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Monday September 8 6:13 AM EDT
Company Press Release
Source: NextLevel Sytsems, Inc.
U S WEST Signs Contract With Next Level Communications for Deployment of NLC's NLevel3 Switched Digital Access System
CHICAGO, Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- U S WEST Communications announced today that it has signed a contract with Next Level Communications (NLC), a wholly owned subsidiary of NextLevel Systems, Inc. (NYSE:NLV) to deploy NLC's NLevel3 Switched Digital Access (SDA) System and related products. U S WEST has committed to purchase a minimum of 450,000 broadband xDSL access lines and Residential Gateways. Financial terms were not disclosed.
U S WEST will deploy the ATM-based NLevel3 SDA System as a unified access platform to support both FTTC (fiber-to-the-curb) and twisted-pair network topologies. U S WEST will use the NLevel3 System's BDT (Broadband Digital Terminal) in its central offices.
The BDT will connect to the NLevel3 System's Digital Loop Carrier (DLC) Universal Service Access Multiplexer (USAM), which supports 96 POTS or special service lines as well as ISDN, and xDSL plug-ins to transport high bandwidth over standard twisted pair.
U S WEST will also use the BDT to connect to NLevel3 System's BNUs (Broadband Network Units) that support 8 to 16 living units for FTTC applications. U S WEST is presently installing the NLevel3 SDA system in Scottsdale, Arizona.
In addition, the U S WEST contract calls for NLC to perform system integration to include: engineering, design, installation, integration, test, and turn-up to assure a standard, sustainable full-service network.
Next Level Communications, a wholly owned subsidiary of NextLevel Systems, Inc., builds full service digital loop carrier and broadband access and management systems and customer premises equipment for the communications industry.
NextLevel Systems, Inc. (NYSE:NLV) is a leading worldwide supplier of systems and components for high-performance communications networks delivering video, voice and Internet/data services. Created in the three-way split of General Instrument Corporation, NextLevel Systems comprises three businesses that are leaders in distinct global markets: the Broadband Networks Group, based in Hatboro, Pa.; the Satellite Data Networks Group, based in San Diego, Calif.; and Next Level Communications, based in Rohnert Park, Calif. NextLevel Systems, headquartered in Chicago, posted revenues of $1.8 billion in 1996 and employs more than 8,300 people worldwide.
U S WEST Communications Group (NYSE:USW - news) provides telecommunications services to more than 25 million customers in 14 western and Midwestern states. The company is one of two major groups that make up U S WEST, a company in the connections business, helping customers share information, entertainment and communications services in local markets worldwide. U S WEST's other major group, U S WEST Media Group, is involved in domestic and international cable and telephony, wireless communications, and directory and information services.
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