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3Com Showcases Comprehensive Product Offerings at PT Expo Comm China 2000

Strategic Insights

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As one of Asia's largest telecommunications and information technologies events, PT Expo Comm China 2000 attracted over 320,000 attendees from China and the Pacific Rim. 3Com Corporation's Carrier Networks Business showcased the full breadth of its product offerings, highlighting IP-based networking solutions, wireless data equipment, cable offerings, and IP telephony solutions. The company's CommWorks architecture, a three-tier solution for multiservice packet-based networking, allows service providers to deliver narrowband enhanced data services, IP telephony, wireless data, and broadband access over a single converged network.

Key Takeaways:

  • 3Com's Carrier Networks Business showcased its comprehensive product offerings, including IP-based networking solutions, wireless data equipment, cable offerings, and IP telephony solutions, at PT Expo Comm China 2000.
  • The company's CommWorks architecture, a three-tier solution for multiservice packet-based networking, enables service providers to deliver multiple services over a single network, including narrowband enhanced data services, IP telephony, wireless data, and broadband access.
  • 3Com's wireless data equipment is compatible with major CDMA switches and is used by every major CDMA cellular and PCS carriers worldwide. The equipment connects directly to wireless switches or radio access networks to provide interworking and protocol conversions.
  • The company's Total Control 1000 multiservice access platform features a distributed processing architecture that allows for scaling performance and adding capacity as subscriber requirements grow. The platform also includes a GUI-based network management application for CMTS management, cable modem management, and configuration file editing.
  • 3Com's IP telephony platform, CommWorks, seamlessly interworks with existing infrastructures, such as the PSTN and SS7 network, and alternative local loop access technologies, including wireless and two-way cable, for transparent delivery of traditional and enhanced IP services.
  • Customers such as China United Telecommunications Corporation (China Unicom) and Caltiger.com in India are currently deploying 3Com's IP telephony technologies.
  • 3Com's CommWorks 5000 network and service management system provides unified, carrier-class solutions for network and service management needs, with a modular, cross-platform architecture and the ability to perform bulk operations.
  • The company's flagship product, Total Control 1000, has been enhanced with new data system card sets, increasing port density, enhancing performance, and expanding service capabilities.

Statistics:

  • Over 320,000 attendees are expected to attend PT Expo Comm China 2000.
  • 3Com's CommWorks architecture allows service providers to deliver up to four narrowband enhanced data services, IP telephony, wireless data, and broadband access over a single converged network.
  • The company's wireless data equipment is compatible with major CDMA switches and is used by every major CDMA cellular and PCS carriers worldwide.
  • 3Com's Total Control 1000 multiservice access platform features 8 MHz downstream and 5 MHz-to-65 MHz upstream spectrums.
  • The platform also includes a GUI-based network management application for CMTS management, cable modem management, and configuration file editing.
  • 3Com's IP telephony platform, CommWorks, is currently deployed by several leading service providers around the world.

Sources:

  • Business Editors and Technology Writers PT Expo Comm China 2000 Booth No. 6234
  • 3Com Corporation's (Nasdaq:COMS) Carrier Networks Business
  • PT Expo Comm China 2000
  • www.3com.com
  • press site at www.3com.com/pressbox

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