Canada's First Bandwidth-on-Demand Service to Revolutionize Business Communications

Strategic Insights -

Canada's first bandwidth-on-demand service, a joint offering between AT&T Canada Inc. and General DataComm Industries, Inc., is set to change the face of business communications. This innovative service will integrate business voice and data traffic over a single network connection, resulting in significant cost savings for customers. The converged service uses AT&T Canada's recently announced ATM service using Switched Virtual Circuits (SVC's), allowing customers to define their own bandwidth, destination, and duration of communications sessions and determine their Quality of Service (QoS) level requirements on a per-call basis.

Key Takeaways:

  • The new service integrates business voice and data traffic over a single network connection, resulting in significant cost savings for customers.
  • The pay-per-use approach is far less costly for the customer, especially in bursty high-bandwidth applications.
  • The converged service is the first to use AT&T Canada's recently announced ATM service using Switched Virtual Circuits (SVC's), offering customers the ability to define their own bandwidth, destination, and duration of communications sessions.
  • SVC's enable the converged service to be introduced with very competitive usage rates, based on a combination of four factors controlled by the customer.
  • The convergence platform offers Quality of Service (QoS) assurance with highly efficient bandwidth management, reducing network complexity and increasing reliability for customers.
  • The service uses award-winning GDC APEX(R) ATM technology, a leader in the design, development, and manufacture of multiservice communications systems.
  • The service will be offered by General DataComm's Canadian subsidiary, GDC Ltd., in partnership with AT&T Canada Inc.

Statistics:

  • The service is expected to result in significant cost savings for customers, with the pay-per-use approach being far less costly for the customer, especially in bursty high-bandwidth applications.
  • The converged service will operate on a single network connection, eliminating the need for separate voice and data networks.
  • The service will use Switched Virtual Circuits (SVC's) to enable customers to define their own bandwidth, destination, and duration of communications sessions.
  • The Quality of Service (QoS) level requirements will be determined on a per-call basis, allowing customers to ensure the necessary level of service for their applications.

Sources:

  • Business Wire, "Canada's First Bandwidth-on-Demand Service for ATM Networks; Joint Offering Between AT&T Canada Inc. and General DataComm Industries, Inc. http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20000418005738/en/Canadas-First-Bandwidth-Demand-Service-for-ATM-Networks
  • General DataComm, "About Us." www.gdc.com.