Catena Networks Confirms Interoperability with Major DSL CPE Vendors.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 30, 2001 Catena ca·te·na n. pl. ca·te·nae or ca·te·nas A closely linked series, especially of excerpted writings or commentaries. [Latin cat Networks today announced that its CNX-5 broadband ADSL See DSL. ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line system is fully interoperable with all of the leading providers of 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 customer premises equipment See CPE. (CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) Communications equipment that resides on the customer's premises. CPE - Customer Premises Equipment ) and silicon. In booth number 4108 at COMNET COMNET - A simulation tool from CACI for analysing wide-area voice or data networks, based on SIMSCRIPT. 2001, the company will demonstrate the CNX-5 system functioning seamlessly with DSL modems from Alcatel, Cayman Systems, Efficient Networks, and Infinilink Corp. Catena successfully tested interoperability with these and a host of other leading DSL CPE vendors at its interoperability lab in Kanata, Ontario, Canada, and at an independent testing lab. The Catena CNX-5 ADSL system is fully compliant with the ANSI (American National Standards Institute, New York, www.ansi.org) A membership organization founded in 1918 that coordinates the development of U.S. voluntary national standards in both the private and public sectors. It is the U.S. member body to ISO and IEC. T1.413, ITU-T See ITU. ITU-T - International Telecommunications Union G.992.1 (G.dmt), ITU-T G.992.2 (G.lite) and ITU-T G.994.1 (G.handshake) DSL standards. "Catena Networks is truly enabling the volume deployment of DSL with its interoperability efforts and standards-based system," said Greg Whelan, director of product marketing for Cayman Systems, Inc. "The synergy between Catena's CNX-5 and Cayman's intelligent broadband gateways provides a compelling, high-speed access solution for the residential subscribers." Greg Langdon, executive vice president of product strategy for Efficient Networks, said "Working with a company such as Catena promotes Efficient's goal of accelerating the adoption and deployment of DSL service to consumers. Catena's solutions are paving the way for volume penetration of broadband to the home." The growing demand for residential broadband services has created an urgent need for service providers to deliver DSL to customers served by remote terminals. Catena's CNX-5 system gives carriers a fast, cost-effective and scalable way to provide revenue-generating DSL services to the more than 20 million residential subscribers served by Lucent SLC (Subscriber Loop Carrier) Lucent's designation for its digital loop carrier (DLC) products. See digital loop carrier. See also 386SLC. (R) Series 5 (SLC-5) 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. (DLC) Systems. (See accompanying release, "Catena Networks Introduces First in Series of Solutions Enabling Mass-Market DSL and Seamless Migration to Converged, Packet-Based Public Network.") "Catena Networks is creating a new access architecture, which we believe will help enable the mass-market deployment of residential DSL service," said Michael Howard, principal analyst for Infonetics Research. "Given the slow rollout rates caused by limitations in the current generation of DSL equipment, a leapfrog approach, such as Catena's, is needed to jump start the broadband bandwagon -- a move necessary to make DSL as ubiquitous as POTS." Catena's new access architecture is designed to enable mass-market deployment of DSL and access network convergence by integrating POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service) and DSL on every line. Solutions based on this architecture, such as the CNX-5 Broadband ADSL system, also provide carriers with a smooth, cost-effective migration path to the converged, packet-based public network. The CNX-5 system is fully interoperable with more than 20 DSL CPE and chipset vendors, including: Alcatel, Analog Devices, Aztech Systems, Cayman Systems, Centillium Communications, Cisco Systems, Conexant Systems, Efficient Networks, GlobeSpan, Infinilink Corp., Integrated Telecom Express (ITeX), Lectron, Lucent Technologies, Motorola, PCTEL, Ramp Networks, STMicroelectronics, Texas Instruments, Westell Technologies and ZyXEL. About Catena Networks Catena Networks will enable the mass-market deployment of broadband DSL services and help carriers migrate to a converged access network that integrates their volume voice and DSL operations. With Catena's solutions, service providers can deliver integrated voice, data and video services to residential subscribers more quickly, cost-effectively and profitably than ever before. Headquartered in Redwood Shores, Calif., the company operates a world-class research and development facility in Kanata, Ontario, Canada (near Ottawa) and has more than 240 employees across North America. Founded in 1998, Catena is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. that has secured more than $100 million in venture financing. For more information, please access www.catena.com. Catena, Catena Networks, and the Catena Networks logo are trademarks of Catena Networks, Inc. All other trademarks or service marks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners.(c)2001 Catena Networks, Inc. All rights reserved. |
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