Paradyne Revolutionizes High-Speed Access to Residential and Small Business Markets With New Hotwire MVL System.WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 1998-- -- Hotwire(tm) MVL MVL Multiple-Valued Logic MVL Multiple Virtual Line MVL Montavista Linux MVL Moshannon Valley League (Pennsylvania high school baseball) MVL Mercury Vapor Light MVL Minimum Vector Length MVL Musikverein Lustenau (tm) System provides multiple PCs simultaneous high-speed access while concurrently delivering standard plain old telephone service (POTS) over existing wiring. -- The new technology eliminates the costly dispatch of service technicians with an innovative design that simply plugs into existing phone jacks, just like a dial modem. -- Compatibility with existing services in the same cable bundle, allays telco concerns. -- Low heat dissipation Noun 1. heat dissipation - dissipation of heat chilling, cooling, temperature reduction - the process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature enables extremely high port density -- 2,000 ports within the central office environment, delivering the industry's lowest cost -- $299 per line. -- Up to 8 Hotwire MVL Modems can simultaneously share high-speed access and transfer files locally, sharing printers. -- First customer shipments are scheduled for the end of March 1998. Paradyne, a pioneer and leader in digital network access, unveiled its newest product innovation -- the Hotwire MVL (Multiple Virtual Line) System. The revolutionary product transforms regular copper wire telephone lines and in-home wiring into a unified high-speed digital network with the simplicity and cost of a dial modem. The announcement was made at a press conference Monday night at the Grand Hyatt in Washington, D.C. in conjunction with the ComNet trade show. Virtually eliminating all the issues which have bogged down mass market deployment of high-speed services, the new Hotwire MVL System delivers services and applications such as remote corporate 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. access, video conferencing See videoconferencing. (communications) video conferencing - A discussion between two or more groups of people who are in different places but can see and hear each other using electronic communications. , Web surfing Refers to jumping from page to page on the Web. Just as in "TV channel surfing," where one clicks the remote to go from channel to channel, the hyperlink on Web pages makes it easy to jump from one page to another. and even personal Web hosting Making a Web site available on the Internet. Many ISPs host a few personal Web pages for an individual at no additional cost above the monthly service fee, but the address is subordinate to the ISP; for example, www.friendlyisp.com/pat_smith. , with unprecedented levels of price, performance and functionality not available with other products, without any disruption to the existing telephone service. Based on Paradyne's patented MVL technology, the Hotwire MVL System was designed and optimized for Network Service Providers (NSPs), Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers (ILECs), and the Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLECs) to reach the mass market with new high-speed services quickly and easily. "The newest Hotwire products will fundamentally change the way new services are delivered to residential and small business office users -- redefining market expectations on several fronts," said Paradyne President and 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. Andrew May. "The Hotwire MVL System represents a quantum leap quantum leap n. An abrupt change or step, especially in method, information, or knowledge: "War was going to take a quantum leap; it would never be the same" Garry Wills. in capabilities and an incredible reduction in costs over other products, allowing service providers to offer a wide range of new and innovative services." BEATING THE INDUSTRY'S TELCO DEPLOYMENT CHALLENGES For years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time industry has struggled to meet the $500 per line price target for 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 (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 ) product solutions. The new Hotwire MVL System significantly breaks this barrier with a design based on low cost and readily available components, greatly reducing equipment pricing and dramatically increasing the number of ports available in the telephone company central office. This translates into the lowest per-line cost in the industry. With volume deployment pricing of $299 per line in 1998, the Hotwire MVL System will accommodate over 2,000 ports per 7' cabinet and still meet stringent NEBS (National Equipment and Building Standard) specifications for the central office environment. Offering exceptional flexibility and investment protection, the Hotwire