Monday January 22, 4:20 pm Eastern Time
Press Release
SOURCE: Com21, Inc.
Com21, Comcast Sign Volume Purchase Agreement
MILPITAS, Calif., Jan. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Com21, Inc. (Nasdaq: CMTO - news), a leading global provider of system solutions
for the broadband access market, announced today that it signed a volume purchase agreement with Comcast Online
Communications, a division of Comcast Cable Communications, the country's third largest cable operator. Comcast's agreement
to purchase additional quantities of DOXport® 1110 cable modems follows a previous fourth quarter 2000 purchase of Com21's
latest cable modem offering. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
``We are exceptionally pleased to see the interest of a new products leader like Comcast in the DOXport 1110,'' commented Craig
Soderquist, CEO and president of Com21. ``This additional order corroborates our belief in the superior abilities of the modem,
only three months after its introduction to the market.''
Added David Juliano, senior vice president and general manager of Comcast Online Communications, ``Com21 has been
instrumental in our self-installation strategy and in meeting customer demand. We are pleased to further our relationship with
Com21 by offering their newest line of cable modems as we work to continually rollout new products and services to our
customers.''
Com21's DOXport 1110 cable modem is its most recent CableLabs® Certified(TM) modem, the first DOCSIS-certified modem
to use the Broadcom 3350 chipset. Additionally, the modem utilizes a dual-bank flash memory architecture with four MB of flash
memory. The extra flash memory allows for future enhancements as additional features and services are added to the DOCSIS
standard.
About Comcast Cable
Headquartered in Philadelphia, Comcast Cable is a division of Comcast Corporation (www.comcast.com), a developer, manager
and operator of broadband cable networks and provider of programming content. Comcast Cable is the third largest cable
company in the United States. Providing basic cable, digital cable and high speed Internet services, Comcast Cable is the company
to look to first for the communications products and services that connect people to what's important in their lives. Incorporating
pending cable transactions, the company's more than 10,000 cable division employees will serve more than 8.2 million customers
in six geographic regions.
About Com21, Inc.
Com21, Inc. is a leading global supplier of system solutions for the broadband access market. The Company's DOCSIS, DVB, and
ATM-based products enable cable operators and service providers to deliver high-speed, cost-effective Internet and telephony
applications to corporate telecommuters, small businesses, home offices and residential users. To date, Com21 has shipped over
one million cable modems worldwide, along with over 1,300 headend controllers. Com21 systems offer commercial service in cable
systems passing 17 million households worldwide.
Com21 is an ISO 9001 registered company with over 500 employees worldwide. The Company's corporate headquarters is located
in Milpitas, California, USA, with its European headquarters in Delft, The Netherlands. In addition, Com21 maintains research
and development facilities in Ireland, Israel, Maryland, and New York, as well as sales and support offices in the United States and
Canada, Europe, Asia, and Latin America. |
