Cabletron and ke Kommunikations-Elektronik unify East and West Germany's new telecommunications network; Cabletron's SPECTRUM manages over a million subscribers in Germany.ROCHESTER, N.H.--(BUISNESS WIRE)--April 8, 1996-- Cabletron Systems, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : CS) is helping to unify Germany's telecommunications network A telecommunications network is a of telecommunications links and nodes arranged so that messages may be passed from one part of the network to another over multiple links and through various nodes. . ke Kommunikations Elektronik GmbH & Co. (ke), a key contractor in the Deutsche Telekom Deutsche Telekom AG (ISIN: DE0005557508, FWB: DTE, NYSE: DT, LSE: DEU, TYO: 9496 ) (abbreviated DTAG) is a telecommunications company headquartered in Bonn, Germany. It is the largest telecommunications company in Germany and in the EU. (DT) Optical Access Line (OPAL opal (ō`pəl), a mineral consisting of poorly crystalline to amorphous silica, SiO2·nH2O; the water content is quite variable but usually ranges from 3% to 10%. ) modernization project, is using Cabletron's SPECTRUM to help manage over a million subscribers in Germany. Once completed this will be the most modern telecommunications network in Europe bringing fiber to 1.2 million homes in Germany. According to Cabletron officials this multi-million dollar deal will be the largest SPECTRUM sale to date. "The Berlin wall has fallen but it still casts a long shadow of technological disparity over Germany. DT is faced with the most daunting daunt tr.v. daunt·ed, daunt·ing, daunts To abate the courage of; discourage. See Synonyms at dismay. [Middle English daunten, from Old French danter, from Latin task ever undertaken by the German telecommunications industry. They must overcome this disparity and provide a modern access network for millions of households," said Jurgen Joswig, ke product manager. "ke was chosen to implement an active solution for delivering digitized communications from local exchanges to homes, providing scaling from telephone service to bandwidth allocation for video service." As part of ke's economical fiber-to-the-door solution a new modular management system was developed. The main portion of the management functionalities are provided by SPECTRUM, Cabletron's systems management platform. Using a combination of SPECTRUM Professional Services and their own development staff, ke was able to use SPECTRUM tool kits to create an agent for their hardware devices. The agent communicates with SPECTRUM, providing device configuration, fault isolation and auto discovery functionality. A key consideration in choosing SPECTRUM over other management platforms was its modeling ability (inductive modeling technology) which allows both the creation of end-to-end trail views and abstractions such as bandwidth allocation. "We chose to partner with Cabletron because SPECTRUM's scaleability met our requirements for distributed management spanning large geographic areas," said Joswig. "Our solution, including management, was developed according to German PTT (1) (Postal, Telegraph & Telephone) The governmental agency responsible for combined postal, telegraph and telephone services in many European countries. (2) See push-to-talk. PTT - Post, Telephone and Telegraph administration specifications and won complete PTT acceptance in late 1994." OPAL, DT's modernization project, set the stage for a "leapfrog of technology" in Germany going right from the technological stone age to the deployment of fiber-in-the-loop (FITL FITL Fiber-In-The-Loop (telecommunications) FITL Flight Increment Training Load ) into more than a million homes. As this project transitions into its second phase, SPECTRUM will play a pivotal role in insuring the success of the project. "ke is responsible for all network management systems needed to manage the first two phases of the OPAL project. As part of this multi-million dollar deal Cabletron will be supplying ke with over 4,000 SpectroServers," said Patty Chrystycz, Cabletron's director of network management marketing. "SPECTRUM has helped ke to become a leader in this project of supplying DT customers with the Hybrid Telecommunications Access System (HYTAS HYTAS Hybrides Teilnehmer-Anschluss-System (Deutsche Telekom) ), a completely integrated, digitized transmission system. This new telecommunications system has the potential of delivering many types of information including voice, image, text, and video." This solution is used for the new fiber optic transmissions as well as the transmissions over existing copper-based lines in western cities. As the network evolves, SPECTRUM will continue to provide the state-of-the-art management portion of ke's telecommunications network solution. Located in Hannover, Germany ke provides solutions for public and corporate communication networks. ke specializes in innovative telecommunications products meeting German requirements, including high-speed modems, ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. products, HDSL See DSL. HDSL - High bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line and PCM (1) See phase change memory. (2) (Plug Compatible Manufacturer) An organization that makes a computer or electronic device that is compatible with an existing machine. systems and fiber optic equipment. ke uses its own development and production in concert with efficient project teams to guarantee competent service in meeting the demands of complex networks. Cabletron Systems is the largest company in the world dedicated exclusively to computer networking products and services. With corporate headquarters in Rochester, NH, the company has more than 100 offices around the world and employs 5,700 people. Based on its Synthesis product framework, Cabletron develops, manufactures, markets and services both shared and switched-access internetworking products as well as the industry's most advanced network and systems management software. Cabletron directly services customer sites around the globe and provides 7 X 24 support coverage, including free telephone support during normal business hours BUSINESS HOURS. The time of the day during which business is transacted. In respect to the time of presentment and demand of bills and notes, business hours generally range through the whole day down to the hours of rest in the evening, except when the paper is payable it a bank or by a . A component of the S&P 500 index, Cabletron's common stock is traded over the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. under the symbol CS. Over the last four quarters the company has reported record revenue of approximately $1 billion and earnings of $202 million. -0- Cabletron's World Wide Web site can be reached on the Internet at http:// www.cabletron.com Cabletron, Synthesis, and SPECTRUM are trademarks or registered trademarks of Cabletron Systems. CONTACT: Sandra Hogan Cabletron Systems 603-337-1388 email: shogan@ctron.com or Betsey Winckler Cabletron Systems 603-337-2588 email: bwinckle@ctron.com |
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