Copper Mountain and TollBridge Advance Voice-Over-DSL Interoperability
Initiative
Business Editors & High-Tech Writers
PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 22, 2000--
Copper Mountain Endorses TollBridge's Voice of Broadband Alliance
to Enable End-to-End Voice-Over-DSL Service Deployments
Copper Mountain Networks, Inc., (Nasdaq:CMTN), the market-share
leader in business Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) equipment, and
TollBridge Technologies, a leading developer of high-quality
voice-over-broadband solutions for a new generation of carriers, today
announced that they have expanded their alliance to provide end-to-end
voice-over-DSL (VoDSL) solutions.
The two companies are partnering in the context of TollBridge's
Voice of Broadband Alliance, a leadership initiative also announced
today that is designed to accelerate large-scale voice-over-broadband
deployments by promoting interoperability and standardization among
broadband equipment vendors.
The partnership assures carriers and service providers that the
TollBridge TB200 carrier-grade Local Exchange Gateway, Copper Mountain
CopperEdge(R) DSL concentrators, and customer premise equipment (CPE)
from Alliance partners will work together seamlessly in an end-to-end
solution.
To ensure interoperability, CPE partners in the Alliance can test
their products at TollBridge's interoperability lab in an end-to-end
configuration with the TollBridge TB200 gateway and CopperEdge DSL
concentrator.
The Alliance gives carriers and service providers access not only
to a broad range of interoperable products but also to a group of
equipment vendors that are committed to working together to ensure the
successful, scalable deployment of end-to-end VoDSL solutions.
"Voice-over-DSL is fast becoming a reality thanks to
interoperability initiatives that combine best-of-breed DSL
concentrators, voice gateways and voice CPE," said Bryan Long, vice
president of marketing at Copper Mountain.
"TollBridge's Voice of Broadband Alliance provides a road map for
carriers and service providers, helping them plan their purchases for
a complete VoDSL solution."
"TollBridge created the Voice of Broadband Alliance to ensure
that prospective customers can successfully deploy end-to-end
voice-over-DSL services," said Gary Tauss, co-founder, president and
CEO of TollBridge. "The participation of Copper Mountain, which
dominates the business DSL market, is a key ingredient in the success
of the Alliance."
VoDSL Market Poised for Growth
The VoDSL market in the U.S. is expected to expand rapidly during
the coming year. Cahners In-Stat Group predicts that service revenues
will grow from $47 million in 1999 to $1.17 billion in 2000, while the
number of subscribers will increase from 2,400 to 61,000. By 2003, the
Group expects service revenues will reach $9.2 billion and subscribers
will total 670,400.
"By certifying the interoperability of network components, the
Voice of Broadband Alliance interoperability program will help promote
standardization among broadband equipment vendors," said John G. Metz,
executive vice president of Sterling Research, Inc.
"By ensuring that its TollVoice technology and Copper Mountain's
DSL concentrators are compatible with a wide variety of CPE,
TollBridge is making it easy for carriers and service providers to
implement VoDSL service."
Alliance Complements CopperVIP Initiative
Copper Mountain's membership in the Voice of Broadband Alliance
is complementary to its CopperVIP(TM) -- or Voice In Packets(TM) --
Initiative announced in June of 1999.
Copper Mountain's CopperVIP program gives service providers and
subscribers access to a broad range of innovative, competitively
priced, VoDSL devices for converged services including CPE, Integrated
Access Devices (IADs) and Integrated Communications Platforms (ICPs),
and voice gateways from Copper Mountain's voice partners, including
TollBridge.
The CopperVIP program is designed to ensure interoperability
between these industry leading broadband network components and Copper
Mountain's widely deployed CopperEdge family of DSL concentrators and
CopperView(TM) network management software suite.
