| | Nortel: Info Center - Nortel Networks Announces Telefonica Transmision de Datos as First European Service Provider to ... |
 | | By implementing the SVC service, Telefonica Transmision de Datos will enable customers to alter the network connections on a per call basis, eliminating the cost and time implications associated with the moves, adds and changes on corporate Permanent Virtual Circuit (PVC) based networks. |
 | | In addition, the growing demand for SVC solutions has been fuelled by increased requirements for quality of service, combined with rapid growth in the application mix, including voice and video. |
 | | This was recently highlighted in a Vertical Systems Group report, which stated that in 1997 Frame Relay had surpassed X.25 as the second largest global data networking market, with European revenues expected to reach $2 billion by the year 2000. |
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