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BT TYMNET RESTRUCTURES
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Washington, D.C., February 6, 1990 -- BT Tymnet, suppliers of the
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international value-added network, TYMNET (r), announced today a company-wide
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restructuring program at Communications Networks '90. This progam is a direct
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result of the integration of the British Telecom subsidiary, BT Dialcom,
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Rockville, MD, and the operating divisions acquired from McDonnell Douglas -
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Network Systems Company, Network Application Systems, Applied Communication
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Systems (ACS), and Payment Systems Company. The new entity, BT Tymnet Inc.,
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will be closely focused on providing high-quality, high-value, business
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solutions to the world-wide market for telecommunications applications systems,
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products and services.
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INTEGRATION OF SALES AND MARKETING
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All of the systems, products and services marketed under the various
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companies will now be available from the new company, BT Tymnet Inc. This
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includes the products and services associated with the TYMNET Network, as well
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as the electronic messaging programs DIALCOM and OnTyme, the electronic data
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interchange program, EDI*Net, and the point-of-sale services, Electronic Draft
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Capture, and Credit Authorization. Sales operations have also been aligned to
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reflect the business solution focus of the new product portfolio. BT Tymnet
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Corporate Headquarters are located in San Jose, California, USA, with regional
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offices located in the United States, Canada, Europe, and the Pacific Rim.
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KEY ELEMENTS TO SUCCESS
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"Winners in the world-wide race to supply global networking solutions
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will share one fundamental quality - a committment to serving the business of
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their customers. Suppliers of high-quality, reliable, and timely solutions to
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the business of daily communications, based on superior technology, will take
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the lead. This restructuring represents our continuing commitment to our
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customers that THEIR business comes first," stated Art Parsons, Senior
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Vice-President Sales and Marketing, BT Tymnet.
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BT TYMNET INC.
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BT Tymnet Inc., an international value-added network supplier, is one of
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the world's largest providers of shared, dedicated and hybrid network solutions.
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The company owns and operates the TYMNET Network, which offers protocol
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conversion, error-protection, enhanced security features, electronic data
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interchange (EDI), card services and electronic messaging. The TYMNET Network
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is accesssible from most countries throughout the world.
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_________________________________
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BT TYMNET TO PROVIDE ACCESS FOR DIGITAL'S
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INDEPENDENT SOFTWARE VENDORS
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SAN JOSE, California, February 6, 1990 -- BT Tymnet Inc. and Digital
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Equipment
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Corporation announced today that the international value-added network TYMNET(r)
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has been chosen as the access provider for the Digital Independent Software
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Vendor (ISV) Program, ISVNet. Digital, a long time customer of BT Tymnet,
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established the ISVNet to identify and work with third-party software developers
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-- worldwide -- interested in writing applications for all of Digital's
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strategic platforms.
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ISVNet is used to link Digital's ISVs and CSOs (Complimentary
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Solutions Organizations) with Digital personnel, and is becoming a primary way
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these third parties communicate with Digital.
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BENEFITS OF THE ISV PROGRAM
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By utilizing the TYMNET Network, ISVs and CSOs gain easy, low-cost
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access and dependability via a local call in over 850 cities nationwide, as well
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as over 80 countries worldwide. "We estimate the cost for an hour of connect
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time will decrease to an average of $5 versus $30 an hour previous to this
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agreement," said Mike Mancuso, group marketing manager for Digital's Corporate
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Independent Software Vendors Group. "Our experience with ISVs leads us to
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believe that a cost-effective, secure data network is a more efficient means of
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communicating with CSOs and ISVs than a traditional telephone support program,"
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said Mancuso.
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The ISVNet is currently used by software developers as an
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electronic-mail system to Digital engineers and for access to on-line Notes
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Conferences, which focus on common development issues. Digital also uses the
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ISVNet to announce training classes, which it provides free to its ISVs and
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CSOs, and as an electronic bulletin board.
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Digital's CSO and ISV programs are open to all companies, regardless
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of size or number of employees.
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In a research report compiled by the AberdeenGroup, they concluded
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that "Digital's ISV Program is far and away the most comprehensive hardware
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manufacturer-sponsored technical-support program available for ISMs (Independent
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Software Manufacturers) today." Aberdeen recommends that ISMs who want their
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applications to run on larger-than-PC, state-of-the-industry systems join the
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other ISMs who are already in Digitals's ISV Program.
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BT TYMNET INC.
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BT Tymnet Inc., an international value-added network supplier, is one
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of the world's largest providers of shared, dedicated, and hybrid network
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solutions. The company owns and operates the TYMNET Network which offers
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protocol conversion, error-protection, enhanced security features, eclectronic
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data interchange (EDI), card services, and electronic messaging. The TYMNET
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Network is accessible from most countires throughout the world.
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DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION
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Digital Equipment Corporation, headquartered in Maynard,
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Massachusetts, is a leading worldwide supplier of network computer systems and
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services. Digital offers a full range of computing solutions and systems
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integration for the entire enterprise -- from the desktop to the data center.
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MAJOR SAUDI CONTRACT WON BY BT TYMNET
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SAN JOSE, California, February 12, 1990 -- BT Tymnet Inc., provider of the
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international value-added network TYMNET(R), in conjunction with British Telecom
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al-Saudia Ltd., has won a major contract to supply, install and maintain a
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private packet-switched data network for the Saudi French Bank.
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The US $2 million contract consists of equipment supplied by BT Tymnet, and will
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be installed and maintained by British Telecom's newly formed joint venture
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company in Saudi Arabia, British Telecom al-Saudi.
