Copper Mountain and 3Com Expand Strategic Alliance to Deliver Industry's Broadest Line of DSL Customer Premise Equipment.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. 22, 2000 3Com To Distribute Copper Mountain's Complete Line 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 CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) Communications equipment that resides on the customer's premises. CPE - Customer Premises Equipment 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, and 3Com Corp. (Nasdaq:COMS COMS 3Com Corporation (stock symbol) COMS Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist COMS Continuous Opacity Monitoring Systems COMS City of Manchester Stadium (UK) ) today announced that they have expanded their strategic alliance. 3Com, which began reselling Copper Mountain's CopperRocket(R) 201 Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) customer premise equipment (CPE) as the 3Com SDSL See DSL. SDSL - Single-line Digital Subscriber Line and ISDL ISDL ISDN Digital Subscriber Line ISDL International School of Dravidian Linguistics (India) ISDL Inter Site Data Link ISDL Interim SLAR Data Link Modem in early 1999, will distribute the entire CopperRocket product line under the 3Com(R) brand, including 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) and inverse (mathematics) inverse - Given a function, f : D -> C, a function g : C -> D is called a left inverse for f if for all d in D, g (f d) = d and a right inverse if, for all c in C, f (g c) = c and an inverse if both conditions hold. 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. ) devices. 3Com will resell re·sell tr.v. re·sold , re·sell·ing, re·sells 1. To sell again. 2. To sell (a product or service) to the public or to an end user, especially as an authorized dealer. the CopperRocket product line on an OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and basis. In addition, Copper Mountain and 3Com will collaborate on the design of future DSL CPE products. "DSL is of great strategic importance to 3Com; we have seen explosive growth in the business DSL market and are committed to serving it," said Eric Benhamou, chairman 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 3Com. "We're following through on our commitment by expanding our OEM relationship with Copper Mountain, the market leader in business DSL. 3Com has already had tremendous success selling the CopperRocket 201 and anticipates even greater success selling the full range of Copper Mountain CPE." "By leveraging the well-known 3Com name and distribution channels, this agreement will accelerate the sale not only of our products but also of DSL lines and services," said Rick Gilbert, president and CEO of Copper Mountain. "3Com and Copper Mountain are making it easy for carriers and service providers to get a full complement of DSL CPE and premier customer support from a single source -- 3Com." Rapid Market Growth Predicted During the past year, Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLECs) have rapidly deployed DSL networks nationwide, and end-users are buying DSL CPE at an unprecedented rate. Cahners In-Stat Group predicts the total number of new subscribers in the North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. DSL market will grow by 184 percent during 2000, from about 1 million to 2.87 million, and that new subscribers will number more than 12 million by 2003. Worldwide, the group anticipates that the number of DSL devices sold will rise from about 2 million in 1999 to more than 18 million in 2003. "During the past year, carriers have moved rapidly to bring DSL capability to central offices (COs) across the U.S.," said Shannon Pleasant, networking group senior analyst with Cahners InStat. "As a result, the market for business DSL is exploding. By expanding their relationship, Copper Mountain and 3Com are poised to take advantage of this rapidly expanding market opportunity." "This agreement is a great move for 3Com and Copper Mountain," said Jerry Dinsmore, Jato's president and CEO. "It is good news for DSL service providers, first, because it asserts the strategic importance of DSL, and second, that we have increased choice in procuring Procuring, in general, is the act of acquiring goods or services, usually by contract. It may refer to:
A Range of DSL CPE Copper Mountain's CopperRocket CPE products are ideal for small to medium businesses, remote offices, branch offices, teleworkers, and individuals seeking high-speed data and toll-quality voice connections for their home or office. These CPE products offer a range of DSL service options, transmission speeds, and distances to meet the price and performance needs of each subscriber. Under the terms of its expanded agreement with Copper Mountain, 3Com will distribute the following members of the CPE product family:
-- The CopperRocket 201 SDSL CPE (3Com SDSL Modem), designed for use
over standard telephone lines, provides always-on access at
selectable speeds ranging from 128 kbps to 1.5 Mbps
-- The CopperRocket 201 SDSL IMUX DSU (3Com SDSL IMUX) creates a
high-speed connection by using inverse multiplexing to bundle
multiple telephone lines together. Speeds are selectable from 129
kbps to 3.0 Mbps
-- The CopperRocket 201 IDSL CPE (3Com IDSL Modem) is aimed at users
served by ISDN-ready loops, providing data access from 64 kbps to
144 kbps
-- The CopperRocket 212 IDSL IMUX CPE (3Com IDSL IMUX) inverse
multiplexes two ISDN-ready loops to achieve speeds between 64
kbps and 288 kbps About 3Com Corporation
With over 300 million customer connections worldwide, 3Com Corporation connects more people and organizations to information and each other in more innovative, simple, and reliable ways than any other networking company. 3Com delivers e-Networking solutions through information access products and network systems to enterprises, small businesses, consumers, carriers, and network service providers. For further information, visit 3Com's World Wide Web site at www.3com.com or the press site at www.3com.com/pressbox. 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 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 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. 3Com is a registered trademark of 3Com Corporation. All other marks are the property of their respective owners. |
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