03/10-05   -   Pressmeddelande

Allied Telesyn ranked number one by Heavy Reading

IMAP 9000 Family Ranked Top IP DSLAM

Heavy Reading’s ‘IP DSLAMS’ report has revealed that Allied Telesyn International, a global provider of end-to-end IP/Ethernet carrier and enterprise solutions, is a top supplier in the IP DSLAM sector. Allied Telesyn’s MiniMAP 9100 was ranked number one in the small OSP (Outside Plant) IP DSLAM market ahead of Siemens, Paradyne and Corecess. Allied Telesyn’s iMAP 9700 was graded second best in both the Central Office (CO) and large OSP-based IP DSLAM product categories, achieving a higher rating than the traditional suppliers including Alcatel, Ericsson, Lucent, Siemens, Nokia and Huawei. This follows substantial independent research and thorough analysis of the IP DSLAM market and the respective products from industry’s leading vendors.

Heavy Reading discovered that the MiniMAP 9100 has six times the switching capacity of Pannaway, ranked second, and twelve times more than Paradyne, ranked third. The MiniMAP 9100 is a wire-speed multiservice device that combines IP multimedia access (copper and fibre), aggregation and transport in one unified box. It is the ideal platform for forward-thinking PTTs, Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers (ILECS) and alternative operators wishing to offer revenue-generating value-add Broadband IP Triple Play services. Operators deploying fibre deeper in the access to shorten copper loop lengths for higher speeds over DSL, while reducing the number of lines served per node for more resilience, would find the MiniMAP 9100 the ultimate remote node solution in the industry.

“The MiniMAP scored an impressive 879 out of 1000," said Heavy Reading’s Graham Beniston. “This was an excellent all-round performance." Beniston noted that the device scored top marks in the key Ethernet and QoS categories—two key differentiators in the Allied Telesyn product line. These two features allow high quality IP Triple Play performance to be achieved with minimum CAPEX. Other differentiators included the large range of chassis sizes, the flexibility of its platform and an end-to-end family of products.

Allied Telesyn is the only vendor featured in the report to have a consistent, scaleable architecture for large, medium and small solutions. With the same features and benefits available across the entire iMAP 9000 family, Allied Telesyn offers one technology in many form factors meeting and exceeding all customer needs. The entire iMAP 9000 family of solutions has the bandwidth, processing power, reliability and throughput to enable both incumbent and competitive carriers to deliver carrier-grade Ethernet-based IP Triple Play services.

“This report and ranking scheme was exclusively based on the direct input of operators and vendors of all sizes in a survey conducted by Heavy Reading, and truly reflects the market from both demand and supply sides. We are extremely pleased to be considered the number one supplier in the IP DSLAM market," said Allied Telesyn’s Director, Service Provider Marketing, Rami Houbby.

The iMAP 9000 family collapses the IP DSLAM, IP BLC, FTTx switch, Ethernet protected transport (<50ms) aggregation and Metro Ethernet access switch service delivery into a single integrated platform. This results in fewer network nodes, better reliability, resilient carrier-grade ring architecture, lower Capex and lower Opex. Few vendors featured in the report support multiservice, multimedia and protected transport features on their platforms.
Allied Telesyn is unique in its position for offering an end-to-end IP solution for access networks. The award-winning IP Multiservice Access Platform, iMAP 9000, is complimented with a feature-rich family of multiservice and multimedia Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) including the industry’s leading intelligent Multiservice Gateways (iMG 600 Series), business routers and wide-range of Ethernet switches.

About Allied Telesyn
Allied Telesyn International is a member of the Allied Telesis Group who, founded in 1987, now has offices throughout the globe, over 3,000 employees worldwide and over $600M of worldwide annual revenue. The attributes which have led Allied Telesyn to achieve its leading position in both the enterprise, operator and connectivity business segments can be summarised by four key elements: its business focus on networking technology for professional markets, where Allied Telesyn has proved to be the only company capable of providing a total end-to-end solution at a high price/performance ratio; the ability to handle every aspect of its own products from design to marketing; the development of components and solutions which accommodate flexible, efficient and reliable network construction; support from sound warranty terms and quality services. Allied Telesyn connects the IP world efficiently thanks to affordable and highly reliable network solutions.
More information on Allied Telesyn International is available at: www.alliedtelesyneurope.com

About Heavy Reading
Heavy Reading is an independent market research organisation offering quantitative analysis of telecom technology to carriers, service providers and vendors. It provides comprehensive competitive analysis needed for the deployment of profitable networks based on next-generation hardware and software. Heavy Reading´s parent company is Light Reading -- the largest telecommunications news organisation in the world, visited by nearly one million people a month, including more than 100,000 employees and executives of carriers and service providers.