Analog Devices and Samsung Continue Mass Deployment of DSL in Korea
--Samsung selects ADI's DSL chipsets for new rounds of deployment being undertaken by Korea Telecom--
NORWOOD, Mass., May 17 /PRNewswire/ --Analog Devices, Inc. (NYSE: ADI - news) announced today that Samsung Electronics has once again selected ADI's chipsets for a new round of DSL deployment being undertaken by Korea Telecom. This is a continuation of the world's single largest deployment of DSL with over 1 million lines already deployed in Korea within the past year alone. With Korea Telecom's selection of Samsung, 609,000 new DSL lines will be deployed in the region during the second half of 2001. ADI's DSL chipsets are at the heart of Samsung's solutions for both central office (CO) and customer premises equipment (CPE) with COpperhead quad-port chipsets incorporated into its line card and ADI's AD20msp930 chipsets in Ethernet and PCI modems.
``Analog Devices is pleased to supply the ADSL chipsets for this important new deployment in Korea, which has historically been a strong market for ADI's ADSL products,'' said Brian McAloon, group vice president and general manager, DSP and System Products, Analog Devices. ``Samsung is a valued partner for ADI in ADSL and by combining ADI's world-leading analog, digital and mixed signal expertise and Samsung's technical excellence, we are able to expand the presence of ADSL.''
``With each phase of DSL deployment, we increasingly value our close relationship with Analog Devices and their expertise in CO and CPE chipset technology'', said Dr. Youngchul Oh, Director for ADSL & Transmission, Samsung Electronics.
About Analog Devices' xDSL Solutions
ADI's family of xDSL products includes line drivers and analog front end chips, as well as complete end-to-end xDSL chipset solutions. The company's xDSL solutions form the foundation for modems that provide high-speed Internet access and multimedia services more than 200 times faster than today's fastest analog modems. With a customer base of more than 90 companies worldwide, Analog Devices' xDSL solutions are found in 8 of the world's top 10 PSTNs (Public Switched Telephone Networks) and are designed into more than 75 percent of the world's xDSL systems, from client modems and routers to central office voice and data switches, xDSL access multiplexers and digital loop carriers.
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