Rockwell's FUD engine just doesn't know when to quit. Get a load of this idiot:
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--December 5, 1997--Rockwell Semiconductor Systems today announced its full support for the declaration of consensus achieved yesterday by an International Telecommunications Union (ITU) committee. The committee met this week to resolve key issues in the standardization of 56Kbps modems.
"We are delighted by this decision, which represents an overwhelming endorsement of K56flex-supported technologies," said Vijay Parikh, vice president and general manager for Rockwell's Personal Computing Division. "In addition, this progress should enable formal ratification of a worldwide standard in September of 1998."
And now, from the Lucent press release, where a little sanity still prevails:
ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- A group of technical experts has resolved the last of the critical issues standing in the way of a standard for high-speed analog modems, increasing the likelihood that a global standard will be accepted for approval by February 6, according to Lucent Technologies (NYSE:LU).
A committee of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has been working since March 1997 to develop a standard for "pulse code modulation" (PCM) modems -- the fastest analog modems available today with transmission speeds up to 56 kilobits per second (kbps)*.
After the expected endorsement of a draft recommendation for these modems at its Geneva, Switzerland meeting January 26 to February 6, the ITU is likely to ratify the standard in September 1998.
"A spirit of compromise emerged during yesterday's meeting and now the industry is free to move towards what consumers really want -- interoperability of modems around the world," said Surinder Rai, marketing director for Lucent's Microelectronics Group. "It looks like the standard will contain an equitable mix of K56flex(TM) and x2(TM), the two competing PCM modem technologies. |
