Tellabs Supplies Entel With Access Technology for Its Telecommunications Network in Chile - Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones S.A using Tellabs' MartisDXX managed access and transport system - Product Information

Cambridge Telcom Report, August 2, 1999

Tellabs announced Tuesday that Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones S.A. (Entel), one of the largest telecommunications providers in Latin America, is using Tellabs' MartisDXX managed access and transport system to provide long-distance and data communications services throughout Chile. Entel's nationwide network provides high-capacity data communications services for banking and other corporate clients.

Entel will be the first Latin American telecommunications provider to use the MartisDXX system's Flexible Access Bandwidth (FAB) feature, which enables service providers to offer their corporate customers flexible access bandwidth with optimized cost control. Using the FAB feature, Entel will provide customers with access speeds ranging from 64 kilobits per second to 2 megabits per second without equipment changes.

"Entel is committed to providing our customers with the most advanced and reliable technologies, and that is why we have chosen to work with Tellabs," said Alejandro Riquelme, manager of business services at Entel. "The MartisDXX system's FAB feature and network management system protects our investment by allowing us to adapt access speeds without changing equipment or building additional infrastructure."

The contract was awarded to Tron, S.A., a Tellabs strategic partner based in Chile that specializes in integrating technologies and providing engineering support and technical assistance.

"The MartisDXX platform allows service providers to meet the growing bandwidth and service demands of corporate clients in a competitive telecommunications market," said Marcelo Wald, regional director of Tellabs' operations in the Southern Cone. "We are very pleased that Entel has chosen the MartisDXX system to expand its high-speed service offering."

The MartisDXX system currently is deployed in more than 160 networks in 60 countries worldwide, providing intelligent transport for mobile services and multiservice platforms for a broad range of business services, including LAN interconnection, digital leased line, frame relay and PBX interconnection.

Entel has more than 35 years of experience in the telecommunications industry. Throughout Latin America, Entel provides a variety of telecommunications services that include local and long distance telephony, cellular and Internet services and multimedia capabilities. Americatel Corporation is Entel's North American branch based in Miami. Currently, Americatel has expanded its operations as a carrier to 50 major markets in the United States.

Tellabs designs, manufactures, markets and services data, voice and video transport and network access systems. The company's products are used worldwide by the providers of communications services. Tellabs stock is listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market (TLAB).