MPR Teltech and Cascade lead the way to compatible premium video services over ATM.WESTFORD,Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 15, 1996--MPR Teltech and Cascade today announced they will work together to build system-level compatibility between MPR (MultiProtocol Router) Software from Novell that provides router capabilities for its NetWare servers. It supports IPX, IP, AppleTalk and OSI protocols as well as all the major LANs and WANs. Teltech's WAVE(TM), an ATM-based video platform, and Cascade's 500 ATM switch so that telecommunications carriers can offer seamless ATM multimedia applications in the WAN (Wide Area Network). This is an important step in ensuring compatibility of our ATM application platform with existing ATM switches, said Francis St. Pierre, marketing manager, MPR Teltech. Because Cascade is a leading contender in supplying ATM switches to carriers, it made sense to work them early on in the process. We have demonstrated WAVE on different switches and plan to work with all major ATM switch vendors to ensure compatibility. The Cascade 500 ATM switch is a scalable ATM switch capable of building large heterogeneous networks with Virtual Network Navigator topology services. Its efficient point-to-multipoint connection set-up makes it particularly suitable for video applications. MPR Teltech supplies telecommunications carriers and other service providers with the WAVE video platform that enables carriers to offer their customers premium video services. All components of the WAVE platform connect to an existing carrier ATM infrastructure of switches and network management. Components of WAVE include a video-specific Terminal that resides with the end user, giving them complete control over their calls; a Broadband Multi-site Server (BMS BMS abbr. Bachelor of Marine Science ) that has a multi-site bridging capability allowing up to eight video sites to interact in a single conference; and the Video Service Manager (VSM VSM Value Stream Mapping (manufacturing process evaluation technique) VSM Vibrating Sample Magnetometer VSM Vascular Smooth Muscle VSM Visual Studio Magazine VSM Vietnam Service Medal VSM Virtual Shared Memory VSM Viable Systems Model ), a comprehensive set of standards-based software applications that enable a service provider to offer and manage end-to-end video services as part of a complete ATM multi-media offering. Typical applications of WAVE include distance learning, videoconferencing A real time video session between two or more users or between two or more locations. Although the first videoconferencing was done with traditional analog TV and satellites, inhouse room systems became popular in the early 1980s after Compression Labs pioneered digitized video systems , telemedicine and other scientific and business applications for corporate and institutional end users. "We see the migration of ATM-based video technology to customer located equipment happening rapidly. Premium video services such as the WAVE will be a key application for our Cascade 500 ATM switch," said Chris Baldwin senior product manager, Cascade Communications Cascade Communications was a Westford, Massachusetts based manufacturer of communications equipment. Founding Cascade was founded by Desh Deshpande in 1990, and was led by CEO Dan Smith. Product Cascade made a compact Frame Relay system. . "Ensuring that the two build a cost-effective system is the next logical step in delivering production ATM solutions." One of the world's fastest growing data communications data communications, application of telecommunications technology to the problem of transmitting data, especially to, from, or between computers. In popular usage, it is said that data communications make it possible for one computer to "talk" with another. companies and price/performance leader in frame relay A high-speed packet switching protocol used in wide area networks (WANs). Providing a granular service of up to DS3 speed (45 Mbps), it has become popular for LAN to LAN connections across remote distances, and services are offered by most major carriers. , Cascade Communications of Westford, Mass. is a global provider of wide area networking products for the enterprise and public carrier network markets. The pioneer of multiservice WAN switches, Cascade delivers enterprise-ready switches and network management solutions that enable customers to seamlessly integrate existing technologies with ATM for cost-effective network expansion and investment protection. Cascade's STDX and B-STDX multiservice WAN switches and the recently introduced Cascade 500 ATM switch offer the highest scalability and network capacity in the industry. Worldwide, private and public networks such as BellSouth, Bridge Information Systems, GTE GTE General Telephone & Electronics GTE Génie Thermique et Énergie (French) GTE Gas Turbine Engine GTE Global Tropospheric Experiment GTE Geothermal Energy GTE Gas Turbine Efficiency plc (Sweden & USA) , Pacific Bell, US West, LDDS See WorldCom. WorldCom, and British Telecom The telephone and communications carrier that provides services in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It used to be a division of the British Post Office, but was privatized in 1984 under Margaret Thatcher's administration. rely on Cascade products for unparalleled quality of service and high-performance WAN services. MPR Teltech Ltd. is a high-technology company that provides advanced telecommunications systems and products to a portfolio of customers in more than 20 countries. Incorporated in 1979, it introduced the world first commercially available ATM switch in 1992. CONTACT: Kathleen Butler MPR Teltech Ltd. 604/293-5404 email: butler@mpr.ca or Anita Brearton Cascade Communications Corp. 508/952-1280 or Maureen Liberty Neva Group Inc. 617/441-4000 |
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