Iowa Communications Network Selects Terawave's INT Access Aggregation Platform for Interactive Distance Learning.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SUPERCOMM 2003 HAYWARD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 3, 2003 State Network Delivers Voice, Data, and Video Services over a Single Integrated Network A network that supports both data and voice and/or different networking protocols. See converged network and new public network. Terawave Communications, a leading provider of converged optical access solutions, announced today the approval and successful deployment of its versatile INT (Integrated Network Terminal) access-aggregation platform within the Iowa Communications Network The Iowa Communications Network (ICN) is a state-administered fiber optics network designed to provide equal access to Iowans with modern telecommunication resources. (ICN ICN International Council of Nurses. ). ICN has deployed the Terawave INT platform at hundreds of locations delivering video, IP, and TDM (Time Division Multiplexing) A technology that transmits multiple signals simultaneously over a single transmission path. Each lower-speed signal is time sliced into one high-speed transmission. services. "The Terawave INT access aggregation platform is the basis for our statewide Interactive Distance Learning (IDL (1) (Interface Definition Language) A language used to describe the interface to a routine or function. For example, objects in the CORBA distributed object environment are defined by an IDL, which describes the services performed by the object and how the data ) video network," says Mark Dayton Mark Brandt Dayton (born January 26, 1947) was a Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party U.S. Senator from Minnesota who served from 2001 to 2007 in the 107th, 108th, and 109th Congresses. , Director of Engineering for ICN. "We have installed hundreds of INT's in full-motion, video classrooms and are planning the conversion of the remaining classrooms from DS3 video codecs to the Terawave INT platform. The real-time MPEG-2 compression has allowed us to free up bandwidth to provide Internet access See how to access the Internet. at megabit increments through both ATM and Ethernet interfaces to our customers." The Terawave INT "Triple/Triple Play" platform provides an economical solution for multi-service, multi-protocol, and multi-topology networks. The flexibility of the Terawave INT platform enables ICN to offer video, voice, and data services to its customers over both point-to-point, and point-to-multipoint multi-protocol networks. The integration of network services under a single network umbrella has proven to be extremely cost effective with respect to both capital and operational savings. "Today, and into the foreseeable future, networks will be a mosaic of topologies, protocols, and services. This is a fragmented picture; expensive both to own and operate, with separate networks for almost every service type," says Donald Stalter, Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of Terawave. "Our INT uses custom Terawave ASICs to cost effectively bring the pieces of the network together, from legacy to the most advanced services, protocols, and topologies. With the Terawave solution, the mosaic forms a picture of dramatic cost reduction with a single platform, single control of all services, protocols, and topologies. With over 2000 units installed worldwide, our customers have validated the economic benefits with significant reduction in both capital and operational expenses." About Terawave Communications Terawave Communications Integrated Network Terminal (INT) is revolutionizing the worldwide access market with unparalleled flexibility and a proven sub-6 month ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). . The modular pay-as-you-grow architecture has accelerated Terawave's penetration into a diverse base of customers including carriers, MSO's, enterprise networks, and international PTT's. The evolutionary INT delivers reliable data and voice services over multiple transport media and topologies. For further information, visit the company web site at www.terawave.com. |
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