Ray: Can you or anyone translate what if any effect this has on IDC? Does this agreement include the Interdigital patents, etc.?
Another interesting article is on the business wire concerning Alcatel that I think is still in a partnership with IDC:
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The Alcatel Access Partnering Program
Demonstrates Broadband Services to the Home
June 9, 1999
ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE) via NewsEdge
Corporation -- The Alcatel Access Partnering
Program (AAPP) will be demonstrating solutions for
delivering broadband services to the home, including
video on demand over DSL, in Alcatel's booth No.
6713 at Supercomm '99 in Atlanta.
The AAPP announced its formation this May prior to
N+I Interop, as a comprehensive program focused on
demonstrating and delivering revenue-generating
applications that service providers can deploy today
in their local access networks.
AAPP member companies demonstrating their video
on demand over DSL solutions include: nCUBE's
MediaCUBE 30 Video Server, Stellar One
Corporation's Netris(R) 3000 set-top box, and
Motorola Inc.'s Streamaster(TM) Home Gateway
set-top box -- all interoperating with Litespan(R), the
New World Digital Loop Carrier(TM)(NWDLC(TM)).
"Our integration efforts in the Petaluma lab have
resulted in the capabilities we are happy to
demonstrate at Supercomm, such as VOD over the
Litespan together with our AAPP members. We are
also announcing a new member, IMAKE, which will
provide a key element in the end-to-end system for
creating video service revenues," said Patti Collins,
Director of Business Development for the Wireline
Access Division of Alcatel USA.
IMAKE offers billing and service management with
their product e.merge(TM). "We are bringing new
back office business support systems to the forefront
to take advantage of the broadband networks that are
being delivered by Alcatel," said Mark Schaszberger,
President of IMAKE. "The e.merge product suite
allows for next generation network technologies that
are currently converging with voice, data and video
capabilities to provide a system which enables a
profitable return on investment."
According to Ray Burgess, corporate vice president
and general manager of Motorola's Imaging and
Entertainment Solutions operation, "Alcatel's
broadband service to the home initiative is a natural
match for Streamaster architecture and Motorola's
vision of the broadband living experience.
Streamaster has been developed for the convergence
of video, data and voice services into a single
common platform."
"Our participation in the Alcatel Access Partnering
Program allows nCUBE to provide Alcatel customers
with a cost-conscious, economic set of broadband
computing solutions," said Bill Beighe, Director of
Channels at nCUBE. "Our leadership in world-wide
MPEG video delivery allows us to leverage our
experience and expertise to provide many options to
Alcatel customers. "
"Stellar One's Netris 3000 platform provides the
flexibility of offering video on demand and Internet
browsing to the home," said Steve Voit, executive
vice president of sales and marketing for Stellar One.
"Later in June, Stellar One will unveil new capabilities
that will allow DHTML programmers to easily create
applications and customize the user interface for
these broadband services to the home. The AAPP
provides an excellent environment for the
demonstration and delivery of these new services to
customer with Litespan in their network," Voit stated.
Other applications Alcatel and the AAPP member
companies are working on include:
-- High-speed Internet access
-- Voice over DSL
-- Broadcast video over DSL
-- Broadcast video overlay o Video on demand over DSL
About Litespan
The Litespan New World Digital Loop Carrier is the
leading full service access platform delivering voice,
high-speed Internet access, enterprise data, and
video services in the U.S. today. With an embedded
footprint of more than 20 million subscribers,
Litespan is the most proven and widely deployed
access engine for voice and data in the U.S.
About Alcatel
Alcatel builds next generation networks, delivering
integrated end-to-end voice and data solutions to
established and new carriers, as well as enterprises
and consumers worldwide. With 120,000 employees
and sales of EURO 21.3 billion ($25.0 billion), Alcatel
operates in more than 130 countries. For more
information, visit Alcatel at alcatel.com or
the US Web site at www.usa.alcatel.com. Contact
for Alcatel Investor Relations, (US) Michael Haase,
972/519-6855, michael.a.haase@usa.alcatel.com.
<<Business Wire, 06-08-99, 12:44 Eastern>>
CONTACT: Alcatel | Amy Morenz, 972/519-5123 or
214/537-4099 | amy_p_morenz@aud.alcatel.com
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....Jim |
