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ATIS
1200 G Street, NW
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Washington, D.C. 2005
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Contact:
Rachel Pater
Phone: 202-434-8858
e-mail: rpater@atis.org
www.atis.org
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ATIS Welcomes White Rock Networks
as Member Company
February 23,
2004, Washington, D.C. – ATIS, the leader
in communications and information technology standards development
– is pleased to announce that White Rock Networks has joined
ATIS as a member company. Representing White Rock Networks on
the ATIS Board of Directors is William L. (Lonnie) Martin III,
Founder and CEO.
Martin has more than 25 years experience as a leader in the
telecommunications field. He has held several key executive
positions in carrier-class and enterprise network equipment
companies. Prior to joining White Rock, Martin was president
of ADC Telecommunications' Business Broadband Group, a major
business unit of ADC and a provider of transport and access
products to carrier and enterprise customers.
“ATIS is the leading technical planning organization
that is shaping the telecom industry’s future, and White
Rock is very pleased to play an active role in ATIS,”
said Lonnie Martin. “As a young company having an impact
in the optical transmission segment, White Rock values ATIS’
strategic approach to defining and developing communications
standards for the industry.”
“I am pleased to welcome White Rock Networks as an ATIS
member company and Lonnie Martin to the Board of Directors,”
said Susan M. Miller, president and CEO of ATIS. “White
Rock Networks joins a distinguished list of ATIS members companies
representing the communications industry’s leading service
providers, manufacturers and software solutions providers. ATIS
member companies are actively engaged and committed to prioritizing,
coordinating and accelerating priority standards work through
ATIS.”
About ATIS
ATIS is a technical planning and standards development
organization that is committed to rapidly developing and promoting
technical and operations standards for the communications and
related information technologies industry worldwide using a
pragmatic, flexible and open approach. Over 1,200 participants
from more than 400 communications companies are active in ATIS’
21 industry committees, and its Incubator Solutions Program.
www.atis.org
About White Rock Networks
White Rock Networks provides carriers with a family of next-generation
optical transport systems that enable the cost-effective delivery
of high-speed services in metro areas. The company's innovative
building-block architecture provides carriers with "step-function"
improvements in their capital and operating costs, as well as
deployment flexibility in serving a variety of metro customers.
For further information, visit www.whiterock.com.
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