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THE SAUDI FRENCH BANK
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The Saudi French Bank's choice of network provider was based on the need to have
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a backbone that can fully support their completely automated data service
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objectives, both present and future. The network will enhance communications
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between the bank's 60-plus branches throughout the kingdom. "We look forward to
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working with Al Bank Al Saudi Al Fransi (the Saudi French Bank) for what is
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recognized to be one of the most integrated customer applications of X.25
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throughout the Middle East", said Andrew Thomson, BT al-Saudia's General
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Manager.
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WORLDWIDE BUSINESS SOLUTIONS
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"Our goal at BT Tymnet is to provide the highest possible level of support and
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service to our customers - whether it's in dedicated, hybrid or shared network
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applications. BT Tymnet's business solution, together with BT al-Saudia,
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demonstrates our ongoing commitment to delivering the best in worldwide
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networking services," said Mark Baker, Chief Executive Officer of BT Tymnet Inc.
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BT TYMNET INC.
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BT Tymnet Inc., an international value-added network supplier, is one of the
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world's largest providers of shared, dedicated, and hybrid network solutions.
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The company owns and operates the TYMNET(R) Network which offers protocol
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conversion, error-protection, enhanced security features, electronic data
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interchange (EDI), card services, and electronic messaging. The TYMNET Network
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is accessible from most countries throughout the world.
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BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PLC
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British Telecommunications plc, a leading world player in telecommunications,
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operates one of the largest communications networks in the world, has annual
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revenues of almost $19 billion, employs about 247,000 staff and has over 100
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offices in 30 countries. In North America, companies within the British Telecom
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group employ over 3,500 personnel and provide international networks, PBX,
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business systems, electronic mail, enhanced informatin services, integrated
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trading systems, datacoms equipment, optoelectronics, voice messaging, radio
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paging and mobile communications.
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TYMNET is a registered trademark of BT Tymnet Inc.
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BRITISH TELECOM ANNOUNCES "CONCERT (TM)" FOR OPEN NETWORK MANAGEMENT
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BT Tymnet in Harmony with CONCERT
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NEW YORK, New York, March 28, 1990 - British Telecom today unveiled its
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strategic plans for helping the world's businesses solve one of their most
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pressing problems: control and management of their communications networks.
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Known as CONCERT (TM), British Telecom's open network management capability
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will be built on internationally-agreed open standards, allowing it to
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interface with systems from other suppliers.
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It will allow customers end-to-end management capability of their public,
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private, and hybrid networks, and will automate many routine tasks while
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optimizing network performance.
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David Dey, Managing Director of British Telecom's Communication Systems
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Division, revealed the company's strategy for this new fast-emerging area of
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communications which he said was "fundamental to achieving our goal of
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becoming the world's most successful telecommunications company."
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Mr. Dey continued: "Companies' networks have become the very lifeblood of
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their businesses. Investment in such networks runs into millions of dollars. With
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increasing deregulation, these networks are often patchworks of equipment
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from many different suppliers."
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"Integrated management and control is fast becoming the most important
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communications activity in major customer networks around the globe. We are
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totally committed to providing advanced solutions for our customers as a major
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part of our strategy to become the world's leading telecommunications network
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supplier. This strategy is based on close, cooperative alliances with other
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suppliers, using open standards to achieve full end-to-end systems management."
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Mr. Dey said that, "in consequence, British Telecom had established a Network
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Management Liaison Group with many other suppliers. This supplemented its
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collaboration with other vendors through its membership in the OSI/Network
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Management Forum."
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He added: "CONCERT is designed to cross the boundaries of public, private and
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hybrid networking in both voice and data. Because networks are part of an
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overall information system, close cooperation with computer system suppliers
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is essential."
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"In particular, British Telecom is working with IBM and other major computer
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companies to look at ways of establishing direct interworking between our
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respective network management systems, through open interfaces."
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CONCERT significantly builds on British Telecom's global activities including
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those of its new subsidiary BT Tymnet, the worldwide value-added data services
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and private networking supplier based in California, and its relationship with
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Northern Telecom for distributing the MERIDIAN range of PBXs. Both BT Tymnet
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and Northern Telecom's products are intended to interface to CONCERT.
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Mark Baker, President of BT Tymnet, said: "BT Tymnet's own UNIX-based network
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management capability will be upgraded to provide interfaces to the CONCERT
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integration system. It will be repositioned to form a strong component of
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the CONCERT initiative."
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British Telecom's ability to exploit CONCERT for its major customers has grown
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out of its expertise in this area. During the last few years, the company has
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built up a team of systems architects, designers and software engineers - now
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over 1,000 strong - to support development of its network management products
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and services. It is deploying the latest technology, including expert systems,
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and has recently concluded one of the worldUs largest contracts in this area
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with Telefonica of Spain.
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As another indication of its commitment in this area, British Telecom was a key
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founder of the OSI Network Management Forum. Established in 1988, it now
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comprises nearly 100 leading communications and computer companies from 13
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countries. The Forum is working rapidly to agree on specifications to make
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multi-vendor network management a reality. Keith Willetts, one of the British
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Telecom executives responsible for the CONCERT program, is currently President
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of the Forum.
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Mr. Willetts said: "As President of the Forum and closely involved in British
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Telecom's plans, I have been able to ensure that CONCERT is harmonized with
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the Forum's activities."
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CONCERT is being implemented in the key networking products and services which
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make up British Telecom's Customer Managed Communications portfolio. It will be
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focused initially on value-added data networking, both in the UK and worldwide.
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Local area networks, data communications and packet-switching products are
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included.
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British Telecom is conducting internal trials to add management capabilities
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to its private circuit services portfolio in the UK. CONCERT technology and
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interfaces will be used to give major customers on-line access to British
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Telecom's business Service Centers for service requests and service resolution.
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It will also be applied to voice networking involving the company's
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relationship with Northern Telecom.
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Trials of products implementing CONCERT begin as early as fourth quarter 1990,
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with customer availability in progressive releases during 1991.
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CONCERT is a registered trademark of British Telecom.
