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... With this agreement PairGain becomes the first xDSL provider capable of
offering three ADSL solutions: DMT ADSL, based on the company's internal
Falcon chip development; CAP ADSL, and Aware's DMT-based module.....
PairGain to
Purchase
Aware's ADSL
Modules
DMT-based system provides multiple megabit
communications over standard phone lines
December 20, 1996....Bedford, MA....PairGain Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:
PAIR) and Aware, Inc. (Nasdaq:AWRE) announced today a joint
development and purchase agreement under which Aware will provide
PairGain with ADSL modules for use in PairGain's products.
This agreement is consistent with PairGain's previously announced intention to
offer its customers multiple xDSL solutions based on various technologies and
chipsets.
The Aware modules are printed circuit boards containing the Analog Devices
AD20msp910 chipset. This is the second ADSL chipset to emerge from the
broadband telecommunications partnership between Analog Devices and
Aware that began in 1993. The Aware/ADI chipsets provide rate adaptive
transmission, adapting their data rate to the maximum possible speed on a
given telephone line to within 32kbps, with throughputs of up to 8Mbps
downstream and 800kbps upstream. They use the highly robust DMT
multicarrier modulation technique standardized by the ANSI T1E1.4 standards
body.
"We are excited to be working with HDSL industry leader PairGain," said
Aware CEO and President Jim Bender. "Aware's modules combine the
Analog Devices ADSL chipset with Aware's transceiver and modem
knowledge, enabling OEM equipment suppliers to quickly integrate ADSL
technology into their products."
Module prototypes will be available in the first half of 1997, with production
quantities following shortly thereafter. Pricing starts at $500, with volume
pricing available.
With this agreement PairGain becomes the first xDSL provider capable of
offering three ADSL solutions: DMT ADSL, based on the company's internal
Falcon chip development; CAP ADSL, and Aware's DMT-based module.
PairGain, based in Tustin, CA, designs, manufactures and markets high-speed
Digital Subscriber Line (xDSL) products and systems that allow service
providers and enterprises to more efficiently and quickly deploy high-speed
data, video and voice service to end users over the existing infrastructure of
ordinary copper telephone lines. The xDSL market leader's HiGain T1/E1,
PG-Flex subscriber carrier systems, campus area network and megabit access
products are marketed under the trademark, CopperOptics, indicating their
ability to provide fiber optic quality transmissions over the last mile in both
public and private networks, worldwide.
Aware, headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts, is a leader in "last-mile"
technology for broadband communications and high-speed access to the
Internet. The company's products allow users to maximize use of scarce
bandwidth resources for transmitting digitized data. Aware is developing
ADSL technology, software, modules, and modems for high-speed, interactive
broadband network applications.
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