IXC Communications Certifies Digital Link's DL7100 Multiservice ATM Concentrator for Use in its Networks.SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 13, 1997--Digital Link Corp. (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 :DLNK DLNK Digital Link DLNK Destination Link ) today announced that Austin, Texas-based IXC (1) (IntereXchange Carrier) An organization that provides interstate (long distance) communications services within the U.S., which includes AT&T, MCI, Sprint and more than 700 others. See LATA. (2) (IXC Communications Inc., Austin, TX, www. Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:IIXC) has certified Digital Link's flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , the DL7100 Multiservice ATM Concentrator, for use in conjunction with its digital transmission, broadband and long-distance networks. With more than 25 years of experience, IXC is one of the fastest-growing, specialized wholesale providers of coast-to-coast digital facilities for voice, data and video communications. IXC selected Digital Link's recently introduced DL7100 because Digital Link offers the best overall value in a high-capacity system, providing integrated access to a broad variety of network services. The DL7100 multiplexes and switches voice, data, video, low-speed cell and frame relay for ATM transmission. It supports ATM UNI, ATM FUNI FUNI Frame-Based User Network Interface FUNI Frame Based Uni , frame relay, ATM DXI DXI Data Exchange Interface DXi DirectX Instrument (plugin standard for software synthesizers) DXI Digital Exchange Interface DXI Direct Exchange Item DXI Direct X Instruments DXI Digital Express International and circuit emulation concurrently on the same multi-port subscriber module through the programmability of the Soft Port(TM) feature. "Our nationwide digital network allows us to provide bandwidth capacity through a variety of services to other communications companies that offer services to residential and commercial consumers," said Steven Butler, senior manager of broadband engineering at IXC. "We chose Digital Link's DL7100 for certification testing due to its redundancy and flexibility to fulfill the data communications edge concentrator and customer premise equipment roles. Interoperability certification is critical to IXC's customers for reassurance that choosing both companies' products can be implemented successfully and seamlessly." IXC's extensive certification process involves comprehensive lab testing, including the ability for a device to handle data traffic, shaping, and policing, as well as frame relay to ATM interoperability. The DL7100 Multiservice ATM Concentrator successfully passed tests for redundancy, standards conformance, reliability and SNMP-based network management. "The strengths of the DL7100 are the multi-service interface cards in combination with the frame relay to ATM interworking (standard) interworking - Systems or components, possibly from different origins, working together to perform some task. Interworking depends crucially on standards to define the interfaces between the components. which was demonstrated in live network testing with the Newbridge Mainstreet 36170, a leading ATM access switch," Butler added. "Data communications consumers demand consistent, reliable connectivity to network services from the companies they do business with," said Steve Tabaska, Digital Link's chief technology officer and vice president of engineering. "The DL7100 delivers that kind of reliability and interoperability better than any other multiservice concentrator on the market, and IXC's stamp of approval demonstrates that. This certification exemplifies our company's commitment to overall quality of service performance and engineering sophistication so·phis·ti·cate v. so·phis·ti·cat·ed, so·phis·ti·cat·ing, so·phis·ti·cates v.tr. 1. To cause to become less natural, especially to make less naive and more worldly. 2. -- a value-add for carriers and Internet service providers Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. ." About IXC Communications Austin-based IXC Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:IIXC) is one of the United States' largest suppliers of digital transmission and long distance services. The company owns and operates one of the newest nationwide digital networks and makes network capacity available to local telephone companies, national and regional long distance carriers, cable and utility companies, and Internet service providers. IXC offerings include private-line, broadband, and switched and dedicated in-bound and out-bound calling products, and calling card and debit card debit card, card that allows the cost of goods or services that are purchased to be deducted directly from the purchaser's checking account. They can also be used at automated teller machines for withdrawing cash from the user's checking account. services. IXC's Web site is located at: http://www.ixc-comm.net . About Digital Link Digital Link Corporation (NASDAQ:DLNK) designs, manufactures, markets and supports a broad range of high-speed digital access products, ranging from 56 Kbps to 155 Mbps for global wide area networks. The company's products are used by service providers as infrastructure equipment and by business enterprises for connectivity to WAN services, such as leased lines, frame relay, SMDS (Switched Multimegabit Data Service) A high-speed, switched data communications service offered by the local telephone companies for interconnecting LANs in different locations. It was introduced in 1992 and became generally available nationwide by 1995. and ATM. Digital Link is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., with worldwide sales offices in the UK and Germany. Company information about products and services is available on Digital Link's Web site: http://www.dl.com . CONTACT: Digital Link, Sunnyvale Leslie Conley, 408/745-4195 lconley@dl.com or Breakthru Communications Barbara Kline, 408/777-9364 bkline@breakthrucom.com |
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