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BT TYMNET AWARDED MOTOROLA CONTRACT TO PROVIDE NETWORK FOR CoveragePLUS SYTEM
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Will Link Nationwide Vehicle Communication and Location System
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SAN JOSE, California, May 9, 1990 -- BT Tymnet Inc., provider of the
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international value-added network TYMNET(R), announced today that they have been
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chosen by Motorola, Inc., Communications Sector to support the CoveragePLUS(TM)
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system. The three year contract is worth over $15 million.
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CoveragePLUS is the first long-haul vehicle communications system to feature
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nationwide vehicle tracking with both a voice and data link. BT Tymnet will
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support the nationwide data requirements.
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CoveragePLUS SYSTEM
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CoveragePLUS is designed for a broad base of users that need to communicate with
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their vehicles on a regional or nationwide basis. Subscribers to the service may
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include firms such as private trucking fleets, common carriers, construction
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fleets, field service fleets, hazardous waste handlers and government agencies.
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Due to Motorola's expansive nationwide coverage, combined with BT Tymnet's
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leadership position in providing network access, CoveragePLUS subscribers can
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access their drivers in locations across the United States.
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Users equip their vehicles with a CoveragePLUS radio and data terminal. When
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turned on, software in the mobile unit logs on to the nearest CoveragePLUS node
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site which notifies the dispatcher of the vehicle's location. These node sites,
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and subscriber company dispatch locations, have dedicated connections to the
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TYMNET Network which links them to the Motorola hub. When a mobile unit moves
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into a new coverage area, it automatically logs on to that system, and the
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process repeats itself.
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Providing nearly seamless coverage for communications, CoveragePLUS is the first
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system to offer 'real-time' position information as well as an instant two-way
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link. Tracking, load status, and estimated time of arrival of every vehicle are
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also features of the system allowing users to better manage their fleet, improve
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customer service, and increase driver efficiency.
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BT TYMNET SELECTION
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Motorola evaluated several networks through an extensive analysis. According to
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Motorola, the CoveragePLUS contract was ultimately awarded to BT Tymnet because
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of the ability to deliver a highly reliable and proven network solution at
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competitive rates. BT Tymnet also has experience installing large networks and
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could best meet Motorola's accelerated implementation plan. "BT Tymnet
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understood our needs and provided the best network solution to satisfy them,"
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said Dick Kampa, CoveragePLUS Business Manager. "They were extremely flexible in
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addressing our unique requirements and played a major consulting role. The
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TYMNET Network also has many physical points of presence to help meet our
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budget."
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ROLLOUT
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The pilot program has been successful and the contract now calls for BT Tymnet
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to begin a geographic rollout of supported node sites that will expand to
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encompass the country. By late 1990, CoveragePLUS is scheduled to blanket all of
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the major interstate highways in the U.S. and the full implementation of the
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system will link hundreds of sites.
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CoveragePLUS is currently being marketed in the trucking industry.
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BT TYMNET INC.
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BT Tymnet Inc., an international value-added network supplier, is one of the
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world's largest providers of public, private, and hybrid network solutions. The
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company owns and operates the TYMNET(R) Network which offers protocol
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conversion, error-protection, enhanced security features, electronic data
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interchange (EDI), card services, and electronic messaging. The TYMNET Network
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is accessible from most countries throughout the world.
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MOTOROLA, INC.
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Motorola, Inc., Communications Sector is one of the world's leading
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manufacturers of highly specialized two-way electronic communications systems,
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products and components for distribution in worldwide markets. They include
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mobile and portable two-way FM radio communications systems, radio paging
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systems, mobile and portable data communications systems, signalling and remote
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control systems, information display systems, automatic vehicle location,
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electronic command and control systems, digital voice protection systems, HF
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single-side band systems, components and test equipment.
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Motorola was a winner of the first annual Malcolm Baldrige National Quality
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Award, in recognition of its superior company-wide management of quality
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processes.
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TYMNET is a registered trademark of British Telecom plc.
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Motorola and CoveragePLUS are trademarks of Motorola, Inc.
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BT TYMNET INCREASES X.25 OFFERINGS
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Announces New Bundled X.25 Service - "XLINK Express"
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San Jose, California, July 9, 1990 - BT Tymnet Inc., provider of the
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international value-added network TYMNET(R), announced today the availability
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of XLINK Express (TM), a family of new, bundled, port-based, synchronous X.25
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services (XLINKs) offering customers significantly lower cost X.25 host access
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to the TYMNET network.
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XLINKs
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XLINKs are leased line private access port services for X.25 interfaces at
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speeds up to 19.2 Kbps (bits per second) and supporting up to 64 virtual
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circuits. Currently available in over 175 U.S. cities, XLINK Express includes
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port access, leased line, modems, software, and free data transmission on
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traffic originating from the XLINK interface. As a basic service, XLINK ports
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utilize standard X..25 default parameters (i.e. a 128 packet size, packet
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window equal to 2, LAPB, etc.). BT Tymnet also offers other value-added X.25
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services that operate non-default service settings for those users needing to
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customize their communication lines.
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"XLINK Express demonstrates BT Tymnet's receptiveness to the marketplace and
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those customers who desire a bundled service," said Art Parsons, Senior Vice
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President, Sales and Marketing for BT Tymnet.
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"XLINKs are best configured in a host-to-host environment where users can take
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advantage of the traffic insensitive pricing," states Joan Carmichael, X.25
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services product manager for BT Tymnet. "Customers are now able to choose
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from a number of X.25 services ranging from full-featured X.25 host interfaces
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to all-inclusive standard X.25 ports."
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Prior to XLINK Express, customers requiring a 9.6 Kbps leased line for standard
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X.25 host connectivity would typically pay an average monthly rate of $1500 for
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their leased line, modems, and interface. With XLINK, customers can now be
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charged a flat monthly rate of $900 which includes all the elements they need
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to successfully connect their X.25 host to the TYMNET network. Depending on
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communication requirements and the application needs, BT Tymnet customers can
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save hundreds per month on each XLINK connection.
