AT&T Network Systems has joined forces with Frame Relay Technologies Inc and Data General Corp to market an end-to-end Frame Relay network to commercial customers. AT&T provides the BNS-1000 Frame Relay Switch and StarKeeper II Network Management System, Frame Relay Technologies contributes its FrameMux access controllers and host delivery systems for saving bandwidth, and Data General acts as prime contractor, providing design, project management and vendor activity co-ordination, installation and customer contact. The result is claimed to be a simplified network that can integrate SNA, X25, local nets. synchronous and asynchronous traffic over one Frame Relay net.
