ECI TADIRAN PARTNERSHIP AWARDED SDH FRAMEWORK CONTRACT VALUED AT UP TO $35.5 MILLION.PETAH TIKVA, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 22, 1996--ECI TELECOM LTD LTD 1 Laron-type dwarfism 2 Leukotriene D 3 Long-term depression, see there 4. Long-term disability . (NASDAQ/NM Symbol: ECILF) and Tadiran Telecommunication Ltd. (NASDAQ/NM Symbol: TTELF), have jointly announced today that after an extensive competitive process, the partnership established by them in September 1992, has been awarded by Bezeq (Israel's national and largest telecommunication company), a framework contract for ECIs add and drop multiplexers. The contract is valued at up to $35.5 million and is deliverable over the next two and half years. The contract consists of the full range of ECI's SDH (Synchronous Digital Hierarchy) The European counterpart to SONET. See SONET. SDH - Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (communications, standard) Synchronous Digital Hierarchy - (SDH) An international digital telecommunications network hierarchy which standardises transmission around the bit rate of 51.84 megabits per second, which is also called STS-1. ) add and drop multiplexers, including 155 Mbps (SDM-1), 622 Mbps (SDM-4), 2.5 Gbps (SDM-16) and network management systems. The partnership was originally selected in 1993, to supply Bezeq with $4.1 million worth of fully managed SDH rings and chains. These networks, which have been deployed throughout Israel, are presently carrying live traffic. Hezi Lapid, ECI Telecom ECI Telecom Ltd NASDAQ: ECIL, is a telecommunication equipment manufacturer based in Petah Tikva, Israel. Vice President and General Manager of the SDH Business Unit, commented, "The large scale deployment of SDH multiplexers by Bezeq reflects the growing acceptance of SDH as an effective solution for flexible, broadband networks  This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling.You can assist by [ editing it] now. ." SDH enables the provision and management of a variety of voice, video, and data services, such as video conferencing See videoconferencing. (communications) video conferencing - A discussion between two or more groups of people who are in different places but can see and hear each other using electronic communications. , high speed communications of text and graphics and computer communications in a fiber optic network. The two companies began to cooperate in the area of SDH in 1992, to provide complete network solutions in the deployment of SDH networks, based on products developed by the two companies for customers including Bezeq. A provider of integrated network A network that supports both data and voice and/or different networking protocols. See converged network and new public network. solutions, ECI TELECOM designs, develops, manufactures and markets digital telecommunications and data transmission systems, enabling network operators to deliver cost-effective services. ECI ECI Employment Cost Index ECI Election Commission(er) of India ECI Enterprise Content Integration ECI Early Childhood Intervention ECI Environmental Change Institute TELECOM's systems provide capacity expansion, flexibility and management functions to better utilize existing and new telecommunications, data, wide area and integrated networks. Tadiran Telecommunications Ltd. (NASDAQ/NM Symbol: TTELF) specializes in a variety of telecommunication fields, including: digital public switching, access, transport, wireless local loop and datacom systems, as well as business telecommunication systems and more. The company provides innovative solutions to telecommunications network needs throughout the world. CONTACT: Lippert/Heilshorn & Associates, Inc. Bharti Malkani/Jean O'Dea, 212-838-3777 (ext. 106 or ext. 129) or ECI Telecom Ltd. Doron Inbar, 972-3-9266585 |
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