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In addition to the new XLINK Express service, for dial-up X.25 users, BT Tymnet
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has reduced and bundled service pricing on TymDial X.25 private access ports
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(PAPs). The new pricing includes the X.32/X.25 port access, modem, and
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kilocharacter transmission originating from the PAPs.
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TYMDIAL(TM) X.25
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TymDial X.25 is an error-free synchronous transmission protocol that provides
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dial-up X.25 access via the CCITT X.32 and X.25 recommendations. TymDial X.25
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allows users to access X.25, asynchronous, QLLC, and DSP applications through
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dial-up lines rather than more expensive leased lines. TymDial is especially
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suited for customers needing occasional data communications to remote U.S. and
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foreign locations where dedicated leased line services become too
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cost-prohibitive.
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BT TYMNET INC.
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BT Tymnet Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of British Telecom plc, is an
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international value-added network supplier and one of the world's largest
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providers of public, private and hybrid network solutions. The company owns
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and operates the TYMNET network, which offers protocol conversion,
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error-protection, enhanced security features, electronic data interchange (EDI),
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card services and electronic messaging. The TYMNET network is accessible from
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most countries throughout the world.
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TYMNET is a registered trademark of British Telecom, plc.
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TymDial is a trademark of British Telecom, plc.
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BT TYMNET OFFERS GATEWAY TO 850 DATABASES
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SAN JOSE, California, July 16, 1990 - BT Tymnet Inc., provider of the
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international value-added network TYMNET(r), announced today the availability
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of CGS (Cyclopean Gateway Service(tm)), a new service which provides
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menu-driven access to more than 850 databases available from 13 worldwide
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information providers. CGS, a customized version of the EasyNet(r) Knowledge
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Gateway(r) service operated by Telebase Systems Inc., in effect triples the
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information sources accessible by BT Tymnet customers.
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BT Tymnet will provide the service via its Dialcom(r) service offering.
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CGS
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Through CGS, information may be retrieved by accessing individual databases
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within particular subject areas. CGS is menu-driven to simplify the search
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process.The service assists the researcher in selecting the appropriate
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databases to search, and translates the user's search terms into the proper
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command language. This eliminates the need for the user to learn complicated
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commands and protocols normally required by the individual database providers.
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The broad subject areas covered include business, science and technology,
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medicine and allied health, law, patents and trademarks, social sciences and
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education, arts, literature and religion, entertainment, and people. For news
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articles, users can quickly and easily search for and retrieve information from
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domestic and international magazines, newspapers, published papers, indexes,
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scholarly journals, directories, and more.
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CGS also offers the capability to simultaneously search in a variety of
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databases using its SmartScan feature. SmartScan groups databases together by
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subject category, e.g. Advertising & Marketing, Management, and Government &
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Defense. SmartScan is particularly useful for comprehensive background and
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"needle in a haystack" searches.
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As part of CGS, BT Tymnet will also distribute a new investment tool
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developed by Telebase Systems. Inc. and Telescan, Inc. The Investment ANALY$T
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provides menu-driven access to vital stock market information like current and
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historical quotes, stock charts, indicators, financials and news, and a stock
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screening search service, without requiring the use of specialized software.
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ANALY$T can be used to track portfolios, identify market trends, monitor
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competitors, and accomplish strategic investment intelligence.
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BT Tymnet's Dialcom Services
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BT Tymnet's Dialcom services, through which CGS is accessed, offers the
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|
most sophisticated, comprehensive package of business communication and
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|
information services available today. Besides the Dialcom electronic mail
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service, which is available worldwide, other communication services include fax
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and telex messaging, UpFront(r) PC communications software, batch mail file
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transfer, conferencing, and bulletin boards. Dialcom news and information
|
|
services include electronic newswires, news clipping services, business and
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financial news, travel information and reservations, electronic publishing,
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links to other databases, and now, CGS.
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In addition, there are electronic forms, electronic calendars, text
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|
processing and spelling dictionary, and database management support services
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|
which increase office productivity.
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BT Tymnet Inc.
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BT Tymnet Inc., an international value-added network supplier, is one of
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the world's largest providers of public, private, and hybrid network solutions.
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|
The company owns and operates the TYMNET(r) Network which offers protocol
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conversion, error-protection, enhanced security features, electronic data
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|
interchange (EDI), electronic transaction services (point-of-sale), and
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electronic messaging. The TYMNET Network is accessible from most countries
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throughout the world.
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BT TYMNET SELECTED BY PRODIGY TO PROVIDE
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NATIONWIDE ACCESS
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SAN JOSE, California, September 6, 1990 -- BT Tymnet Inc., provider of the
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international value-added network TYMNET(r), announced today that it has been
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selected by Prodigy Services Company, a partnership of IBM and Sears, to provide
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nationwide access to the PRODIGY(r) service, which was launched nationally this
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morning.
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With the utilization of the TYMNET Network, the PRODIGY service becomes the
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nation's first coast-to-coast system linking families to information and
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services for a low, flat fee.
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For the sixty million Americans that have potential access to a personal
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computer, the PRODIGY service is an affordable way to manage their personal
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|
finances, call up current information and advice on demand, shop from home,
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exchange mail, plan travel activities, play challenging games and help educate
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their children at the touch of a few key strokes. With only regional coverage
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available previously, BT Tymnet now makes the PRODIGY service available
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nationwide.
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BT TYMNET SELECTION
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Prodigy is building its own telecommunications system by erecting Prodigy
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|
Local Sites (PLSs) across the country. These sites are being supplemented by BT
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Tymnet in over 300 locations, providing a total of approximately 500 access
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|
sites in the U.S. "BT Tymnet has allowed us to offer the PRODIGY service on a
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|
national basis two years earlier than if we continued to build a network on our
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|
own, " said Prodigy President Theodore Papes.
