Atmosphere Networks Delivers Industry's Most Agile Solution for Ethernet Services in SONET/SDH Access Networks.WASHINGTON, D.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 1, 1999-- Company Provides Carriers with the Competitive Weapon - An Optical Access Solution for Tailored Voice/High-Speed Data Services at Breakthrough Cost Performance In a successful advancement of its optical access convergence strategy, Atmosphere Networks today announced the availability of its service agile Fast Ethernet An earlier name for 100Mbps Ethernet. See 100Base-T. (networking) Fast Ethernet - A version of Ethernet developed in the 1990s(?) which can carry 100 Mbps compared with standard Ethernet's 10 Mbps. It requires upgraded network cards and hubs. modules, a unique capability of its industry leading FSN (Full-Service Network) A communications network that provides shopping, movies on demand and access to databases and a variety of interactive services. 1200 data-aware, next generation SONET/SDH optical access platform. These modules are the industry's first implementation of integrated 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. connectivity that delivers complete service agility and distributed intelligence The placing of processing capability in terminals and other peripheral devices. Intelligent terminals handle screen layouts, data entry validation and other pre-processing steps. Intelligence placed into disk drives and other peripherals relieves the central computer from routine tasks. directly over SONET/SDH access networks. By incorporating the Fast Ethernet modules into Atmosphere's SONET/SDH platform, service providers can now optimize revenue potential from their high-speed IP data/voice service subscribers, improve service profit margins, significantly expand market share, and seamlessly interoperate Ethernet-delivered services with their ATM and IP switching Switching TCP/IP packets at high speed. Ipsilon's IP Switch started the trend and various vendors followed suit with different approaches, including Cisco's tag switching and 3Com's Fast IP. The goal was to switch IP packets faster than traditional router-based layer 3 forwarding. backbones. Available in six-port and single-port auto-sensing 10/100BaseT Ethernet configurations, the new modules deliver Ethernet/IP services over the FSN 1200 based data-aware optical access networks at service rates from 1.5 Mbps up-to-100 Mbps at the same cost as a T1 (1.5 Mbps) line. With the Fast Ethernet-enabled FSN 1200 located at customers' sites, subscriber's service rates can be changed remotely from the carriers' network operations center See NOC. Network Operations Center - (NOC) A location from which the operation of a network or internet is monitored. Additionally, this center usually serves as a clearinghouse for connectivity problems and efforts to resolve those problems. (NOC (Network Operations Center) A central or regional location for monitoring a large network. Also called a "network management center" (NMC), "service management center" (SMC) or "network control center" (NCC), a NOC may be used to manage a large enterprise network, ) - eliminating the need for network re-design and construction and on-site service visits in order to upgrade or add services. Carrier's can now deliver multiple services, such as Fractional Transparent LAN See transparent LAN service. , broadband Internet access Broadband Internet access, often shortened to just "broadband", is high speed Internet access—typically contrasted with dial-up access over modem. Dial-up modems are generally only capable of a maximum bitrate of 56 kbit/s (kilobits per second) and require the full use of a and voice-over-IP, over the same Ethernet interface. Multiple industry studies have found that such service bundling has proven to dramatically reduce subscriber turnover. In addition, these modules support wire-speed switching and logical subscriber separation, enabling secure VPNs on the same Ethernet port, and Ethernet-to-ATM interworking (standard) interworking - Systems or components, possibly from different origins, working together to perform some task. Interworking depends crucially on standards to define the interfaces between the components. for easy consolidation of remote Ethernet subscribers to the carrier's IP or multi-service ATM backbones. "Atmosphere Networks is playing an instrumental role in solving the SONET rigidity problems as it relates to data communications," remarked Mark Lutkowitz, president of Trans-Formation, Inc., a leading telecommunications-consulting firm. "Its access platform allows carriers to differentiate themselves in offering innovative services in the high-stakes small-to-medium-size corporate data business space." "Our goal is to deliver to our CLEC (Competitive Local Exchange Carrier) An organization offering local telephone service that is not one of the traditional telephone companies. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 allowed competition to the incumbent telcos (ILECs), enabling new companies (CLECs) customers an unprecedented competitive advantage over incumbent Telcos. With our solution's service agility and intelligence, CLECs can build optical network on-ramps that positively impact their entire business from services that can be offered to a simpler network and lower overall costs," stated Rob Newman, chief executive officer and co-founder of Atmosphere Networks. "As a result, they can build successful, profitable, highly-differentiated growing businesses." Both modules are currently in Beta trials with major domestic CLECs, with general availability targeted for December '99. About the FSN 1200 Atmosphere's FSN 1200 data-aware SONET/SDH multiplexer creates a fully integrated optical access solution that radically improves carrier networks' economics, saving up to 75% in overall network costs. Unlike traditional SONET equipment, the FSN 1200 can deliver agile interfaces that transport everything from TDM (Time Division Multiplexing) A technology that transmits multiple signals simultaneously over a single transmission path. Each lower-speed signal is time sliced into one high-speed transmission. private line to ATM, Ethernet and IP. This capability allows carriers to instantly create or scale highly differentiated services remotely from their network operations center (NOC) to meet rapidly changing subscriber needs. About Atmosphere Networks Inc. Founded in 1997, Atmosphere Networks is the leader in delivering agile packet-aware optical access (SONET/SDH/WDM) solutions that enable carriers to achieve unparalleled capabilities for creating differentiated services tailored to customer/market needs. Atmosphere Networks' products simplify the carriers' overall network, producing a return on investment superior to all conventional and competing solutions. Atmosphere Networks is now located at 1355 Dell Avenue, Campbell, CA 95008. The company can be reached via e-mail at info@atmospherenet.com, by phone at 408-874-1000 or by fax at 408-874-1099. Visit Atmosphere's web site at www.atmospherenet.com. Atmosphere Networks is a trademark of Atmosphere Networks, Inc. All other trademarks belong to their respective owners. |
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