Bell Atlantic and Lucent Enter Major Switching Pact.WARREN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 10, 1997--Lucent Technologies and Bell Atlantic today announced a multi-year agreement that would result in purchases by Bell Atlantic of up to $1 billion of Lucent switching equipment, software, and other products over the next five years. As part of this multi-year agreement, Bell Atlantic will buy 5ESS (1) (Electronic Switching System) A large-scale computer from Lucent used to route telephone calls in a telephone company office. The 5ESS is a Class 5 central office switch, and the 4ESS is a Class 4 tandem office switch. (r) Switch hardware and software products from Lucent. The agreement also includes the conversion of a significant portion of Bell Atlantic's network from analog to digital and the switch interfaces needed to provide more sophisticated digital-based services. "We consider Lucent Technologies and Bell Labs to be a critical component to our future success," said Lawrence T. Babbio Jr., vice chairman of Bell Atlantic. "By entering this major switching arrangement with Lucent, we will continue to provide our customers a whole range of advanced services." "We welcome the opportunity to bring all the resources of Lucent Technologies to bear as we help Bell Atlantic bring the best and most innovative communications services to its customers -- today and into the future," said Dan Stanzione president of Lucent Technologies' Network Systems unit. "This agreement represents a major commitment on the part of Bell Atlantic to its continued relationship with Lucent." The 5ESS(r)-2000 Switch and its AnyMedia(tm) platform has the ability to provide voice, data, wireless and video services including local, long-distance and international gateway service on a single switch. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. analysis of the latest FCC (1) (Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC, www.fcc.gov) The U.S. government agency that regulates interstate and international communications including wire, cable, radio, TV and satellite. The FCC was created under the U.S. data, the 5ESS-2000 has the least amount of downtime The time during which a computer is not functioning due to hardware, operating system or application program failure. per year of any other switch in its class. Lucent Technologies designs, builds and delivers a wide range of public and private networks, communications systems In telecommunication, a communications system is a collection of individual communications networks, transmission systems, relay stations, tributary stations, and data terminal equipment (DTE) usually capable of interconnection and interoperation to form an integrated whole. and software, consumer and business telephone systems and microelectronic The miniaturization of electronic circuits. See chip. components. Bell Labs is the research and development arm for the company. More information about Lucent Technologies, headquartered at Murray Hill Murray Hill may refer to one of the following places:
CONTACT: Lucent Technologies Marylou Ambrus Work: 908/559-5847 Home: 908/707-1147 E-mail: mambrus@lucent.com or Jane Moulton Work: 908-582-7658 Home: 201-763-7017 E-mail: jmoulton@lucent.com or Harry Mitchell Harry E. Mitchell (born July 18, 1940) is the current congressman representing Arizona's At-large congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives. Mitchell is a retired teacher, former mayor and councilman of Tempe, Arizona, former member of the Arizona State Senate, Work: 304-344-7562 E-mail: harry.mitchell@iscorp.bellatlantic.com |
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