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|
"We chose BT Tymnet not only because it is the leader among Value-Added
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Networks in access coverage, but also because of the flexibility of its
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software-based solution, their willingness to work together with us, and their
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|
responsiveness to our requests," added Papes.
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Said BT Tymnet President and CEO Mark Baker, "We view our partnership with
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Prodigy as a alliance with one of the most innovative companies today, with the
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|
potential to be a major force in the '90s. Our commitment to Prodigy is
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evidenced by our major network upgrade of over 200 TYMNET sites to support 2400
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|
bps, and the addition of 10 new sites specifically for this customer."
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NETWORK CONFIGURATION
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Prodigy has co-located IBM Series 1 computers at BT Tymnet node sites in
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New York, Fairfax, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, San Francisco and Newport Beach.
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Multiple Series 1 computers at these hub sites can each support up to 256
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simultaneous users and are front ended by BT Tymnet Compact XL Engines (packet
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|
switches).
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PRODIGY
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The PRODIGY service enables families with personal computers to select a
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|
broad range of personalized information, education and entertainment, send mail
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electronically, and conduct many transactions -- including shopping, securities
|
|
trading, banking and travel reservations. Members of the PRODIGY service receive
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these features through their regular telephone line. Unlike other on-line
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services, Prodigy charges a flat fee with no per minute charges.
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BT TYMNET INC.
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BT Tymnet Inc., an international value-added network supplier, is one of
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the world's largest providers of shared, dedicated and hybrid network solutions.
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|
The company owns and operates the TYMNET(r) Network which offers protocol
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|
conversion, error-protection, enhanced security features, electronic data
|
|
interchange (EDI), electronic transaction services (point-of-sale), and
|
|
electronic messaging.
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BT Tymnet and TYMNET are trademarks or registered trademarks of British
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|
Telecommunications plc.
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PRODIGY service is a registered trademark of Prodigy Services Company
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BRITISH TELECOM REVEALS GLOBAL VALUE-ADDED DATANET PLANS
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SAN DIEGO, California, September 25, 1990 -- Plans for worldwide
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|
value-added data communications services, directly available to customers in
|
|
the world's top countries -- accounting for 80 per cent of global
|
|
communications volume -- were unveiled today by British Telecom.
|
|
Global Network Services (GNS) is a further phase of British Telecom's
|
|
corporate strategy to provide the multinational business community with
|
|
communications on a global scale, backed up by a round-the-clock management
|
|
service that will respond to their needs quickly and efficiently.
|
|
GNS will offer enhanced services based on data-handling facilities shared,
|
|
leased or owned, and managed by British Telecom in 20 countries. They integrate
|
|
a variety of facilities:
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|
- the value-added network in the U.S. operated by BT Tymnet
|
|
- British Telecom's managed X.25 packet network in the UK (PSS) and its
|
|
international service (IPSS)
|
|
- the network nodes operated by BT Tymnet to provide value-added data
|
|
services in 18 other countries, an increase of seven in the last year.
|
|
In addition, GNS will offer transborder services in 84 other countries. In
|
|
34 of these, where the local public data netwokis based on TYMNET technology,
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|
enhanced data services similar to GNS will be available. In total, GNS access
|
|
will reach more than 100 countries.
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|
Mr. David Dey, Managing Director of British Telecom's Communications
|
|
Systems Division, said: "Major business organizations nowadays realize that
|
|
they need to operate globally if they are to stay in the race for markets and
|
|
profits. Reliable managed global communications and predictable costs are
|
|
essential for these operations. The worldwide marketplace for managed data
|
|
network services is worth, perhaps, tens of billions of dollars annually, and
|
|
is growing at more than 30 per cent a year.
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|
"GNS is designed to meet their value-added data communications needs,
|
|
providing them with many benefits. With British Telecom, our worldwide business
|
|
customers will have a full-time, professional partner in value-added data
|
|
networking, with the expertise to help them solve one of their most pressing
|
|
problems- control and management of their managed data communications networks.
|
|
GNS will use British Telecom's CONCERT(tm) network management capability to
|
|
offer customers integrated end-to-end data network management."
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|
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|
With GNS, British Telecom will offer:
|
|
- a managed value-added data network service allowing users to transfer
|
|
value-added data from one location in the world to another
|
|
- electronic messaging, electronic data interchange (EDI), information
|
|
retrieval and transaction services
|
|
- customer-specific and specialized services involving configuration of
|
|
the managed service to meet the specific needs of the large
|
|
multinationals for enhanced data communications tailored to their
|
|
individual requirements; this service may include hybrid data networks
|
|
and the provision of customer-premises equipment and service level
|
|
agreements.
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|
Global Network Services will conform to international standards and offer a
|
|
common set of features in the UK, US and all other countries where GNS is
|
|
available. Each customer will be offered one-stop shopping - a single point of
|
|
contact with British Telecom for ordering and providing service and for
|
|
reporting and repairing faults for all GNS services in a particular location.
|
|
There will also be the option of single currency billing.
|
|
Mark Baker, President and CEO of BT Tymnet Inc. said, "Multinational
|
|
corporations require sophisticated international networks to assist them in
|
|
meeting their goals. Global Network Services will provide them with the best in
|
|
network access, support and value-added services available."
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|
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|
Other features of GNS will include:
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|
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- comprehensive worldwide coverage over a single standard value-added data
|
|
network with defined worldwide service levels.
|
|
- universal connectivity between protocols, systems, and organizations
|
|
- rapid flexibility in connection, expansion and reconfiguration
|
|
- integrated network management for security, reliability, responsiveness
|
|
and control
|
|
- unified account management with a single contact giving worldwide support
|
|
- unified worldwide usage accounting and flexible transborder billing
|
|
- worldwide help desk, fault diagnosis and problem resolution facilities,
|
|
with local or regional support and consultancy.
