Alcatel, Innovatia and Aliant Telecom Collaborate on Broadband Initiatives.Business Editors/High Tech Writers NOTE: Photos are available in a Smart News Release(TM) on Business Wire's Home Page at www.businesswire.com and at www.newstream.com OTTAWA, ON & SAINT JOHN Saint John, city, Canada Saint John, city (1991 pop. 74,969), S N.B., Canada, at the mouth of the St. John River on the Bay of Fundy. A major year-round port, it has an excellent harbor, large dry docks, and terminal facilities and maintains extensive , NB, Canada--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 16, 2001 Aliant Telecom customers to trial next generation of IP-based services as part of Alcatel and Innovatia's LivingLAB agreement Alcatel (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : ALA and Paris: CGEP CGEP Commonwealth Graduate Engineering Program (Virginia) CGEP Center for Gifted Education Policy .PA), the world leader in broadband access See broadband and wireless broadband. , announced today it will further develop the delivery of advanced services over 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 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 ) through a LivingLAB(TM) agreement with Innovatia, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aliant Inc. (TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). :AIT) and one of Canada's leading research and innovation companies for broadband Internet-Protocol (IP) applications. "We recognize that Alcatel is a world leader in broadband access," said Gerry Pond, President, Aliant Telecom and Emerging Business. "Broadband delivers more than high speed Internet. Aliant and Alcatel share the same vision of optimizing IP technology for service providers and customers by developing and delivering IP-based services such as video on demand and interactive TV that can be delivered over DSL. We are already working together to deliver interactive TV service, known as VibeVision, to Aliant Telecom customers in Atlantic Canada. We are confident this agreement with Alcatel will prove to be mutually beneficial Adj. 1. mutually beneficial - mutually dependent interdependent, mutualist dependent - relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed; "dependent children"; "dependent on moisture" and deliver more winning broadband solutions." DSL allows carriers to offer revenue-generating high-value services such as video on demand over their existing copper infrastructure and Innovatia's state-of-the-art LivingLAB environment provides a unique production and test facility in which these new services are brought to market in a significantly reduced timeframe. Alcatel will provide DSL equipment for the roll out of new IP service prototypes with Aliant Telecom customers. "Working with Innovatia's LivingLAB and Aliant Telecom allows Alcatel to continue developing solid, feature rich products. The real-time R&D that the LivingLAB provides gives Alcatel an extensive test bed for validating new and existing services," said Alcatel Canada CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Hubert de Pesquidoux. "Aliant's customers have enjoyed interactive television over ordinary copper telephone wires for more than a year. The LivingLAB agreement will enable Alcatel and Aliant to optimize the evolution of next generation broadband services at an accelerated pace to meet subscribers demands." About Innovatia Headquartered in Atlantic Canada, Innovatia focuses on designing and commercializing Internet-based innovations. Through its base of highly skilled professionals, Innovatia accelerates the design, development and sale of applications to service providers worldwide through the LivingLAB TM innovation, research and development approach. Using IP technology, Innovatia provides a variety of advanced Internet-based open standard services for governments, enterprises and service providers, including interactive television, e-business solutions as well as Web-based knowledge services. For more information about Innovatia please visit www.innovatia.net. Innovatia is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aliant Inc. Aliant Inc. (TSE:AIT) is one of Canada's top high-tech companies, providing integrated communications and IT solutions through subsidiaries operating worldwide. By combining industry-leading expertise from across the group of companies, Aliant utilizes the Aliant PremiumTM Model to deliver unique, end-to-end solutions to customers. With 10,000 employees and a market capitalization Market Capitalization A measure of a public company's size. Market capitalization is the total dollar value of all outstanding shares. It's calculated by multiplying the number of shares times the current market price. This term is often referred to as market cap. of almost $5 billion, Aliant ranks in the top 100 publicly traded companies publicly traded company A company whose shares of common stock are held by the public and are available for purchase by investors. The shares of publicly traded firms are bought and sold on the organized exchanges or in the over-the-counter market. in the country. Please visit www.aliant.ca for more information about Aliant. About Alcatel Alcatel builds next generation networks, delivering integrated end-to-end voice and data networking solutions to established and new carriers, as well as enterprises and consumers worldwide. With sales of EURO 31 billion in 2000 and 110,000 employees, Alcatel operates in more than 130 countries. For more information, visit Alcatel on the Internet: http://www.alcatel.com. Note: Photos are available at URLs: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.071601/bb11 http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.071601/bb11a |
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