PairGain Announces Plans for Early G.lite Compliance of Avidia System and Megabit Modems.TUSTIN, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 27, 1998-- 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 Leader Offers Key Contributions in Development of Specification; Prepares to Ship Avidia System To Enable Mass Market Deployment of Consumer ADSL See DSL. ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line Services PairGain(R) Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: PAIR) today announced that its Avidia(TM) System and Megabit Modems(TM) will be in compliance with the industry's new G.lite standard and has plans to participate with other vendors to accelerate interoperability testing. The International Telecommunications Union's (ITU (International Telecommunication Union, Geneva, Switzerland, www.itu.ch) A telecommunications standards body that is under the auspices of the United Nations. Comprising more than 185 member countries, the ITU sets standards for global telecom networks. ) determination of G.992.2 Splitterless Asymmetrical 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 Transceivers, a new standard also known as G.lite, will enable mass market deployment of consumer ADSL services. The determination occurred last week at the ITU-T See ITU. ITU-T - International Telecommunications Union Study Group 15 meeting in Geneva Geneva, canton and city, Switzerland Geneva (jənē`və), Fr. Genève, canton (1990 pop. 373,019), 109 sq mi (282 sq km), SW Switzerland, surrounding the southwest tip of the Lake of Geneva. , Switzerland. The ITU's adoption of G.lite sets a common, international standard that will speed the mass market deployment of consumer ADSL services. PairGain's Avidia System and Megabit Modems are targeted at large volume markets with industry-leading density, management and price/performance features. "PairGain's close involvement in the development of the G.lite standard focused on accelerating time-to-market by minimizing unnecessary modifications to the existing full-rate DMT See DSL. ADSL standard, allowing vendors to build on existing interoperability work. PairGain's industry-leading Falcon DMT ADSL solution is poised to provide early support of interoperable G.lite," said George Zimmerman, PairGain's chief scientist. PairGain, a market leader in DSL solutions with more than one million DSL units installed worldwide, was the first ADSL vendor this year to release a single chip solution that supports both full-rate DMT ADSL and the new G.lite standard. The chip has been incorporated into several product lines, including PairGain's Avidia System, the first of a new generation of integrated access concentrators that can be configured as a 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. (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 ), access server or 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 concentrator. The Avidia System allows service providers to deploy G.lite services on a large scale to both business and consumer customers. The new Avidia platform has been designed to support mass market deployment of G.lite-based services by providing extended features that allow for true splitterless operation and go beyond the scope of the standard. The system's functionality has surpassed that of traditional DSLAMs, in that it offers two to three times the density of other solutions, and combines support for G.lite, full-rate DMT ADSL, SDSL See DSL. SDSL - Single-line Digital Subscriber Line , HDSL See DSL. HDSL - High bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line and IDSL-based services. The Avidia System is the only DSL solution that supports both G.lite and full-rate DMT ADSL on the same physical ports. In addition, PairGain's exclusive intelligent power management feature, PowerGain(TM), allows both G.lite and full-rate DMT ADSL to operate at less than one watt per subscriber. The Avidia System is NEBS level three compliant and is currently deployed in several field trials. G.lite was developed as an extension to the current 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 T1.413 "full-rate" ADSL. The G.lite standard is a splitterless version of the full-rate ADSL Refers to the standard ADSL technology in contrast to the slower-speed G.lite version. See DSL. and minimizes the need for "truck rolls", or the installation of specialized equipment at the subscribers' premises. The new standard provides consumers with an "always-on" connection to the Internet at rates up to 1.5 Mbps downstream and 500 kbps upstream, and is able to support both Internet access and a regular analog telephone connection over a single copper telephone line, eliminating the need for additional in-home wiring. PairGain has also released a new line of Megabit Modems, also designed to support G.lite, full-rate ADSL and other data services. Additionally, PairGain has partnered with Rockwell Semiconductor Systems, a leader in consumer modem technology. Earlier this year, Rockwell agreed to license PairGain's DMT ADSL technology for integration into consumer ADSL modems targeted to the residential consumer and business markets. About PairGain PairGain Technologies is a world leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) networking systems. Service providers and private network operators worldwide use PairGain's products to deploy DSL-based services such as high-speed Internet, remote LAN access, and enterprise LAN extension. For more than 10 years PairGain has been recognized as a technology leader and industry innovator. The company offers the widest range of HDSL, ADSL and SDSL-based systems available. Its product lines include HiGain(R) T1/E1 access systems, small subscriber carrier systems including PG-Flex(R) and PG-Plus(TM), campus systems and megabit access products including the Avidia system and Megabit Modems. Currently, more than 1,000,000 PairGain DSL-nodes are installed in over 70 countries. Additional information about the company is available via the Internet at www.pairgain.com. Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this announcement are forward-looking statements which involve risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to economic, competitive, governmental and technological factors affecting the Company's operations, markets, products, services and prices and other factors discussed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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