Actelis Networks Announces John M. Cioffi's Appointment to its Technical Advisory Board.Business Editors FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 23, 2002 Noted Author, Developer of xDSL Standards and Stanford Professor Will Provide Expert Advise to Actelis's Engineering Group Actelis Networks, the first company to enable fiber-quality transport services The collective functions of layers 1 through 4 of the OSI model. over local loop copper, announced today that it has added noted author, and 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 pioneer Professor John M. Cioffi to its technical advisory board. Cioffi founded Amati Com. Corp in 1991 (purchased by TI in 1997) which heavily contributed to the development of the ADSL See DSL. ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line standard. He is a professor of electrical engineering at Stanford University. He has received multiple industry awards and has been the editor for VDSL See DSL. VDSL - Very high bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line requirements development in the ANSI (American National Standards Institute, New York, www.ansi.org) A membership organization founded in 1918 that coordinates the development of U.S. voluntary national standards in both the private and public sectors. It is the U.S. member body to ISO and IEC. T1E1.4 group. Cioffi has published over 200 papers and holds over 40 patents, most of which are widely licensed, including basic patents on DMT See DSL. , VDSL, and vectored transmission. Cioffi also co-authored the book "Understanding 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 Telephony" with Thomas Starr and Peter J. Silverman. "John Cioffi understands the underlying concepts that Actelis's Spatial Division Multiplexing relies upon." said Tuvia Barlev, co-founder, president, and chief technology officer of Actelis Networks. "His experience in working with standards bodies, his standing in the industry, and his hands-on understanding of developing and promoting new technologies is invaluable to the Actelis team." "The engineering team at Actelis Networks has developed a remarkable and innovative way to combine multiple pairs without negatively impacting other pairs in a group." said John Cioffi, noted author and member, technical advisory board, Actelis Networks. "I am excited at the prospect of working with them shoulder to shoulder to develop the next high speed copper based technology. Actelis's technology has the power to make ubiquitous broadband a reality." About Actelis Networks Actelis Networks is the first company to enable fiber quality transport over local loop copper. By radically boosting the speed, range, and reliability of copper to achieve fiber performance in the local loop, Actelis allows carriers to deliver bandwidth today to points further from the core of the network without further cabling investment. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in the Silicon Valley, Actelis Networks is backed by preeminent telecom investors, including New Enterprise Associates, The Walden International Investment Group, U.S. Venture Partners and The Carlyle Group. Actelis was named one of the top 100 private companies in the United States by Upside Magazine and one of the Ten Most Intriguing VC fundings of 2001 by Red Herring Red Herring A preliminary registration statement that must be filed with the SEC describing a new issue of stock (IPO) and the prospects of the issuing company. Notes: . For more information, please visit the corporate Web site at www.actelis.com. |
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