Aura's NewCom Subsidiary and Computone Announce Development of World's Fastest ISDN Modem.EL SEGUNDO El Segundo (ĕl sēgŭn`dō), industrial city (1990 pop. 15,223), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1917. Its products include navigation and computer systems, aircraft parts, office machines, telephone apparatus, and , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 18, 1996 Companies Enter Joint Marketing Agreement Aura Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: AURA) said today that its wholly-owned NewCom subsidiary and Computone (Nasdaq: CMPT CMPT Computer Science (course) CMPT Compartment CMPT Compute CMPT Centre for Marine and Petroleum Technology (UK) CMPT Certified Manual Physical Therapist ), have jointly announced the development of the world's fastest ISDN modem An alternative name for ISDN terminal adapter. The term is widely used, because the unit looks like a modem, connects to the same serial port as a modem and may support analog phones. See ISDN terminal adapter. -- a 921.6kbps ISDN modem that integrates proprietary features of NewCom's modem products with Computone's high-speed ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. and serial processing serial processing - sequential processing technology. This new, high speed ISDN modem will be introduced at the Fall Comdex Computer show in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. , Nevada on November 18-22, 1996. NewCom and Computone also announced they have entered into a joint marketing agreement whereby NewCom will market the full line of Computone products under the NewCom name, and Computone will market certain NewCom modem products under the Computone name. Sultan Khan, President of NewCom, stated, "NewCom is an aggressive marketer of leading edge products. Our ability to market the fastest servers in the world from Computone with the fastest ISDN modem in the world should give us a decisive marketing edge over our competitors and position us well to achieve further substantial growth." Asif Khan, Executive Vice President of NewCom, said, "This is one of the most exciting relationships that NewCom has entered into and reaffirms our commitment to providing our customers with unique industry leading products. The growth of the Internet is truly explosive and the major telephone companies have repeatedly shown their determination to provide digital service to all of their subscribers. As such, it is only logical there will be dramatic growth in sales of digital ISDN modems, and NewCom wants to position itself to be a leading ISDN provider. Our agreement with Computone goes a long way in helping establish our goals in this area of dynamic growth." Thomas Anderson, President and Chief Executive Officer of Computone, stated, "Computone has achieved several firsts in high performance technological innovation in communications and remote access products. Our PowerRack product is the fastest remote access server and the first to offer performance above and beyond the speed of communication links available today. The development of the fastest ISDN modem complements our PowerRack performance. We are delighted to announce this relationship with NewCom as our customers require the use of modem products along with our line of remote access servers. The new ISDN modem and analog modems from NewCom will provide a greater selection for our customers. We are confident that NewCom's already established marketing strengths perfectly complement those of Computone. We feel this relationship with NewCom will substantially enhance revenues for Computone's leading edge products." Established in 1994, NewCom, an Aura Systems wholly-owned subsidiary, offers an extensive line of modems, multimedia kits and other computer hardware products. Computone, which was established in 1984, offers an extensive line of Ethernet, remote access/Internet communications servers, multi-port solutions for PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). , ISA (1) (Instruction Set Architecture) See instruction set. (2) (Interactive Services Association) See Internet Alliance. (3) (Internet Security and Acceleration) See .NET. , EISA (Extended ISA) Pronounced "ee-suh." A PC bus standard that extends the 16-bit ISA bus (AT bus) to 32 bits and provides bus mastering. ISA cards can plug into an EISA slot. , and Micro Channel computer systems; and UNIX-to-SNA/X.25 connectivity solutions. Aura Systems, Inc. is an innovator and producer of electromagnetic devices including its patented High Force Actuators, Aurasound, Aura Bass Shakers, and its EVA Eva to marry winner of singing contest. [Ger. Opera: Wagner, Meistersinger, Westerman, 225–228] See : Prize 1. Eva - A toy ALGOL-like language used in "Formal Specification of Programming Languages: A Panoramic Primer", F.G. (Electromagnetic Valve Actuators) for internal combustion engines. CONTACT: NewCom Inc. Asif Kahn, 818/597-3200, Ext. 16 or Aura Systems Cipora Kurtzman, 310/643-5300, Ext. 209 or Sitrick And Company Michael Sitrick/Jeffrey Lloyd, 310/788-2850 |
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