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Telco Systems Introduces T-Marc, Ethernet Demarcation and Service Termination Devices, Providing Circuit Emulation Pseudowire Services; T-Marc Boasts Lowest Latency and Superior Performance to Greatly Reduce Carrier Costs
FOXBORO, Mass. --(Business Wire)-- Nov. 14, 2005 -- Telco Systems, a provider of carrier-class transport and access solutions for public and private IP and TDM networks, today introduced the first two models of its new T-Marc product line, a family of extremely cost-effective and compact Ethernet demarcation and service delivery customer located (CLE) devices. T-Marc enables both TDM- and packet-based carriers to greatly reduce OPEX and CAPEX for carrier-grade Ethernet and TDM-over-Ethernet services. It provides an extensive Operation, Administration and Maintenance (OAM) tool kit along with QoS mechanisms, which enables carriers to minimize service calls and meet their Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
"The T-Marc next-generation solutions enable service providers to use Ethernet all-the-way, while mixing and matching legacy and new services on a common infrastructure with the ability to remotely monitor, test and manage their services, without the need for truck rolls," said Dave Lee, VP Marketing and Services of Telco Systems. "It also meets service providers' requirements for multi-service, multi-application, multi-site and multi-carrier SLA enforcement while providing the lowest latency of any circuit emulation service (CES) Pseudowire demarc device available today, which is particularly critical for cable providers," Lee added.
One of the main objectives of a demarcation device is network and infrastructure diagnostics. T-Marc accomplishes this with its extensive OAM tool kit, complying with IEEE 802.3ah Ethernet First Mile Task Force and Metro Ethernet Forum, IEEE 802.1ag OAM standards. It provides a variety of test functions for infrastructure (cable and link) integrity testing, remote loopback testing, fault propagation and isolation, and performance and provisioning monitoring across the entire network (including latency, loss, jitter and trace route measurements).
The T-Marc delivers Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet and T1/E1 services over Ethernet using CES Pseudowire; provides performance and SLA control and monitoring to support VoIP, TDM voice, video and data services.
"The T-Marc was developed to provide service providers, be they cable, TDM, packet-based or wireless, with an extremely cost-effective solution for the delivery of carrier grade Ethernet and legacy T1/E1 services to the edge on one converged network," Lee said.
The T-Marc can be used on its own or in conjunction with Telco Systems' new carrier-class T-Metro, an MPLS/HVPLS-based multiservice metro Ethernet access platform or its T5 Compact family of Ethernet aggregation switches, all of which provide sub 50ms protection switching. When used with Telco Systems' T-Metro, service providers can extend control and scalability of its MPLS core out to the network edge, while providing T1/E1 services with extensive remote diagnostics capabilities very economically.
The T-Marc family delivers extensive Layer 2 capabilities as well as enhanced features including Access Control Lists (ACL), advanced quality of service support, traffic shaping and rate limiting. The T-Marc-254 delivers 4 T1/E1 CES ports. Both T-Marc 250 and T-Marc 254 have 4 10/100BaseT ports; 1 100/1000BaseX port; and 1 universal port (1000BaseX, 100BaseFX or 10/100/1000BaseT).
Key applications and services for the T-Marc include the following: enterprise, multi-tenant/multi-dwelling units (MTU/MDU); as a copper or fiber Ethernet-based demarcation point; services extension node; high performance private E-LAN and E-Line; Ethernet VPN and Transparent LAN Service (TLS); access platform OAM extension; industrial parks for Fiber-to-the-x (FTTx) and Ethernet First Mile (EFM); metro Ethernet; multi-service, multi-carrier; TDM/cellular backhaul; T1/E1 leased line replacement; PBX-to-PSTN backhaul and PBX-to-PBX (tie-line) connectivity; Ethernet switching and routing; and Internet access.
ABOUT TELCO SYSTEMS
Based in Foxboro, Massachusetts, Telco Systems is a leading provider of carrier-class transport and access solutions for IP and TDM networks for carrier, service provider and enterprise markets. Its suite of products includes solutions for Metro Ethernet Access Rings, residential and enterprise VoIP, FTTx, SONET, WiFi and T1 backhaul.
Founded in 1972, Telco Systems' focus is to maximize the power of their customers' networks by integrating transport, access and packet technologies onto industry-leading platforms that meet today and tomorrow's network demands.
Telco Systems is a wholly owned subsidiary of BATM Advanced Communications (London stock exchange ticker symbol:BVC). For more information, please visit Telco Systems' web site at http://www.telco.com.
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