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• Ascend's Data Switches Driving Next-Generation CLEC Networks; 11 of Top 12 U.S. CLECs Use Ascend Data Switches for ATM, Frame Relay and Remote Access

  - 1999-06-08

  ATLANTA--BUSINESS WIRE--June 8, 1999--

  Tags: Ascend Communications, ATM, frame relay, network, remote access

• US Xchange Selects Ascend's Market-Leading B-STDX 9000 Switches to Build Premier Frame Relay Backbone Network

  - 1998-11-17

  ALAMEDA, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Nov. 17, 1998--

  Tags: Ascend Communications, frame relay, network, Xchange Inc.

• Ascend Extends Worldwide Leadership in Frame Relay with Multiservice Enhancements

  - 1998-07-28

  ALAMEDA, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--July 28, 1998--

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• Ascend Extends Worldwide Leadership in Frame Relay with Multiservice Enhancements

  - 1998-07-28

  ALAMEDA, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--July 28, 1998--

  Tags: Ascend Communications, frame relay, leadership

• Ascend tackles multiservice core. (Ascend Communications' QX 550, CBX 500 ATM system and B-STDX 8000/9000 frame relay WAN access switches)(Evaluation)

  - 1998-01-01

  Ascend Communications' (www. ascend.com/smartcore) new Core Switching division was created in the aftermath of the mid-1997 purchase of Cascade Communications. The division recently unveiled its first new products, an ATM backbone switch plus addi Ascend Communications' (www. ascend.com/smartcore) new Core Switching division...

  Tags: Ascend Communications, ATM, frame relay, IP, WAN

• NTT, Japan's Largest Supplier of Telecommunications Services, Chooses Ascend Frame Relay Multiservice WAN Switches

  - 1997-09-16

  ALAMEDA, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 16, 1997--Ascend Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASND) today announced that its carrier-class B-STDX 9000 Multiservice Frame Relay switches and CBX 500 ATM switches have been selected by Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation NTT in Japan, the world's second largest telecommunications company. Over the next three years, more than...

  Tags: Ascend Communications, frame relay, NTT Corp., supplier, telecommunications, telecommunications service, WAN

• !NTERPRISE NETWORKING SERVICES FROM U S WEST DEPLOYS ASCEND MAX FOR DIALED ACCESS TO FRAME RELAY SERVICES; !NTERPRISE Service Based on MAX 4004 and MAX TNT Products Available Today in Denver, Phoenix, Minneapolis and Seattle

  - 1997-03-03

  ALAMEDA, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--March 3, 1997--Ascend Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASND) and !NTERPRISE Networking Services, the data integration arm of US WEST (NYSE: USW), today announced that !NTERPRISE has selected the Ascend MAX TNT to deliver dialed access to !NTERPRISE's extensive frame relay network, the third largest in the nation.

  Tags: Ascend Communications, frame relay, Microsoft Access, Phoenix Technologies

• New access, switching entries heat up carrier, ISP markets. (Internet service provider)

  - 1996-10-01

  The new access and switching products introduced last month by Cascade Communications (Westford, MA) and Ascend Communications (Alameda, CA) share several general characteristics: First, the target markets for both are carriers, Internet service prov The new access and switching products introduced last month by Cascade...

  Tags: Ascend Communications, Cascade Corp., frame relay, Internet, Internet service, modem

• Ascend Launches Fully Integrated ISDN, Frame Relay, Leased Line Remote Access Router; Pipeline 130…'Lowers Cost of Ownership by as Much as 45 Percent'

  - 1996-01-22

  ALAMEDA, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Jan. 22, 1996--Ascend Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:ASND), the market leader in WAN access switches(1), today announced the new Pipeline 130 family of integrated remote access routers. Supporting multiple WAN services, the Pipeline 130 integrates the functionality of a router, a CSU/DSU, and an ISDN NT1. It also...

  Tags: Ascend Communications, frame relay, ISDN, remote access

• Ascend Targets Corporate Remote LAN Access and Carrier "Pop" Markets with New MAX 4000 WAN Access Switch; MAX 4000 Concentrates Analog, ISDN and Frame Relay Traffic; Centralizes Network Security and Management

  - 1995-04-10

  ALAMEDA, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--April 10, 1995--Ascend Communications, Inc. today announced the new MAX 4000, a wide area network access switch for analog, ISDN, switched digital and frame relay dial-in traffic concentration. The MAX 4000 WAN access switch lets users replace all of their different access lines, adapters, routers, terminal servers...

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