multiservices DSL Access Multiplexers (DSLAMs) that currently deliver Paradyne's commercial grade Hotwire DSL-based services can be used to provision the new mass market services. One 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. architecture in the central office now delivers RADSL See DSL. (rate adaptive DSL), SDSL See DSL. SDSL - Single-line Digital Subscriber Line (symmetric DSL See DSL. ), and MSDSL MSDSL Multi-Rate Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line (UUNET) (multirate SDSL) based services -- plus the new Hotwire MVL based services -- the only DSLAM in the industry able to support this range. The Hotwire MVL System's robust design further reduces installation and operational costs by eliminating the need for service providers to roll trucks and send personnel to each home or office to install POTS splitters, rewire re·wire v. re·wired, re·wir·ing, re·wires v.tr. To provide with new wiring: rewired the old house. v.intr. To install new wiring. the house, and condition the phone line. Known as a splitterless modem, the Hotwire MVL Modem transforms the existing copper wire phone line into multiple virtual lines. Along with lifeline voice services, up to 8 additional virtual lines are available to support a variety of high-speed digital services simultaneously. This eliminates the need for additional phone lines. "Eliminating the truck roll or dispatch of technicians was a key design requirement from the inception," said Frank Wiener, Vice President and General Manager of Paradyne's DSL Products Division. "This meant that reliable performance had to go well beyond the local loop and throughout the house to the existing phone jacks. The Hotwire MVL Modems go well beyond that requirement with a simple plug 'n play, splitterless design that also introduces entirely new functionality." In 1997, 56 Kbps dial modems promised twice the speed of the 28.8 modem. Now, the Hotwire MVL System leverages the existing local phone lines, supporting 13 times a 56 Kbps modem and 26 times the speed of a 28.8 modem -- with the added benefit of being able to make and receive phone calls while surfing the net. With speeds of up to 768 Kbps, downstream and upstream, the Hotwire MVL System achieves superior operation over both Carrier Serving Area (CSA (1) (Canadian Standards Association, Toronto, Ontario, www.csa.ca) A standards-defining organization founded in 1919. It is involved in many industries, including electronics, communications and information technology. ) and the even more challenging Revised Resistance Design (RRD RRD R.R. Donnelley RRD Round Robin Database (a system to store and display time-series data) RRD Removable Rigid Disk RRD Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment RRD Radio Regulatory Department RRD Regimental Reconnaissance Detachment ) compliant local loops. The added feature of seamless rate adaption adaption see adaptation. allows the modems to be manually or automatically configured for any speed in increments of 64 Kbps ranging from 128 Kbps to 768 Kbps, assuring reliable operation over loops greater than 24,000 feet on 24 AWG (American Wiring Gauge) A U.S. measurement standard of the diameter of non-ferrous wire, which includes copper and aluminum. In general, the thicker the wire, the greater the current-carrying capacity and the longer the distance it can span. wire (which represents a market coverage of over 95 percent of the customers on non-loaded telephone lines). The Hotwire MVL System is designed to virtually eliminate interference with existing services such as POTS, Basic Rate ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. , T1, E1, and the various xDSLs, making it a "network friendly" option for mass market service deployment. This is achieved through its unique design which limits the use of higher-frequency transmissions to the lower 10 percent of those used by full rate ADSL See DSL. ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line and at a transmit power which is typically 1/16th or less than that of a full rate ADSL. The result is a dramatic improvement in spectral compatibility and performance with specifications that fall well within those used by Basic Rate ISDN. "For mass market deployment of DSL systems, issues such as spectral compatibility, testing and loop qualification are exacerbated," said Danny Briere, President of the analyst group, TeleChoice, Inc. "The Hotwire MVL System helps ease these headaches for service providers with its cable-binder friendly approach and integrated testing and loop qualification capabilities. " RESIDENTIAL/SOHO FEATURES AND BENEFITS Paradyne's Hotwire MVL products offer unsurpassed functionality by transforming a single telephone line into Multiple Virtual Lines. For example, two or more Hotwire MVL Modems plugged into existing phone jacks on a single telephone line can share access to an Internet service