Copper Mountain Introduces CopperPowered Building Program for Multi-Tenant Unit Service Providers.DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 13, 1999-- One-stop Source for Products and Services Enabling High Speed Data and Voice Communications in Office Buildings, Apartment Complexes, Hotels and Campuses Copper Mountain Networks Inc. unveiled today its CopperPowered Building(TM) program. Designed for telecommunications carriers and service providers -- including Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLECs) and Internet Service Providers Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. (ISPs) -- the quick-to-market deployment package offers all products and services necessary to offer high speed Internet and other data and voice services seamlessly and cost effectively in the emerging multi-tenant unit (MTU (1) (Maximum Transmission Unit, Maximum Transfer Unit) The largest frame size that can be transmitted over the network. For example, an Ethernet MTU is 1,500 bytes. Messages longer than the MTU must be divided into smaller frames. ) marketplace. (Editor's note Editor's Note (foaled in 1993 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. He was sired by 1992 U.S. Champion 2 YO Colt Forty Niner, who in turn was a son of Champion sire Mr. Prospector and out of the mare, Beware Of The Cat. Trained by D. : For complete details on Copper Mountain's MTU products and distribution, please see associated press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. release, entitled "Copper Mountain Introduces CopperEdge 150 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 Concentrator for Multi-Tenant Unit Market," dated 4/13/99. Copper Mountain will demonstrate the CopperEdge 150 at the DSLCon'99 Trade Show, Booth No. 306, at the Westin ParkCentral Hotel in Dallas, April 13-14.) Comprehensive Product Solution The CopperPowered Building program delivers turnkey DSL equipment optimized for multi-tenant unit buildings, apartment complexes, hotels and campus. Depending on the MTU building size, service providers can select from the CopperEdge(TM) 200 or CopperEdge 150 series of DSL concentrators, which offer symmetric bandwidth at seven selectable speeds ranging from 128 kbps to 1.5 Mbps. The CopperPowered Building product set also includes CopperView(TM) Network Management software tools, which service providers use to configure, diagnose and monitor all CopperEdge concentrators and companion CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) Communications equipment that resides on the customer's premises. CPE - Customer Premises Equipment used by tenants. For tenant subscribers, the CopperPowered Building package provides Copper Mountain's CopperRocket(TM) CPE and a broad selection of CopperCompatible(TM) devices available from leading CPE manufacturers. Copper Mountain's suite of DSL products can scale in three ways: as tenants' bandwidth needs evolve, as more tenants sign up in a MTU building, and as additional buildings are added. Service Package Speeds Deployment cent Technologies Inc., carrier partners, and third-party service organizations. Copper Mountain has a partnership with Lucent's NetCare(R), which provides a full suite of communications services to Copper Mountain customers, incluher installed in central offices (COs) or multitial capital cost of building a Network Operations Center See NOC. Network Operations Center - (NOC) A location from which the operation of a network or internet is monitored. Additionally, this center usually serves as a clearinghouse for connectivity problems and efforts to resolve those problems. (NOC (Network Operations Center) A central or regional location for monitoring a large network. Also called a "network management center" (NMC), "service management center" (SMC) or "network control center" (NCC), a NOC may be used to manage a large enterprise network, ) and the ongoing expense of operating an in-house NOC. -- WAN Backhaul Resources. Service providers can connect to Copper Mountain's facilities-based data CLEC (Competitive Local Exchange Carrier) An organization offering local telephone service that is not one of the traditional telephone companies. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 allowed competition to the incumbent telcos (ILECs), enabling new companies (CLECs) partners for SDSL See DSL. SDSL - Single-line Digital Subscriber Line WAN backhaul capabilities nationwide instead of leasing expensive T1 circuits, significantly retest segments of the DSL market, with more DSLA DSLA Digital Speech Level Analyzer Mountain's continued leadership in promoting oservice provider requirements and drive down coich will provide system installation and maintenance, network management and other services. "We are pt," said Jeff Akers, president of Lucent Technolervices (Internet access See how to access the Internet. , Frame Relay, virtual e will continue to provide ample opportunity for Copper Mountain and our CLEC partners to install facilities-based infrastructure, there are 118,000 MTU buildings ripe for DSL deployment," said Charles Dauber daub v. daubed, daub·ing, daubs v.tr. 1. To cover or smear with a soft adhesive substance such as plaster, grease, or mud. 2. To apply paint to (a surface) with hasty or crude strokes. , multi-tenant product marketing manager at Copper Mountain. "We see such potential for a second wave of growth from the enormous Mpact CopperEdge 150 optimized for MTU, we've bunt or equipment installation and focus on key consive family of DSL solutions that enable high-ss and CopperView(TM) network management solutions offer a robust and scalable platform for carriers and multi-tenant unit service providers to satisfy the ever-increasing user demand for bandwidth, while generating a high return on investment. Customers wanting more information about Copper Mountain products can contact Diana Helfrich at 650/858-8500, Ext. 225, or visit the Company's World Wide Web site at http://www.coppermountain.com. About Lucent Technologies NetCare(R) NetCare offers a broad set of consulting, integration, diagnostic and maintenance/management services for multivendor data and video networks, voice systems and networks, wireless and call centers delivered by highly experienced associates using tools created by Bell Labs, among others. For more information about NetCare, call 1-800-4NetCare, or visit the NetCare web site at www.lucent.com/netcare. About Lucent Technologies Lucent Technologies, headquartered in Murray Hill, N.J., designs, builds and delivers a wide range of public and private networks, communications systems and software, data networking systems, business telephone systems and microelectronics components. Bell Labs is the research and development arm for the company. Additional information about Lucent Technologies is available on the company's web site at www.lucent.com. Copper Mountain and all Copper Mountain product names are trademarks of Copper Mountain Networks, Inc. Other brand and product names are trademarks of their respective holders. |
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