March 27, 2000
PSE CIRCULAR FOR BROKERS NO. 791-00
RAD Partners with Cisco and Datacraft to Build
New ATM Broadband Network in the Philippines
Globe Telecom Will Deploy RAD's Multiservice Access Platform,
Supporting Data, ISDN, Frame Relay, IP, ATM and Voice with
Full Management via a Single Management Station
Globe Telecom, Inc. of the Philippines will be incorporating RAD Data Communications' Multiservice Access Platform (MAP) together with Cisco Systems' Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) backbone switches and concentrators into its new multi-service digital data network. An initial US$6.2 million contract has been signed by Globe Telecom and Datacraft Communications Systems Inc., a RAD distributor in the Philippines, which will build the network.
Globe Telecom's data network is designed to be a nationwide broadband facility implementing ATM technology, which provides multi-service capability enabling the company to extend integrated solutions for voice, data and video.
Globe Telecom's new network will include RAD's Megaplex-2100 Multiplexers, HTU HDSL Termination Units, LRS-12 Modem Racks and ASMi-31-2 Intelligent Modems. "This is a major strategic project for us," states Gil Itkin, General Manager of RAD Far East. Itkin predicts that MAP...
