Diamond Lane Introduces Speedlink Remote Line Card Shelf and DMT8-Micro-RAM; Technology Enables Service Providers to Remotely Deploy DSL Service.PETALUMA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 2, 1998--Diamond Lane Communications, the first company to commercially deploy DSL technology, today announces its Remote Line Card Shelf (RLCS RLCS Rubber-Lined Carbon Steel RLCS Radar Liquid Cooling System RLCS Ranger Load Carrying System ) and DMT See DSL. 8 Micro-RAM (Remote Access Module) solutions to extend the reach of DSL to longer loop customers, typically served by digital loop carrier In telephone communications, a technology that increases the number of channels in the local loop by converting analog signals to digital and multiplexing them back to the end office. (DLC) systems. Both remote products continue the Speedlink(TM) System's legacy of carrier-class characteristics -- scalability, flexibility and reliability. Both Speedlink remote solutions install in Remote Terminal sites (RTs) and remote buildings and integrate easily into embedded access networks with or without DLC. These new products enable service providers to cost-effectively extend DSL services throughout the loop access network. The RLCS is environmentally hardened for installation in outside cabinets and is rack or wall-mountable for remote indoor applications. Supporting all line interfaces available from Diamond Lane Communications, the RLCS has 24 line card slots, supporting up to eight DSL lines each for a total of 192 lines of capacity per RLCS. The RLCS can be installed as a stand-alone solution or with new or embedded Digital Loop Carrier (DLC) systems integrating voice and data services over a single copper pair. Initially using ADSL See DSL. ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line DMT, the DMT8 Micro-RAM supports up to 8 ADSL lines. The Micro-RAM is designed for installation in both 19" and 23" standard rack sizes, enabling service providers to retrofit existing DLC cabinets and thus inexpensively incorporate remote capabilities. Existing DLC Systems will interface directly into the Micro-RAM enabling integrated voice and high-speed data services from RT sites that previously served only narrowband services. The Micro-RAM fits into sites that are currently served by copper or fiber facilities and supports scalable uplinks using DS1 inverse multiplexing. The DMT8 Micro-RAM supports splitterless G.lite as well as the full ANSI (American National Standards Institute, New York, www.ansi.org) A membership organization founded in 1918 that coordinates the development of U.S. voluntary national standards in both the private and public sectors. It is the U.S. member body to ISO and IEC. standard version of DMT. The new Speedlink remote solutions are designed to work with any number of DSL line interface technologies, offering service providers needed flexibility. A single Speedlink System can support combinations of up to a dozen remote line card shelves and 288 Micro-RAMs, the most scalable DSL/ATM access system in the world. "Diamond Lane is excited to enhance its DSL service to include remote capability," says Jerry Parrick, 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 Diamond Lane. "With the new Speedlink remote solutions, service providers will be able to cost effectively expand their service area." "It is vital that DSL access systems provide remote digital loop carrier solutions," says George Hawley, CTO and co-founder of Diamond Lane. "The Speedlink System architecture was planned for this application from the beginning." Technology Background Diamond Lane Communications is the first supplier to offer an ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode See ATM. (communications) Asynchronous Transfer Mode - (ATM, or "fast packet") A method for the dynamic allocation of bandwidth using a fixed-size packet (called a cell). See also ATM Forum, Wideband ATM. ATM acronyms. Indiana acronyms. ) based, multi-service, digital subscriber line access multiplexer A Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer (DSLAM) allows telephone lines to make faster connections to the Internet. It is a network device, located near the customer's location, that connects multiple customer Digital Subscriber Lines (DSLs) to a high-speed Internet (DSLAM (DSL Access Multiplexor) A central office (CO) device for ADSL service that intermixes voice traffic and DSL traffic onto a customer's DSL line. It also separates incoming phone and data signals and directs them onto the appropriate carrier's network. See DSL. ) in the commercial marketplace. The company markets the Speedlink DSL-ATM system which enables customers to move data 200 times faster than with conventional modems. The Speedlink system currently supports Rate-adaptive ADSL CAP (Carrierless Amplitude and Phase Modulation) and DMT and multi-rate SDSL See DSL. SDSL - Single-line Digital Subscriber Line using 2B1Q. Diamond Lane's Speedlink system splits the voice and data signal to enable data to travel quickly, without the spectrum constraints of voice, sending data downstream at 6.2 Mbps and upstream at 1.1 Mbps. Components of the Speedlink system include the DSLAM, a DiamondView element management system, and a DiamondCraft diagnostic and troubleshooting craft interface application, along with a full line of CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) Communications equipment that resides on the customer's premises. CPE - Customer Premises Equipment including routers, bridges and NICs. -0- Diamond Lane Communications Corp., based in Petaluma, Calif., is one of the first companies in the world to commercially offer DSL (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 ) data access. Privately held, the company is a worldwide technology leader in xDSL solutions, enabling a variety of high-speed data applications via its Speedlink system, a DSLAM (Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer) based on ATM standards. Its mission is to enable network and service providers to offer today's NetSet power users, corporate telecommuters and small businesses economical, high-speed access to the Internet, as well as other data services. For more information contact Diamond Lane: 707/793-7000; Web site: http://www.dlcc.com Diamond Lane and Speedlink are trademarks of Diamond Lane Communications Corp. For more press information, please contact Anne Watkins of Imagio Technology Advertising & Public Relations at 206/625-0252 or anne@imagio.com. CONTACT: Imagio Public Relations Kristin Nerup, 206/625-0252 ext. 3016 kristin@imagio.com |
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