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Tekelec's Chameleon Open Family of Products Added to NASA SEWP Contract

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Tekelec announced that its Chameleon Open family of products has been added to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Scientific and Engineering Workstation Procurement (SEWP) program, held by Unisys Corp. This move allows Tekelec to expand its customer base to include NASA and its contractors. The contract, valued at $827 million, provides for the simultaneous full bandwidth testing of LAN/WAN and Broadband networks, offering analysis, monitoring, and simulation capabilities for various network protocols.

Key Takeaways:

  • Tekelec's Chameleon Open family of products has been added to the NASA SEWP contract held by Unisys Corp, expanding its customer base to include NASA and its contractors.
  • The contract provides for the simultaneous full bandwidth testing of LAN/WAN and Broadband networks, offering analysis, monitoring, and simulation capabilities for protocols such as ATM, ISDN, Frame Relay, FDDI, Ethernet, Token Ring, and T1/E1 testing.
  • The Chameleon Open family of products were added to the Unisys SEWP contract as a result of NASA customer requests.
  • Tekelec's involvement in the contract will last through February 1997.
  • The NASA SEWP program has an aggregate value of $827 million for the nine SEWP contracts.
  • Under the contract, Unisys is responsible for integrating, supporting, maintaining, and providing warranty and customer support for more than 40 network vendors' products.
  • Tekelec is a leading supplier of advanced diagnostic systems and innovative network switching solutions for the global communications marketplace.
  • Tekelec's EAGLE STP switching platform is designed to meet the complex requirements of SS7 networks and enable wireline and wireless network operators to deliver advanced intelligent network services.

Statistics:

  • $827 million: The value of the NASA SEWP program for the nine contracts.
  • 8: The number of companies holding SEWP contracts.
  • 9: The number of contracts held by companies under the SEWP program.
  • 40: The number of network vendors whose products Unisys will integrate, support, maintain, and warranty under the contract.
  • 1993: The year the NASA SEWP program was awarded.
  • 1997: The year the Unisys NASA SEWP contract currently runs through.

Sources:

  • Business Wire, November 14, 1995
  • Note to Editors: Chameleon and EAGLE are registered trademarks of Tekelec.

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