Motorola Expands Network Access Product Line with Voice Relay and 6560 MPRouter Pro

Strategic Insights -

Motorola Information Systems Group, Network Systems Division, has introduced Voice Relay, a new product that supports integrated LAN, legacy, voice, and fax traffic over frame relay networks. This innovation allows businesses to transmit voice and data over a shared wide area frame relay link at speeds of 19.2 Kbps to T1/E1, reducing network operating costs by up to 40%. Voice Relay is available on both the 6520 and 6560 MPRouters, which are ideal for large branch offices and regional concentrator sites.

Key Takeaways:

  • Voice Relay supports simultaneous transmission of voice and data over a shared wide area frame relay link, reducing network operating costs by up to 40%.
  • The 6560 MPRouter Pro offers a six-fold performance improvement over Motorola's 6520 MPRouter and is ideal for large branch offices and regional concentrator sites.
  • The 6560 MPRouter Pro has the best price/performance ratio of any product in its kind and offers the most comprehensive multi-protocol support, advanced client-tested SNA capabilities, and the largest range of wide area bandwidth optimization features in the industry.
  • Voice Relay employs state-of-the-art voice compression and prioritization techniques, DSI (digital speech interpolation), and echo cancellation.
  • The redundant power supply option for the 6520 and 6560 addresses a major concern of users and can load-share or "hot-swap," supporting an entire node if another fails.
  • The 6560 MPRouter Pro can support as many as 48 voice ports at one time and is ideal for hierarchical networks in which 20 or more remote branch offices are concentrated via frame relay or X.25 leased line, DDS, ISDN, and Nx64 services.
  • According to The Yankee Group, Motorola ISG has a 30% share of the frame relay market measured by total units, and the Frame Relay Forum has said the frame relay market has grown by 350% from 1993 to 1994.
  • Voice Relay and the 6560 MPRouter Pro will be demonstrated publicly for the first time in the United States at Networld + Interop, Atlanta, Sept. 27-29 at Booth #3850.
  • The base price of the 6560 MPRouter Pro is $5995 for an Ethernet AUI port for routing applications and three high-performance serial data ports that support data rates up to 2 Mbps.

Statistics:

  • 40% reduction in network operating costs with Voice Relay
  • 6-fold performance improvement with the 6560 MPRouter Pro over Motorola's 6520 MPRouter
  • 30% share of the frame relay market measured by total units (The Yankee Group)
  • 350% growth in the frame relay market from 1993 to 1994 (Frame Relay Forum)
  • $5995 base price of the 6560 MPRouter Pro
  • $750 per port pricing for Voice Relay

Sources:

  • PRNewswire, September 25, 1995
  • Motorola Information Systems Group, Network Systems Division
  • The Yankee Group
  • Frame Relay Forum
  • Networld + Interop, Atlanta, Sept. 27-29
  • Motorola ISG's direct sales force and distributors in the United States and internationally
  • World Wide Web: http://www.mot.com/MIMS/ISG/