Broadband Digital Group Strengthens Market Expertise With Executive Staff Additions.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers NEWPORT BEACH Newport Beach, residential and resort city (1990 pop. 66,643), Orange co., S Calif., on Newport Bay and the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1906. It is a popular seaside resort and yachting center. Manufactures include electrical and medical equipment, computers, boats, and adhesives. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 6, 2000 Company Adds Renowned Internet Legal Counsel and Two Former EarthLink Employees to Management Team Broadband Digital Group (BDG BDG Building (usually seen as BLDG) BDG Budget BDG Binding BDG Bundaberg (Queensland, Australia) BDG Blanding, Utah (airport code) BDG Batten's Disease Gene ), provider of FreeDSL(SM), today announced three additions to its management team, further demonstrating its ability to attract the industry's top talent and build a market-leading knowledge base. Andrea Sloan Pink has joined BDG as Vice President of Legal Affairs and General Counsel, Arman Afsar has been named Vice President of Client Services, and Karen Johnson has joined as Vice President of Information Technology. These additions reinforce BDG's already impressive lineup of industry veterans, reflecting the company's commitment to providing consumers with the highest-quality Internet access. Before joining BDG, Sloan Pink was with the prestigious law firm of Gibson Dunn and Crutcher LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol , where she worked with firms across a host of industry segments, including the Internet, computer gaming, multimedia, e-commerce, Web design, and software and hardware developers. In this position, Sloan Pink provided strategic legal counsel to companies such as Conexant, Heidrick & Struggles/Leaders OnLine and Broadcast.com. In addition, she previously held positions at Cooley Godward LLP and American Cable Television. Afsar has nearly two decades of industry experience in operations, customer service, business development, process development, telecommunications and automation. Most recently, he served as the Director of Network Operations for EarthLink Network Inc., where he was responsible for building a network operations center See NOC. Network Operations Center - (NOC) A location from which the operation of a network or internet is monitored. Additionally, this center usually serves as a clearinghouse for connectivity problems and efforts to resolve those problems. (NOC (Network Operations Center) A central or regional location for monitoring a large network. Also called a "network management center" (NMC), "service management center" (SMC) or "network control center" (NCC), a NOC may be used to manage a large enterprise network, ) scalable to serving more than 10 million members. Afsar previously served as EarthLink's Director of Technical Support, where he managed 1,500 people and restructured and built the pre-eminent technical support organization in the Internet industry, winning the prestigious PC Magazine's Editor's Choice award for Best Service. As BDG's Vice President of Client Services, Afsar will handle the company's Customer Service, Network Operations Center and Telecommunications (PBX (Private Branch eXchange) An inhouse telephone switching system that interconnects telephone extensions to each other as well as to the outside telephone network (PSTN). Systems) functions. Johnson also comes to BDG from EarthLink Network Inc., where she served as the senior manager of broadband systems support and integration. In this position, she was responsible for managing the internal logistics and support for end-to-end 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 provisioning and operations. Functioning as the liaison to the company's business units, Johnson helped to standardize the information operations between vendors and internal legacy systems. Prior to joining EarthLink, she was Manager of Access Services at SBC (1) (SBC Communications Inc., San Antonio, TX, www.sbc.com) A large, national telecommunications company that grew from a multitude of local and regional companies, including Southwestern Bell, Pacific Bell and Nevada Bell, into a single, unified brand by 2002. Communications, where she managed the OSS Oss (ôs), city (1994 pop. 62,141), North Brabant prov., S Netherlands; chartered 1399. It is a significant industrial center. Manufactures include meat products, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, electrical equipment, and metalware. development and delivery of planned enhancements, upgrades and new offerings supporting the 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) platform. Johnson serves as the Co-chair of the DSL Service Flow-Thru Management Standards for the DSL Forum Network Management and Operations Group. "These outstanding executives add incredible depth to our team, and we're confident that they will play pivotal roles in helping us not only achieve but actually exceed our high expectations as we launch our FreeDSL service on a national basis," noted Chad Steelberg, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for Broadband Digital Group. "We continue to build a talent pool that is second-to-none. By tapping their knowledge and innovation, BDG will transform the Internet experience," Steelberg added. About Broadband Digital Group Broadband Digital Group (BDG) is the first provider of free broadband Internet access Broadband Internet access, often shortened to just "broadband", is high speed Internet access—typically contrasted with dial-up access over modem. Dial-up modems are generally only capable of a maximum bitrate of 56 kbit/s (kilobits per second) and require the full use of a for the high-demand consumer market. The company's FreeDSL service provides consumers with high-speed Internet access utilizing 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 (DSL) technology. With a mission to create the premier broadband interactive network, BDG is playing a key role in fostering the delivery of media-rich content, including video on-demand, streaming audio, online gaming, software on-demand, and IP telephony to Web users. For more information, visit www.freedsl.com. Broadband Digital Group's headquarters is located at 4675 MacArthur Court, Suite 1400, Newport Beach, Calif. 92660, Tel: 949/442-1050. Note to Editors: FreeDSL is a registered servicemark of Broadband Digital Group. Winfire is a registered trademark of Broadband Digital Group. |
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