2Wire Announces Copper Mountain Interoperability Certification.Business Editors SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 8, 2000 Award-winning 2Wire HomePortal 1000 Series Residential Gateways Certified CopperCompatible With Copper Mountain DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary Concentrators 2Wire(TM), Inc. (www.2Wire.com), the leading provider of residential gateways, today announced that it has received CopperCompatible(TM) certification from Copper Mountain Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: CMTN), a leading provider of Digital Subscriber Line See DSL. (communications, protocol) Digital Subscriber Line - (DSL, or Digital Subscriber Loop, xDSL - see below) A family of digital telecommunications protocols designed to allow high speed data communication over the existing copper telephone lines between end-users and (DSL) solutions for business and residential users, for the 2Wire HomePortal(TM) 1000 series residential gateways. This certification substantiates 2Wire's HomePortal interoperability with Copper Mountain's CopperEdge(R) DSL concentrators, to ensure seamless, high-speed DSL access. "Attaining Copper Mountain DSL concentrator compatibility certification is an important step for 2Wire given that Copper Mountain is a major player in this market, providing DSL connectivity to key service providers," said John Marshall, director of product marketing for 2Wire. "This CopperCompatible certification provides 2Wire with the opportunity to reach more customers and will extend deployment of our HomePortal family of residential gateways." "We're pleased to certify the 2Wire HomePortal 1000 series residential gateways for ADSL See DSL. ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line functional interoperability with Copper Mountain DSL concentrators," said John Nevius, CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) Communications equipment that resides on the customer's premises. CPE - Customer Premises Equipment product marketing manager for Copper Mountain. "Copper Mountain's continued efforts to certify customer premise equipment manufacturers like 2Wire give our service provider customers an edge in making DSL more accessible to consumers." 2Wire's innovative HomePortal 1000 series residential gateways combine a DSL broadband modem with several in-home networking architectures such as Ethernet, HomePNA, and USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. to manage an integrated data, voice and entertainment network. Using a HomePortal residential gateway, all PCs in the home can share up to 8Mbps of ADSL connection to the Internet. In addition, household members can share information and resources with each other within the house at data throughputs of up to 10Mbps. About 2Wire, Inc. 2Wire, Inc. delivers a full suite of broadband products and services to the residential marketplace. 2Wire HomePortal products are the first intelligent residential gateways to integrate the wealth of options available through the Internet and create a complete home data, voice, and entertainment network. 2Wire's web site (www.2Wire.com) offers comprehensive, impartial information on DSL, the future of broadband services See broadband and broadband service provider. , and home networking, and the most complete and accurate DSL look-up service in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . 2Wire was named as one of the Hot 100 Private Companies by Upside Upside The potential dollar amount by which the market or a stock could rise. Notes: This is basically an educated guess on how high a stock could go in the near future. See also: Bull, Downside Magazine in June 2000. The 2Wire HomePortal series was recognized with three significant honors at CES (Consumer Electronics Show) 2000, including Best of Show. 2Wire, the 2Wire logo and HomePortal are trademarks of 2Wire, Inc.(c)2000, 2Wire, Inc. All other referenced product names are trademarks of their respective companies. |
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