Alcatel Ships Record 5 Million DSL Lines.Business Editors PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 6, 2000 Alcatel (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :ALA), the world leader in 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 ) solutions, announced today that it shipped 1.7 million DSL central office lines worldwide in the three month period ended September 30, 2000. Alcatel has now shipped over 5 million central office Asymmetric DSL (ADSL See DSL. ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line ) lines worldwide, another in a long list of DSL industry 'firsts' for the company. Alcatel's third quarter line shipment volume was more than 300 percent ahead of the same period last year and over 50 percent ahead of the prior quarter. In addition, shipment of Alcatel customer premises equipment See CPE. (CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) Communications equipment that resides on the customer's premises. CPE - Customer Premises Equipment ) reached nearly 500 thousand units worldwide in the third quarter, bringing Alcatel's installed base of ADSL CPE to over 1.3 million units, surpassing the 1 million unit threshold for the first time. Alcatel provides the broadest array of ADSL CPE solutions available in the industry including DSL modems, routers, and integrated access devices, which can support multi-line voice and data service over a single telephone access line. The newest member of the Alcatel CPE family, the Speed Touch(TM) Wireless, allows DSL subscribers to enjoy high-speed DSL access from almost anywhere within their home or business without the expense, complexity and inconvenience of running separate fixed Ethernet links between multiple PCs and an ADSL modem. "The ADSL market has outperformed most people's expectations in 2000, and Alcatel is sitting in the middle of this exploding market," said Jeff Wilson There are a number of people named Jeff Wilson.
Alcatel defines a central office DSL line shipment as the delivery of an actual central office modem to a service provider for network deployment. Unfulfilled orders (backlog) are not counted. This metric yields a true measure of supplier market presence and provides a more accurate indication of supplier market share than other metrics such as 'capacity shipped', 'DSLAMS installed' and 'number of central offices', all of which can count empty slots for modems or unused rack space. The central office line shipment measure also correlates to the service provider community's immediate ability to support DSL subscribers. "Alcatel has now made broadband access See broadband and wireless broadband. to the Internet a reality for over 5 million people worldwide," said Pearse Flynn, president of Alcatel's Carrier Networking Group. "When you subscribe to an ADSL service anywhere in the world, it's more likely than not that it will be delivered by Alcatel technology. We're delivering on our promise to capture, aggregate and switch the vast majority of the world's broadband traffic." About Alcatel DSL Alcatel is the world's leading supplier of DSL solutions, helping service providers everywhere deploy an expanded range of revenue producing offerings and applications such as high speed Internet access, voice over DSL, and video services. Alcatel's DSL solutions are available on a variety of service platforms, including the Alcatel 7300 and 7350 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 ; the Litespan NGDLC NGDLC Next Generation Digital Loop Carrier ; and environmentally hardened 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. packages optimized for remote terminal deployment, the Alcatel Remote Access Multiplexer (RAM) and mini-RAM. This complete set of deployment options gives service providers the flexibility to bring DSL service to all potential subscribers in their service areas, regardless of their network topology. A unified element management solution, Access Management System (AMS AMS - Andrew Message System ), manages voice and data services for the Litespan and the ASAM product family. The Alcatel 5620 Network Manager, an integrated scalable network management solution, seamlessly manages these products at the network and service layers. Alcatel's DSL technology is also offered in an advanced range of customer premises equipment, the Alcatel Speed Touch(TM) family of DSL modems, routers, and integrated access devices supporting multi-line voice and data service over a single telephone access line. For more information on Alcatel's DSL solutions, visit http://www.alcateldsl.com 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 120,000 employees and sales of EURO 23 billion in 1999, Alcatel operates in more than 130 countries. For more information, visit Alcatel on the Internet: http://www.alcatel.com |
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