Ascom Timeplex launches Project Synchronization; An aggresive upgrade program for competitor's TDM customers.

WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 14, 1995--Ascom Timeplex, a major provider of enterprise networking solutions, has great news for users of competitors's TDM products who want to get a head-start today positioning their networks for the future.

The company with the most powerful and cost effective multi-service networking products in the marketplace has established Project Synchronization, a very aggressive trade-in program that provides TDM customers of competitive manufacturers, such as GDC, NET, Newbridge, Racal and StrataCom, with unrivaled financial incentives to migrate to the SYNCHRONY family of advanced switching products.

The SYNCHRONY product family includes mid-range access and backbone devices which incorporate frame and circuit switching and are capable of supporting multiple traffic types over a single aggregate. The Ascom Timeplex unique EXPRESS SWITCHING technology dynamically mixes delay-sensitive constant-bit-rate traffic (such as switched voice or video) and variable-bit-rate traffic (such as bursty LAN internetworking traffic or delay-sensitive SNA traffic) over internodal links to offer the most efficient use of bandwidth today.

For access and transport, the SYNCHRONY super-hybrid networking technology provides a powerful tool for taking advantage of tariffs while preserving the security and flexibility of a private network. By use of its standards-based switching infrastructure, the SYNCHRONY product line provides complete interoperability with carrier service, as well as private networking environments.

"We are offering TDM users some potent benefits with Project Synchronization," says Rick MacPherson, vice president, North American Sales and Service. "First they can improve the performance of their networks with an efficient, cost-effective infrastructure for narrowband access. Second, they will achieve savings from those enhanced operating efficiencies.

"And third," MacPherson continues, "they are positioned to take maximum advantage of the wide range of emerging service offerings delivered by carriers today and in the future including easy migration to ATM. It is unquestionably a win-win proposition for all."

Ascom Timeplex is a recognized leader in networking systems and services, offering scaleable enterprise network solutions that deliver controlled Quality of Service levels for multiple, disparate types of traffic. This helps organizations manage business-critical voice, data and video traffic by providing solutions built on innovative network development, implementation and support services.

Headquartered in Woodcliff Lake, Ascom Timeplex offers global services and support for all its products in 70 countries on seven continents. Ascom Timeplex is an operating division of Ascom Enterprise Networks, a core business unit of Ascom Holding AG, Bern, Switzerland, an international telecommunications company whose shares are traded on the Zurich Stock Exchange.

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