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Acton, Mass., Telecom Firm Makes Big Sale to Japan's NTT Communications.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, November, 2001
By Peter J. Howe, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Nov. 29--Appian Communications of Acton is announcing today a multimillion-dollar sale of its gear to NTT Communications, Japan's dominant telephone company and one of the world's top five phone giants.
NTT will be using the equipment to provide advanced voice and data services to business customers. The financial terms are not being disclosed, but Appian chief executive Mick Scully said the 118-person start-up has already begun recording revenues from the deal.
Appian sells switching devices that sit in phone company switching stations or office building telecom closets and deliver customized Ethernet-based voice and data services to subscribers, while connecting to...
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