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TYMNET AND INFOLINK STRIKE DEAL
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Announce Interconnection Agreement
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SAN DIEGO, California, September 25, 1990 - BT Tymnet Inc., provider of the
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international value-added network TYMNET(r), and Infolink Group Limited, which
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owns and operates Infolink, Australia's largest value-added data network,
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announced today an interconnection agreement linking the two networks. The
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agreement will provide customers with end-to-end enhanced data communications
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services as part of British Telecom's Global Network Services (GNS).
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The first arrangement of its kind in Australia, the alliance gives both BT
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Tymnet and Infolink strategic advantages in providing international value-added
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networking services to their respective customers. Through BT Tymnet, Infolink
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is the first network provider in Australia to offer end-to-end international
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data communications. For BT Tymnet, the direct interconnection provides
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extensive coverage in Australia to cities like Perth, Darwin, Hobarton, Tasmania
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and many east coast cities. BT Tymnet currently owns and operates nodes in
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Sydney and Melbourne.
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CUSTOMER BENEFITS
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The agreement between BT Tymnet and Infolink gives customers direct access
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to the TYMNET Global Network and the ability to communicate with their
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international branch organizations and trading partners in a simple,
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cost-effective way through a single network interface.
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SERVICES PROVIDED
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Customers in Australia will also be provided a wide range of value-added
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services not previously available. These capabilities include global dynamic and
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transparent routing in cases of line or node failure, application services,
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network-resident protocol conversions for vendor-specific protocols, worldwide
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network monitoring and management, and end-to-end global access. BT's Global
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Network Services are available today in Australia.
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INFOLINK GROUP LTD.
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The Infolink network is owned and operated by Infolink Network Services
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Pty., Ltd., a member of the Infolink Group Limited. The Infolink Group comprises
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six main operating groups and 14 companies worldwide. Recognized as Australia's
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leading value-added network provider, Infolink has been meeting the information
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and communications needs of Australian businesses for over 23 years.
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Infolink has used and operates BT Tymnet technology in their public access
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packet switching network in Australia for several years and was the first VAN
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licensed to provide such services to Australian business and government
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agencies.
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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 worldUs largest
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providers of shared, dedicated 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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electronic transaction services and electronic messaging. The TYMNET Network is
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accessible from most countries throughout the world.
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# # #
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UK EDI SERVICE PLANNED FOR NEXT YEAR
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LONDON, England, November 19, 1990 -- Plans for British-based Electronic Data
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Interchange (EDI), the direct computerPtoPcomputer transfer of orders, invoices
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and statements, were announced by British Telecom, foreshadowing its
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introduction next year.
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EDI can significantly cut the cost of business transactions by eliminating
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two expensive and time consuming processes:
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-manual transfer of paper documents from one location to another, and
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-rekeying of data generated by computer at the sending location into a
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second computer at the destination.
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With EDI, transaction details can be transferred electronically between
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companies, greatly improving business efficiency. And when, in the future, EDI
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in the UK is implemented in full, with payment as well as documents being sent
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electronically, cash management is significantly improved.
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The service being planned for next year will use the EDI*Net system,
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developed and operated by BT Tymnet in the USA, where it is one of the market
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leaders. Access will be available throughout Europe over the recently launched
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Global Network Service (GNS), British Telecom's worldwide value-added data
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network.
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British Telecom will use UN/EDIFACT as its preferred message standard for
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EDI for corporate applications. However, the commercial EDI*Net will support
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all the major EDI message standards. Ultimately, British Telecom plans to
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migrate to the internationally agreed X.400 standard for messaging, run over the
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X.25 communications protocol.
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Recognizing that the adoption of EDI is a major step, British Telecom will,
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as part of its service, assist its customers with overall implementation. It is
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already doing this with EDIstart, a PC-based EDI software package developed in
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conjunction with the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders and designed
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specifically for the motor industry.
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Mr. David Dey, Managing Director of British Telecom's Business
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Communications Division, commented: "When we launch EDI*Net next year, we shall
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offer our customers an electronic VAN (value added network) to replace their use
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of the mail van. The planned service is a direct result of British Telecom's
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acquisition of the Tymnet business a year ago.
