Dulles,
VA. May 2, 2005 – Encore Networks today
announced a nationwide agreement with
Advantage Telcom, a distributor of Wide
Area and Local Area networking equipment.
Advantage Telcom will offer Encore’s
complete line of IP+Legacy protocol data
routers and broadband Virtual Private
Network (VPN) security appliances for
cellular, wireless, satellite, terrestrial
and hybrid networks.
Headquartered in San Antonio, Texas,
Advantage Telcom is a value-added distributor
of Wide Area, Local Area, and Broadband
interworking solutions whose product
suite includes technologies for the convergence
of voice, data and video communications.
Their customers include local and long
distance telephone companies, cable television
operators, Internet/data communications
providers, wireless services providers,
private network operators, CLEC’s, and
small to medium sized businesses. Advantage
Telcom will add Encore’s solutions to
a wide range of products from other networking
vendors including Adtran, Alcatel, Zhone,
Actelis, net.com, BelAir Networks, Canoga
Perkins, CAC, Paradyne and RAD.
“Advantage Telcom has built a solid
reputation as a total connectivity solutions
source for data, voice and video for
both carrier and enterprise customers,”
stated Peter Madsen, President and CEO
of Encore Networks. “We are excited to
join with the Advantage team, and help
them to continue to offer multi-location
businesses ways to improve their bottom
line by using technologies that enable
them to effectively connect to the latest
converged networks.”
Designed for IP-based, next generation,
multi-service broadband networks, Encore’s
BANDIT™ products are small, but powerful
VPN tools that provide router/FRAD, firewall
and IPsec VPN functionality, dial backup,
Ethernet, and legacy protocol support
on one platform. Both service providers
and enterprise customers deploy BANDITs
for more cost-effective solutions for
IP+Legacy VPN, security, and data over
a single broadband connection.
“Encore provides our customers with
secure, managed IP VPN solutions over
various types of existing broadband networks
like Frame Relay, DSL, cable, cellular
and satellite,” said Mike Bauer, Manager
of National Accounts of Advantage Telcom.
“By adding Encore’s products to our portfolio,
we have broadened our technology mix
and now offer more cost effective options
for upgrading slow, legacy networks into
fast, secure infrastructures." |
About Encore
Networks
Encore Networks www.encorenetworks.com is
a market leader in developing manageable
equipment for Secure, Converged, and Broadband
solutions for carriers and enterprises. Customers
currently rely on Encore's innovative VPN
and security solutions for wireless, satellite,
and terrestrial networks that support both
legacy devices and the latest Internet routing
standards. Encore products facilitate the
migration from legacy data networks to broadband
IP connectivity. Advanced signaling and voice
inter-working solutions support circuit-to-packet
migration of voice services, on premises
or in the central office. Encore is a member
of the Virtual Private Network Consortium
(VPNC), United States Telecom Association
(USTA), Telecommunications Industry Association
(TIA), Global VSAT Forum (GVF), and the United
Telecom Council (UTC).
ABOUT advantage
telcom
Advantage Telcom (www.at2.com) is
a minority, and veteran owned, worldwide
distributor of complex Wide Area and Local
Area networking equipment solutions. Based
in San Antonio, Texas, Advantage Telcom
provides state-of-the-art products, services,
and support to local and long distance
telephone companies, cable operators, Internet/data
communications providers, cellular wireless
services providers, private network operators,
enterprise and small to medium businesses
since 1995. |
