Batm Advanced Regulatory News (BVC)

11 Dec 2006 07:00

BATM Advanced Communications Ld11 December 2006 BATM Advanced Communications ("BATM" or "The Company") Announces contract with Major Network Equipment provider to trial new industry leading solution platform BATM Advanced Communications Limited (LSE: BVC), a leading designer and producerof broadband data and telecoms systems, is pleased to announce that it hassigned a contract with one of the world's largest providers of Telecoms Networkequipment to trial BATM's solution for a new industry standard. The contract is to pilot BATM's new, comprehensive solution platform forAdvanced Telecom Computing Architecture (ATCA), the industry standard which isset to lead the future of the telecoms world. The pilots are to take place in2007 with a view to mass roll out the following year. ATCA will provide the telecommunications industry with an opportunity to adopt astandard architecture for a broad spectrum of products and is expected tomaximise the benefits of improved product capacity, cost reduction and fasterdeployment. So far ATCA has attracted a lot of attention within the telecom andcomputing industries and has now been selected by major telecom equipmentmanufacturers for their new product designs. This innovative solution positions BATM as the leader in AdvancedTCA platforms.The platforms are powered by the BINOS real time EMS platforms that have alreadybeen installed in millions of ports which fully support a range of servicesincluding switching, routing, QoS, protection and redundancy amongst many. The platforms will allow carriers to provide commercial, medical and militaryapplications. A Telecom Grade Linux version of the BINOS known as BINOX will be provided in2008. Dr Zvi Marom, CEO of BATM, commented:"The platform that our systems teams have put together is second to none and,for the first time, really enables many of the applications that the telecomsworld has been looking for. "We are delighted with this first ATCA contract and strongly believe that morewill follow." Enquiries: BATM Advanced Communications +972 9 866 2525Dr Zvi Marom, Chief Executive Threadneedle Communications +44 20 7936 9605Graham Herring / Josh Royston About BATM Advanced Communications BATM is a world leader in the design and supply of IP packet-based systems suchas high-capacity, self-routing switches with extensive QoS capabilities. Formore information, visit the BATM Advanced Communications web site atwww.batm.com Telco Systems is a wholly owned subsidiary of BATM Advanced Communications Basedin Foxboro, Massachusetts; the company provides industry-leading networkingsolutions to the carrier and enterprise markets. Telco Systems' focus is tomaximize the power of customers' networks by integrating transport, access, andpacket technologies onto industry-leading platforms, therefore fully meetingtoday's and tomorrow's network requirements. For more information, visit theTelco Systems web site at www.telco.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange