DSET's "ILEC in a Box" Chosen by Net2000 for Linkup with Bell Atlantic; Major CLEC Will Deploy Gateway Suite for Electronic Bonding.BRIDGEWATER, N.J.--Feb. 9, 1999--(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 : DSET DSET Desert Sunshine Exposure Testing Inc. ) - Net2000 Communications has selected DSET's "ILEC (Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier) A traditional local telephone company such as one of the Regional Bell companies (RBOCs). Contrast with CLEC. See ELEC and TELRIC. in a Box " -- which includes multiple electronic-bonding gateways -- to interconnect with Bell Atlantic in the Bell Atlantic South region. DSET will also provide installation, testing, and training services as part of the sale. With the DSET gateway suite, Virginia-based Net2000 Communications will be better positioned to build on its current success in offering competitive voice, data, and multimedia telecommunications services. Deployment of the DSET gateways is a key ingredient in substantially reducing the time required to turn on local phone service for a new customer. "Electronic bonding between competitive and incumbent carriers is clearly gaining momentum," said Phillip Cavallo, DSET's vice president of marketing and product management. "For both carriers, application-to-application bonding eliminates the costly manual intervention associated with faxing, a widely used alternative to electronic bonding. The objective is to reduce the time required to turn on service for a CLEC's new customers from over a month to less than a week." As configured for Net2000 Communications, the DSET ILEC in a Box includes five gateways that support processing local service requests (LSRs) in real time, local number portability "LNP" redirects here. For the airport in Virginia with that IATA code, see Lonesome Pine Airport. For the compound InP, see Indium phosphide. Local number portability, (LNP) for fixed lines, and full mobile number portability , calling card verification, caller ID, and emergency services. By automating the exchange of LSR 1. (networking) LSR - Label Switching Router. 2. (operating system) LSR - Local Shared Resources. data between CLECs and ILECs, the LSR Order Gateway greatly accelerates the process of turning on service for customers who have chosen 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) as their provider. The LSOA LSOA Longitudinal Study of Aging LSOA Lower Super Output Area LSOA Local Service Ordering Administration LSOA Local Service Order Administration LSOA Lnp Service Order Administration (Local Service Order Administration) Gateway supports sending messages to the regional Number Portability Administration Centers (NPACs) established to ensure that local telephone numbers remain the same when individual consumers or businesses change service providers. The LIDB LIDB Line Information DataBase LIDB Line Information Data Base LIDB Logistics Integrated Database LIDB Logistics Intelligence Data Base and CNAM (Calling NAMe) An IN (Intelligent Network) service that displays the caller's name on the calling party's digital readout. This is similar to caller ID except that the calling party's name is displayed along with the calling number or instead of the calling number. See caller ID. Gateways facilitate transactions with service bureaus to provide support for calling-card calls, collect calls, and calls billed to third numbers. The E911 Gateway supports the transfer of pertinent customer data that police, fire departments, and ambulance services need to respond to 911 calls. "ILEC in a Box is an exceptionally flexible set of electronic-bonding solutions for any CLEC," commented Bill McHale, DSET's president and chief executive officer. "Whatever a CLEC's electronic-bonding needs may be, they'll be able to find the right configuration in ILEC in a Box." About Net2000 Net2000 Communications is an award-winning telecommunications company currently serving business customers from Boston to Richmond. Founded in 1993, the company is an integrated communications provider (ICP (1) (Internet Cache Protocol) A protocol used by one proxy server to query another for a cached Web page without having to go to the Internet to retrieve it. See CARP and proxy server. ), offering a full portfolio of local and long distance, voice, and data services through one point of contact and one simplified monthly invoice. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Net2000 has sales offices in Long Island, New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , Baltimore, Richmond and Virginia Beach, Virginia Virginia Beach is an independent city located in the South Hampton Roads area in the Commonwealth of Virginia, on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. It is the most populous city in Virginia and the 41st largest city in the United States, with an estimated . Net2000 has just been ranked in the Deloitte & Touche LLP 1998 list of fastest growing technology companies, ranking 5th in the regional "Fast 50" in Virginia and 72nd in the national "Fast 500." For more information, call 1-800-220-6382, or visit www.net2000.com. About DSET DSET Corporation, founded in 1989, is a leading provider of software and services to the telecommunications industry. The company's application development tools are used by network equipment manufacturers around the world to build applications that manage network components and facilitate the provisioning of new services, such as voice, data, and Internet access. DSET's local number portability (LNP) and OSS interconnection solutions facilitate the flow of information between carriers and their respective operations support systems Operations Support Systems (also called Operational Support Systems or OSS) are computer systems used by telecommunications service providers. The term OSS most frequently describes "network systems" dealing with the telecom network itself, supporting processes such . The company's services include custom application development, consulting to engineering teams and OSS process teams, as well as interoperability testing, maintenance, and training. Except for historical and factual information contained herein, all other information set forth in this news release represents forward-looking statements, including all statements about DSET's plans, beliefs, estimates and expectations. These statements are based on current estimates and projections that involve certain risks and uncertainties and could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Investors are encouraged to consider these risks and uncertainties which are discussed in documents filed by DSET with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, without limitation, fluctuation of quarterly operating results, dependence on a rapidly evolving telecommunications industry, dependence on the TMN industry standard, and the buying patterns of competitive local exchange carriers. DSET undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. DSET's web site can be viewed at www.dset.com. DSET and the DSET logo are registered trademarks of DSET Corporation. |
|
||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion