Birch Telecom Selects VINA Techologies' Integrated Access Device for New Integrated Voice and Internet Service.FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 8, 1999-- VINA's Multiservice T1 Integrator Connects Small and Mid-Sized Businesses in Midwest Easily and Cost-Effectively to Birch Telecom's Voice and Internet Services Birch Telecom Inc. and VINA Technologies today announced that VINA's Multiservice T1 Integrator(R), an integrated access device An IAD is a customer premises device that provides access to wide area networks and the Internet. Specifically, it aggregates multiple channels of information including voice and data across a single shared access link to a carrier or service provider PoP (Point of Presence). designed for small and mid-sized businesses, will be deployed as part of Birch Telecom's new combined voice and Internet service package. The Multiservice T1 Integrator is a single device that connects businesses to Birch Telecom's voice and Internet service networks. Birch's combined service, called The Integrator(SM), is available now to businesses throughout the Kansas City Kansas City, two adjacent cities of the same name, one (1990 pop. 149,767), seat of Wyandotte co., NE Kansas (inc. 1859), the other (1990 pop. 435,146), Clay, Jackson, and Platte counties, NW Mo. (inc. 1850). metropolitan area. "Birch's new voice and data service makes the technology that has been the exclusive domain of large businesses a very realistic option for smaller businesses," said Don Goldman, Birch's chief marketing officer and senior vice president, Internet Services. "We chose VINA Technologies' single box Multiservice T1 Integrator access device because it is specifically designed to meet the needs of our target customers, and it enables us to affordably deliver enhanced voice and Internet services previously out of those customers' reach." "This agreement with Birch Telecom illustrates VINA's leadership in providing multiservice integrated access devices to small and mid-sized businesses across the country," said Josh Soske, president of VINA Technologies. "VINA's T1 Integrator brings reliability to the customer edge and enables service providers to leverage their existing network infrastructure and cost-effectively deliver enhanced voice and data services." Using VINA's Multiservice T1 Integrator access device, Birch's Integrator offering delivers local, long-distance and high-speed Internet services through equipment that Birch provides and maintains for the customer. So flexible that a business can swiftly adjust the number of lines dedicated to voice or data, the Integrator offers the added benefit of one invoice for multiple services. Birch will introduce its Integrator service in other markets later this year. VINA's Multiservice T1 Integrator enables small and mid-sized businesses and branch offices to combine their voice, data and Internet traffic over a single T1 line, optimizing the use of the T1. VINA's T1 Integrator combines a 24-channel channel bank, a router, a multiplexer, frame relay or Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol) The most popular method for transporting IP packets over a serial link between the user and the ISP. Developed in 1994 by the IETF and superseding the SLIP protocol, PPP establishes the session between the user's computer and the ISP using ), a T1 DSU/CSU (Digital (or Data) Service Unit/Channel Service Unit) A pair of communications devices that connect an inhouse line to an external digital circuit (T1, DDS, etc.). , an HDSL See DSL. HDSL - High bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line modem and an Internet firewall. The Multiservice T1 Integrator also offers Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (protocol) Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol - (DHCP) A protocol that provides a means to dynamically allocate IP addresses to computers on a local area network. The system administrator assigns a range of IP addresses to DHCP and each client computer on the LAN has its TCP/IP (DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) Software that automatically assigns temporary IP addresses to client stations logging into an IP network. It eliminates having to manually assign permanent "static" IP addresses. DHCP software runs in servers and routers. ) for Internet addressing, Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) A widely used network monitoring and control protocol. Data are passed from SNMP agents, which are hardware and/or software processes reporting activity in each network device (hub, router, bridge, etc. ) for incorporation into network management systems such as HP OpenView, and HTTP HTTP in full HyperText Transfer Protocol Standard application-level protocol used for exchanging files on the World Wide Web. HTTP runs on top of the TCP/IP protocol. for management through an Internet standard browser. About Birch Telecom A competitive local exchange carrier (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) ), Birch Telecom has grown to become one of the largest competitors to Southwestern Bell in the Midwest. Formed in 1997 in Kansas City, Mo., the 620-employee integrated telecommunications provider offers a range of services, including local and long-distance phone service, telephone equipment, and Internet services such as access, hosting and development. Visit Birch Telecom online at www.birch.com. About VINA Technologies Founded in 1996, VINA Technologies leads the way in providing advanced integrated access solutions at the network edge. Marketed to service providers and distributors, VINA's reliable, carrier-class solutions enable service providers to cost-effectively deliver enhanced voice, video, data and Internet services by leveraging their existing network infrastructures. Designed for small to mid-sized businesses and branch offices (10 to 144 employees), VINA's multiservice product families offer compact, flexible devices that simplify the provisioning and management of carrier services, while providing true voice/data convergence in 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. and ATM-based networks. VINA Technologies is located at 42709 Lawrence Place, Fremont, CA 94538; telephone: 1-888-774-VINA; www.vina-tech.com. Note to Editors: Multiservice T1 Integrator is a registered trademark of VINA Technologies. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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