Avana Communications Signs Interconnection Agreement with BellSouth.Business Editors/Technology Writers ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 31, 2000 Avana Communications, an Atlanta-based integrated communications provider (ICP (1) (Internet Cache Protocol) A protocol used by one proxy server to query another for a cached Web page without having to go to the Internet to retrieve it. See CARP and proxy server. ) and a subsidiary of Grace Development, Inc. (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :GCDV), announced today it has signed an interconnection, co-location and resale agreement with BellSouth Interconnection Services including unbundled network elements Unbundled Network Elements (UNE) are a requirement mandated by the United States Telecommunications Act of 1996. They are the parts of the telecommunications network that the incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs) are required to offer on an unbundled basis. (UNE). The agreement, effective immediately, enables Avana Communications to provide its own facilities-based local telecommunication services, including DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary (Digital Subscriber Line See DSL. (communications, protocol) Digital Subscriber Line - (DSL, or Digital Subscriber Loop, xDSL - see below) A family of digital telecommunications protocols designed to allow high speed data communication over the existing copper telephone lines between end-users and ) services for both business and residential customers. It also allows Avana to provide all the available unbundled network elements within the BellSouth local exchange services territory in all nine BellSouth states. &uot;Providing local exchange service and the accompanying network elements combined with the necessary co-location space is critical to our goal of becoming the first true convergence The angle at which one meridian is inclined to another on the surface of the Earth. See also convergence. company,&uot; said James Blanchard James Johnston Blanchard (b. August 8 1942, Detroit, Michigan) is a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. A Democrat, Blanchard has served in the United States House of Representatives, as Governor of Michigan, and as United States Ambassador to Canada. , Avana president and COO. &uot;Through the deployment of our voice over DSL solution, we will be uniting voice, data and video services for customers via one solution, one company and one account. Access to BellSouth's proven network speeds our time-to-market and offers the immediate coverage of 25 million telephone lines in the Southeast,&uot; Blanchard added. About Avana Communications Atlanta-based Avana Communications, a subsidiary of Grace Development, Inc. (OTCBB: GCDV) is an integrated communications provider (ICP) offering a single-source solution for services traditionally offered by CLECs, IXCs, ISPs, ASPs and other data and communications providers. Avana provides premiere value-based communications services within a one company, one solution, one account format. This news release may contain forward-looking statements concerning the business and products of the company. Actual results may differ materially depending on a number of risk factors. The company undertakes no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this release. |
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