Copper Mountain Receives Comet Award From Communication Systems Design Magazine.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)--Sept. 6, 2000 Company Recognized for its Innovative 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 Technologies, Leadership in Central Office and In-Building DSL Markets Copper Mountain Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq:CMTN), a leading provider of 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 for business and residential users, today announced that it has received the Comet comet [Gr.,=longhaired], a small celestial body consisting mostly of dust and gases that moves in an elongated elliptical or nearly parabolic orbit around the sun. Comets visible from the earth can be seen for periods ranging from a few days to several months. award from Communication Systems Design magazine. The Comet award recognizes up-and-coming communications technology Noun 1. communications technology - the activity of designing and constructing and maintaining communication systems engineering, technology - the practical application of science to commerce or industry companies that have demonstrated cutting-edge achievement by virtue of their technical vision, innovation, and market leadership. Copper Mountain received the award because its DSL industry leadership -- exemplified by the CopperEdge(R) and CopperRocket(R) DSL platform -- is widely recognized by industry analysts, and also because of its early understanding of the importance of the in-building ("Multi-Tenant Unit" or "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. ") broadband marketplace to the future of the DSL industry. In January of this year, Copper Mountain acquired OnPrem Networks, a technology leader in the in-building DSL marketplace, and now offers a full suite of in-building DSL solutions to such emerging service providers as OnSite Access and WebAccess. The Comet award winners were selected by a panel of editors from three leading industry publications: Communication Systems Design, Embedded Systems Embedded systems Computer systems that cannot be programmed by the user because they are preprogrammed for a specific task and are buried within the equipment they serve. Programming, and EE Times. The award winners will be featured in the September issue of Communication Systems Design. "Copper Mountain's thorough product line and strong recognition by market watchers make the company poised for a strong role in the DSL marketplace," said John Poultney, executive editor of Communication Systems Design. "This is an increasingly crowded market, but the panel felt that forward-looking newcomers like Copper Mountain are well-suited for a prominent spot." "We are very pleased that Communication Systems Design has recognized Copper Mountain's leadership in the MTU marketplace and our many technological innovations," said John Reister John Reister (1715-1804) was a German immigrant to the United States who founded the town of Reisterstown, Maryland in 1758. Born in 1715 and raised in Germany, John Reister moved to the United States in September 1738. , Copper Mountain's vice president of Advanced Technology. "We believe that Copper Mountain technologies such as IP IQ(TM), which allows DSL networks to scale to support the value-added services A value-added service (VAS) is a telecommunications industry term for non-core services or, in short, all services beyond standard voice calls and fax transmissions. that high bandwidth connections make possible, and adaptive fragmentation, which enables toll-quality voice over DSL, are significant enhancements to DSL technology and are proving of great value to service providers and the DSL users they serve." 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 (Customer Premises Equipment) Communications equipment that resides on the customer's premises. CPE - Customer Premises Equipment family addresses the bandwidth, reliability, ease-of-use, and cost concerns of remote offices and users. Its CopperEdge(R) and OnPrem(TM) 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. For more information about Copper Mountain products can contact Richard Washbourne at 650/687-3380, or visit the company's Web site at 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 us at IR@coppermountain.com. Portions of this release contain forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. 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 Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the year ended December 31, 1999 and other reports and filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Note to Editors: 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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