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"In ten short months we integrated Tymnet's value-added data networks in
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the USA and elsewhere with our own UK and international data networks to enable
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us to offer our customers GNS round the world. GNS will provide the access for
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EDI customers in the UK and Europe.
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"British Telecom is no stranger to EDI. We already operate bespoke systems
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tailored to users' needs in ACP 90, which serves the air cargo community, and in
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CHIEF, the system which enables HM Customs and Excise to keep track of the
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country's import and export trade. We have also secured contracts with Swissair
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and Tandem Computers to develop a major new interactive EDI project for
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airlines. There is a substantial and growing use of our electronic mail service,
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Telecom Gold, for low-level EDI transaction", added Dey.
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British Telecom has already started to implement EDI using EDI*Net
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technology in dealings with its suppliers as part of its #8.5 million a day
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procurement program. Trials which started in March with in-house traders have
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now been extended to involve third-party suppliers.
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Further details of the new EDI service and plans for its implementation
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will be announced during the next six months. British Telecom will also be
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directly briefing its major customers and suppliers.
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BT TYMNET REVEALS EDI*Net DEVELOPMENTS
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EDI*Net Experiences Over 45% Growth in Customers and Revenues
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WASHINGTON, D.C., December 3, 1990 -- BT Tymnet, a wholly-owned subsidiary of
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British Telecommunications plc, revealed today recent developments regarding
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their EDI*Net (R) service from the EDIA Conference and Exhibit in Washington,
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D.C..
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BT Tymnet's EDI*Net, available since 1981, pioneered the concept of third
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party EDI network service with the Uniform Communication Standard (UCS) pilot
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program for the grocery industry. EDI*Net growth is evidenced by its customer
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base which has increased by 47% from 1989 to 1990. Accordingly, EDI*Net revenues
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have increased by 45% during the same period.
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EDI*Net allows application-to-application transmission of business data in
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a public standard format. EDI*Net enables customers to transmit and receive
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purchase orders, shipping notices, and many other standard business documents
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across industries. This capability, in turn, reduces the flow of paper between
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partners, resulting in smaller inventories, shorter sales cycles and fewer
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administrative costs.
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HARDWARE VENDOR ALLIANCES
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As part of its hardware vendor alliance strategy, BT Tymnet has certified
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DECEDI, the EDI hardware platform of Digital Equipment Corporation. The hardware
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alliance means that third party companies developing applications (eg.-
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accounting systems, manufacturing systems, translation software) using Digital's
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hardware platform interface will be certified on EDI*Net.
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In addition to Digital's DECEDI, BT Tymnet is also certifying the Unisys
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EaDI and the Tandem Non-Stop EDI hardware platforms.
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From a translation software perspective, BT Tymnet is the only EDI
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value-added network that is unalligned. This allows companies to choose the
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translation options that best fits their industry and hardware requirements,
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unlike all other EDI VANs offer their own translation software. Currently, the
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EDI*Net Certified Translation Software program includes over 25 translation
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software packages.
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NEXT GENERATION HARDWARE TECHNOLOGY
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British Telecom is committed to EDI and has made a multi-million dollar
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investment in the redevelopment of their message-switching host software to run
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on fault-tolerant Tandem hardware. The move to migrate the EDI*Net customer base
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from IBM to Tandem has already begun.
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Benefits of migrating EDI*Net to the Tandem hardware are:
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*Improved production quality due to Tandem's Non-Stop technology.
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*Additional security with each mailbox having a separate password.
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*Improved operations interface (windows vs. line-by-line)
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*Improved customer service due to the availability of more tools.
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*Increased functionality- foundation for applications such as SNA
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access, EDIFACT exchange, X.400 communications and priority interval
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delivery.
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NETWORK EXPANSION
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EDI*Net receives and delivers messages through the world's largest global
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network, TYMNET (R). BT Tymnet recently announced the availability of British
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Telecom's Global Network Services (GNS) which resulted from the merger of the
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TYMNET Network and British Telecom's UK network (MNS). The GNS announcement
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included the addition of nine new countries, bringing the total to 20 countries
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with direct access to the network. GNS will eventually allow BT Tymnet to
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implement EDI*Net in those countries.
