For Immediate Release: 04-Mar-2003
SEOUL, KOREAAvaya Inc. (NYSE:AV), a leading global provider of
communications networks and services for businesses, is responding
to strong interest from the campus networking customers in Korea.
It recently provided networking solutions to more than 20
universities, including Kangwon National University, Jangan
University, Inha Technical College and Gimcheon College, allowing
faster network access and easy network management for over 24,000
students. In the past six months, Avaya Korea has provided
networking solutions to more than 10 public agencies and
campuses. Avaya networking solutions employed by those universities will
help them operate networks in a more efficient way, enabling them
to address increasing data traffic. With the introduction of Avaya
networking products, instructors and students are able to get more
information faster, increase use of the Intranet, and enhance
productivity through faster work processing and communication. Recently, Avaya forged a contract with Kangwon National
University to provide its networking solutions. Avaya's networking
solutions will help the university manage a large amount of data
traffic while providing reliable network performance. Avaya's
solutions for Kangwon National University network expansion project
include the Avaya P882 and P333R-LB Stackable Switch. "It was inevitable to expand and upgrade our network as the data
traffic was increasing significantly. In the tests of switches from
several vendors, Avaya showcased superior performance and
reliability," said Chul Hong, IT manager of Kangwon National
University. "Based on the test results, we expected that Avaya
would enable us to rely on reliable networks to handle increasing
traffic. Also Avaya won a contract to upgrade Jangan University's
networks. Jangan University decided to replace existing network
switches with Avaya switches to manage increasing data traffic. The
university expects to easily migrate to 10 gigabit Ethernet in an
attempt to accommodate continuously increasing data traffic on the
university's network. Avaya will provide P882 gigabit backbone and
workgroup switches for the university. Avaya also won the network expansion project of Gimcheon
College. By deploying Avaya solutions on existing networks, the
college was able to enhance the effectiveness and reliability of
the network. For this project, Avaya provided the college with
Avaya P580 Multiservice Switch, Avaya P333R-LB Stackable Switch and
Avaya P333T Stackable Switch. Also, recently Inha Technical College
additionally introduced Avaya networking solutions to upgrade its
network to boost performance. Avaya P882 and Avaya P580 switches
enabled enhancement of network efficiency. Avaya also recently won network projects for Jaeneung College,
Kyonggi University and Gyeongju University, further strengthening
Avaya's foothold in the campus networking market. "Based on successive employment of Avaya solutions by public
agencies and universities, we are convinced that Avaya's networking
solutions have earned a good reputation in the local market for
reliability, flexibility and investment protection," said Soo Man
Byun, sales manager of Avaya Korea. "Avaya will continue to work
closely with customers to satisfy their needs such as handling
increased traffic, providing students and faculty with more
efficient service and applications." The Avaya P882 Multiservice Switch combines powerful backbone
switching, high-port density, performance and capacity. This
high-density, highly scalable backbone switch supports up to 768
10/100 Ethernet ports and 128 Gigabit Ethernet ports. The Avaya
P882 is designed to support voice/data/video applications,
satisfying the changing needs in the market. Supporting up to 288
10/100 Ethernet ports and up to 48 full-duplex Gigabit Ethernet
ports, the Avaya P580 switch offers the high bandwidth and
scalability that enterprises or educational institutions need. About Avaya
Avaya Inc. designs, builds and manages communications networks for
more than 1 million businesses worldwide, including 90 percent of
the FORTUNE 500®. Focused on businesses large to small, Avaya is a
world leader in secure and reliable Internet Protocol (IP)
telephony systems and communications software applications and
services. Driving the convergence of voice and data communications with
business applications and distinguished by comprehensive
worldwide services Avaya helps customers leverage existing and
new networks to achieve superior business results. For more
information visit the Avaya Web site: http://www.avaya.com | 
