Jetstream Announces Strategy to Address International VoDSL Opportunity

LOS GATOS, Calif. (PROTEXT) - Company Enhances IndustryLeading VoDSL Solution and Partnerships to Meet Rapidly GrowingVoice and Data Service Delivery Needs of European Carriers Jetstream Communications, the leading supplier of Voice overDSL (VoDSL) equipment to incumbent and competitive local exchangecarriers, announced today its strategy for enabling internationalcarriers to address the local voice and data service opportunitywithin the increasingly competitive European telecommunicationsmarket. The strategy includes a new international version of itsindustry leading VoDSL solution as well as a broadening of itsexisting partnerships with leading global telecommunicationsequipment manufactures including Alcatel, ECI Telecom, NortelNetworks, Orckit and Nokia. In conjunction with thisannouncement, Jetstream will be demonstrating its solution atTelecom '99 this week in Geneva within the booths of Alcatel,Ericsson, Lucent Technologies, Orckit, and Adaptive Broadband. "The competitive local telecommunications market in Europe isset to take off quickly over the next year," said Jeff Wilson,director of corporate access with Infonetics Research, a leadingnetworking telecommunications market research and consultingcompany. "One of the last remaining hurdles for European carriersin deploying local voice and data services has been the last milechallenge. By enabling carriers to leverage broadband accesstechnologies such as DSL and fixed wireless to deliver both voiceand data services, the Jetstream solution goes a long way towardmeeting that challenge." New Product Enhancements Because its VoDSL solution implements a standards-based,messaging- oriented signaling protocol that is fully V5 and ISDNcompatible, Jetstream is uniquely positioned to quickly addressthe product requirements of the European market. New featuresavailable in the international version of Jetstream's CPX-1000Voice Gateway include full support for the V5 series of Class 5switch interfaces (ITU G.964, ETSI V5.1, and ITU G.965, ETSIV5.2) using E-1 facilities as well as an STM-1 155Mbps opticalinterface for connecting to broadband access networks.Jetstream's European IADs are also being enhanced to support bothPOTS and ISDN basic rate interfaces for the delivery of localvoice services as well as both Ethernet and V.35 subscriberinterfaces for the delivery of data services. The internationalversion of Jetstream's leading VoDSL solution is scheduled foravailability in the first quarter of 2000. "Our robust, messaging-oriented signaling approach used in ourVoice over DSL solution is proving to be a significant advantagefor us as we enter International markets," said David Frankel,Chairman and CTO for Jetstream. "The vast majority ofinternational telecommunications signaling standards aremessaging-based, making our transition into the European marketstraightforward and timely." Leading Partnerships The second component of Jetstream's international strategyincludes a broadening of its existing partnerships with majorinternational telecommunications equipment suppliers. Jetstreamhas already demonstrated interoperability of its leading VoDSLsolution with all leading European telecommunications equipmentmanufacturers including Alcatel, ECI Telecom, LucentTechnologies, Nokia, Nortel Networks, and Orckit. In addition,Jetstream plans to leverage its existing OEM relationship withboth Alcatel and Nortel Networks as they enter the Europeanmarket. "Orckit is the leading supplier of DSLAM systems to Europeanoperators that have already begun full commercial deployments,"said Nigel Cole, Vice President of Business development forOrckit. "The combined Orckit/Jetstream end-to-end solution, whichhas already been proven to be interoperable, will immediatelyenable Orckit customers to begin delivering carrier-class voiceover DSL services." "Jetstream pioneered Voice over DSL and is firmly establishedas the leading solution provider in the North American market,"said S. Sundi Sundaresh, President and CEO for Jetstream. "Todaywe are announcing a winning product and partnership strategy thatwill extend our leadership position to a global level." About Jetstream VoDSL The Jetstream VoDSL broadband access solution enables carriersto deliver multi-line local telephone service and high-speed dataover packet-based DSL access networks. It consists of threecomponents. The first, the CPX-1000, is a large-scale voicegateway that resides in a carrier's regional switching center andserves as a bridge between a Class 5 voice switch and a DSLaccess network. The second component is a family of integratedaccess devices (IADs) provided by Jetstream and its partnercompanies. IADs connect to a DSL, T1, E1 or fixed wireless radioat subscriber premises and deliver up to 24 telephone lines andcontinuous high-speed Internet or remote local area network (LAN)access. The last component, Jet-EMS, is a carrier-class elementmanagement system enabling rapid deployment of large-scale VoDSLnetworks. About Jetstream Jetstream Communications Inc. is the leading provider of Voiceover DSL (VoDSL) equipment to incumbent and competitive localexchange carriers. The company's VoDSL broadband access solutionis rapidly becoming the standard for integrated voice and dataservice delivery to the small business and high-end residentialcommunications markets. Based in Los Gatos, California, Jetstreamis a privately held, venture-backed company led by a seasonedmanagement team consisting of veterans from both thetelecommunications and data communications industries. Jetstreamwas recently recognized as one of 13 "Startups to Watch" byTelecommunications magazine. Companies were selected to receivethis honor based on their talented management teams, impressivefinancial backing and superior technology. ots Original TextService: Jetstream Communications Internet:http://www.newsaktuell.de Contact: Derek Kober of Neale-May &Partners, 650-328-5555, ext. 126, or dkober@nealemay.com, forJetstream; or Ken Kolderup of Jetstream Communications, Inc.,408-399-1331, or kkolderup@jetstream.com

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