Erin Dunne, director of research at Vertical Systems Group, says companies migrating from frame relay and ATM are moving to Ethernet faster than those using private lines, including T-1s and higher.

Service provider Cable & Wireless sent U.S. customers of its frame relay and ATM services a Dear John letter earlier this month. Why? To focus on other businesses, of course – the only thing is, C&W ...

In 1992, frame relay was portrayed as an interim technology that would be replaced by Switched Multimegabit Data Service. In 1995, industry insiders predicted frame relay would be devoured by ATM.

Out with the old (frame relay, ATM and subscriber lines) and in with the new (e.g., Ethernet or IP MPLS VPN services). That's the latest trend in enterprise networking, according to market watcher ...

The ATM bandwagon isn't free-wheeling through Europe as powerfully as expected. According to a new study by Total Research European, network managers perceive ATM to be the leading-edge technology of ...

Ascom Timeplex has announced the release of the ATM-ICP for its Synchrony ST-1000 hybrid circuit/ frame switch. The integrated cell processor (ICP) provides high-speed data transport at 155Mbps and ...

A high-speed packet switching protocol used in wide area networks (WANs). Providing a granular service of up to DS3 speed (45 Mbps), it has become popular for LAN to LAN connections across remote ...

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When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Asynchronous-transfer mode (ATM) is a core telecommunications technology that evolved from analog ...

Voice and data convergence is still in its infancy. Adoption rates are steadily increasing, and the technology has improved. However, uniting voice and data traffic over a WAN using transport ...