Casema to Deploy Enhanced Cable Modem System From Lucent Technologies That Doubles Existing Capacity.Business Editors The Western Show 2000 LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 29, 2000 (Western Cable Show, booth #3801) Lucent Technologies (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : LU) today announced that Casema, the second largest cable operator in the Netherlands, will deploy an enhanced version of its CableConnect(SM) cable modem cable modem Modem used to convert analog data signals to digital form and vise versa, for transmission or receipt over cable television lines, especially for connecting to the Internet. (CM) system. The new version will deliver service to twice as many users and will support both existing proprietary and new standards-based cable modems. The CableConnect CM 2020 system is an enhancement of the DEMOS-1 products Lucent obtained earlier this year in its acquisition of DeltaKabel Telecom cv, of Gouda, the Netherlands, a leading provider of proprietary and standards-based cable modem and Internet (IP) telephony solutions in Europe. Using a distributed architecture, the enhanced version includes the CableConnect CMTS (Cable Modem Termination System) A computerized device that enables cable modems to send and receive packets over the Internet. It inserts IP packets from the Internet into MPEG frames and transmits them to the cable modems via an RF signal. (cable modem termination system A cable modem termination system or CMTS is equipment typically found in a cable company's headend, or at cable company hubsite and is used to provide high speed data services, such as cable internet or Voice over IP, to cable subscribers. ) and other components in the cable operator's headend as well as new local communications controller A peripheral control unit that connects several communications lines to a computer and performs the actual transmitting and receiving as well as various message coding and decoding activities. located in a node in the cable network between the headend and the customer. Casema and other cable operators currently using the DEMOS-1 system can upgrade to the new system without interrupting service to current customers or needing extra space in their network. "Our flat-rate cable modem service was so much of a success that we needed more capacity in a very short time," said Henk de Goede, 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. , Casema. "Lucent's enhanced system will double the number of customers we can serve and introduce a two-tiered offering, basic Internet access See how to access the Internet. using the existing proprietary cable modems and high speed broadband connections using new standards-based cable modems." "The original DEMOS-1 system was designed as a cost-effective solution to provide data service over smaller cable networks," said Andre du Croix, general manager of Lucent's InterNetworking Systems' Broadband Fiber/HFC Access Group in Gouda, Netherlands. "This enhanced version will enable cable operators to generate more revenue by serving twice as many customers a smooth migration path to broadband, standards-based cable modem systems." The enhanced CableConnect cable modem system will be available in the second quarter of 2001 and is targeted to cable operators with networks serving from 5,000 to 100,000 subscribers. Lucent Technologies, headquartered in Murray Hill Murray Hill may refer to one of the following places:
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