Alcatel Announces Industry's Most Optimized SHPOTS Chipset to Support Voice-over-xDSL, VoIP; Versatile Short-Haul POTS Chipset Connects Legacy Analog Phone Terminals.Business Editors & Technology Writers TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 22, 2001 Alcatel (Nasdaq: ALA) today announced a highly integrated short-haul plain old telephone services (SHPOTS) chipset to connect legacy analog phone The original telephone technology, which converts air vibrations into an analogous electrical frequency. Unless a key telephone system, digital PBX or voice over IP (VoIP) is used, most homes and small offices still use analog phones, and the local loop is mostly analog. terminals through an integrated access device An IAD is a customer premises device that provides access to wide area networks and the Internet. Specifically, it aggregates multiple channels of information including voice and data across a single shared access link to a carrier or service provider PoP (Point of Presence). (IAD (Integrated Access Device) A device that multiplexes a variety of communications technologies in the customer's premises onto a single telephone line for transmission to the carrier. It also demultiplexes the incoming streams into their respective channels. ), adding voice to data (see www.alcatel.com/microelectronics for more info. on the new gateway product). The solution contains a Co-Digital Signaling Processor (CODSP CODSP Co-Digital Signaling Processor ) and two Short Haul Line Interface Circuit (SHLICs). This 3-chip solution serves two lines with very few external components, making them easy-to-integrate, dense and cost-effective solutions. Stefan Vanhaeverbeke, Product Line Manager for SHPOTS chipsets at Alcatel, stated: "The SHPOTS chipset provides all the functionality needed for the various data and voice services demanded by consumers. Adding voice to data in residential gateways and business applications becomes now very easy with our latest SHPOTS chipsets. With the fast growth expected in home data and voice services in the next few years, the SHPOTS chipset will fill an important need in the provision of those services. The new Alcatel integrated access device (IAD) for residential gateways (see the Alcatel VoDSL IAD press release) is a very good example of the optimization that can be achieved with our SHPOTS chipset." The SHPOTS chipset comes in two variants, resolving the issue of connecting the SHPOTS to the customer's IAD platform of choice. The MTK-40132 has the popular PCM/SPI interface, making it easy to connect. The MTK-40130 has the GCI GCI Ground Circuit Interrupter GCI Getty Conservation Institute GCI Global Commerce Initiative GCI Green Cross International (non-profit international environmental organization) GCI Growth Competitiveness Index GCI Great Cities Institute interface, reducing the interface I/Os to a minimum -- even for multiple chipsets. Each chipset provides all of the functions necessary to connect modern digital communication systems to remote analog telephone sets or other analog terminals. In addition to Voice-over-xDSL, VoIP and ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. , the SHPOTS also addresses wireless local loop, cable, Fibre, Ethernet and PABX (Private Automatic Branch eXchange) Same as PBX. PABX - Private Automatic Branch eXchange applications. Although the chipset contains one predefined configuration, adaptation through software makes worldwide applicable IAD platforms realistic. Alcatel designs and manufactures leading-edge system-on-chip solutions for telecom equipment manufacturers, and integrated application-specific integrated circuits (ASICS ASICS Anima Sana in Corpore Sano (Japanese shoe manufacturer; Latin: a sound mind in a sound body) ) for customers in automotive and peripherals. Alcatel has been a world leader in Central Office equipment with the traditional POTS interface for more than 30 years. The POTS technology is now available for short to moderate loop applications via the presented SHPOTS chipsets. Alcatel shipped 16.3 million ADSL See DSL. ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line chipsets in 2000, and, according to market figures, is the number one supplier of ADSL chipsets worldwide. It is also the fourth-largest semiconductor supplier in Europe, with 28 offices worldwide. More information about Alcatel's semiconductor solutions can be found on www.alcatel.com/microelectronics. About Alcatel Alcatel builds next-generation networks and the chips that power them, delivering integrated end-to-end voice and data communications solutions to established and new carriers, as well as enterprises and consumers worldwide. With 110,000 employees and sales of EURO 31 billion in 2000, Alcatel operates in more than 130 countries. For more information visit the Alcatel website at http://www.alcatel.com. |
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