[Germany tests ADSL lines]
Deutsche Telekom is seeking high speed transmission over copper wires
September 1, 1997: 9:05 a.m. ET
BERLIN (Reuter) - German telecommunications group Deutsche Telekom AG said Monday it is testing a new technology that allows high speed transmission over basic copper phone lines.
Gerd Tenzer, Telekom board member, told reporters at the International Broadcasting Fair (IFA) in Berlin that tests are being conducted to see if asynchronous digital subscriber line (ADSL) could be used for such things as video-on-demand.
"We are currently testing different DSL variants in our networks," he told a news conference. "When this technology has sufficiently matured we will, of course, make this option available to our ADSL technology allows data transmission rates over normal telephone lines of up to 50 megabits per second, much faster than current analog modems or even high speed Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) lines.
Tenzer said the Nuremberg ADSL pilot project is testing video-on-demand and home shopping applications. A new test in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany's most populous state, will begin in the next few weeks in a project with the state government and leading The new test will be aimed at studying ADSL applications for mid-sized industry, such as fast Internet access and applications for publishing, medicine and education as well as access to video servers
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