ALCATEL DELIVERS ADSL BROADBAND ACCESS TO TELIA
Paris, 31 May 2000 - Alcatel announced today it has been selected by Telia, the leading
telecommunications company in Sweden, to deliver ADSL equipment. This will enable Telia to
offer secure and low-cost broadband Internet access to its business and residential market.
ADSL gives the end user a direct connection to the Internet. Working on an existing copper
telephone line, ADSL's transmission speed is up to 200 times faster than today's analogue modems.
ADSL's speeds range up to 8 Mbit/s.
The agreement includes Alcatel's new award-winning ASAM (ATM subscriber Access Multiplexer)
as well as Alcatel's SpeedTouch TM end-user modems and will cover Telia's coming need for
several hundred thousand ADSL lines. The investment is estimated at EURO 90 million. Alcatel will
deliver the fourth generation of ADSL equipment, which is directly aimed for the mass market and
will support Telia's massive rollout of reliable and cost effective Internet access.
"The demand for broadband access in Sweden is booming and by using Alcatel ADSL equipment,
we can meet the high expectations of the market" says Ingmar Jonsson, in charge of Telia's
broadband project.
"We are very proud of the contract with Telia since they are in a leading position in the most
competitive Internet market in Europe," says Andreas Nystrom, Key Account Manager for Telia at
Alcatel.
About Alcatel
Alcatel builds next generation networks, delivering integrated end-to-end voice and data networking
solutions to established and new carriers, as well as enterprises and consumers worldwide. With
120,000 employees and sales of EURO 23 billion in 1999, Alcatel operates in more than 130
countries.
About Alcatel DSL
The world's leading supplier of DSL systems with market leadership in its ASAM and Litespan family
of products, Alcatel has been supplying industry-standard end-to-end ADSL solutions since 1996.
Alcatel's DSL access solutions are available on a variety of service platforms, including the Alcatel
ASAM family; the Litespan NGDLC; and environmentally hardened DSLAM packages optimized for
digital loop carrier deployment. The Alcatel ASAM holds over 55 percent of the worldwide central
office ADSL market. Alcatel's Litespan multi-service access platform, an integrated NGDLC/DSLAM,
has a global embedded footprint of 57 Million subscribers and growing. Alcatel's DSL technology is
also offered in an advanced range of customer premises equipment, the Alcatel Speed TouchTM
family of DSL modems, routers, and integrated access devices supporting multi-line voice and data
service over a single telephone access line.
Alcatel has delivered ADSL equipment to Telekom Austria, Swisscom, Telia in Sweden, BT and
NTL in the UK, KPN in the Netherlands, Cegetel in Monaco, Belgacom in Belgium, Telef¢nica in
Spain, France Telecom, Telecom Italia, Singapore Telecom, Telstra in Australia and PT Telecom
of Indonesia. Further ADSL networks have been implemented in Canada, China, Korea and
Thailand. In the US, Alcatel's ADSL technology is deployed by Bell Atlantic, SBC (Southwestern
Bell, Pacific Bell, and Ameritech), BellSouth and Allegiance.
About Telia Internet Broadband Access
Telia offers flat rate broadband Internet access to the residential market at 25 Euros per month. The
initial fee is 120 Euros. The basic access includes a 0,5 Mb/s bi-directional connection. There will
be an option to upgrade the basic access to full ADSL capacity at a later stage.
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