Catapult Communications Receives First Orders From Lucent Technologies, Inc. Following Global Volume Purchasing Agreement.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 18, 2000 Catapult Communications (Nasdaq:CATT), a leading provider of advanced software-based test systems to the telecom industry, announced today receipt of first orders from Lucent Technologies's Swindon, U.K. facility for DCT (Discrete Cosine Transform) An algorithm that is widely used for data compression. Similar to Fast Fourier Transform, DCT converts data (pixels, waveforms, etc.) into sets of frequencies. The first frequencies in the set are the most meaningful; the latter, the least. 2000 test systems. These orders follow the signing of a global volume purchase agreement in August of this year. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Dave Mayfield, Catapult's President and COO, "We are pleased to have been selected as a major test tools supplier and look forward to supporting Lucent as it continues to develop networking equipment. Catapult has been selling test systems to Lucent for a number of years and these new orders strengthen that long-standing relationship. The DCT2000 test system is a very cost effective way to test tomorrow's networking products today." ABOUT CATAPULT Catapult Communications Corporation provides advanced test systems to equipment manufacturers and service providers for the design, integration, installation and acceptance testing of a broad range of digital telecommunications equipment and services. Catapult delivers test solutions for over 160 protocols and variants in the following network areas: 3G, VoIP, GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) The first high-speed digital data service provided by cellular carriers that used the GSM technology. GPRS added a packet-switched channel to GSM, which uses dedicated, circuit-switched channels for voice conversations. , SS7, Intelligent Network, ATM, V5, Digital Cellular and ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. . Catapult Communications Corporation is headquartered at 160 South Whisman Road, Mountain View, CA, 94041. Tel: 650-960-1025. International offices are located in UK, Germany, France, Canada and Japan. Information about Catapult Communications can be found on the Web at http://www.catapult.com. "This press release contains certain forward-looking statements as that phrase is defined in 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. Such forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. Such risks include that there can be no assurance that Lucent Technologies, Inc. will purchase additional products from the Company. Further risks are detailed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company's most recent Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. for the second quarter of 2001 and 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. for fiscal year 2000." |
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