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Another major announcement in 1990 was the upgrade of over 200 access sites
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in the U.S. to 2400 bps. The upgrade brought the total number of domestic 2400
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bps access sites to over 450. In addition to more convenient access to the
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TYMNET Network, there is also a significant reduction in the time it takes for
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an EDI*Net user to send data.
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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 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 LAUNCHES IBM MIDRANGE -
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AS/400 CONNECTIVITY PACKAGE
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Announces New "MultiPoint SDLC" - Flat-rate, Bundled IBM Service
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December 3, 1990--San Jose, California --BT Tymnet, provider of the
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international value-added network TYMNET(R), announced today the availability of
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an IBM midrange connectivity package which provides users with cost-effective
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access to multiple IBM environments including the IBM Application System/400
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(AS/400(TM)). Included in this package is the introduction of the BT Tymnet new
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MultiPoint SDLC service, a new bundled, port-based synchronous data link control
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(SDLC) service offering customers significantly lower cost synchronous access to
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the TYMNET network for their IBM computer environments.
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MULTIPOINT SDLC
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MultiPoint SDLC is a link level service at speeds up to 9600 bits per
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second (on the terminal side) which allows remote SDLC devices to be connected
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to SDLC hosts via the Tymnet Global Network (TGN). As a standard service,
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MultiPoint SDLC includes port access, leased line, modems, software and
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character charges and supports 1 to 8 remote connections per host connection.
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The host connection can support line speeds fromJ9600 bps to 56 Kbps.
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The BT Tymnet MultiPoint SDLC service provides SDLC access without the
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need for long distance, leased multidrop lines and can support all logical unit
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(LU) types and data streams. MultiPoint SDLC is particularly valuable for AS/400
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customers who wish to utilize the IBM PC Support(TM) package with LU 6.2 for
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APPC and PU 2.1 for APPN communications. MultiPoint SDLC allows communications
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between LANs, personal computers, cluster controllers, distributed processors,
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and communications controllers.
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AS/400 MIDRANGE CONNECTIVITY
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Users can connect their IBM AS/400s to a number of remote IBM systems
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including: System/370 (TM) and System/390 (TM) mainframes, System/36(TM) and
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System/38(TM) midrange systems, personal computers, 3270 and 5250-based
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controllers as well as other AS/400s. This is done by utilizing a variety of BT
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Tymnet networking solutions (XLINK Express(TM), X.25-to-SDLC, Async-to-400 XE,
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and MultiPoint SDLC) which are fully compatible with IBMUs System Applications
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Architecture (SAA) and System Network Architecture (SNA).
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By providing support for IBM Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking (APPN)
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through the TYMNET Global Network (TGN), BT Tymnet customers using IBM AS/400,
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System/36 and System/38 have wide-area networking capabilities available through
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worldwide links.
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"BT Tymnet has provided networking solutions to IBM customers for over
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15 years and has always been a leader in the connectivity of IBM hardware,"
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states Dawn Danaher, Connectivity Midrange Product Manager. "With the
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introduction of this midrange package, BT Tymnet is addressing one of the most
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prolific IBM markets today and is clearly in a leadership position in providing
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AS/400 and IBM midrange networking solutions."
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BT TYMNET INC.
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BT Tymnet Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of British Telecommunications
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plc, is an international value-added network supplier and the world's largest
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provider of public, private and hybrid network solutions with over 4500 nodes
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worldwide. The company owns and operates the TYMNET Global Network, which
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offers protocol conversion, error-protection, enhanced security features,
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electronic data interchange (EDI), card services and electronic messaging. The
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TYMNET Network is accessible from most countries throughout the world.
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BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PLC
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British Telecom is one of the world's leading telecommunications
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companies. It is the main provider of telecommunications services in the U.K.,
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with over 24 million telephone lines, employing some 245,000 staff, and with an
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annual turnover of over $20 billion. British Telecom provides global
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communications services with connections to more than 200 countries.
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BT Tymnet is a trademark of British Telecommunications plc. TYMNET and XLINK
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Express are registered trademarks of British Telecommunications plc. All brand
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and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective
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companies.
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