ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 9, 1999--
Harris Corporation, a world leader in microwave radio equipment and services, and FORE Systems, Inc., a leading global supplier for service providers building the new public network infrastructure, today unveiled plans to jointly sell and deliver high performance asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) solutions over point-to-point and point-to-multipoint microwave radio networks.
The Harris-FORE Systems partnership stems from a two-year wireless-ATM joint sales and marketing agreement, where the two companies collaborate on sales, trade shows, seminars and conferences, and marketing communications initiatives. As part of a separate reseller agreement, Harris integrates FORE products into Harris radio equipment for sale to affiliates and customers directly and indirectly through certified dealers, distributors, or third parties.
"The ATM and wireless technologies provided by FORE and Harris respectively give customers the three benefits they seek most," said Richard Peabody, general manager, Harris Corporation, Microwave Communications Division."Those include greater bandwidth efficiency through ATM, flexibility to interconnect sites regardless of location, and cost savings."
FORE's ForeRunner(R) ASX(tm)-200BX ATM switches will be used in combination with Harris' MegaStar 155(R) radio equipment to create a 155 Mbps microwave network backbone for transferring voice, data and video. Future applications will include wireless transfer of broadband multimedia information between enterprises using point-to-point and point-to-multipoint links. At SuperComm '99, Harris and FORE are providing a live demo of the simultaneous transfer of HDTV video, CD audio, high-speed Internet files, and telephony over a single wireless link between the Harris and FORE booths.
"The combination of ATM and wireless technology gives companies the capability to meet their needs for real-time mission-critical applications that can be deployed in a highly flexible, cost-effective manner," said Donal Byrne, senior vice president, corporate marketing, at FORE Systems. "These technologies will help companies to maintain the highest customer service and system availability."
The ATM and wireless technology combination provides additional benefits including scalability of existing systems, ample capacity for incorporating future upgrades, robust, network-protected interfaces, and speed of implementation.
The Microwave Communications Division, one of five divisions within Harris Corporation, is the largest supplier of microwave systems in North America. The division delivers wireless solutions to service providers of all types, including public network operators; fixed wireless operators; transportation companies; state, local and federal agencies; and power utilities. Its product line, the broadest in the industry, covers frequency bands up to 38 GHz for synchronous and asynchronous applications which comply with international and North American standards.
Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) is an international communications equipment company focused on providing product, system and service solutions that take its customers to the next level. The company provides a wide range of products and services for commercial and government communications markets such as wireless, broadcast, government and network support. The company has sales and service facilities in nearly 90 countries.
FORE Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:FORE), is a leading global supplier of high performance networking solutions. FORE's Networks of Steel(tm) deliver the increased capacity, resiliency and scalability necessary to build networks that last. Thousands of enterprise and service provider customers worldwide have put FORE Systems' solutions at the heart of their networks. For more information on FORE's Networks of Steel, call 888/404-0444 or visit the FORE Systems Web site at http://www.fore.com.
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