Net Insight: DTM Standardized.Business Editors STOCKHOLM, Sweden--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 20, 2001 A standardization of the real-time media networking technology DTM DTM dermatophyte test medium. (Dynamic synchronous Transfer Mode Dynamic synchronous Transfer Mode , or DTM for short, is a networking technology, standardized by ETSI. It is designed to provide a guaranteed Quality of Service (QoS) for the emerging class of e.g. streaming video services, but can be used for packet based services as well. ) framework was approved on the 16th of March by the European standards organization A standards organization, also sometimes referred to as a standards body, a standards development organization or SDO (depending on what is being referenced), is any entity whose primary activities are developing, coordinating, promulgating, revising, amending, ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute, Sophia Antipolis technical park, Nice, France, www.etsi.org) A non-profit membership organization founded in 1988, dedicated to standardizing information and communication technologies (ICT) throughout Europe. . "The approval of DTM is a major milestone both for Net Insight and the industry," says Bengt Olsson, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Net Insight. "We have always strived to make DTM an open and available standard in order to speed up the development and spreading of the technology." The standardization is an on-going process, and in the future additional parts of the standard are expected to be completed; the specification of DTM core signaling, Ethernet transport and physical interfaces of DTM over SDH (Synchronous Digital Hierarchy) The European counterpart to SONET. See SONET. SDH - Synchronous Digital Hierarchy featuring speeds up to 40 Gbps. The DTM standard is scheduled to be published on the 23rd of March, and is identified as ES 201 803-1. "Telia has closely followed the DTM development," says Lars Forsstrom, Director Innovation, Skanova, of the Telia Group. "We see the technology as a very interesting alternative, especially for media networks and we truly welcome the standardization." The standardization process was initiated by Net Insight in the winter of 1998/99. Among the supporting members in the ETSI vote are Telia, Telenor, Telekom Austria Telekom Austria is a provider of a range of fixed line, mobile, data, and Internet communications services. In addition to its operations in Austria, Telekom Austria also has a wireline segment represented in the Czech Republic with Czech On Line, a leading Internet service , BAE Systems, Allied Telesyn, Deutsche Telekom, France Telecom, Telefonica and British Telecom. "DTM has unique benefits in how it provides high Quality of Service for multiple types of traffic. The standardization of DTM will enable these benefits to be extended across vendor solutions and, ultimately, service provider networks," says Jennifer Pigg, Executive VP of The Yankee Group. About Net Insight Net Insight develops and markets network switches for fibre-optic broadband networks. Using Net Insight solutions, operators can offer everything from new advanced real-time services to studio-quality video, and Internet communication to traditional telephony and data. The services can be supplied across one and the same infrastructure simply and cost-effectively. Net Insight has around 140 employees in Sweden and the USA. The company is listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange The Stockholm Stock Exchange (Swedish: Stockholmsbörsen) is a stock exchange located in Stockholm, Sweden. Founded in 1863 [1] it is the primary securities exchange of the Nordic Countries. . For more information, please see www.netinsight.net ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by BIT http://www.bit.se The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/03/20/20010320BIT00080/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/03/20/20010320BIT00080/bit0001.pdf |
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