Lightship Telecom Collocates Carrier Access' Access Navigator in Central Offices to Speed Service Deployment and Lower Costs

Business Wire, Jan 29, 2001

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BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 29, 2001

Carrier Access Corporation (Nasdaq:CACS):

Lightship Also Utilizes Carrier Access' Adit 600 Customer Service

Terminal in this Distributed Voice and Data Digital Loop Carrier

System

Carrier Access Corporation (Nasdaq:CACS), a leading provider of broadband access equipment to service providers, announced today that Lightship Telecom will use Carrier's Access Navigator and the Adit 600 Customer Service Terminal (CST) to enable cost-effective deployment and provisioning of voice, data and high-speed Internet services.

Lightship Telecom, a leading Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC) operating in northeastern and mid-Atlantic states, will be the first CLEC to collocate the Access Navigator in Verizon Communications central offices. Verizon reviewed the Access Navigator for National Equipment Building Standards (NEBS) compliance, a precursor for collocation in its central offices.

Jeff Koester, chief operating officer of Lightship, stated, "With Access Navigator in Verizon central offices and Adit 600 CSTs in customers' sites, we can aggregate traffic at the collocation facility and deploy services to new customers faster and at a much lower cost than with alternative solutions."

Robert Lencke, director of network development at Lightship said: "The Access Navigator gives us some big advantages. We can divide voice and data to accommodate demand, lower our network costs, and deploy services more rapidly - all while maintaining the service reliability our customers expect."

"Central Office (CO) space is an extremely valuable asset for all carriers today," said Roger Koenig, chief executive officer of Carrier Access. "By using our Access Navigator solution, Lightship is able to incrementally add T1 customer access lines while taking up a minimum of CO space."

Lightship Telecom is deploying the Access Navigator in conjunction with Carrier Access' Adit 600 broadband Customer Service Terminals. The Access Navigator/Adit 600 combination provides a full suite of business services including flow-through provisioning and remote management capabilities. This makes it possible for Lightship to reduce truck rolls while improving voice and data service availability at customer locations.

About Lightship Telecom, Inc.

Located in New England and the mid-Atlantic states, Lightship provides businesses with state-of-the-art business to business (B2B) e-commerce capacity through truly integrated telecommunication solutions including: high-speed digital Internet access, local phone lines, regional and long distance calling, web hosting, e-mail, conference calling, DSL, frame relay, ATM voice and data services and digital Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) door-to-door. Lightship simplifies telecommunications by providing a single monthly invoice and a single point of contact for customer service. Lightship provides data services nationwide and is operating as a Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC) in New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont, Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey with expansion planned later in the year in Delaware. Visit Lightship on the web at www.lightship.net.

About Carrier Access

Carrier Access is a leading provider of broadband access and service creation equipment. Our customers are service providers and include local exchange carriers, wireless providers, ISPs, and global carriers. Carrier Access products enable service providers to deliver broadband business services to end users -- business-class voice, high-speed data, video and Internet access. Our products may be located in both carrier and customer facilities to create high-bandwidth access infrastructures. Carrier Access' Access Navigator(TM), Adit(TM), Broadmore(TM) and Wide Bank(R) product lines are used with optical fiber, T3, T1, DSL and digital radio transport technologies to deliver new services at lower operating costs. For more information about Carrier Access and our product solutions visit www.carrieraccess.com.

Access Bank and Wide Bank are registered trademarks, and Access Navigator, Access with no limits, Adit, and the Carrier Access logo are trademarks of Carrier Access Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective companies. All specifications and product pricing are subject to change without notice.