[MCI & AMTX]
Bob --
I'll repost the MCI/AMTX press release at the end. The Globespan PR is actionable it's so false. Not only was AMTX's ADSL/DMT used in the Iowa trial, it was the ONLY system chosen to be used at MCI's industry workshop in Boston this week. Now tell me, would you choose your worst or your best if you were demonstrating your latest advances to industry analysts and the press? The only [profanity deleated] system good enough was Amati's!
Jeeez, these guys make me sick.
On a much more positive note, I'm writing up a summary of my conversations with MCI, IBM, NEC/Australia, and AMTX, so if you or anyone wants a copy, drop me a note.
Cheers!
Pat
<<<Thursday March 20 8:02 AM EDT Amati Communications and NEC America, Inc. provide broadcast video/ADSL equipment for MCI Corporation trials first application of Amati's high-speed 6 Mbps ADSL/DMT technology and NEC video broadcast system in U.S. video trial
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 20, 1997-- Amati Communications Corp , a leading developer of advanced transmission equipment utilizing Discrete Multi-Tone (DMT) technology for the Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL), and NEC America, Inc., a leading manufacturer and supplier of telecommunications equipment, announced results with MCI Corporation of an ongoing ADSL technology trial with Northwest Iowa Telephone Company.
The trial, which began in July 1996, utilizes the Amati 6 Mbps ADSL/DMT modems in conjunction with the video switching equipment provided by NEC America, Inc. for broadcast quality TV delivered over the local access phone lines. This trial marks the first deployment in the U.S. of real-time 6 Mbps MPEG2 switched digital video.
The significant benefits of the technology are realized in the enhanced quality of the video as compared to normal cable access television with the availability being as simple as obtaining local phone service.
Results to date established that ADSL is a technically viable method for transmitting broadcast TV services over the subscriber copper loop. Trial participants receiving the programming are impressed with the 6 Mbps transmission quality.
Among the objectives of the trial, the companies wanted to assess ADSL as a technically and economically viable delivery mechanism for subscription broadcast services to residential users, to determine video quality performance and to evaluate ADSL transmission and exchange equipment and customer premises installation issues.
"This trial with NEC and MCI is important to Amati for several reasons," said Jim Steenbergen, President and CEO, Amati Communications. "First, it permits Amati to closely work with MCI, a major telephone service provider in the U.S. It strengthens our relationship with NEC in terms of our previous VDSL announcements and now our ADSL work.
"It further validates the Amati DMT technology as the best solution for high-speed transmissions over copper wire. And, it helps confirm the knowledge gained in several overseas trials that a market for high quality video can exist assuming the appropriate technology is made available."
The ADSL/DMT modems are supplied by Amati to NEC. Amati manufactures a plug-in unit for the switch and a remote modem that interfaces to the NEC set-top box in the home. The technology used in the modems is the same as that used in the Amati Overture 8 ADSL/DMT modems and the Amati Allegro ADSL Access Concentrator.
Amati has been providing ADSL modems for service trials since 1995 and has product being tested in various video and Internet service applications. Amati developed the standard technology for ADSL -- Amati's Discrete Multi-Tone Technology -- which has been accepted by both the ANSI and ETSI as the industry standard.
The specification T1E1.413 defines the DMT approach as the preferred technology for implementation of ADSL at the highest data rates over existing subscriber loops.
Dr. Rikio Maruta, Senior Vice President, NEC America Inc., Public Networks Group, confirmed the importance of Amati's contribution in providing advanced ADSL/DMT based modem technology for NEC's video distribution switch system in this trial.
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