PairGain rounds out ADSL product strategy; signs licensing agreement with AT&T Paradyne.TUSTIN, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 14, 1996--PairGain Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :PAIR) Tuesday announced that it has signed a licensing agreement with AT&T Paradyne Corporation. Under the agreement, PairGain receives rights to develop 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 (ADSL See DSL. ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line ) solutions, based on AT&T Paradyne's Globespan(tm) carrierless amplitude/phase modulation (communications) Carrierless Amplitude/Phase Modulation - (CAP) A design of Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line transceiver developed by Bell Labs. CAP was the first ADSL design to be commercially deployed and, as of August 1996, was installed on more lines than any other. (CAP) transceiver technology. With this agreement, PairGain is expanding its market leading position in the high-speed Digital Subscriber Line (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 ) arena, with plans to develop the industry's most comprehensive line of megabit access products for Internet and telecommuting telecommuting, an arrangement by which people work at home using a computer and telephone, transmitting work material to a business office by means of a modem and telephone lines; it is also known as telework. applications. DSL-based products allow telephone companies and other access providers to deliver high-speed data over their existing copper wire infrastructure, while increasing revenues and decreasing labor costs. PairGain will round out its product mix by expanding its Megabit Modem(tm) and EtherPhone(tm) product lines to include a CAP-based ADSL product for its customers requiring this solution. The AT&T Paradyne CAP technology represents today's most widely available and highly integrated ADSL solution. PairGain's megabit access product line will include products based on all of the DSL technologies, including single and two-pair HDSL See DSL. HDSL - High bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line (High-bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line), DMT See DSL. (Discrete Multi-tone) ADSL and CAP ADSL. This is consistent with PairGain's strategy to address the varying needs of its customers, both telephone companies and end users, by continuing to offer them the widest range of technological solutions available. PairGain plans shipments of both DMT and CAP-based ADSL Megabit Modems beginning in 1997. The company's single pair, bidirectional The ability to move, transfer or transmit in both directions. 768 kbps (S-HDSL) Megabit Modems are available today, in production quantities. Based in Largo, Fla., AT&T Paradyne is a leading worldwide technology innovator for solutions that allow access to worldwide networks for communications and entertainment. More information on AT&T Paradyne and its products can be obtained on the Internet at http://www.paradyne.att.com. PairGain's market leading high-speed digital subscriber line (DSL) systems allow telephone companies and organizations with private communications networks to more efficiently and quickly deploy megabit speed data, video and voice to end users over the existing infrastructure of ordinary copper telephone lines. PairGain's HiGain(tm) T1/E1, PG-Flex(tm) subscriber carrier systems, campus area network and residential data access products are marketed under the trademark, CopperOptics(tm), indicating their ability to provide fiber optic quality transmission over the "last mile" in both public and private networks, worldwide. Additional information on PairGain and its products can be obtained on the Internet at http://www.pairgain.com. -0- Note to Editors: PairGain is a registered trademark, EtherPhone, Megabit Modem and CopperOptics are trademarks of PairGain Technologies Inc. Globespan is a trademark of AT&T. CONTACT: PairGain Technologies Inc., Tustin Kim Gower, 714/730-2330 or AT&T Paradyne, Largo Clete Gardenhour, 813/530-8400 |
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