CopperCom Cuts Bandwidth Requirement for Voice over DSL in Half with 16Kbps Toll-Quality Voice Compression; Service Providers Can Dramatically Extend Features to Small Businesses.Business Editors, Technology Writers SUPERCOMM 2000 ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 6, 2000 CopperCom, the company that is Creating Voice Services over Broadband, today announced that its industry-leading Voice over 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 (VoDSL) product line, CopperComplete(tm), will include 16Kbps toll-quality voice compression Same as speech compression. -- halving the effective bandwidth required for voice calls using VoDSL. The new VoDSL compression will fit up to 16 voice lines and high-speed data over a 384Kbps DSL connection DSL connection n (Comput) → DSL-Anschluss m . Additionally, the CopperCom offering enables transparent transport of all telephony and custom local calling features. By using CopperComplete with 16Kbps voice compression, service providers will be able to dramatically increase integrated voice and data offerings to small businesses. "The introduction of 16Kbps voice compression enables service providers to overcome any potential delivery barriers with Voice over DSL -- removing the restrictions of scaling to its full potential," said Cynthia Ringo, CopperCom 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. . "A key segment of the small business market -- 50 to 100 employees -- has always been a critical audience for service providers. With CopperCom's use of 16Kbps technology, service providers can now reach this segment and ensure that, despite the distance from the central office, subscribers can receive the same toll-quality voice features as those that are closest." Today's DSL bandwidth is limited by the length of the copper loop as well as impairments introduced to the loop, including noise from other services such as T1 in the same copper binder group. Typically, the rate of the DSL line drops off dramatically as the length of the copper loop increases from the subscriber to the serving central office. CopperCom's 16Kbps toll-quality voice compression delivers the equivalent of four times the number of voice lines sent as uncompressed PCM (1) See phase change memory. (2) (Plug Compatible Manufacturer) An organization that makes a computer or electronic device that is compatible with an existing machine. encoding, enabling service providers to deliver up to 16 voice lines in less than 320Kbps of bandwidth, which is especially important where ADSL See DSL. ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line is deployed. In field trials, it has been proven that almost any copper loop can support up to 384Kbps of bandwidth. Based on advanced voice encoding technology, CopperCom's 16Kbps voice compression scores over 4.0+ in the MOS (1) (Metal Oxide Semiconductor) See MOSFET. (2) (Mean Opinion Score) The quality of a digitized voice line. It is a subjective measurement that is derived entirely by people listening to the calls and scoring the results from (Mean Opinion Score) test. This provides the same toll-quality voice service as the traditional POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service). In addition, with fax/modem on-the-fly detection and switching capability, voice lines requiring PCM encoding will be automatically detected and can easily be switched over to PCM for maximum analog data Data that is recorded in a form that is similar to its original structure. Contrast with digital data. See analog. transmission throughput. Pricing and Availability CopperCom's 16Kbps toll-quality voice compression will be available this quarter in both the CopperCom Gateway and the CopperCom MXR MXR Mixer MXR Munxar (postal locality, Malta) MXR Mail Exchange Record . CopperCom MXR prices start at $1,500 based on configuration. About CopperCom CopperCom, the company that is Creating Voice Services over Broadband, designs and markets a full suite of telecommunications products for the access network-delivering high-speed data and up to 24 voice lines simultaneously over a single, copper wire. CopperCom has transformed today's business Today's Business is a show on CNBC that aired in the early morning, 5 to 7AM ET timeslot, hosted by Liz Claman and Bob Sellers, and it was replaced by Wake Up Call on Feb 4, 2002. model for service providers by uniquely combining a low-cost switching platform with an industry-leading transport architecture-enabling a natural migration to a full packet telephone network while preserving critical investments. CopperCom is the only company that offers a full end-to-end solution (jargon) end-to-end solution - (E2ES) A term that suggests that the supplier of an application program or system will provide all the hardware and/or software components and resouces to meet the customer's requirement and no other supplier need be involved. Compare: turn-key solution. that combines broadband access with a low-cost softswitch and the rich feature creation environment for local telephony-giving service providers a new way to differentiate and bundle innovative services for subscribers in the highly profitable residential and small business markets. Founded in 1997, CopperCom is a privately held, Silicon Valley-based company funded by leading venture partners, including Advent International, AT&T Ventures, Charlie Bass, Hambrecht and Quist, Morgan Stanley, and Technology Crossover Ventures. For additional information, CopperCom can be reached at 408/987-8500, or on the Internet at www.coppercom.com. Note to Editors: CopperCom will demonstrate this new VoDSL capability in its booth No. 3229 at SUPERCOMM, in Atlanta, June 6-8, 2000. 16 voice lines will be running at 16Kbps compression. A graphic will show the bandwidth being shared between the voice and data services in real time. It will also depict the amount of data bandwidth remaining while 16 voice lines are in use and will compare this to the amount of bandwidth available if using 32Kbps ADPCM (Adaptive Differential PCM) A widely used variation of PCM that codes the difference between sample points like differential PCM (DPCM), but can also dynamically switch the coding scale to compensate for variations in amplitude and frequency. or 32Kbps PCM instead. CopperCom, CopperComplete, and Creating Voice Services over Broadband are trademarks of CopperCom Inc. Other trademarks appearing in this document are the property of their respective owners. |
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