Alcatel and CopperCom to Enable Voice Over DSL Services; Alcatel to Partner with CopperCom for Voice over DSL.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 13, 2000 Alcatel (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : ALA) and CopperCom announced the combination of Alcatel's industry leading 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 (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 ) platform and CopperCom's pioneering VoDSL (Voice over DSL) solution to create compelling new business and residential service offerings. The two companies announced today that they have entered into an OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and agreement. Alcatel will resell CopperCom's entire voice over DSL product line as well as begin co-marketing and co-development activities to further enhance the product offerings of both companies. Supporting integrated multi-line voice and data applications, VoDSL offers service providers exciting new incremental revenue opportunities. "Our customers have been demanding CopperCom's carrier-class VoDSL solution", said Hal Thorne, Group Vice President of Access Systems for Alcatel in the US. "CopperCom's VoDSL architecture meets the needs of the market, and is a valuable addition to our product portfolio. We are excited about working with CopperCom as Alcatel's VoDSL partner of choice to deliver a solid solution to the rapidly maturing market." "We're very pleased to be selected as Alcatel's partner," said Cynthia Ringo, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of CopperCom. "Alcatel's worldwide industry presence and industry leading DSL technology combined with CopperCom's innovative VoDSL products will benefit the market and contribute to the mutual growth of our customer bases." With nearly one and one half million lines shipped to service providers in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , the Alcatel 1000 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 ) is the clear market leader in DSL and the platform of choice for incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs) and competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs) deploying DSL. With the addition of CopperCom's VoDSL solution, Alcatel now delivers an expanded portfolio of service offerings including integrated multi-line voice and high-speed data services as well as a variety of other symmetric and asymmetric DSL solutions -- all over a single telephone access line. DSL technology allows service providers to provide Internet access See how to access the Internet. over standard telephone lines at speeds of up to 8 Mbps, nearly 200 times faster than today's traditional dial-up modems. DSL service is always on, eliminating the need for Internet dial-up and annoying busy signals. With ADSL See DSL. ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line , subscribers can simultaneously make telephone calls or send faxes while accessing the Internet at very high speed. While traditional ADSL supports just one telephone number on a given access line, Voice over DSL technology allows service providers to offer multiple telephone lines over a single subscriber access line. "Our relationships with DSL service providers have given us a solid understanding of their requirements for a VoDSL solution", said Kevin Sheehan, Vice President of Marketing at Alcatel. "Together with CopperCom we are able meet those requirements and deliver the solutions our customers are demanding." CopperComplete DSL CopperComplete DSL enables delivery of multiple voice lines and high-speed data over a single copper pair in the local loop. The CopperComplete DSL architecture consists of two products, the CopperCom MXR MXR Mixer MXR Munxar (postal locality, Malta) MXR Mail Exchange Record for the customer premises, and the CopperCom Gateway, a device which sits between the 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. (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 ) and a Class 5 Switch at the service provider's Central Office or Regional Switching Center. The CopperComplete DSL architecture features true telephony(TM), seamless integration, flexibility and efficiency, ease of provisioning and management, and 99.999% reliability. The CopperCom MXR is a customer premise device that combines data and voice traffic onto a DSL line. Easily installed, managed, and provisioned, it is a full DSL data router that also supports from 4 to 16 analog connections from any telephone, fax machine, key system, and PBX (Private Branch eXchange) An inhouse telephone switching system that interconnects telephone extensions to each other as well as to the outside telephone network (PSTN). . Designed from the beginning to be NEBs compliant, the CopperCom Gateway is a carrier-class system with protection switching so that calls are never lost. It is a fully redundant, chassis-based system that houses hot-swappable cards for system control, ATM, and T1 connections, as well as a dual packet bus. About Alcatel Alcatel builds next generation networks, delivering integrated end-to-end voice and data 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. The leading supplier of DSL systems with more than 50 percent of the worldwide market, Alcatel has been supplying industry-standard end-to-end ADSL solutions since 1996. The Alcatel 1000 ASAM supports a wide variety of service packages, including asymmetric and symmetric offerings. It is fully NEBS Level 3 compliant, and can be seamlessly collocated to provide excellent density, power utilization and heat dissipation in collocation environments. It also supports full-rate discrete multi-tone (DMT See DSL. ) ADSL as well as reduced rate G.lite ADSL on the same hardware. The Alcatel 1000 provides unique functionality in support of combined services including multiple ATM QoS per subscriber line and flexible bandwidth use when phones are inactive. About CopperCom CopperCom is a privately held Silicon Valley company that is Giving Voice to DSL. The company was founded to address a worldwide market that is at the crossroads of voice and data convergence, and is paving the way for the next generation of high-bandwidth applications. CopperCom is leading the market in delivering carrier-class Voice over DSL equipment, both voice gateways and integrated access devices, to incumbent and competitive local exchange carriers. To accelerate market development, the company has taken a leadership role in both market education and standards efforts for Voice over DSL. CopperCom has built a strong management team with expertise across both the data and voice networking industries, international depth in European, Asian and North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. markets, and management experience in start-ups as well as large multinationals. |
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