HARMONIC LIGHTWAVES ANNOUNCES AVAILABILITY OF FIRST MCNS-COMPLIANT QAM MODULATOR
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TRANsendTM QAM is a Vital Component for Delivering Digital Services
SUNNYVALE, Calif. - November 18, 1997 - Harmonic Lightwaves, Inc. today announced the availability of its TRANsend Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) modulator, the industry's first QAM modulator that supports the Multimedia Cable Network Systems (MCNS) standard. A key component of a digital headend, QAMs enable cable television and wireless operators to provide their subscribers with advanced digital services, such as high-speed Internet access, digital video and video-on-demand.
Operators must upgrade their network headends with QAM modulators to deliver advanced digital services. QAM modulators perform the Forward Error Correction (FEC) coding and modulation necessary to transmit digital signals over broadband networks to cable modems, set-top boxes or digital televisions. By supporting the North American MCNS specification and the Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) standard adopted in Europe, Harmonic's TRANsend QAM modulator, model QMM 8000, can interoperate with all standards-based cable modems and other products without modification.
"Our QAM modulator is the latest example of Harmonic's commitment to enabling cable operators to maximize their hybrid fiber-coax (HFC) networks and to provide their subscribers with innovative new services," said Tony Ley, president, chairman and CEO of Harmonic Lightwaves. "The QMM 8000 is also the first Harmonic product for wireless operators."
About the TRANsend Line
Harmonic's TRANsend product line is a family of digital data, video and audio compression products for the broadband network headend. In addition to the QMM 8000, the TRANsend line currently includes the MPE 8000 and VTP 8000. The MPE 8000 is an MPEG-2 encoder and the VTP 8000 is a video transmission platform and the main building block within a digital headend. The TRANsend digital compression products are compatible with all worldwide and domestic standards, including ITU/SCTE (International Telecommunications Union/Society of Telecommunications Engineers), DVB and DAVIC (Digital Audio Video International Communication), and are therefore, interoperable with all other standards-based products available to the industry.
About Harmonic Lightwaves, Inc.
Harmonic Lightwaves, Inc. is a worldwide supplier of highly integrated fiber optic transmission, digital headend and element management systems for the delivery of interactive services over broadband networks. The company designs, manufactures and markets optical transmitters, nodes, receivers, digital video compression and modulation equipment and element management hardware and software. These products are used by major communications providers, such as cable television operators, in bi-directional networks.
Headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., Harmonic Lightwaves was founded in 1988 and employs over 240 people. An ISO 9001-certified company, Harmonic distributes its products internationally and maintains sales and support centers in Philadelphia, PA and the United Kingdom and an R&D facility in Caesarea, Israel.
This press release contains forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, dates of new products, within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of the risk factors set forth in documents that Harmonic Lightwaves files with the SEC, specifically reports on Form 10-K and 10-Q.
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