Alcatel to supply 1.26 million ADSL lines to Chunghwa Telecom
( elmo ADSL is "dead" LOL )
The deal is believed to be the world's largest single ADSL order
to date
Paris, March 15, 2001 - Alcatel, (Paris: CGEP.PA, NYSE: ALA), the world leader in
broadband access solutions, has been awarded by Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom a
tender to supply 1.26 million Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Lines (ADSL) to cover all
major cities in Taiwan. It is believed to be the world's largest order of ADSL lines by
one telecom operator.
Andrew Young, Country Senior Officer of Alcatel Taiwan, said, "We are proud of
winning this important tender, particularly under the extremely stiff competition.
Chunghwa Telecom demands a very high standard of performance of our DSL
solutions and once again Alcatel has proven its unmatched worldwide experience
and unrivalled product quality."
Willem Verbiest, President of Alcatel's DSL activities, said, "Winning this ADSL tender
will further widen Alcatel's clear lead in the global broadband access market. More
important, it will significantly strengthen our leading position in the rapidly growing
Asia Pacific market, which is deploying DSL at a very fast rate."
Alcatel's DSL solution will enhance Chunghwa Telecom, the incumbent telecom
operator in Taiwan, in the future provision of competitive and value-added broadband
services to its customers. With Alcatel's "always-on DSL solutions", end users can
enjoy a wide range of integrated data, voice and video services, Voice-over-DSL,
G.SHDSL, video-on-demand, multi-media distance learning and video-conferencing. In
addition, Microelectronics of Alcatel, market leader in DSL chipsets, will provide
components for both the Central Office and Customer Premise side of the DSL
solution.
DSL enables Internet users to use regular analogue telephone lines to access the
Internet at speeds 200 times faster than traditional dial-up connections. Alcatel
commands 53% of the global DSL market. Up to the end of 2000, Alcatel has shipped
7.7 million xDSL lines to operators worldwide.
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 130,000 employees and sales of EURO 31 billion in
2000, Alcatel operates in more than 130 countries.
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