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|
|
|
The countries in which British Telecom directly manages value-added
|
|
data-handling facilities include Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark,
|
|
Finland, France, German Federal Republic, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan,
|
|
Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK, and the
|
|
USA. In these countries, British Telecom will manage and be responsible for the
|
|
entire value-added data service. In Japan, the Network Information Service
|
|
company (NIS), a British Telecom affiliate, sells and services the data products
|
|
which are part of GNS.
|
|
GNS is being announced to a world audience of communications experts
|
|
attending the Tele-Communications Association (TCA) convention this week in San
|
|
Diego, California, and at news conferences in London, Paris, Frankfurt, Milan,
|
|
Amsterdam, and Hong Kong.
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BT TYMNET AND RADIO AUSTRIA COMMUNICATIONS ANNOUNCE GNS AGREEMENT
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|
Partnership Opens Door to Eastern Block
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|
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|
SAN DIEGO, California, Tuesday, September 25, 1990 - BT Tymnet Inc.,
|
|
provider of the international value-added network TYMNET(r), and Radio Austria
|
|
Communications, a government owned telecommunications company, have agreed to
|
|
cooperate in the provision of BT's newly announced Global Network Services
|
|
(GNS), utilizing the TYMNET Global Network (TGN). The agreement is the first
|
|
step toward international co-operation between BT Tymnet and Radio Austria
|
|
Communications.
|
|
Under the agreement, BT Tymnet will operate a node in Austria through Radio
|
|
Austria Communications under a "one-stop shopping" principle. This local node
|
|
in Vienna will be directly connected to nodes in Frankfurt and Geneva and will
|
|
provide BT Tymnet the ability to offer the full range of BT's End-to-End GNS in
|
|
Austria by January, 1991. This includes dial-up and leased-line access and
|
|
value-added network services identical to those currently provided in the United
|
|
States. Radio Austria Communications will also act as a local support center
|
|
for BT's GNS.
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|
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|
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE AGREEMENT
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"The arrangement with Radio Austria Communications has tremendous
|
|
significance for both parties," states Mark Baker, President and CEO of BT
|
|
Tymnet and British Telecom Inc. "The agreement not only provides us the ability
|
|
to deliver BT's GNS to multinational customers in Austria, but more important,
|
|
it allows us direct access to expanding BT's GNS to Eastern Bloc countries as
|
|
well."
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|
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|
FURTHER COOPERATION
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|
The agreement is the first in a number of possible steps toward
|
|
international cooperation between BT Tymnet and Radio Austria Communications and
|
|
the provision of managed data network services. Other steps include: expansion
|
|
of GNS services to Eastern Bloc countries, the establishment of a direct local
|
|
sales and support staff for BT's GNS to local multi-national corporations, and
|
|
the operation, by Radio Austria Communications, of a domestcmanaged data
|
|
network service.
|
|
In addition, Radio Austria Communications is in the process of establishing
|
|
a high-capacity, private, leased-line domestic network to resell bandwidth to
|
|
customers. Potential synergies between this network and BT's TYMNET Global
|
|
Network could mean sharing capacity of Radio Austria Communications' private
|
|
network to provide long distance, leased-line access services to BT and BT
|
|
Tymnet customers who require increased bandwidth for specific applications and
|
|
services.
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|
|
|
RADIO AUSTRIA COMMUNICATIONS
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|
Radio Austria Communications is a government-owned telecommunications
|
|
company providing public telecommunications services such as telegram, telex,
|
|
packet switched data, leased circuits as well as valued-added services like MHS
|
|
(electronic mail, X.400), gateways between different telematic services, and
|
|
EDI/EDIFACT. The company serves customers worldwide, particularly in Austria,
|
|
China, Eastern Europe and the United States. In early 1991, Radio Austria
|
|
Communications is to operate and market a nationwide redundant digital
|
|
value-added network offering bit rates from 2.4 Kbps to 1,544 Mbps.
|
|
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BRITISH TELECOM ANNOUNCES FRAME RELAY FOR TYMNET GLOBAL NETWORK
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|
|
Reveals Broadband Migration Strategy
|
|
|
|
WASHINGTON, D.C., January 29, 1990 -- British Telecom detailed its course today
|
|
for providing global, broadband data networks. The initial phases of the high
|
|
speed network will incorporate frame relay software interfaces into the TYMNET
|
|
Global Network (TGN). First customer services will be available in the second
|
|
quarter of 1991 and offered initially in the United States, followed by the UK,
|
|
Europe and the Pacific Rim.
|
|
|
|
Broadband Migration Strategy
|
|
British Telecom's frame relay strategy for the TYMNET Global Network is to
|
|
provide a consistent migration path to the Broadband ISDN (B-ISDN)/ATM
|
|
(Asynchronous Transfer Mode) networks of the future. As the first step toward
|
|
the new technologies, BT will deploy frame relay as an access interface. With
|
|
further enhancements to backbone network sites utilizing the Turbo Engine, BT's
|
|
high-end packet switch, British Telecom will meet the growing customer need for
|
|
higher speed and bandwidth connectivity for remote LAN interconnections, FAX,
|
|
electronic image transmission and conference video. The complete migration
|
|
strategy will be implemented in the TYMNET Global Network over the next three
|
|
years.
|
|
|
|
British Telecom's Commitment
|
|
"The future of networking is digital and our migration plans support the
|
|
easiest, most cost-effective transition to that world as possible. We're
|
|
committed to providing a global, standards-based, value added network solution
|
|
to our customers. British Telecom is one of the leading companies in the
|
|
industry and has demonstrated the experience and presence to deliver the network
|
|
of the future to the desktops of the world," said Mark Baker, President and CEO
|
|
of BT Tymnet.