TollBridge Solutions
Designed to bypass Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers (ILECs) and
deliver voice services over any broadband access technology, the
TollBridge product set consists of three elements:
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-- The TB50 Integrated Access Device (IAD) that converts voice
samples from multiple calls into packets and prioritizes voice
and data traffic for transmission over any broadband access
network;
-- The TB200 carrier-grade Local Exchange Gateway that translates
packets back into voice and connects today to Class 5 switches
using the Bellcore GR-303 protocol, and will interoperate in the
future with Softswitch and other end-to-end packet VoDSL
solutions using new emerging protocols such as the Session
Initiation Protocol (SIP) and Media Gateway Control Point (MGCP);
-- The TollView(TM) Management Suite management system that includes
a graphical Element Management System (EMS) for end-to-end
configuration, troubleshooting and performance management of up
to 100 TB200 systems from HP OpenView(TM) on SUN Solaris(TM)
platforms.
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Copper Mountain DSL Solutions
Copper Mountain's CopperEdge DSL concentrators deliver bandwidth
up to 1.5 Mbps on a single copper pair, and up to 12 Mbps using
inverse multiplexing (IMUX) technology, while supporting multiple
services over DSL, including Internet access, toll-quality voice
services, corporate VPNs and Frame Relay.
CopperView network management tools provide configuration, fault
analysis and performance monitoring throughout the network from a
carrier's central operations center, resulting in substantial savings
in time, cost and complexity in managing DSL equipment network-wide.
CopperRocket(R) and CopperCompatible CPE allow Competitive Local
Exchange Carriers (CLECs) and other service provider customers to
select from the industry's broadest range of innovative, competitively
priced devices, ranging from low-cost bridges and routers to
full-featured CSU/DSUs with advanced features for business
applications and security.
About TollBridge Technologies
Founded in March 1998 and located in Santa Clara, Calif.,
TollBridge Technologies is the leading provider of
voice-over-broadband solutions to a new generation of carriers.
TollBridge solutions change the economics of delivering voice
services by allowing carriers that own Class 5 switches to use
broadband access technologies, such as DSL or cable, to bypass the
incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) and deliver toll-quality voice
and integrated data services.
For more information about TollBridge Technologies, visit the
company's Website at tollbridgetech.com or contact Kendyl
Kellogg at 408/585-2145.
About Copper Mountain Networks
Copper Mountain Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq:CMTN) develops and markets
a comprehensive family of DSL solutions that enable high-speed
internetworking over existing copper facilities. The company's mission
is to enable carriers and other service providers to offer a full
range of high-performance, cost-effective data and voice services over
DSL that are easy to deploy, use and manage.
Copper Mountain's CopperRocket(R) CPE family addresses the
bandwidth, reliability, ease-of-use and cost concerns of remote
offices and users.
Its carrier-class CopperEdge(R) DSL concentrators and
CopperView(TM) network management solutions offer a robust and
scalable platform for carriers and multi-tenant unit service providers
to generate a high return on investment while satisfying the
ever-increasing user demand for bandwidth.
Customers wanting more information about Copper Mountain products
can contact Diana Helfrich at 650/687-3314 or visit the company's
World Wide Web site at coppermountain.com. For investor
relations information, call toll free 877/INFO-CMTN (463-6268) or
contact the company at IR@coppermountain.com.
Portions of this release contain forward-looking statements
regarding future events and are subject to risks and uncertainties.
Copper Mountain wishes to caution you that there are some factors that
could cause actual results to differ materially from the results
indicated by such statements. These factors include, but are not
limited to quarterly fluctuations in operating results attributable to
the timing and amount of orders for our products, the concentration of
our revenue in a small number of customers, factors affecting the rate
of DSL deployment by our customers, market acceptance of our products,
our ability to keep pace with rapidly changing product requirements,
and factors affecting the demand for DSL technologies. We refer you to
the documents Copper Mountain files from time to time with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, specifically the section titled
Risk Factors in our Registration Statement on Form S-1
(No. 333-73153).
Note to Editors: For more information about the Voice of
Broadband Alliance, see the TollBridge press release, "TollBridge
Announces the Voice of Broadband Alliance and Open Source Licensing"
also released today.
Copper Mountain and all Copper Mountain product names are
trademarks of Copper Mountain Networks, Inc. All other marks are the
property of their respective owners.
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CONTACT: Copper Mountain Networks, Inc.
Diana Helfrich, 650/687-3314
dhelfrich@coppermountain.com
or
Gallagher PR
Lucy Suros, 510/749-6800, ext. 222
lucy@gpr.com
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