Copper Mountain Dominates Business DSL Equipment Shipments for the Second Straight Year.( BW)(CA-COPPER-MOUNTAIN)(CMTN) Copper Mountain Dominates Business 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 Equipment Shipments for the Second Straight Year Business Editors/High-Tech Writers PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 16, 2000 Leading Market Analysis Firm, Dell'Oro Group, Reports that Copper Mountain Commanded SDSL See DSL. SDSL - Single-line Digital Subscriber Line and IDSL See DSL. Markets Again in 1999 for Both Revenues and Ports Shipped Copper Mountain Networks, Inc., (Nasdaq:CMTN), the leader in business-class 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 (DSL) solutions, today announced that it captured the number one position in business DSL shipments -- as measured in both revenue and ports shipped for all of 1999 -- in the most recent DSL market share study. A report issued on February 15, 2000 by the Dell'Oro Group, established that Copper Mountain's revenues accounted for 42.5 percent of total business DSL equipment sales in 1999. In addition, Copper Mountain is classified in the study as the leader for the number of business central office (CO) ports shipped in 1999, accounting for 42.9 percent of total ports delivered. In a prior report published by Dell'Oro on May 24, 1999, Copper Mountain was ranked the leader in both categories for 1998 as well. &uot;The fact that Copper Mountain has achieved the market leader position in our industry for the past two years is a reflection on our commitment to provide premium DSL products,&uot; said Rick Gilbert, 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 Copper Mountain. &uot;We are extremely pleased that the market has recognized the superiority of Copper Mountain's solutions in the DSL segment.&uot; Dell'Oro's 1999 Router and Remote Access Report Establishes Copper Mountain Leader in Business DSL Revenue and Ports Shipped Dell'Oro's latest report encompasses all manufacturers of business DSL equipment. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Dell'Oro report, sales for the industry totaled $254.4 million in 1999, with Copper Mountain's DSL concentrator sales accounting for $108.1 million, or 42.5 percent of total sales. Additionally, the report states that Copper Mountain also shipped 42.9 percent, or 295,000 of the total 687,900 business DSL ports shipped in 1999, giving Copper Mountain the number one position in ports shipped industry-wide. The Copper Mountain Solution Copper Mountain's CopperEdge(R) DSL concentrators deliver bandwidth up to 1.5 Mbps on a single copper pair, and up to 12 Mbps using inverse multiplexing (IMUX See inverse multiplexor. ) technology, while supporting multiple services over DSL, including Internet access See how to access the Internet. , toll-quality voice services, corporate Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), and Frame Relay A high-speed packet switching protocol used in wide area networks (WANs). Providing a granular service of up to DS3 speed (45 Mbps), it has become popular for LAN to LAN connections across remote distances, and services are offered by most major carriers. . CopperView(TM) network management tools provide configuration, fault analysis, and performance monitoring throughout the network from a carrier's central operations Central Operations (CO) is a major command of the London Metropolitan Police that provides operational support to the rest of the service. It is commanded by Assistant Commissioner Tarique Ghaffur. center, resulting in substantial savings in time, cost, and complexity in managing DSL equipment network-wide. CopperRocket(R) and CopperCompatible(TM) CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) Communications equipment that resides on the customer's premises. CPE - Customer Premises Equipment provide the industry's broadest range of innovative, competitively priced access devices, ranging from low-cost bridges and routers to full-featured CSU/DSUs and integrated access devices An IAD is a customer premises device that provides access to wide area networks and the Internet. Specifically, it aggregates multiple channels of information including voice and data across a single shared access link to a carrier or service provider PoP (Point of Presence). (IADs) with advanced features for business applications and security. About Copper Mountain Networks Copper Mountain Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq:CMTN) develops and markets a comprehensive family of DSL solutions that enable high-speed internetworking over existing copper facilities. The company's mission is to enable carriers and other service providers to offer a full range of high-performance, cost-effective data and voice services over DSL that are easy to deploy, use, and manage. Copper Mountain's CopperRocket(R) CPE family addresses the bandwidth, reliability, ease-of-use, and cost concerns of remote offices and users. Its carrier-class CopperEdge(R) DSL concentrators and CopperView(TM) network management solutions offer a robust and scalable platform for carriers and multi-tenant unit service providers to generate a high return on investment while satisfying the ever-increasing user demand for bandwidth. Customers wanting more information about Copper Mountain products can contact Diana Helfrich at 650/687-3314 or visit the company's World Wide Web site at http://www.coppermountain.com. For investor relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. information, call toll free 877/INFO-CMTN (463-6268) or contact the company at IR@coppermountain.com. Portions of this release contain forward-looking statements regarding future events and are subject to risks and uncertainties. Copper Mountain wishes to caution you that there are some factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results indicated by such statements. These factors include, but are not limited to quarterly fluctuations in operating results attributable to the timing and amount of orders for our products, the concentration of our revenue in a small number of customers, factors affecting the rate of DSL deployment by our customers, market acceptance of our products, our ability to keep pace with rapidly changing product requirements, and factors affecting the demand for DSL technologies. We refer you to the documents Copper Mountain files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, specifically the section titled Risk Factors in our Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-73153). Note to Editors: Copper Mountain and all Copper Mountain product names are trademarks of Copper Mountain Networks, Inc. All other marks are the property of their respective owners. |
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