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By Bernadette Hussein

Telstra, ranked among the top 10 telecommunica tions companies in the world with over a 100 years’ experience, has introduced a new product expected to improve communications for smaller countries - the Telstra DAMA-Net Digital.

Telstra is one of the region’s largest carriers, and the traditional correspondent in Australia for most Pacific carriers.

Telstra has supported the PACT Network for seven years and is proud of its proven record which is why, it says, it is commit ted to further developing and supporting its DAMA-Net Digital services into the 21 st Century.

As a carrier, Telstra can deliver via DAMA-Net Digital, a range of value added services in partnership with Pacific carriers.

Telstra believes that the benefits of changing to DAMA-Net Digital are several: • DAMA-Net Digital provides high quality and economical voice, data and facsimile communications; * an increase in facsimile and data rates from 4800 bps to 14,4000 bps; and • DAMA-Net charges have been signif icantly reduced, providing a flat, cost effective rate for both international and domestic traffic.

One of the features of DAMA-Net Digital is that it has the ability to provide private network services, thereby increas ing internal revenue from customers.

Users will also have full-switched access to and from the Telstra Network via a single satellite hop plus forward switch

ing.

There will be capital costs savings as well as the capability to cost effectively manage traffic overflow during peak

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hours, Telstra says.

In addition to these services, Telstra also has a service agreement for improved customer focus and clarity, which offers a level of comfort to both

parties.

Telstra views the relationship more as a partnership, with the agreement providing the basic framework.

The agreement protects clients from

price increases, provides customers

with an underlying commitment for grade of service and network availabil ity, outlines a process for dispute reso lution, and provides customers with a level of service assurance which can be passed on to customers.

With the programme, Telstra can provide billing and reporting features customised to best suit customers’ busi

ness requirements.

Telstra’s DAMA-Net Digital tech nology platform provides the following services; • DAMA-Net - a quality internation al and domestic PSTN service for Telstra, correspondent carriers and ser vice providers with specific applica tions to small low-cost antennae; and • Demand Lease - provides cus tomers with a dedicated link/service to a particular business customer. This is facilitated through a network of modems, which are usually in individu al carrier earth stations.

Demand Lease provides effective and efficient data or voice networks, which are secure from unauthorised accessed.

It is a lease network of modems which provides a dedicated service to individual business customers.

The DAMA service switches in the space segment only when the customer intends to send data.

In the Pacific Ocean region, the DAMA-Net Digital is available in Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Kiribati, Cook Islands, Niue, Fiji, Nauru, Marshall Islands, Sakhlim Islands, Tokelau, Western Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu and Palau.

So why Telstra DAMA-Net Digital?

Because, Telstra says, it is willing to do business on a bilateral or multilater al basis; it has a history in service and support; it provides innovative solu tions to unique customer requirements and is a dedicated Pacific Region