This creates a virtual private network to exchange data, voice or video in real time. When demand for voice and video increases in the future, these requirements can be fully supported with the GDC switches. The network is expected to expand to Rio de Janeiro by December of 1999 and to Belo Horizonte by the middle of next year.
Additional countries planned include Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Panama, Peru and Venezuela.
General DataComm will supply nine GDC APEX IMX asynchronous edge switches to Ericsson, which will be used as part of their service solution that will include their AXD 301 core ATM switches and mini-link microwave wireless systems. About Diginet Diginet Americas, Inc. is a facilities-based telecom provider offering services through its own fixed wireless broadband networks. Currently, Diginet Americas has licenses and telecommunications operating authorities to build and operate telecommunications services in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Peru. About Ericsson Ericsson is a leading worldwide supplier in the new world of telecommunications with communications solutions which combine telecommunications and data communications technologies. GDC is headquartered in Middlebury, CT, USA, and has an extensive network of subsidiaries and partners located throughout North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific Rim.