|
|
|
|
Development Offers New Features
|
|
The first stage of BT's network development will create a "hybrid" frame
|
|
relay backbone to transport both current TYMNET-II internodal protocol and frame
|
|
relay traffic. This frame relay software interface will statistically multiplex
|
|
user data and provide the basis for a frame relay-based LAN interconnect
|
|
service. Available in the United States during second quarter of 1991, features
|
|
of this service include Permanent Virtual Circuit (PVC)-based frame relay
|
|
connections, static frame relay routing and is supported on both current Engine
|
|
and Turbo technology.
|
|
Stage two of the development will launch a wideband frame relay backbone
|
|
capable of transporting node code traffic over frame relay. Available in 1992
|
|
and operating exclusively on Turbo Engines at T1/E1 speeds, the features of the
|
|
service include Switched Virtual Circuit (SVC)- based frame relay connections,
|
|
dynamic routing, and TCP/IP TELNET gateways. LAN interconnect service allows
|
|
communication among routers connected via X.25 and routers connected via frame
|
|
relay.
|
|
The third stage will be a broadband backbone for the TYMNET Global Network,
|
|
operating at speeds of T3/E3 and featuring higher throughput and lower delay
|
|
with the ability to transport isochronous traffic. This broadband backbone,
|
|
anticipated in the second half of 1994, allows flexible capacity upgrades of
|
|
both access interfaces and the backbone as needed.
|
|
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BRITISH TELECOM'S CONCERT DEMONSTRATES FIRST EVER FORUM-DEFINED
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INTEROPERABILITY INTERFACE WITH UNGERMANN-BASS
|
|
|
|
Additional Demonstration of Interoperability Between Concert and
|
|
Timeplex And Announcement of Intention to Support SNMP Within Concert
|
|
|
|
January 29, 1991 -- Washington D.C. -- Concert, British Telecom's platform for
|
|
advanced network management, demonstrates support for both OSI interfaces and
|
|
proprietary protocols in live interoperability demonstrations at the
|
|
Communication Networks '91 exhibition in Washington D.C. (January 29-31, 1991).
|
|
In addition, British Telecom announces its intention to provide support for SNMP
|
|
within Concert to offer customers a migration path from existing protocols.
|
|
The demonstrations are based on a live network which is managed by the
|
|
cornerstone of British Telecom's Concert program* - the Concert Integrated
|
|
Management System (IMS). The Concert IMS is linked to an Ungermann-Bass
|
|
Access/One wiring enclosure via the recently announced NetDirector LAN
|
|
management system. The Concert IMS is also linked to Timeplex multiplexers.
|
|
For the Ungermann-Bass demonstration, the Concert IMS receives information
|
|
from NetDirector. Live alarms from an Access/One wiring enclosure are relayed
|
|
to NetDirector, which then passes a Network Management Forum-defined message
|
|
over an X.25 link to the Concert IMS. This is the first ever demonstration of
|
|
multivendor interoperability utilizing Network Management Forum Release 1
|
|
specifications.
|
|
Roger Bertman, vice-president of marketing at Ungermann-Bass, said:
|
|
"Ungermann-Bass is pleased to participate with our OSI partner British Telecom
|
|
in this powerful demonstration of network management capability for the future."
|
|
Martin Cassidy, British Telecom LAN business manager commented: "The
|
|
demonstration shows British Telecom's clear intent to work with its partners to
|
|
provide customers with the benefits of end-to-end management solutions based on
|
|
open principles. The Communication Networks demonstration is the first fruit of
|
|
the OSI development agreement between British Telecom and Ungermann-Bass
|
|
announced in April 1990."
|
|
The Concert/NetDirector demonstration illustrates the ability of Concert to
|
|
share information with element management systems from other vendors using OSI
|
|
management interfaces, although these systems may themselves be proprietary or
|
|
SNMP-based. Plans to extend SNMP access direct to the Concert IMS will be
|
|
detailed later this year.
|
|
The Timeplex interoperability demonstration shows live management of
|
|
Timeplex multiplexers. The network management protocols used are currently
|
|
proprietary and are translated into the OSI - based protocols and definitions
|
|
used internally by CONCERT via specially designed Access software on the CONCERT
|
|
IMS. This software can also enable interfaces to other proprietary protocols.
|
|
Keith Willetts, the British Telecom executive behind Concert and also
|
|
chairman of the Network Management Forum, commented on the developments:
|
|
"Today's demonstrations are a significant first for customers looking for
|
|
products delivering the open solutions of the 1990s. British Telecom is
|
|
committed to a major program of Cooperative Networking in its global portfolio.
|
|
The demonstrations of multivendor network management are good examples of this
|
|
approach in practice. CONCERT is utilizing not only open systems interfaces, but
|
|
is also supporting other industry interfaces through a series of cooperative
|
|
alliances with major vendors."
|
|
Management of British Telecom's Tymnet Global Network and UK digital
|
|
circuits complete the CONCERT demonstration at Communications Networks '91.
|
|
The Concert IMS is undergoing conformance testing in line with Network
|
|
Management Forum 1.1 specifications. It was the first product to undergo Network
|
|
Management Forum beta testing. Customer trials for the CONCERT IMS are currently
|
|
taking place.
|
|
* CONCERT is British Telecom's name for the network management capability
|
|
it is building to internationally agreed open standards. It implements Release 1
|
|
of the Network Management Forum specifications announced in June 1990.
|
|
The Concert IMS heads a broad portfolio of British Telecom products and
|
|
services that will offer open network management through the Concert
|
|
capability.
