ADC Announces Alliance with LG Information and Communications to Develop ATM Access Concentrator Enhancements.Business Editors MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 29, 2000 International Partner to Jointly Engineer Development of Octal A numbering system that uses eight digits. It is used as a shorthand method for representing binary characters that use six-bits. Each three bits (half a character) is converted into a single octal digit. Okta is Greek for 8. Channelized Refers to an architecture that transmits data in channels. It often refers to the 64 Kbps channels in T1 lines, which were originally developed to handle digitized voice streams (TDM). See TDM. Frame Relay Card 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) and LG Information and Communications (LGIC LGIC Ligand Gated Ion Channels (cell signalling) LGIC Line Group ISDN Controller ), ADC's original equipment manufacturer located in Korea, today announced they will jointly develop a new high density channelized frame relay card for ADC's established AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) An audio compression technology that is part of the MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 standards. AAC, especially MPEG-4 AAC, provides greater compression and better sound quality than MP3, which also came out of the MPEG standard. ATM access concentrator product line. The new card will offer carriers in the domestic and international marketplace a cost-effective frame relay solution for central office based sub E1/T1 frame relay service delivery. The planned octal channelized frame relay card will be designed to double current packet port density, which will allow it to be positioned as both a service access mulitplexer (SAM) or as customer premises equipment See CPE. (CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) Communications equipment that resides on the customer's premises. CPE - Customer Premises Equipment ). Both capabilities are important for carriers and Internet Service Providers Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. (ISPs) that have a strong requirement for channelized frame relay in various parts of their access networks. "Our partnership with LGIC demonstrates our continued commitment to the AAC product line as well as ADC's desire to expand to overseas markets," said Paul Forzisi, international marketing manager for ADC's Broadband Access and Transport Group. "The new joint development will provide our customers with a more comprehensive end-to-end solution for frame relay access." "The joint development contract with ADC will strengthen our alliance for ATM related technologies and marketing and will provide LGIC with an opportunity to enhance our competitiveness in access equipment. The agreement will provide ATM edge switching systems (Cellstar) to the world market. ADC and LGIC also will work to develop additional features," said Mr Kab Bong Nho, general manager of LGIC's ATM Business Unit. ADC and LGIC are presently evaluating a list of potential new AAC features that may be suitable for further joint development activities. LGIC, Ltd. is an integrated information/communication company, which provides the customer with switching systems, transmission equipment, mobile communication systems and terminal equipment. In 1996 LGIC was the first in the world to commercialize CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) A method for transmitting simultaneous signals over a shared portion of the spectrum. The foremost application of CDMA is the digital cellular phone technology from QUALCOMM that operates in the 800 MHz band and 1.9 GHz PCS band. mobile communications. LGIC is concentrating on R&D for its advanced ATM and mobile communication technologies to lead to the next generation telecommunications market such as ATM, IMT-2000. LGIC is a sole provider for the Korea Telecom ATM Network (National Information Infrastructure). LGIC was the first in Korea to set up an ATM trial network in 1995. LGIC operates joint ventures and branch offices in 14 countries such as the USA, Vietnam, Russia and others. LGIC has six thousand employees and 1999 sales of 1.7 billion dollars. About ADC ADC Telecommunications, Inc. is a leading global supplier of network equipment, software and integration services for broadband, multiservice networks that deliver data, video and voice communications over telephone, cable television, Internet, broadcast, wireless and enterprise networks. ADC's broadband, multiservice network solutions enable local access, high-speed transmission and software management of communications services from service providers to consumers and businesses over fiber-optic, copper, coaxial and wireless media. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, ADC has approximately 14,400 employees around the world and annual sales of $2.1 billion. ADC's stock is included in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index and Nasdaq-100 Index. For additional information, visit our Web site at www.adc.com. |
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