the same Category 3 UTP that most 10Base-T networks use. Each ISDN B channel is 64 Kbps, providing a total bandwidth of 6. , a technology standardized by IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. 802.9a, to integrate circuit and frame services required by voice, video and data traffic over existing category 3 (unshielded twisted pair) wiring infrastructures. Price, Availability The NEXEN 2200L is priced at US$9,500. Product demonstrations and availability are immediate. Ascom Nexion Ascom Nexion Inc., headquartered in Massachusetts, USA, is pioneering the worldwide implementation of new generation integrated service bandwidth manager products - the NEXEN product family. The NEXEN product family is designed to provide users with high quality, enduring network system solutions aligned with dynamic business needs and interoperable with today's networks. Ascom Nexion is an operating company operating company A business that engages in transactions with outsiders. of the Ascom Group - a Swiss-based telecommunications company with revenues of $2.8 billion in 1995 and 12,500 employees worldwide. -0- Note: All trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective holders CONTACT: John Stewart 508-266-3463 Fax: 508-266-3475 stewart@nexen.com www.nexen.com |
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