BroadBand Technologies And SAT Chosen For Switched Digital Broadband Prototype By International Utility.RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK Research Triangle Park, research, business, medical, and educational complex situated in central North Carolina. It has an area of 6,900 acres (2,795 hectares) and is 8 × 2 mi (13 × 3 km) in size. Named for the triangle formed by Duke Univ. , N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 16, 1997-- Will Partner In Australia To Provide Telephony, High-Speed Data and Digital TV Over Fiber-To-The-Curb Network BroadBand Technologies Inc., (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :BBTK) the leading provider of interactive switched digital broadband (SDB (Switched Digital Broadcast) See switched video. ) access systems, and SAT (GROUPE SAGEM SAGEM Societe d'Applications Generales d'Electricite et de Mecanique ), leader in telecommunications and transmission systems, today announced that they have been selected by the ACTEW Corporation ACTEW Corporation Limited is the water, sewerage, natural gas, telecommunications and energy utility in Canberra, Australia. Australian Capital Territory Electricity and Water (ACTEW) was formed in 1988 and in July 1995 became ACTEW Corporation in response to industry to provide the Fiber Loop Access (FLX FLX Finger Lakes (New York) FLX Fort Lauderdale Executive (airport code) FLX Federal Learning eXchange FLX Flatfishes (R)) platform for a network prototype in Canberra, Australia. They plan to bring interactive switched digital broadband services, including telephony and high-speed data to Canberra homes and businesses. Prototype Foreshadows Major Network Development It is anticipated that successful prototype and subsequent field trials will be a milestone toward ACTEW's intent to develop a fully configured, fiber-to-the-curb (FTTC (Fiber To The Curb) The installation of optical fiber to within several hundred feet of the home or office. At that point, the optics are converted into electronics for delivery into the premises, typically using DSL. ) broadband network that is scheduled to serve 120,000 homes, businesses and government departments. ACTEW's General Manager of Network Services, Neville Smith Neville Smith is a British screenwriter and actor who has contributed to numerous television productions and movies between 1964 and 1990. In 1964, Smith made his TV acting debut in the premiere episode of the Granada-ITV TV series Villains said, "The proposed network will be a unique switched digital broadband model contributing towards Canberra's reputation as a high technology city. It should attract high tech business to the city and encourage electronic service providers to trial new services here." ACTEW ACTEW ACT Electricity & Water Authority (Australia) ACTEW A Commitment to Training and Employment for Women (Toronto, Canada) is a corporate entity, wholly owned by the Government of the Australian Capital Territory Australian Capital Territory (1991 pop. 276,468), 939 sq mi (2,432 sq km), SE Australia, an enclave within New South Wales, containing Canberra, capital of Australia. It was called the Federal Capital Territory until 1938. . ACTEW employs 1,300 people and maintains the electricity distribution, water supply and sewerage treatment facilities for the Territory and its 350,000 inhabitants
The game is based loosely on the concepts from SameGame. . ACTEW's proposed broadband communications network will support a comprehensive range of telephony, Internet access, high speed data and video services, and could extend to include services such as high-speed connections to corporate local area networks and videoconferencing to facilitate telecommuting telecommuting, an arrangement by which people work at home using a computer and telephone, transmitting work material to a business office by means of a modem and telephone lines; it is also known as telework. . In addition, the proposed network will provide a framework for utility-specific applications, such as outage monitoring, customer energy management and even remote meter reading. The ACTEW network is proposed to be an open standards-based switched digital broadband platform which will provide capacity for a broad range of telecommunications services. ACTEW is currently in negotiations with an Australian telephony service operator to provide service, marketing and sales support in ACTEW's markets. The BroadBand/SAT solution will provide a unique value proposition, due to its incremental deployability. ACTEW anticipates to first provide telephony to its customers, then add high-speed data, Internet access, video and utilities-management applications as their business case dictates -- all on a single platform. "BroadBand's global FLX platform offers ACTEW a single, integrated solution that accelerates their business case by enabling them to acquire moderate marketshare in multiple services, versus large marketshare of a single service," said David E. Orr, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of BroadBand Technologies, Inc. "Our platform provides a path to bundled service revenues that is cost-effective, field tested and more flexible than today's single-service digital loop carrier In telephone communications, a technology that increases the number of channels in the local loop by converting analog signals to digital and multiplexing them back to the end office. offerings. Our solution is extremely attractive to new entrants into the international marketplace, ranging from competitive local exchange carriers to public utilities and independent telephone companies. FLX is the most mature, field deployable platform available that provides a migration path to multiple broadband services over a single platform, while reducing operating costs by up to 50% over existing solutions that are currently in the field." International Partnership Will Drive Network Build-Out BroadBand will collaborate with their French partner, SAT (GROUPE SAGEM), to provide an integrated narrowband/broadband solution. BroadBand will provide switching and transport capabilities with the FLX-2500 platform. SAT will be responsible for seamlessly integrating the narrowband/broadband technology of SAT's BroadWave and TANGARA Wireline systems with BroadBand's SDB infrastructure, creating a technologically advanced, full service broadband A traditional fixed broadband network provides its services to a location/port. Multiple devices may connect to these services through the residential LAN and a common residential gateway. However, services are typically not individualized for these devices or the users using them. network. ACTEW's fully configured network will be based on switched digital broadband, fiber-to-the-curb architecture. "This new opportunity for SAT expands our international activities in the Pacific Rim, and brings a best-in-class, fiber-based telephony, high-speed data and video solution to an important market," said the management of SAT (GROUPE SAGEM). "Our experience as a world leader in telecommunications solutions, coupled with BroadBand's global field experience with their FLX platform, will enable us to provide ACTEW with a powerful, cost-effective and evolvable network for their customers." About BroadBand Technologies, Inc. BroadBand Technologies Inc., based in Research Triangle Park, N.C., was founded in 1988. Its mission is to deliver products and services that enable network and service providers to offer consumers robust, economical electronic access to advanced communication, entertainment and information services See Information Systems. . About GROUPE SAGEM GROUPE SAGEM is a French high technology group specializing in the telecommunications, defense, automotive and cable industries. GROUPE SAGEM sales were 15.4 Billion (French francs) or approximately $3 billion (US dollars) in 1996. The group employs 14,400 people and has an international presence in 95 countries on all five continents. GROUPE SAGEM is composed of two companies (SAGEM S.A. and SAT) and is listed on the Paris Stock Exchange and headquartered in Paris, France. This press release contains forward looking statements about the company's performance. The Company's Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. , Form 10-Qs and other documents on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission identify important factors, including the performance of corporate partners, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the forward looking statements. However, forward looking statements are beyond the ability of the Company to control and in many cases the Company cannot predict what factors would cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the forward looking statements. For more information on BroadBand Technologies, please see the BroadBand Technologies home page at http://www.bbt.com . -0- Note to editors: FLX is a registered trademark of BroadBand Technologies Inc. BroadWave and TANGARA Wireline are registered trademarks of SAT. All other trademarks are registered trademarks of their respective companies. CONTACT: BroadBand Technologies Inc. Julie Price, 919/405-4816 price@bbt.com or Copithorne & Bellows Joanne Anderson/Karissa DeAngelis, 617/450-4300 karissa.deangelis@cbpr.com or SAGEM S.A. Guy Moreau, +33 1 55 75 30 84 or SAT Philippe Vidal, +33 1 55 75 33 21 vidal@sat.fr |
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