ADC Announces $16 Million Deal with GVT, Brazilian Alternative Service Provider; Bundled Solution Includes ADC's Connectivity and Access Products.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 6, 2000 ADC (1) See A/D converter. (2) (Apple Display Connector) A peripheral connector from Apple that combines digital video display, USB and power in one cable. (Nasdaq:ADCT ADCT Adaptive Discrete Cosine Transform , www.adc.com), a leading global supplier of fiber optics, network equipment, software and integration services for broadband, multiservice networks, today announced a $16 million contract for supplying GVT GVT Global Virtual Time GVT German Volume Training (high-volume light-weight strength training system) GVT Ground Vibration Test GVT Government Income Trust (stock symbol) GVT Global Virtual Team Brazil with a complete broadband access bundled solution for connecting subscribers in the southern and central regions of Brazil Brazil is currently divided in five regions, by the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatistica (IBGE). These divisions are composed by states with similar cultural, economical, historical and social aspects, and although through the scientific point of view information given by this . The solution offered by ADC is based on the BroadAccess Multiservice Access Platform, and delivers narrowband and broadband services ranging from POTS to ADSL See DSL. ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line . The services are carried over SDH (Synchronous Digital Hierarchy) The European counterpart to SONET. See SONET. SDH - Synchronous Digital Hierarchy fiber rings to the local exchange (via V5.2 interface) and to the ATM backbone, enabling the provisioning of broadband services to remotely located subscribers. The solution also includes ADC's Avidia system, an integrated 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 access switch/DSLAM, for supplying a mix of DSL services to places with an intensive need for broadband services, and ADC's BroadWire(TM) ADSL splitter, the highest density splitter platform in the industry. "GVT Brazil is planning to widely increase the network capacity and quickly provide traditional and broadband services to large numbers of residential and business subscribers. ADC has offered us a complete access solution that will enable us to achieve this goal," said Mr. Yosef Agiv, engineering & operations vice president of GVT Brazil. "We are extremely pleased with this contract. We look forward to providing GVT a full access solution, which is well suited to the applications and needs of today as well as those of the future. With our solution, one street cabinet can provide any combination of broadband and narrowband services to hundreds of subscribers. Plus, all our equipment is remotely managed easily from a single point" said Menashe Yosephi, associate vice president of Wireline Access Networks for ADC's Wireline Systems Division. BroadAccess Deployed in more than 50 countries, BroadAccess Multiservice Access Platform (MAP), enables service providers to deliver almost any mix of narrowband and broadband services from POTS to xDSL and IP. With its flexible ATM/TDM architecture and integrated SDH fiber optic transmission, BroadAccess is especially designed to provide an end-to-end solution in the access network. Avidia ADC's Avidia family of integrated DSL access switches are highly versatile platforms used by leading carriers to deploy high margin advanced data services such as VPNs, voice over DSL and video on demand. Fully NEBS level 3-compliant chassis sizes include a 21-slot Avidia 8000 and 5-slot Avidia 3000 chassis, both offering G.dmt and G.lite ADSL, frame and cell-based SDSL See DSL. SDSL - Single-line Digital Subscriber Line , G.shdsl, IDSL See DSL. and 8xDS1 services. Interchangeable network interfaces include DS3, OC3 and 8xDSX-1. BroadWire The BroadWire ADSL splitter enables service providers to broaden the use of existing copper infrastructure, providing high-speed ADSL (full-rate DMT and G. Lite) and telephony services over a single twisted pair of copper wires. The industry's highest density splitter, BroadWire chassis manage up to 528 lines in a compact platform. Front and rear-cabled chassis are available, supporting ADSL splitter cards for POTS and ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. applications around the world. About ADC ADC is The Broadband Company(TM). ADC's fiber optics, network equipment, software and integration services make broadband communications a reality worldwide by enabling communications service providers to deliver high-speed Internet, data, video and voice services to consumers and businesses. ADC (Nasdaq: ADCT) has annual sales of over $3.2 billion and employs more than 22,400 people worldwide. ADC's stock is included in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index and the Nasdaq-100 Index. Learn more about ADC Telecommunications, Inc. at www.adc.com. |
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