Lucent Technologies and Ensemble Communications Sign Worldwide OEM Agreement; Companies Collaborate to Provide Broadband Wireless Solutions to Service Providers.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MURRAY HILL Murray Hill may refer to one of the following places:
Lucent Technologies (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :LU) and Ensemble Communications Inc., a supplier of next-generation broadband wireless See wireless broadband. access (BWA (Broadband Wireless Access) High-speed wireless access. Typically refers to wireless last mile access to the Internet. See WiMAX and broadband. ) equipment, today announced an original equipment manufacturer (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 ) agreement to provide complete broadband wireless solutions to Local Multipoint Distribution Service LMDS is a broadband wireless access technology governed by the IEEE and is outlined by the 802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee through the efforts of the IEEE 802.16.1 Task Group. LMDS commonly operates on microwave frequencies across the 26GHz and 29GHz bands. (LMDS (Local Multipoint Distribution Service) A digital wireless transmission system that works in the 28 GHz range in the U.S. and 24-40 GHz overseas. It requires line of sight between transmitter and receiving antenna, which can be from one to four miles apart ) carriers and other broadband wireless spectrum license holders worldwide. Under the multi-year agreement, Lucent will resell Ensemble broadband wireless equipment as part of a complete, point-to-multipoint broadband wireless network solution. This turnkey solution, which includes Ensemble's Fiberless(TM) 16000 Base Station, Fiberless 300 Customer Premise Equipment (CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) Communications equipment that resides on the customer's premises. CPE - Customer Premises Equipment ) and the Fiberless Management System, will initially focus on service providers that own 24, 28, 31, 38 and 42 GHz frequency licenses. As part of Lucent's OnDemand broadband wireless equipment portfolio, the Ensemble products will be fully supported by Lucent's NetworkCare(SM) professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. division. "Our partnership with Lucent combines a premier networking solution with the most advanced broadband wireless system on the market today," said Dave Twyver, Ensemble Communications' president and chief executive officer. "This collaboration is not only significant in developing the overall market, but also is critical in enabling service providers to deliver truly differentiated broadband services such as bandwidth on demand. Forging a relationship with Lucent, one of the industry's foremost communications networking suppliers, is a major milestone for Ensemble and a key addition to our worldwide OEM network." The agreement with Ensemble broadens Lucent's OnDemand product portfolio of 10, 26 and 38 GHz broadband wireless solutions and will allow Lucent to offer complete broadband wireless solutions to customers in new markets. "We are delighted to partner with Ensemble Communications," said Chris Schoettle, president of Lucent's InterNetworking Systems Broadband Access See broadband and wireless broadband. group. "Lucent's unique combination of OnDemand broadband wireless products, market-leading equipment for the packet core, and comprehensive network management and professional services, enable us to provide complete networking solutions for broadband wireless carriers worldwide. The addition of the Ensemble products to our OnDemand family will allow Lucent to more fully address our customers' requirements for broadband wireless access." Ensemble's Fiberless system is fueled by its patented Adaptix(TM) technology consisting of Adaptive Time Division Duplexing, Adaptive Modulation and Adaptive Time Division Multiple Access. With these innovations, the system delivers the most advanced point-to-multipoint features in the industry in a single, global platform. A carrier-class solution with built-in redundancy, the Fiberless system allows competitive carriers to deliver fiber-like bandwidth and services at a fraction of the cost and time of wireline methods. Not limited by legacy approaches or technologies, the Fiberless system was engineered from the ground up to help solve the unique challenges of the BWA market. The system is designed to serve BWA carriers with frequency licenses ranging from 10 to 45 GHz, and to seamlessly interconnect with IP, ATM and traditional voice architectures. About Lucent Technologies Lucent Technologies, headquartered in Murray Hill, N.J., USA, designs and delivers the systems, software, silicon and services for next-generation communications networks for service providers and enterprises. Backed by the research and development of Bell Labs, Lucent focuses on high-growth areas such as broadband and mobile Internet Refers to gaining access to the Internet using a lightweight, handheld device. See Mobile IP, PDA, smartphone and mobile TV. infrastructure; communications software (communications, software) communications software - Application programs, operating system components, and probably firmware, forming part of a communication system. These different software components might be classified according to the functions within the Open Systems ; communications semiconductors and optoelectronics; Web-based enterprise solutions that link private and public networks; and professional network design and consulting services. For more information on Lucent Technologies, visit its Web site at http://www.lucent.com. About Ensemble Communications Ensemble Communications, headquartered in San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. , Calif., designs, manufactures and markets point-to-multipoint wireless systems for Local Multipoint Distribution Services (LMDS) and other Broadband Wireless Access markets worldwide. Founded in 1997, the company is led by industry veterans with proven successes designing and deploying wireless, telecom and datacom systems. With offices in Tel Aviv, London and Hong Kong, Ensemble markets its Fiberless(TM) system directly to BWA carriers and through OEM partners worldwide. Incorporating Ensemble's patented Adaptix(TM) technology, the Fiberless(TM) system is the most advanced BWA solution on the market today and is the first capable of extending fiber cost effectively to deliver broadband services to business customers including both traditional telecom services and market-leading, differentiated offerings such as instantaneous asymmetry and bandwidth-on-demand services, virtual private networks and voice over Internet Protocol. For more information about Ensemble or the Fiberless product, please visit the company's web site at www.EnsembleCom.com. Ensemble Communications, Fiberless and Adaptix are trademarks of Ensemble Communications Inc. |
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