|
|
The Concert IMS is built on an open computer platform using a Posix -
|
|
conformant operating system. It utilizes the powerful Oracle database to store
|
|
management information, and X. 11 windows interface to give high definition
|
|
graphical user interface. The Communication Networks '91 demonstration uses a
|
|
SunSparc workstation, but the software can be transferred to other compatible
|
|
hardware platforms. The system can form part of an in-house solution to network
|
|
management or be used by service providers to manage a client's network.
|
|
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BT NORTH AMERICA TO BUILD PRIVATE NETWORK FOR
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CANADIAN EMPLOYMENT AND IMMIGRATION COMMISSION
|
|
|
|
ANAHEIM, California, June 4, 1991 -- BT North America Inc. today announced that
|
|
it will build a private network for the Canadian Employment and Immigration
|
|
Commission (CEIC). The contract is worth $7.1 million ($8.3 million Canadian)
|
|
over five years.
|
|
The network, called CEINET, represents a number of firsts for BT North
|
|
America. It will be the first TYMNET(r) private network wholly within Canada.
|
|
CEINET will be one of the first to implement the new generation of TYMNET
|
|
hardware- the Turbo and PXL Engines. CEIC will be the first in Canada to use BT
|
|
North America's Concert Data Manager(tm)1000 for open network management
|
|
capability. Also, BT North America has developed a Burroughs Poll Select (BPS)
|
|
interface specifically for CEIC.
|
|
|
|
CEIC
|
|
CEIC is the branch of the Canadian government responsible for unemployment
|
|
insurance, employment and management of immigration. The current proprietary
|
|
CEIC network connects remote terminals via multi-drop leased lines to Unisys
|
|
hosts. The primary applications are; on-line insurance supporting unemployed
|
|
workers; NESS, an information system designed to provide faster service and more
|
|
accurate information to CEIC's worker and employer clients; and FOSS, a system
|
|
that streamlines the management of immigration information and makes the data
|
|
readily available.
|
|
Within CEIC there are several distinct networks including on-line Insurance
|
|
and Employment, which have four regional networks, and Immigration, which
|
|
employs a national network. Having these independent networks resulted in a
|
|
high demand for hardware resources and presented a considerable opportunity for
|
|
consolidation. CEIC also recognized the fact that they needed to improve their
|
|
telecommunications back-up capability.
|
|
"The new network will allow CEIC to establish the technical infrastructure
|
|
necessary to advance our telecommunications capabilities while simultaneously
|
|
improving our unit costs." said Steve Connolly, Director General of the
|
|
Information Systems Branch at CEIC. "BT North America was chosen via a
|
|
competitive process because they were able to provide the best technical
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solution at the lowest cost," added Connolly. According to CEIC, the primary
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reasons for selecting BT North America were:
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- TYMNET's open architecture allows independence from a mainframe vendor.
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- Ability to support non-standard protocols (BPS).
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- Integrated network management- available on a regional basis.
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- Ability to switch hosts (telecommunications backup).
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- Ability to support newer technologies (LANs).
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- Cost-effectiveness.
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"For BT, whose mission is to become the most successful worldwide
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telecommunications group, this contract marks a significant milestone," said
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Mark Baker, president and CEO of BT North America. "CEINET represents the most
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up-to-date TYMNET private network utilizing some of our newest technology, from
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protocol support and hardware to network management," added Baker.
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DEPLOYMENT OF THE PRIVATE NETWORK
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The CEIC private network will be deployed in two phases. Phase One will
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encompass Ontario and Quebec and will provide access for over 5,000 terminals.
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Based on the requirements of each site, CEINET will utilize nodes from the
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complete range of TYMNET Engine family hardware. The Turbo Engine 4800, BT
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North America's high-end, open system architecture communications processor,
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will be installed at CEIC hub sites in Montreal, Hull, Belleville and Toronto.
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These hubs, which have Unisys host computers (except for Toronto), will be
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connected via 56 Kbps links. Another eleven cities will be equipped with PXL
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Engines, a high-performance desktop node, and linked to the nearest hub site
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with two or more 19.2 Kbps or 9.6 Kbps lines. There will be a total of 119 PXLs
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in CEINET (PXLs will also be co-located with the Turbo Engines at the hub
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sites). For redundancy, London, Ontario, will have two Compact XL Engines, an
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intermediate size node in a TYMNET network.
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Management of the network will be handled from CEIC headquarters as well as
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the regional computing centers in Belleville and Montreal. It will be provided
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through BT North America's Concert Data Manager 1000, an open network management
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capability built on internationally-agreed standards. Additionally, CEIC will
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run their own in-house trouble ticket system by integrating the BT Service Desk
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into the Concert Data Manager. "We welcome the opportunity to work with the
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Canadian government to enable them to provide better and more cost-effective
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services to their clients," said David Kingsland, General Manager of BT Canada.
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The Phase Two national expansion will bring the benefits of open systems
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architecture to CEIC. Where Phase One will be native mode, the second phase
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will use the PXLs at the terminal interface for BPS protocol conversion. This
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expansion phase will add approximately another 7,000 terminals to the network.
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BT NORTH AMERICA INC.
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BT North America Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of BT, owns and operates
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the TYMNET Global Network, the world's largest international value-added network
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incorporating over 4,500 nodes worldwide. Headquartered in San Jose,
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California, the company offers a continuum of services, from private and hybrid
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network solutions to electronic data interchange (EDI), electronic transaction
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services (ETS), and electronic messaging. Additionally, the company offers
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international private circuits, connection to U.S. Virtual Private Networks
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(VPNs) from the U.K., integrated trading systems, data communications equipment
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and voice messaging. The company employs a staff of approximately 1,700 in
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North America.
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British Telecommunications plc (NYSE:BTY), generally known as BT, is a
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leader in worldwide telecommunications. It operates one of the largest networks
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in the world and offers a wide range of international services. BT has annual
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revenues over $20 billion and employs a staff of approximately 240,000 in 30
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countries.
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