Copper Mountain Selected by Fastwire.com for Wholesale DSL Deployment in Toronto.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. 7, 2000 Fastwire.com Will Use CopperEdge Platform to Offer Wide Range 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 Services; Announces Plans to Expand to Additional Canadian Markets in 2000 Copper Mountain Networks, Inc., (Nasdaq:CMTN), the market-share leader in business 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) equipment, today announced that Fastwire.com of Toronto has selected its CopperEdge(R) 200 and CopperEdge 150 DSL Concentrators to create turnkey DSL and Internet access See how to access the Internet. service packages. Fastwire.com will offer wholesale services to Internet Services Providers (ISPs) and Value-Added Resellers (VARs) in downtown Toronto Downtown Toronto is the heart of the City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is approximately bounded by Bloor Street (including areas slightly north of Bloor around Yonge Street) to the north, Lake Ontario to the south, Bayview Avenue - Don Valley Parkway to the east, and Bathurst starting in January. The company plans to expand to Montreal and other Canadian metropolitan areas later in 2000. Fastwire.com will initially deliver DSL Internet access to ISPs and VARs that serve small and medium-sized businesses. In the future, Fastwire.com plans to utilize the CopperEdge DSL platform to offer additional services over DSL, such as 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. , virtual private networks (VPNs), and Voice over DSL (VoDSL) offerings. For its customer premise equipment (CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) Communications equipment that resides on the customer's premises. CPE - Customer Premises Equipment ) solution, Fastwire.com will resell CopperCompatible(TM) CPE from Netopia, Inc. (Nasdaq:NTPA NTPA National Tractor Pull Association NTPA New Trades Processing Architecture NTPA Naval Technical Proficiency Assist ), a Copper Mountain partner that has developed a full line of CPE that is interoperable with Copper Mountain;s DSL platform. In addition, Fastwire.com will use Copper Mountain's CopperView(TM) network management tools to manage its DSL network. &uot;Fastwire.com selected Copper Mountain because of its field-proven, best-of-breed platform for multi-service applications. The scalability and management capabilities of the CopperEdge are second to none,&uot; said Michael Garbe, 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 Fastwire.com. &uot;We can use one DSL platform to offer our customers multiple services simultaneously, and Copper Mountain offers a clear migration path to accommodate growth.&uot; &uot;Our relationship with Fastwire.com helps Copper Mountain expand its presence in Toronto at a crucial time in that market's development,&uot; said Rick Gilbert, president and CEO of Copper Mountain. &uot;A land-grab by providers is underway, and Fastwire.com is making an early entry into the Canadian DSL market. Copper Mountain is expanding its addressable Reachable. When something is addressable, it can be identified and manipulated independently of its surroundings. For example, screen pixels and RAM memory are addressable. Each of the screen's picture elements can be individually turned on and off, and each of the memory's bytes can be market by partnering with leading-edge companies like Fastwire.com and Netopia to bring DSL to Canada.&uot; Copper Mountain DSL Solutions Copper Mountain's CopperEdge DSL concentrators deliver bandwidth up to 1.5 Mbps on a single copper pair, and up to 12 Mbps using inverse multiplexing multiplexing, in communication, technique whereby two or more independent messages, or information-bearing signals, are carried by a single common medium, or channel. (IMUX See inverse multiplexor. ) technology, while supporting multiple services over DSL, including Internet access, toll-quality voice services, corporate VPNs and Frame Relay. CopperView 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 CPE allow Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (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) ) and other service provider customers to select from the industry's broadest range of innovative, competitively priced devices, ranging from low-cost bridges and routers to full-featured CSU/DSUs with advanced features for business applications and security. About Fastwire.com Fastwire.com is a Toronto-based company that offers wholesale DSL services designed for small to medium-sized businesses. The company has service currently available in Toronto with plans to expand availability to Montreal and Ottawa. The goal of the company is to enable ISPs and VARs to offer DSL services without having to invest in hardware. The company provides training, marketing materials, email and hosting options, and technical support. Fastwire.com sets itself apart from other wholesale providers by not selling directly to end-users. This allows ISPs and VARs to resell Fastwire.com's SDSL See DSL. SDSL - Single-line Digital Subscriber Line Internet access without the concern that Fastwire.com will be competing with them. For more information please call Fastwire.com at 905/660-8796 or send an email to sales@fastwire.com. 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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