Batm Advanced Regulatory News (BVC)

31 May 2007 19:15

Telco Systems announced today that it has signed a distributionagreement with CTC, one of the largest distributors to the Japanesetechnology market and the network distribution arm of the ITOCHUCORPORATION. £ Having passed all of ITOCHU Techno-Solutions Corporation (CTC)rigorous technical testing processes, CTC will now distribute TelcoSystems' products and solutions through its sales channels, whichachieved revenues of 294bn Yen (circa GBP 1bn) for the year ended 31March 2007. CTC is currently the number one vendor to the Japanesemarket of Sun Microsystems, EMC, Avaya, Hewlett Packard, NetworkAppliances, Symantec and various BEA Systems' Weblogic applications,as well as the number two vendor of Cisco Systems. £ "We see Telco Systems' products as an incomparable technology inthe Japanese operators market. Access network business opportunitiesare on the rise in Japan, and we are pleased to offer a solution likeTelco Systems products to our customer's needs of Access network,"stated Junichi Maruta, General Manager of CTC. £ Telco Systems has developed a number of solutions to allowcarriers to deploy Ethernet-based services to both business andresidential customers. These solutions allow carriers to extendquality of service throughout their network, maintain their ring basedaccess infrastructure and integrate IP as well as TDM services in theaccess and aggregation layers of the network. £ "Telco Systems is delighted to add CTC to its distribution chain.The Japanese market is the most demanding and quality oriented marketin the world and we are delighted by the choice of CTC. We are lookingforward to a fruitful cooperation," stated Zvi Marom, president andCEO of Telco Systems. £ About CTC £ Established in 1972, ITOCHU Techno-Solutions Corporation (CTC)provides advanced IT solutions to enhance enterprise network systems.CTC supports such market segments as telecommunications, broadcasting,finance, distribution, manufacturing, education/government, medicine,pharmaceutical/chemicals, and textiles/apparel. CTC has formedpartnerships with more than 200 leading IT companies from ninecountries. These partnerships range from those with globalmultinational IT companies to those with highly focused venturebusinesses. CTC employs over 6,000 people nationwide, and providesone-stop 7X24/365 support services in roughly 100 service centers. Formore information, visit the CTC web site at www.ctc-g.co.jp/en/. £ About Telco Systems £ Based in Foxboro, Massachusetts, Telco Systems is a leadingprovider of carrier-class transport and access solutions for IP andTDM networks for carrier, service provider and enterprise markets. Itssuite of products includes solutions for Carrier Ethernet Access ringsand demarcation, residential and enterprise VoIP, FTTx, SONET, TDM andT1 backhaul. £ Founded in 1972, Telco Systems' focus is to maximize the power oftheir customers' networks by integrating transport, access and packettechnologies onto industry-leading platforms that meet today andtomorrow's network demands. £ Telco Systems is a wholly owned subsidiary of BATM AdvancedCommunications (London stock exchange ticker symbol: BVC). For moreinformation, please visit Telco Systems' web site athttp://www.telco.com. Copyright Business Wire 2007