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June 02, 2000 10:15
Sprint Selects Intelect for Critical European Network; OmniLYNX Chosen for Network by Sprint
Government Systems Division
RICHARDSON, Texas, June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Intelect Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: ICOM), a leader in intelligent optical networking
solutions, today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Intelect Network Technologies, has received an initial contract valued at nearly
$200,000 to provide its OmniLYNX products for secure broadband networking for video teleconferencing and satellite data communications for a
U.S. military application.
Intelect will be supplying Sprint (FON) with its OmniLYNX products for a fiber optic telecommunications network contract with the U.S. Army
5th Signal Command at the Butmir NATO installation in Bosnia. In addition, Intelect is currently in discussions with Sprint's Government
Systems Division to be a distributor of the complete OmniLYNX suite of products.
After an exhaustive search, the U.S. Army and Sprint Government Systems chose Intelect Network Technologies and its OmniLYNX broadband
fiber optic solution. Sprint needed a company with a product line that offered a broad array of standards-based interfaces, reliability, and
protection features for both SONET and SDH protocol compliant platforms. In addition, they required a company with the ability to respond to a
mission critical environment, such as the one in Bosnia.
Joel Dougherty, Sprint Government Systems Division project manager for the Butmir installation, stated, "OmniLYNX was just the right system
at just the right time."
Sprint chose Intelect's complete OmniLYNX product line for its ability to provide multiple clear channel E-1 trunks so that both classified and
unclassified voice traffic for the U.S. Army can be transported within the same network using the same interface module. The OmniLYNX
multiple access platform also includes an RS-449 interface for standard connectivity for both classified and unclassified data services, video
teleconferencing (VTC) and satellite data communications. The 10/100 Ethernet interface features include multi-drop, auto sensing, and
"switched mode" operation that significantly reduces overall Ethernet packet traffic within the network and will differentiate between local and
non-local traffic.
Bill Barnett, president of Intelect Network Technologies, said, "The OmniLYNX product line is ideally suited for this Sprint application. From its
inception, OmniLYNX was designed to carry voice, data and video traffic as simply as current networks carry just voice today. With OmniLYNX,
all of these services can be easily managed in the same network. OmniLYNX products provide a single, more manageable system for traffic flow
information control. Being SONET and SDH compliant, OmniLYNX provides a fully protected, reliable fiber optic network that offers more
features, versatility, and scalability than any product of its kind on the market today."
OmniLYNX allows for guaranteed quality of service (QOS) on critical voice traffic and provides flexibility in bandwidth allocation permitting
IP-based permanent virtual circuits (PVC) to easily be implemented without interfering with that traffic. With an installed customer base of more
than 4,000 systems for customers worldwide, Intelect's OmniLYNX product family supports a wide array of data interfaces, allowing diverse
types of systems to be easily integrated into one network.
Sprint required the SONET and SDH standard systems that OmniLYNX offers using fully redundant Bi-Directional Self Healing Ring technology
for a highly reliable network able to sustain total loss of fiber between nodes with no detectable interruption of any service throughout the entire
system. OmniLYNX is powered by redundant, internal power supply modules that accept all standard voltage level and frequencies available
worldwide. This revolutionary access platform is designed for virtually any type of voice, data or video broadband service to be delivered from one
piece of equipment.
About Intelect Communications
Based in Richardson, Texas, Intelect Communications is a leader in intelligent optical networks with the industry's only multi-protocol fiber optic
access solution that has built-in flexibility and sets the standard in simplifying network operation. Delivering products today that others promise
in the future, Intelect's products allow for a broad array of services and bandwidth efficiency, providing carriers with a competitive time-to-market
advantage. With network management software supporting both TL-1 and SNMP, and a NEBS-compliant platform, the company's OmniLYNX
product suite offers an unprecedented range of protocols and services in a single shelf for both private and public networks. The OmniLYNX
architecture is designed to support SONET OC-1/OC-3/OC-12, SDH STM-1/STM-4, xDSL, ISDN-BRI, ATM transport, IP- over-Sonet, DS1 and
DS3. Services offered at the customer-premise include FXS/FXO/2W & 4W E&M, low speed data (RS-232, RS-422, RS-449, V.35), Ethernet
10/100M and Video. Further information about Intelect Communications can be accessed at www.intelect.com.
