EDSL Networks joins VDSL Coalition.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers CeBIT 2000 TEL-AVIV, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 22, 2000 EDSL EDSL Embedded Domain-Specific Language EDSL Extended Digital Subscriber Line EDSL Emerging Digital Subscriber Line EDSL Easy Digital Subscriber Line Networks teams up with industry leaders to support Very-high-speed 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 (VDSL See DSL. VDSL - Very high bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line ) standards for the next generation of broadband telecommunication applications EDSL Networks Ltd., a leading provider of Internet Ready Buildings and broadband access See broadband and wireless broadband. solutions, joined the VDSL Coalition along side industry leaders to collectively investigate, define and standardize issues related to the development of cost-effective and practical integrated VDSL solutions. The coalition is developing VDSL system specification proposals to be presented to the American National Standards Institute's (ANSI's) T1E1.4 working group. The T1E1.4 working group has the responsibility of developing the physical layer modulation schemes and transceiver protocols for VDSL standards. EDSL joins the coalition along side other leading manufacturers including Bosch Telecom, ECI Telecom ECI Telecom Ltd NASDAQ: ECIL, is a telecommunication equipment manufacturer based in Petah Tikva, Israel. , Harris Semiconductors, Lucent Technologies, Newbridge, Nokia and other world renowned Telco Manufacturers. One of EDSL's primary activities in the VDSL coalition is to propose a standard for variable length packets 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 . "Packet over DSL is essential for penetration of the consumer market with VDSL technology. One look at the market and all we see is IP, lots of IP packets. The more we look, the more we see new applications and implementations using IP packets. If we put those packets, in the simplest possible manner on VDSL we have a winning, cost-effective and practical combination," said Dan Ater, VP Engineering of EDSL, who is EDSL's active representative in the coalition. "The work done in the VDSL coalition is vital to the success of a comprehensive technology definition, which is an evolutionary, rather than revolutionary solution for the needs of current and future Internet Ready Buildings," added Dan Ater. EDSL has developed the inTENcity(TM) product line targeted to CLEC's, ILEC's/PTT's, ISP's etc. The inTENcity system implements a secured, switched, symmetrical and full/half duplex 10Mbps Ethernet DSL per tenant over the existing two copper wires, while continuing to carry the legacy voice unaffected. Installed in a building and complemented by a wireline or wireless uplink, the building is converted into a new business opportunity. Together with the powerful inTENcity.com(TM) service software built into the inTENcity(TM) system, EDSL offers a flexible business model along with control over IP services. About EDSL Networks (www.edsl.com) Established in 1998, EDSL Networks, Ltd., is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. supported by venture funding from Genesis Partners Ltd., an affiliate of CIBC CIBC Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce CIBC Centres Interinstitutionnels de Bilan de Compétences CIBC Commonwealth Institute of Biological Control (Trinidad) CIBC Commercial International Brokerage Company Oppenheimer, (Tel Aviv Tel Aviv (tĕl əvēv`), city (1994 pop. 355,200), W central Israel, on the Mediterranean Sea. Oficially named Tel Aviv–Jaffa, it is Israel's commercial, financial, communications, and cultural center and the core of its largest , Israel) and Discount Investment Corporation (Tel Aviv, Israel). EDSL's headquarters is located in Tel-Aviv, Israel serving the International markets and its U.S. subsidiary, EDSL Networks, Inc., in Virginia serving the North and South American markets. EDSL's inTENcity System provides a new service model for high-speed Internet See broadband. access, integrating Ethernet and proven DSL technologies over existing telephony wiring. The company's mission is to brand Internet connectivity the next utility, in addition to gas, water and electricity. Focused on the last drop of the last mile, EDSL's inTENcity System gives end-users and service providers/carriers a simple and cost effective solution for broadband access. Please visit us at CeBIT 2000 (February 24 - March 1) Hall No.15, booth No. c-36 - The Israeli Pavilion |
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