CENTENNIAL, Colo. -- Verilink Corporation (Nasdaq: VRLK), a leading provider of broadband access solutions, today announced the release of an enhanced version of the eLinkTM-300 model Integrated Access Device (IAD). The new eLink-300 solution includes improved bandwidth provisioning flexibility through the implementation of dual T1 uplinks, dial back-up capability as well as advanced fail-safe, self-test capabilities to provide intelligent power surge detection and suppression on FXS ports. These capabilities make the new eLink-300 a highly robust platform.

In response to demands from business customers requiring price competitive, reliable and feature-rich services, carriers and service providers have turned to managed bundled voice and data services as a means to deliver business critical value-added services. A Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) device like the eLink-300 IAD, which typically resides in a server room or telephony equipment closet at the customer premise, connects the customer’s voice and data networks to a provider’s WAN network via T1 interface to deliver highly reliable bundled services over a single network connection. This offers an attractive way to lower connectivity costs while expanding services to new or existing customers.

“The eLink-300 meets the benchmark for quality, reliability, and value that our carrier and service provider customers need to deliver profitable, business-class bundled services in today’s competitive market,” said Sab Gosal, Verilink’s Vice President of Marketing. “Because voice quality and dependability are of the utmost importance to enterprise customers, the eLink-300 was designed to produce toll-quality voice over a high-speed T1 line while at the same time offering scalability as a business grows. With new dual T1 capacity and fail-safe enhancements to protect against costly service disruptions due to factors such as power surges and lightning strikes, carriers can address the needs of larger-sized SMB customers as well as those that require high-reliability and bandwidth beyond a single T1.”

"As carriers and service providers develop their migration strategies toward IP-based packet networks, one particular concern is maintaining and protecting revenue streams from existing legacy TDM networks, and to continue offering integrated voice, data, and high-speed Internet services over T1 circuits,” said Keith Nissen, Senior Analyst with In-Stat Research. “The eLink platform, now offered under the Verilink brand, is a well established solution and one of the original IADs to address the TDM market. With the newly upgraded capabilities of the eLink-300, carriers and service providers can support today’s high bandwidth-consuming customers with a proven technology and rich feature set, while planning their long-term service strategy and an orderly transition to next-generation services."

“For small to medium sized businesses, the cost-saving implications of converged toll-quality voice and high-speed data/Internet access are significant and being able to source both services from a single service provider such as O1 Communications means customers get high-quality, reliable business-class service and a great value through service bundling,” said Brad Jenkins, President of O1 Communications, a competitive service provider and one of the earliest and most successful pioneers of all-digital networks in California. “At O1 Communications, we use the eLink-300 as the service delivery platform for our bundled T1 service, a competitive T1 bundled voice and data service for businesses. The eLink-300 has a rich feature set that provides business-class quality for our customers and value that matches the economic objectives of O1 Communications.”

Verilink Corp.