provider Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. (ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. ). HOTWIRE MVL OFFERS LAN-LIKE CAPABILITIES The Hotwire HomeLink feature leverages the Windows 95/98 print and file sharing Copying files from one computer to another. See peer-to-peer network, file sharing protocol and file and printer sharing. application to establish communications between Hotwire MVL Modems, similar to a Local Area Network (LAN) allowing multiple PCs in the home and small office environment to share a printer or back up files. In addition, the Hotwire MVL modems offer dynamic allocation of bandwidth for multiple and independent data applications to operate simultaneously without interference to the existing POTS service. No competitive offering has these unique capabilities. Looking beyond high-speed Internet access, the Hotwire MVL System was designed to support low speed services for applications such as home security monitoring and other less speed insensitive applications. This capability and a variety of other service capabilities will be announced and activated over time with future product additions to the Hotwire MVL product family. According to an Impact Study by Virginia Brooks, managing director of the analyst firm Aberdeen Group, Paradyne's multiservices access approach is important and provides the ability to match user business needs and pocketbooks to the technology that best suits their requirements. Brooks states it also leverages service providers' existing investments in Paradyne's DSL solutions, enabling them to expand their range of offerings to best meet customer needs. PRICING AND AVAILABILITY An innovative shared-DSP product approach, low-power consumption and spectrally friendly attributes of the Hotwire MVL modem, will enable it to achieve high port density and extremely attractive price points of $299 per line during 1998 in volume, including the common equipment. Paradyne's new Hotwire MVL System volume pricing of less than $299 per line, with no truck roll, should make it practical for NSPs to offer these services in the targeted $40-$75 per month price range and possibly less. Service providers will determine the costs for residential/SOHO services, which are projected to be competitively priced with other high-speed access services. Hotwire MVL evaluation systems are shipping now, with the first customer systems shipping at the end of March, 1998. The company is participating in the newly formed Universal ADSL Working Group (the UAWG UAWG Universal ADSL Working Group UAWG Um Antwort Wird Gebeten UAWG User Agent Accessibility Guidelines Working Group formed by Microsoft, Intel, Compaq and telecom leaders) and the ADSL forum to address the issues of standards. May believes the Hotwire MVL System is a viable solution given the challenges and costs associated with realizing widespread deployment for consumers. Regardless of standards issues, Paradyne believes that the Hotwire MVL System addresses the challenges facing the enormous market where standardization is much less of an issue. ABOUT PARADYNE Hotwire and other Paradyne products are marketed through a worldwide network of distributors and Value Added Resellers (VARs). For more information on Paradyne and its products or the award-winning DSL Sourcebook - Plain Answers About Digital Subscriber Line Opportunities, call 1-800-PARADYNE in the U.S., 1-813-530-8623 internationally, or visit Paradyne's Power Pages at http://www.paradyne.com . Headquartered in Largo, Florida, Paradyne is a leading developer and provider of products and technologies that facilitate high-speed access to networks worldwide for communications, computing and information. Recognized as the market leader in T1 DSU/CSUs(a), Paradyne is one of the largest, privately held manufacturers of network access products. Paradyne markets its award-winning analog products, digital access products and an extensive array of frame relay and access multiplexers to Network Service Providers (NSPs) Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Frame Relay Service Providers (FRSPs) and commercial end users. -0- (a) Editors Note: Visit Paradyne's virtual pressroom at www.paradyne.com/news_n_events/press_room/. Product availability and pricing subject to change without notification. IDC "Trends in the Digital Access Equipment Arena Report 1996-2002"- November 1997 cites Paradyne as the market share leader. Paradyne, Hotwire, and MVL are trademarks of Paradyne Corporation. Subsequent to its sale on August 1, 1996 from AT&T Corp. and Lucent Technologies, Inc., Paradyne is now an independently owned company. CONTACT: Agency Press Contact: Marianne Radwan RadCom Strategic Marketing 561-988-5300 mradwan@gate.net or Paradyne Press Contact: Debra Eisenberg Paradyne Corporation 813-530-8207 deisenberg@paradyne.com |
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