Jetstream Announces Strategy to Address International VoDSL Opportunity

LOS GATOS, Calif. (PROTEXT) - Company Enhances Industry Leading VoDSL Solution and Partnerships to Meet Rapidly Growing Voice and Data Service Delivery Needs of European Carriers Jetstream Communications, the leading supplier of Voice over DSL (VoDSL) equipment to incumbent and competitive local exchange carriers, announced today its strategy for enabling international carriers to address the local voice and data service opportunity within the increasingly competitive European telecommunications market. The strategy includes a new international version of its industry leading VoDSL solution as well as a broadening of its existing partnerships with leading global telecommunications equipment manufactures including Alcatel, ECI Telecom, Nortel Networks, Orckit and Nokia. In conjunction with this announcement, Jetstream will be demonstrating its solution at Telecom '99 this week in Geneva within the booths of Alcatel, Ericsson, Lucent Technologies, Orckit, and Adaptive Broadband. "The competitive local telecommunications market in Europe is set to take off quickly over the next year," said Jeff Wilson, director of corporate access with Infonetics Research, a leading networking telecommunications market research and consulting company. "One of the last remaining hurdles for European carriers in deploying local voice and data services has been the last mile challenge. By enabling carriers to leverage broadband access technologies such as DSL and fixed wireless to deliver both voice and data services, the Jetstream solution goes a long way toward meeting that challenge." New Product Enhancements Because its VoDSL solution implements a standards-based, messaging- oriented signaling protocol that is fully V5 and ISDN compatible, Jetstream is uniquely positioned to quickly address the product requirements of the European market. New features available in the international version of Jetstream's CPX-1000 Voice Gateway include full support for the V5 series of Class 5 switch interfaces (ITU G.964, ETSI V5.1, and ITU G.965, ETSI V5.2) using E-1 facilities as well as an STM-1 155Mbps optical interface for connecting to broadband access networks. Jetstream's European IADs are also being enhanced to support both POTS and ISDN basic rate interfaces for the delivery of local voice services as well as both Ethernet and V.35 subscriber interfaces for the delivery of data services. The international version of Jetstream's leading VoDSL solution is scheduled for availability in the first quarter of 2000. "Our robust, messaging-oriented signaling approach used in our Voice over DSL solution is proving to be a significant advantage for us as we enter International markets," said David Frankel, Chairman and CTO for Jetstream. "The vast majority of international telecommunications signaling standards are messaging-based, making our transition into the European market straightforward and timely." Leading Partnerships The second component of Jetstream's international strategy includes a broadening of its existing partnerships with major international telecommunications equipment suppliers. Jetstream has already demonstrated interoperability of its leading VoDSL solution with all leading European telecommunications equipment manufacturers including Alcatel, ECI Telecom, Lucent Technologies, Nokia, Nortel Networks, and Orckit. In addition, Jetstream plans to leverage its existing OEM relationship with both Alcatel and Nortel Networks as they enter the European market. "Orckit is the leading supplier of DSLAM systems to European operators that have already begun full commercial deployments," said Nigel Cole, Vice President of Business development for Orckit. "The combined Orckit/Jetstream end-to-end solution, which has already been proven to be interoperable, will immediately enable Orckit customers to begin delivering carrier-class voice over DSL services." "Jetstream pioneered Voice over DSL and is firmly established as the leading solution provider in the North American market," said S. Sundi Sundaresh, President and CEO for Jetstream. "Today we are announcing a winning product and partnership strategy that will extend our leadership position to a global level." About Jetstream VoDSL The Jetstream VoDSL broadband access solution enables carriers to deliver multi-line local telephone service and high-speed data over packet-based DSL access networks. It consists of three components. The first, the CPX-1000, is a large-scale voice gateway that resides in a carrier's regional switching center and serves as a bridge between a Class 5 voice switch and a DSL access network. The second component is a family of integrated access devices (IADs) provided by Jetstream and its partner companies. IADs connect to a DSL, T1, E1 or fixed wireless radio at subscriber premises and deliver up to 24 telephone lines and continuous high-speed Internet or remote local area network (LAN) access. The last component, Jet-EMS, is a carrier-class element management system enabling rapid deployment of large-scale VoDSL networks. About Jetstream Jetstream Communications Inc. is the leading provider of Voice over DSL (VoDSL) equipment to incumbent and competitive local exchange carriers. The company's VoDSL broadband access solution is rapidly becoming the standard for integrated voice and data service delivery to the small business and high-end residential communications markets. Based in Los Gatos, California, Jetstream is a privately held, venture-backed company led by a seasoned management team consisting of veterans from both the telecommunications and data communications industries. Jetstream was recently recognized as one of 13 "Startups to Watch" by Telecommunications magazine. Companies were selected to receive this honor based on their talented management teams, impressive financial backing and superior technology. ots Original Text Service: Jetstream Communications Internet: http://www.newsaktuell.de Contact: Derek Kober of Neale-May & Partners, 650-328-5555, ext. 126, or dkober@nealemay.com, for Jetstream; or Ken Kolderup of Jetstream Communications, Inc., 408-399-1331, or kkolderup@jetstream.com Subscribers please note that material bearing the slug "PROTEXT" is not part of CTK's news service and is not to be published under the "CTK" slug. 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