Alcatel Spotlights Industry-Leading ADSL Technology in the DSL Forum's Interoperability Showcase at SuperComm 2000.Business Editors SUPERCOMM 2000 ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 5, 2000 Alcatel's SpeedTouch(TM) ADSL See DSL. ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line Modems, DSLAMs and DynaMiTe ADSL Chipset Benefits on Display at 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 Forum's Booth As the world's leading provider of Digitial Subscriber Line The line from the customer site to the local telephone company. See subscriber network. (DSL) technology, Alcatel will spotlight the interoperability benefits of its ADSL technology at DSL Forum's Interoperability Showcase (booth No.227) at SuperComm 2000. Alcatel's SpeedTouch(TM) ADSL Modems, ATM 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 ) and DynaMiTe ADSL Chipsets are included as part of this public demonstration of ADSL interoperability. In addition, the newest member of the Alcatel family, Newbridge Networks, acquired by Alcatel on May 25, 2000, will be participating in the interoperability showcase as well. "Alcatel has a long-standing commitment to open standards and interoperability among the numerous suppliers of ADSL systems and technology," said Hal Thorne, group vice president for Alcatel Access Systems. "The DSL Forum Showcase is an excellent venue for demonstrating how Alcatel's ADSL equipment and technology works seamlessly with equipment from other vendors and suppliers." Alcatel recently announced that it has shipped one million central office DSL lines to its worldwide customer base during the first four months of this year, bringing Alcatel's installed based to a total of 2.7 million lines. By the same measure, Alcatel's SpeedTouch ADSL Modem shipments reached 190,000 units worldwide in the first quarter of 2000, a 375 percent increase over the same period one year earlier. Additionally, in the first quarter of 2000, Alcatel Microelectronics supplied 1.7 million ADSL chipsets worldwide. The Alcatel chipset is featured in a large number of products participating in this year's interoperability showcase. About Alcatel DSL The world's leading supplier of DSL systems with market leadership in its Asynchronous Transfer Mode See ATM. (communications) Asynchronous Transfer Mode - (ATM, or "fast packet") A method for the dynamic allocation of bandwidth using a fixed-size packet (called a cell). See also ATM Forum, Wideband ATM. ATM acronyms. Indiana acronyms. Subscriber Access Multiplexer (ASAM) and Litespan family of products, Alcatel has supplied industry-standard end-to-end ADSL solutions since 1996. Alcatel's DSL access solutions are available on a variety of service platforms, including the Alcatel ASAM family; the Litespan Next Generation 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. (NGDLC NGDLC Next Generation Digital Loop Carrier ); and environmentally hardened 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. ) packages optimized for digital loop carrier deployment. The Alcatel ASAM serves more than 55 percent of the worldwide central office ADSL market. Alcatel's Litespan multi-service access platform has a global embedded footprint of 57 million subscribers and growing. All Alcatel DSL platforms are commonly managed through a single access element management system. Alcatel's ASAM is New Equipment Standards (NEBS) (Level 3) compliant, allowing it to integrate seamlessly into service provider networks. The Alcatel DSL family is fully scaleable and supports a wide variety of service packages, including asymmetric and symmetric offerings, and can be deployed easily in service provider networks, including collocation environments, providing excellent density, efficient power utilization, and high performance. Alcatel's ADSL solutions support full-rate discrete multi-tone (DMT See DSL. ) ADSL as well as reduced rate G.lite ADSL on a single line card, maximizing a carrier's service options while minimizing costs. Alcatel's DSL technology also is offered in an advanced range of customer premises equipment See CPE. , the Alcatel SpeedTouch(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 about Alcatel's DSL offerings and services, please visit http://www.alcateldsl.com. About Alcatel 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 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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