Verilink Enhances Orion 4000 Multiplexer With T2E International Call Conversion Capabilities

Verilink Enhances Orion 4000 Multiplexer With T2E International
Call Conversion Capabilities
New Transport Card Addresses Demand for E1 to T1 Conversion Path 


CENTENNIAL, Colo., March 30  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Verilink Corporation
(NASDAQ:VRLK), a leading provider of broadband access solutions, today
announced the release of an E1 to T1 transport card -- named T2E -- for use
with its Orion 4000 Modular Multiplexer used by network service providers and
large enterprises. The new T2E conversion card offers customers additional
capabilities to extend the reach of their E1 services by allowing for data and
voice transport over T1 lines.

The standard digital telephony format for most telecommunications devices in
Europe is E1 (30 channels of voice or data), equivalent to North America's T1
(24 channels of voice or data). As a result, numerous PBX systems installed in
Europe support only the E1 format, limiting their ability to connect to
overseas offices established on T1 services. Verilink's new T2E E1 to T1
transport card, designed for integration within the Orion 4000 Modular
Multiplexer & Inverse Multiplexer, allows users to convert calls from the
originating E1 PBX to either E1 or T1 PBXs depending on the customer's
communication topology, giving them seamless PBX interconnectivity.

"Addressing overwhelming requests from our customers and partners who use and
sell our Orion 4000 Modular Multiplexer products for an E1 to T1 conversion
path, Verilink focused engineering efforts in the development of the new E1 to
T1 Transport Card," said Sab Gosal, Verilink's Vice President of Marketing.
"With the expectation for continued growth in the European market for broadband
services, many service providers and businesses are looking to advance their
equipment to not only handle the migration to one network that handles voice,
video, and data, but also to help link their offices around the globe."

Orion 4000 Modular Multiplexer & Inverse Multiplexer

The modular Orion 4000 is designed for network service providers and large
enterprises trying to cope with rapidly changing broadband networking
environments. Its strengths are scalability, ease-of-migration, and long-term
investment protection. With rack-mountable 12-slot and 5-slot shelves, the
Orion 4000 offers a variety of modules to deliver T3 or E3 access multiplexing
(or inverse multiplexing T1s and E1s), transition between circuit- and
cell-based services, or to transport data, voice and video over a single DS3
circuit.

About Verilink Corporation

Verilink Corporation is a leading provider of next-generation broadband access
solutions for today's and tomorrow's networks. The company develops,
manufactures and markets a broad suite of products that enable carriers (ILECs,
CLECs, IXCs, and IOCs) and enterprises to build converged access networks to
cost-effectively deliver next-generation communications services to their end
customers. The company's products include a complete line of VoIP, VoATM, VoDSL
and TDM-based integrated access devices (IADs), optical access products,
wire-speed routers, and bandwidth aggregation solutions including CSU/DSUs,
multiplexers and DACS. The company also provides turnkey professional services
to help carriers plan, manage and accelerate the deployment of new services.
Verilink is headquartered in Centennial, CO (metro Denver area) with operations
in Madison, AL and Newark, CA and sales offices in the U.S., Europe and Asia.
To learn more about Verilink, visit the company's website at
http://www.verilink.com/.

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