ElectriPHY Corporation Announces Technology Compliance with Worldwide VDSL Standard.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 17, 2004 Standard Enables Carriers Worldwide to Deploy True Triple-Play Services Using the Most Capable VDSL See DSL. VDSL - Very high bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line Technology ElectriPHY Corporation, a leading provider of silicon solutions for accelerating broadband access, today announced its VDSL chipsets are fully compliant to the recently announced G.993.1 standard for 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). The International Telecommunications Union-Telecommunications Standards Sector (ITU-T See ITU. ITU-T - International Telecommunications Union ) announced agreement to the new standard on May 11, 2004 (ITU press release available at: http://www.itu.int/newsroom/press_releases/2004/08.html). ElectriPHY is targeting the fastest growing segment of the wired telecommunications market with VDSL-QAM technology. VDSL-QAM provides equipment vendors and service providers the highest level of performance at the lowest possible cost for delivering "triple-play" services (voice, video and data). ElectriPHY has developed key advantages in VDSL that enable equipment vendors to create single platform designs for multiple target markets while providing greater than 100 Mbps bandwidth over standard unshielded twisted copper pairs (UTP UTP (uridine triphosphate): see uracil. (Unshielded Twisted Pair) See twisted pair. UTP - unshielded twisted pair ). Primary target markets for VDSL include Multi-Tenant/Multi-Dwelling Unit (MxU), Fiber-to-the-Home/Premise/Curb (FTTH/FTTP/FTTC), Central Office (CO), Optical Network Unit (ONU) and Campus/In-Building LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. extension. "The new ITU standard paves the way for standards-based worldwide deployments of VDSL," said Jim Apfel, 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 ElectriPHY Corporation. "Our chipsets are fully compliant to the standard and enable our customers to deliver the highest level of performance, flexibility and cost effectiveness to carriers in markets throughout the world." About ElectriPHY Corporation ElectriPHY, the leader in designing chipsets for accelerating broadband access, provides high-performance VDSL products that feature the flexibility and long reach to significantly change the broadband market. By offering optimized performance with low power and cost, ElectriPHY makes "Triple-Play" services (voice, video and data) economically and technically feasible. The company's highly programmable silicon solutions are available for short and long reach applications as well as customer premises equipment See CPE. (CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) Communications equipment that resides on the customer's premises. CPE - Customer Premises Equipment ). Privately held ElectriPHY is located in Santa Clara, Calif. For more information, go to www.electriphy.com. ElectriPHY is a registered trademark of ElectriPHY Corporation. |
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