Siemens and RELTEC announce joint development for access platform technologies

Business Wire, June 3, 1997

NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 3, 1997--Siemens Stromberg-Carlson and RELTEC am technology. The parties envision joint development for the transmission of data packets via asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) over asymmetric digital subscriber line ion services," said Keith Glasnapp, vice president of the Access Products Business Unit for Siemens Strombe Business Unit. "The enhanced integrated access platform will take advantage of Siemens' xDSL and ATM broadband technologies, allowing customers to future-proof their copper-based networks and add broadband services as they are needed. This development ably complements RELTEC's deep fiber solution as we deliver broadband services closer to the home over infrastructures with our FTTC product offering."

Privately held RELTEC provides a broad range of wireless and wireline communications products and services to global companies servicing the local subscriber loop. The company is a recognized leader in the design and development of power, outside plant, transmission, test and service offerings under the Lorain(r), Rainford(tm), Reliable Electric(tm) and RTEC(tm) brand names. RELTEC operates manufacturing plants in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Mexico, and is a participant in joint ventures in the United States, China and Japan. Home page: http://www.relteccorp.com .

Siemens Stromberg-Carlson, headquartered in Boca Raton, Fla., is a leading provider of telecommunications equipment to the public network service providers in North America. The company designs and manufactures digital central office switching equipment, broadband switching systems, wireless solutions, end-to-end multimedia solutions, Internet solutions, telecommunications network management products, customer premise equipment and transmission products. Siemens Stromberg-Carlson is a subsidiary of Siemens AG, which has annual revenues of $63.6 billion (FY 95/96) and has operations in 190 countries. Home page: http://www.ssc.siemens.com . -0-

XpressLink is a registered trademark of Siemens AG.

Lorain is a registered trademark of RELTEC Corp.

Matrix, Rainford, Reliable Electric and RTEC are trademarks of RELTEC Corp.

NOTE TO EDITORS: In the Internet/email address noted in this news release, there is an "at" symbol between thomas.phillips and ssc.siemens; and between robert.bartolotta and ssc.siemens.com; and between tobyh and onramp.net . Also, in the World Wide Web address noted in this news release, there is a double slash between http: and www.relteccorp.com; and between http://www.ssc.siemens.com . These symbols may not appear properly in some systems.

CONTACT: Siemens

Tom Phillips, 561/955-3670,

Email: thomas.phillips@ssc.siemens.com

or

Robert Bartolotta, 561/955-3140

Email: robert.bartolotta@ssc.siemens.com

or

RELTEC

Toby Hoopes, 817/540-8285

Email: tobyh@onramp.net