Alcatel Announces MultiMode ADSL and Full-rate Splitterless ADSL at Supercomm `99; Company Launches G.lite for the Alcatel 1000 ADSL System.ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 8, 1999-- In a major industry development, Alcatel (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :ALA), the worldwide leader in ADSL See DSL. ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line , today introduced its MultiMode ADSL solution for the Alcatel 1000 ADSL Subscriber Access Multiplexer (ASAM ASAM American Society of Addiction Medicine ASAM Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile ASAM Advanced Services Access Manager ASAM ATM Subscriber Access Multiplexer (Alcatel) ASAM Association for Solidarity with Asylum Seekers and Migrants ). MultiMode ADSL provides the capability to support all industry standard forms of ADSL (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. T1.413 Issue2, G.dmt, and G.lite) with the same ADSL central office equipment. The company also announced a splitterless full-rate ADSL capability. These announcements further evidence Alcatel's leadership in ADSL and commitment to mass market 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 deployment. The ANSI T1.413 Issue2 and G.dmt standards offer 'full-rate' ADSL capabilities at downstream rates up to 8 Mbit/s, while the G.lite standard is aimed at applications up to 1.5 Mbit/s downstream. Using distributed filters, Alcatel offers splitterless operation on both. By eliminating the splitter, service providers can avoid the expense of dispatching a service technician to perform the installation. The Alcatel 1000 ASAM MultiMode capability permits service providers to minimize their investment in central office equipment as both full-rate and G.lite ADSL are supported within the same system. The Alcatel 1000 ASAM can auto-detect on a line by line basis whether G.lite or full-rate ADSL subscriber equipment is connected, and automatically adapt its operation to the correct ADSL mode. MultiMode ADSL equipment and splitterless operation on all forms of industry standard ADSL provides a very powerful solution for service providers. "We are very excited about the introduction of MultiMode ADSL as well as splitterless full-rate ADSL," said Mike Dobbs, Vice President and General Manager of Alcatel USA's ADSL Business Unit. "MultiMode ADSL equipment at the central office reduces service installation costs at both the subscriber and central office, while splitterless full-rate ADSL maximizes the service options that can be offered to the subscriber. It's truly getting the best of both worlds -- installation simplicity without compromise." A demonstration of Alcatel's G.lite solution can be seen this week at the "G.lite Interoperability Showcase," Booth No. 52 in the Georgia World Congress Center The Georgia World Congress Center or GWCC is the major convention center in Atlanta. It is the fourth-largest convention center in the United States at 1.4 million ft2 (130,000 m2) and hosts more than a million visitors each year. . Alcatel's ADSL Expertise The leading supplier of ADSL systems with more than 50 percent market share, Alcatel has been supplying industry-standard end-to end ADSL solutions since 1995. Alcatel's US presence includes deployment by Ameritech, BellSouth, SBC (1) (SBC Communications Inc., San Antonio, TX, www.sbc.com) A large, national telecommunications company that grew from a multitude of local and regional companies, including Southwestern Bell, Pacific Bell and Nevada Bell, into a single, unified brand by 2002. Communications, and Bell Atlantic. Alcatel's worldwide customer base includes Bell Canada, Singapore Telecom, Telia, British Telecom, Belgacom, Telefonica, France Telecom, Telecom Italia, and P.T. Telecom of Indonesia. Alcatel's xDSL solutions are fully scalable and are available on a variety of service platforms, including line cards for the Alcatel Litespan(R) Digital Loop Carrier In telephone communications, a technology that increases the number of channels in the local loop by converting analog signals to digital and multiplexing them back to the end office. (DLC); a high-density central office Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer A Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer (DSLAM) allows telephone lines to make faster connections to the Internet. It is a network device, located near the customer's location, that connects multiple customer Digital Subscriber Lines (DSLs) to a high-speed Internet (DSLAM (DSL Access Multiplexor) A central office (CO) device for ADSL service that intermixes voice traffic and DSL traffic onto a customer's DSL line. It also separates incoming phone and data signals and directs them onto the appropriate carrier's network. See DSL. ); and compact, environmentally hardened mini-DSLAM packages designed for low-density subscriber DLC situations. All Alcatel xDSL service platforms are fully NEBS (Level 3) compliant and can be co-located without difficulty, providing excellent density and low power utilization. Alcatel builds next generation networks, delivering integrated end-to-end voice and data communications solutions to established and new carriers, as well as enterprises and consumers worldwide. With 120,000 employees and sales of EURO 21.3 billion ($25.0 billion), Alcatel operates in more than 130 countries. For more information, visit Alcatel at http://www.alcatel.com or the US Web site at www.usa.alcatel.com. Contact for Alcatel Investor Relations, (US) Michael Haase, 972/519-6855, Michael.a.haase@usa.alcatel.com. |
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