omne and Alcatel Bring Broadband to Northern Britain.Business Editors DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 8, 2001 [pilcrow (paragraph sign)] UK Cable Company Signs 28 Million Euro Agreement, Closes Digital Divide by Offering Profitable New Services Alcatel (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : ALA), the world leader in broadband access See broadband and wireless broadband. , has signed an agreement with omne communications Ltd, a digital broadband TV Broadband TV involves accessing multimedia content via an unmanaged broadband connection and viewing it on a PC or sometimes a normal TV. Broadband TV differs from IPTV as the network bandwidth is unmanaged and the system is inherently open. cable provider in southwestern Scotland and northern England Northern England, The North or North of England is a rather ill-defined term, with no universally accepted definition. Its extent may be subject to personal opinion and many companies or organisations have differing definitions as to what it constitutes. , to deploy a high-speed network. This state-of-the-art network is based on the Alcatel asynchronous transfer mode See ATM. (communications) Asynchronous Transfer Mode - (ATM, or "fast packet") A method for the dynamic allocation of bandwidth using a fixed-size packet (called a cell). See also ATM Forum, Wideband ATM. ATM acronyms. Indiana acronyms. (ATM) multiservice platform and the Alcatel Litespan 1540. The agreement will extend new services to 325,000 homes and 25,000 businesses in a part of the country that has to date been bypassed by the rollout of broadband. Using Alcatel's network, omne will deliver a portfolio of communications services ranging from traditional voice to the cost-effective aggregation, transmission and routing of broadband 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 (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 ) traffic via ATM. DSL will enable omne's customers to access the Internet at broadband speed - 50 times faster than dial-up. "We chose Alcatel because of their expertise in this area, and so that we can ensure our customers are provided with a cost effective and reliable service," said Ian Renshaw, omne's chief executive officer. "Aggressive service providers like omne insist on maximizing their capital investment by offering as many revenue generating services as possible over a single network infrastructure," said Andy Tempest, vice president of sales, Alcatel UK. "Alcatel's solution gives omne a time to market advantage and the flexibility to support rapid roll out of the diverse and ever changing services demanded by their customers." About omne omne communications is a newly formed digital communications company with its head office in Irvine, Scotland. The company is bringing the digital age to the doorstep with their state-of-the-art digital network providing high speed Internet access and broadband services to residential and business customers. omne's final network will stretch from the South of Glasgow, through Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries and Galloway (Dùn Phris agus an Gall-Ghaidhealaibh in Gaelic) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. To the north, it borders onto South Ayrshire, East Ayrshire and South Lanarkshire; in the east the Borders; and to the south the county of Cumbria in England. , across Cumbria, to Lancaster and Morecambe. For more information, www.omneuk.com About Alcatel Alcatel builds next generation networks, delivering integrated end-to-end voice and data networking solutions to established and new carriers, as well as enterprises and consumers worldwide. With sales of Euro 31 billion in 2000 and 110,000 employees, Alcatel operates in more than 130 countries. For more information, www.alcatel.com |
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