Sprint Selects Intelect for Critical European Network; OmniLYNX Chosen for Network by Sprint
Government Systems Division
RICHARDSON, Texas, June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Intelect Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: ICOM), a leader in intelligent optical networking
solutions, today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Intelect Network Technologies, has received an initial contract valued at nearly
$200,000 to provide its OmniLYNX products for secure broadband networking for video teleconferencing and satellite data communications for a
U.S. military application.
Intelect will be supplying Sprint (FON) with its OmniLYNX products for a fiber optic telecommunications network contract with the U.S. Army
5th Signal Command at the Butmir NATO installation in Bosnia. In addition, Intelect is currently in discussions with Sprint's Government
Systems Division to be a distributor of the complete OmniLYNX suite of products.
After an exhaustive search, the U.S. Army and Sprint Government Systems chose Intelect Network Technologies and its OmniLYNX broadband
fiber optic solution. Sprint needed a company with a product line that offered a broad array of standards-based interfaces, reliability, and
protection features for both SONET and SDH protocol compliant platforms. In addition, they required a company with the ability to respond to a
mission critical environment, such as the one in Bosnia.
Joel Dougherty, Sprint Government Systems Division project manager for the Butmir installation, stated, "OmniLYNX was just the right system
at just the right time."
Sprint chose Intelect's complete OmniLYNX product line for its ability to provide multiple clear channel E-1 trunks so that both classified and
unclassified voice traffic for the U.S. Army can be transported within the same network using the same interface module. The OmniLYNX
multiple access platform also includes an RS-449 interface for standard connectivity for both classified and unclassified data services, video
teleconferencing (VTC) and satellite data communications. The 10/100 Ethernet interface features include multi-drop, auto sensing, and
"switched mode" operation that significantly reduces overall Ethernet packet traffic within the network and will differentiate between local and
non-local traffic.
Bill Barnett, president of Intelect Network Technologies, said, "The OmniLYNX product line is ideally suited for this Sprint application. From its
inception, OmniLYNX was designed to carry voice, data and video traffic as simply as current networks carry just voice today. With OmniLYNX,
all of these services can be easily managed in the same network. OmniLYNX products provide a single, more manageable system for traffic flow
information control. Being SONET and SDH compliant, OmniLYNX provides a fully protected, reliable fiber optic network that offers more
features, versatility, and scalability than any product of its kind on the market today."
OmniLYNX allows for guaranteed quality of service (QOS) on critical voice traffic and provides flexibility in bandwidth allocation permitting
IP-based permanent virtual circuits (PVC) to easily be implemented without interfering with that traffic. With an installed customer base of more
than 4,000 systems for customers worldwide, Intelect's OmniLYNX product family supports a wide array of data interfaces, allowing diverse
types of systems to be easily integrated into one network.
Sprint required the SONET and SDH standard systems that OmniLYNX offers using fully redundant Bi-Directional Self Healing Ring technology
for a highly reliable network able to sustain total loss of fiber between nodes with no detectable interruption of any service throughout the entire
system. OmniLYNX is powered by redundant, internal power supply modules that accept all standard voltage level and frequencies available
worldwide. This revolutionary access platform is designed for virtually any type of voice, data or video broadband service to be delivered from one
piece of equipment.
About Intelect Communications
Based in Richardson, Texas, Intelect Communications is a leader in intelligent optical networks with the industry's only multi-protocol fiber optic
access solution that has built-in flexibility and sets the standard in simplifying network operation. Delivering products today that others promise
in the future, Intelect's products allow for a broad array of services and bandwidth efficiency, providing carriers with a competitive time-to-market
advantage. With network management software supporting both TL-1 and SNMP, and a NEBS-compliant platform, the company's OmniLYNX
product suite offers an unprecedented range of protocols and services in a single shelf for both private and public networks. The OmniLYNX
architecture is designed to support SONET OC-1/OC-3/OC-12, SDH STM-1/STM-4, xDSL, ISDN-BRI, ATM transport, IP- over-Sonet, DS1 and
DS3. Services offered at the customer-premise include FXS/FXO/2W & 4W E&M, low speed data (RS-232, RS-422, RS-449, V.35), Ethernet
10/100M and Video. Further information about Intelect Communications can be accessed at www.intelect.com.
