Alcatel Awarded Tender by Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom to Supply 1.26 Million ADSL Lines; The Deal is Believed to be the World's Largest Single ADSL Order to Date.Business Editors & High Tech Writers DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 15, 2001 Alcatel, (Paris:CGEP CGEP Commonwealth Graduate Engineering Program (Virginia) CGEP Center for Gifted Education Policy .PA) (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :ALA), the world leader in broadband access See broadband and wireless broadband. solutions, has been awarded by Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom Not to be confused with China Telecom. Chunghwa Telecom (Traditional Chinese: 中華電信; Hanyu Pinyin: a tender to supply 1.26 million Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Lines (ADSL See DSL. ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line ) to cover all major cities in Taiwan. It is believed to be the world's largest order of ADSL lines by one telecom operator. "We are proud of winning this important tender, particularly under the extremely stiff competition," said Andrew Young, country senior officer of Alcatel Taiwan. "Chunghwa Telecom demands a very high standard of performance of our 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 solutions, and once again Alcatel has proven its unmatched worldwide experience and unrivalled product quality." "Winning this ADSL tender will further widen Alcatel's clear lead in the global broadband access market," said Willem Verbiest, president of Alcatel's DSL activities. "More important, it will significantly strengthen our leading position in the rapidly growing Asia Pacific market, which is deploying DSL at a very fast rate." Alcatel's DSL solution will enhance Chunghwa Telecom, the incumbent telecom operator in Taiwan, in the future provisioning of competitive and value-added broadband services to its customers. With Alcatel's "always-on DSL solutions," end users can enjoy a wide range of integrated data, voice and video services, voice-over-DSL, G.SHDSL A DSL technology from the ITU (G.991.2) that provides symmetric transmission from 192 Kbps to 2.3 Mbps using a single copper pair, depending on distance from the central office (from 20,000 ft. to 6,500 ft.). With two wire pairs, 384 Kbps to 4.6 Mbps can be achieved. G. , video-on-demand, multi-media distance learning and video-conferencing. In addition, Microelectronics of Alcatel, market leader in DSL chipsets, will provide components for both the central office and customer premise side of the DSL solution. DSL enables Internet users to use regular analog telephone lines to access the Internet at speeds 200 times faster than traditional dial-up connections. Alcatel commands 53% of the global DSL market. Up to the end of 2000, Alcatel has shipped 7.7 million xDSL lines to operators worldwide. 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 130,000 employees and sales of EURO 31 billion in 2000, Alcatel operates in more than 130 countries. For more information, visit Alcatel on the Internet. www.alcatel.com |
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