Ascend Communications and Rockwell Deliver Breakthrough Speeds in Symmetrical Data Access.ALAMEDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 18, 1998-- Now Network Service Providers Can Use Ascend's TNT TNT: see trinitrotoluene. TNT in full trinitrotoluene Pale yellow, solid organic compound made by adding nitrate (−NO2) groups to toluene. 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 Pipeline To Offer High-Bandwidth Solutions Over Single Twisted Pair To meet the growing demand for multifunction network access equipment that utilizes xDSL technologies, Ascend Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :ASND ASND A Streetcar Named Desire (play) ), the leading provider of wide area network (WAN) solutions for network service providers, today announced support for Rockwell Semiconductor Systems' Single-Chip HDSL See DSL. HDSL - High bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line Transceiver to power Ascend's Single Pair Symmetrical 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 (SDSL See DSL. SDSL - Single-line Digital Subscriber Line ) offerings. The joint solution allows network service providers to provide customers with 1.5 MB per second symmetrical data access - a speed formerly reached only with asymmetrical digital subscriber line (ADSL See DSL. ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line ) - for both data and voice. This solution marks the first time a Rockwell HDSL chip has supported 1.5 MB per second speeds over a single twisted pair. Ascend Communications' SDSL offering includes both Central Office Equipment (COE See common operating environment. ) in the form of the TNT access concentrator and Customer Premise Equipment (CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) Communications equipment that resides on the customer's premises. CPE - Customer Premises Equipment ) in the form of the award-winning DSL Pipeline. This integrated offering from Ascend works over a single pair of copper wires to transmit full duplex data and voice for high-bandwidth applications. "With Rockwell's network access solutions, we are developing SDSL to its highest potential," said Ashok Dhawan, General Manager for high-speed access products, Ascend Communications. "Leveraging advanced technology from a preeminent semiconductor company like Rockwell empowers us to offer carriers, ISPs and other network service providers the most advanced SDSL capabilities to support the high-bandwidth applications their enterprise customers want." Delivering speeds 25 times faster than the emerging v.90 modem, each port in the Ascend SDSL offering will transport up to 1.5 MB per second symmetrical data and voice access. Previously, Ascend's SDSL solutions supported up to 768 kilobits per second (unit) kilobits per second - (kbps, kb/s) A unit of data rate where 1 kb/s = 1000 bits per second. This contrasts with units of storage where 1 Kb = 1024 bits (note upper case K). (Kbps). "Our HDSL chip set is very robust, delivers high performance and is an ideal technology to advance Ascend's SDSL offerings," Raouf Halim, Vice President and General Manager of Rockwell's Network Access Division. "We're pleased our innovations have been recognized and deployed by this networ The MAX access concentrator is available for $8uct platforms offer a variety of technology conols. The Electronic Commerce Division, based innic commerce, with fiscal 1997 sales of approximops, manufactu res, sells and services wide area For more information about Ascend and its products, please visit the Ascend web site at www.ascend.com, or send e-mail to info@ascend.com. Ascend is headquartered at One Ascend Plaza, 1701 Harbor Bay Parkway, Alameda, Calif. 94502; phone is 800/ASCEND4 and fax is 510/814-2300. The foregoing statements may contain forward looking statements that are based on current expectations and involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially from these expectations as a result of factors including, but not limited to, the Company's success in developing, introducing or shipping new products, competition, the mix of distribution channels employed, the Company's dependence on single or limited source suppliers for certain components used in its products, risks inherent in international sales, seasonality and general economic conditions. These and other factors are discussed in Ascend's 10-K, 10-Q and other filings made periodically with the Securities and Exchange Commission. CONTACT: Ascend Communications Stacy L. Ellis, 510/747-6783 stacy.ellis@ascend.com or Rockwell Semiconductor Systems Eileen Algaze, 714/221-6849 eileen.algaze@rss.rockwell.com or Alexander Communications Lee Kallman, 404/897-2300 lkallman@alexander.com |
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