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Canada's Allstream Selects Alcatel IP Service Router for National Gigabit
Ethernet Network
Network Upgrade Key Part of Allstream's Investment Strategy in Next Generation
IP Services
DALLAS, March 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alcatel today announced it has been
selected by Allstream , a leading Canadian communications provider, to provide
its next-generation Internet Protocol (IP) service router for Allstream's
national switched gigabit Ethernet network. By using the Alcatel Service Router
(SR), aproduct designed to deliver advanced Internet and virtual private
network services, Allstream can gain a critical competitive edge by providing
enhanced Ethernet-based services nationwide with guaranteed quality of service
(QoS) for each customer.
With the Alcatel SR, Allstream can quickly introduce scalable, advanced IP-based
services allowing Allstream to attract and retain a wider customer base. In
combination with the Alcatel network manager portfolio, the Alcatel SR also
provides tightly integrated assurance, provisioning and a single point of
operational support system (OSS) integration for Allstream's network, thus
ensuring the smooth introduction and operation of new services for its
customers.
"Advanced technology and a firm commitment to support our specific business and
technical requirements were key factors in selecting Alcatel's equipment," said
Henry Yip, Allstream's executive vice president, Network Services. "This
network upgrade allows us to improve our capabilities to support GigE and future
10 GigE requirements. Specifically, the Alcatel SR helps us set new technical
and commercial benchmarks for our competition by allowing us to deliver a wider
range of service offerings, more accurate service level agreement enforcement
and scalable service provisioning, enabling faster time to revenue -- all
crucial to our nationwide offering. This network upgrade supports our ongoing
investment in next generation IP services. Allstream has been offering IP-based
services since 2000, and we are committed to investing the majority of our
network capital to continually enhance Allstream's IP capabilities."
"To enable profitable business-grade IP services, service providers such as
Allstream need more functionality than is available in today's Internet
routers," said Basil Alwan, president of Alcatel's IP activities. "Because the
Alcatel SR is all about flexibility to deliver advanced IP-based services,
Allstream can go further with its existing core network and deliver high-value
service level agreement-based services to its customers."
About Allstream
Allstream is a leading communication solutions provider with a world-class
portfolio of connectivity, infrastructure management and IT services. Focused
on the business market, Allstream collaborates with customers to create tailored
solutions that meet their unique needs and help them compete more effectively.
Spanning more than 18,800 kilometres, Allstream has an extensive broadband
fibre-optic network and the greatestreach of any competitive communication
solutions provider in Canada, and provides international connections through
strategic partnerships and interconnection agreements with other international
service providers. For more information, http://www.allstream.com/
Note to Allstream Investors
This news release includes statements about expected future events and/or
financial results that are forward-looking in nature and subject to risks and
uncertainties. For those statements, we claim the protection of the safe harbor
for forward-looking statements provisions contained in the United States Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The Company cautions that actual
performance will be affected by a number of factors, many of which are beyond
the Company's control, and that future events and results may vary substantially
from what the Company currently foresees. Discussion of the various factors
that may affect future results is contained on page 1 of the Company's Annual
Information Form dated May 2, 2003, which is filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, the Ontario Securities Commission, and SEDAR.
About Alcatel
Alcatel provides communications solutions to telecommunication carriers,
Internet service providers and enterprises for delivery of voice, data and video
applications to their customers or to their employees. Alcatel leverages its
leading position in fixed and mobile broadband networks, applications and
services to bring value to its customers in the framework of a broadband world.
With sales of Euro 12.5 billion in 2003, Alcatel operates in more than 130
countries. For more information, http://www.alcatel.com/
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