Alcatel Mietec Signs Memorandum of Understanding with Ascend Communications for ADSL DynaMiTe Product Development.BRUSSELS, Belgium--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 3, 1997--Alcatel Mietec announced today that it has signed a memorandum of understanding A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is a legal document describing a bilateral or multilateral agreement between parties. It expresses a convergence of will between the parties, indicating an intended common line of action and may not imply a legal commitment. with Ascend Communications under which Ascend will use Alcatel's DynaMiTe ADSL See DSL. ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line DMT See DSL. (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (communications, protocol) Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line - (ADSL, or Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Loop) A form of Digital Subscriber Line in which the bandwidth available for downstream connection is significantly larger then for upstream. - Discrete Multi-Tone modulation) chipset and firmware in its access products. The agreement covers technology for both customer premises (ATU-R See ATU. ) and central office (ATU-C See ATU. ) equipment and is expected to lead to product introductions in the second quarter of 1998. The agreement covers Alcatel's third generation rate-adaptive ADSL (R-ADSL) modem chipset, which was recently announced. The new DynaMiTe modem kit (MTK-20131 series) combines the digital functions of the DMT modem and ATM framer with the Utopia interface in a single 0.35 micron chip. A second chip incorporates the analog front end using a 0.5 micron analog process, while a third controller chip manages the ADSL modem functions. Ashok Dhawan, general manager of High Speed Communication Products at Ascend, said, "Ascend has been shipping MultiDSL products since the first quarter of 1997. MultiDSL products include ATU-R and ATU-C solutions for IDSL See DSL. , SDSL See DSL. SDSL - Single-line Digital Subscriber Line , ADSL-CAP and ADSL DMT technologies. With the new chipset from Alcatel, we expect to have the lowest power, most compact DMT solution available." According to the companies, the solution will have the added benefit of immediate interoperability with ADSL equipment being deployed by the leading RBOCs (e.g., Pac Bell, Bell South, Ameritech and Southwestern Bell) and by other operators in Europe and Southeast Asia. "This agreement gives us early access to chips and firmware so that we can develop our products in parallel with Alcatel and introduce products sooner," Dhawan said. "The DynaMiTe chipset is designed to be fully compliant with issue 2 of 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. Standard T1E1.413 specification, category 2 which will enable our products to interwork with future products of other vendors also supporting the standard." "To bring Alcatel's ADSL chipset to the commercial market we partitioned the modem and the firmware to provide a general purpose UTOPIA and control interface," said Robert Bury, telecommunications products marketing manager at Alcatel Mietec. "By working with industry leaders such as Ascend during the final phases of our product release, we can ensure that it fits the requirements of commercial systems. Alcatel's experience from early deployment of DMT systems over the past 2 years has been incorporated into this new generation chipset which we believe will set the standard for ADSL DMT implementation when it is released in Q1 1998.". About Ascend Communications Ascend Communications, Inc. develops, manufactures, and sells wide area networking solutions for telecommunications carriers, Internet service providers Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. , and corporate customers world-wide. For more information about Ascend and its products, please visit the Ascend web site at http://www.ascend.com, or e-mail info@ascend.com . Ascend is headquartered at One Ascend Plaza, 1701 Harbor Bay Parkway, Alameda, CA 94502-3002. Phone: 800/ASCEND4; Fax: 510/747-2300. About Alcatel Mietec Alcatel Mietec, the Semiconductor company of Alcatel, develops, manufactures and sells both standard and custom application specific semiconductors for communications applications around the world. Served markets include data and voice communication over the public switched telephone network, cellular wireless networks, power lines, and automotive and industrial buses. For more information about Mietec, please visit Mietec's website at www.alcatel.com/mietec, or e-mail info@mietec.be. DynaMiTe is a trademark of Alcatel. Alcatel Mietec has its design and marketing headquarters at Raketstraat 62, 1130 Brussels, Belgium Phone:+32 2 728 1811; Fax:+32 2 726 4215 -0- Statements made in this press release which are not historical, including statements regarding product development, demonstration, product capabilities, availability and markets, and the negotiation of definitive agreements are forward looking statements and as such are subject to a number of risks including that the market for ADSL Products is still under development, is highly competitive and is subject to rapid technological change. Please see the Company's Annual Report and Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the 1996 fiscal year and other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for additional disclosure regarding such factors. CONTACT: Alcatel Mietec Michael Newsom, 972/996-7896 E-mail: michael_newsom@aud.alcatel.com or Robert Bury, tel:+32 2 728 1837, Raketstraat 62, 1040 Brussels, Belgium, Fax:+32 2 726 4215 ro_bury@mietec.be or Paul Osiecki, 972/996 2489 M/S M/S Meter(s) per Second M/S Milestone M/S Modeling and Simulation M/S Master/Slave M/S Messieurs (plural of Mister) M/S Minesweeping M/S miles per second M/S Miniature Sheet 412-115 1225 N. Alma Road Richardson, Texas 75081-2206 Fax: 972/996-2503 URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.alcatel.com/mietec |
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