Carrier Access to Participate in Voice on the Net Conference and Expo.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers Spring VON 2004 BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 26, 2004 Carrier Access Corporation (Nasdaq:CACS CACS Center for Advanced Computer Studies CACS Computer Audit, Control and Security CACS Carrier Access Corporation (stock symbol) CACs Criteria Air Contaminants CACS Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies CACS Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring ), a leading manufacturer of broadband access and service delivery platforms for both wireline and wireless communications carriers, today announced its plans to participate at the Voice on the Net (VON) conference and expo, March 28-April 1, 2004, taking place in Santa Clara, Calif. The company's booth (#1136) will showcase its Adit adit (ăd`ĭt), in mining, underground passage excavated nearly horizontally, with one end open to the earth's surface, usually used to service a mine. The adit end is the furthermost end from the surface, i.e., the location where miners work. (R) 600 Multi-service Delivery Terminal with Voice-over-IP (VoIP) capabilities. The Adit 600 solution solves the issues typically found in service provider's conversion to VoIP, including the conversion of installed 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). and telephone users to VoIP and connecting VoIP phones with Quality of Service (QoS). By combining multi-network access and multi-service delivery with leading softswitch interoperability, the Adit platform is an extremely cost-effective, compact, and flexible approach. Additionally, the Adit 600 is field-proven and carrier-certified with over 60,000 units deployed worldwide. The shoebox-sized Adit 600 platform is NEBS Level-3 certified for Central Office (CO) installations, with -48 VDC VDC Volts Direct Current VDC Venture Development Corporation VDC Vehicle Dynamic Control VDC Village Development Committee (Nepal) VDC Virtual Data Center VdC Verband der Cigarettenindustrie and eight hour battery back-up options for customer premise installations. VoIP conversion capacity is from eight FXS (Foreign eXchange Station) The interface provided by the telephone company to its customers, which includes dial tone, power and ring voltage. The telephone jack on the wall is an FXS interface. lines to eight T1s with Ethernet or multi-link 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 T1 network connections. "Carrier Access products help service providers migrate to converged IP services while preserving their capital investments," said Mark Nixon, Carrier Access vice president of marketing. "At VON, we will exhibit our portfolio of IP access solutions and broad range of partner interoperabilities." About Carrier Access Corporation Carrier Access designs, manufactures, and sells next-generation broadband access communications equipment to wireless and wireline communications service providers. With our solutions, Carrier Access' customers are deploying new media-rich Internet services and converged personalized communications services, while lowering capital and operating costs. Our customers use our products to upgrade access capacity and implement the convergence of IP, voice, and data services. Carrier Access' product portfolio meets or exceeds the highest interoperability, reliability, and quality standards in the industry, including Telcordia(TM) OSMINE (Operations Systems Modification of Intelligent Network Elements) A system from Telcordia for verifying compatibility with Telcordia-designed operating systems. , NEBS Level-3, and ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001. We sell our products directly to communications service providers, and indirectly through a broad channel of global distributor and communications infrastructure OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and partners. Carrier Access has delivered more than 180,000 systems in 25 countries, supporting 3.2 million voice and data lines. Our customers include wireless service providers, local exchange carriers, multi-cable operators, and international communications providers. Carrier Access, the Carrier Access logo, and Adit are registered trademarks of Carrier Access Corporation. Any other trademark is the trademark of its respective owner. For more information, visit www.carrieraccess.com. Forward-Looking Statement Caution Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters set forth in this press release are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially, including changing customer requirements, projected savings on capital expenditures and operational savings achieved through deployment of the Adit 600 by service providers. For a discussion of additional factors that may cause results to differ, see Carrier Access' SEC reports. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof. Carrier Access disclaims any intent or obligation to update these forward-looking statements. |
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