QICC And Lucent Technologies Sign $133 Million Agreement to Deploy Global Broadband Data Network and Services.MURRAY HILL Murray Hill may refer to one of the following places:
QICC is the First Global Broadband Carrier to Offer Services Targeted Primarily at the Entertainment Marketplace Lucent Technologies (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : LU), a global leader in communications networking The transmission channels interconnecting all client and server stations as well as all supporting hardware and software. solutions and Quad International Communications Corporation (QICC), a global broadband carrier focused on the media and entertainment industries, today announced a multi-year agreement valued at $133 million. Lucent will provide asynchronous transfer mode See ATM. (communications) Asynchronous Transfer Mode - (ATM, or "fast packet") A method for the dynamic allocation of bandwidth using a fixed-size packet (called a cell). See also ATM Forum, Wideband ATM. ATM acronyms. Indiana acronyms. (ATM) data networking solutions to help QICC expand its rapidly-growing broadband data network. Utilizing the new ATM core network architecture, QICC will roll out a family of high-speed services for the motion picture, broadcast and advertising industries by the end of this year. Under the terms of the agreement, Lucent will supply QICC with its market-leading GX 550(tm) Smart Core ATM switches, industry-leading PacketStar(tm) access concentrators and Lucent Digital Video's VideoStar(tm) MPEG-2 digital video system. QICC will also rely on Lucent's NetCare(r) Professional Services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. to provide design, installation and maintenance for QICC's network round-the-clock. QICC's new service portfolio, Q-CAST(tm), is a family of services designed for the entertainment industry offering total end-to-end network accountability, security and performance. QICC's new broadband data network offers high file-transfer speeds that significantly reduce the time and costs of film production, video editing See nonlinear video editing and video editor. and collaboration time. The services will be deployed coast-to-coast by the end of 1999. "Our intention is not to compete against existing services or replicate what others have already done," said Ray Ashton, chairman and chief executive officer of QICC. "Our goal is to offer true value-added differentiating broadband services to the entertainment and media-related industries including motion picture pre- and post-production distribution, broadcasting, advertising and related content providers. Lucent's expertise and technology will give us a competitive edge as we deploy our tailored solutions to meet the needs of our customers." "Today's alternative carriers need more flexible, cost-effective networks to deliver revenue-generating services," said Curt Sanford, president of Lucent's InterNetworking Systems group. "We are excited that QICC has selected Lucent's market-leading carrier-class data networking and digital video equipment to build its next generation network." According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. several recent leading market research reports from Synergy Research Group, Cahners In-Stat, Probe Research and International Data Corporation, Lucent continues to maintain its strong lead in the ATM, 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. , Multiservice WAN and ATM access concentration equipment markets. Lucent Digital Video has the majority share of the North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. digital television (DTV (Digital TeleVision) Transmitting TV using digital signals. The major DTV standards are ATSC (North America), DVB (Europe) and ISDB (Japan). All three use MPEG-2 video compression and Dolby Digital audio compression. DVB and ISDB also include MPEG audio compression. ) market for MPEG-2 encoders and is the MPEG-2 leader in the growing China DTV market. Lucent's NetCare unit provides network planning and design Network planning and design is an iterative process, encompassing topological design, network-synthesis, and network-realization, and is aimed at ensuring that a new network or service meets the needs of the subscriber and operator [1]. , implementation and integration, operations and administration, and support and maintenance services. For more information about Lucent's NetCare Professional Services visit the NetCare Web site at: http://www.lucent.com/netcare. QICC, based in Moorpark, Calif., is a true next generation emerging carrier, leading the global carrier industry in a new trend toward application specific services. QICC offers highly differentiating and competitive Global Broadband Services to the Entertainment and Media related industries including Motion Pictures, Broadcasting, Advertising and related Content Providers. For more information on QICC services, reseller program and investors relations, visit the company's website at http://www.qicc.com. Lucent Technologies designs, builds and delivers a wide range of public and private networks, communications systems and software, data networking systems, business telephone systems and microelectronic components. Bell Laboratories is the research and development arm for the company. For more information about Lucent Technologies, headquartered at Murray Hill, N.J., visit the company's website at http://www.lucent.com. |
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