To All: Why Alcatel won the RFP, and other tid bits...
After reviewing my video tapes from Supercomm, I believe I have found
the reason why Alcatel won the RFP. During one of the seminars Dr. Cioffi mentioned that the original ANSI standard did not provision for an ATM interface, he stated that Alcatel was way ahead of the pack on an ADSL interface(multiplexer) to ADSL. The RBOCs wanted to use ATM and Alcatel was probably the best in this area at the time.
Also Dr. Cioffi mentioned that there were 1000 DMT modems in trials around the globe. This info was from June. I also noted that he said that most countries were using ADSL/DMT on Cable for VOD.
I have been digging, for some piece of info on Amati deals around the globe, Though I have found and cataloged many ADSL stories and great tid bits of info, only one story so far has a reference to Amati,
although many, such as in Italy talk about DMT.
Here is the one that mentions Amati (Amaty), and now direct from Seoul, Korea, and Samsung. April 8th.. JW@KSC
VOD Trial Service start
Samsung Electronics start VOD trail service for Yoido 50 households
Samsung Electronics Co. launched VOD trial service yesterday at Yoido
Seoul Korea targeting 50 households
April 8, Samsung Electronics Co. had opening ceremony of VOD trial service at Multi-media Information Center in Yoido, Seoul, provided that it will conduct the service until September targeting 50 households selected from Eun-ha, Dae-kyo, Kong-jak, Kwang-jang, Han-sung apartments in Yoido. Korea Telcom(KT) offers fiber optic cables and telephone lines for the implementation of the service, whose official name is 'Eye Vision', and Samsung Electronics provides VOD supporting equipments such as set top box, ATM switch and video server.
Samsung explains VOD service is cost effective and can be put on commercial basis at once while it transmits MPEG1 compressed images(150 times faster than existing modem) through common telephone lines without installing separate fiber optic cables. The most noticeable point is that it introduced a new era of super speed transmission and mass capacity of VOD service by connecting 155Mbps ATM switch to generic Level 1 gateway for the first time around the world.
Samsung has assigned 40 engineers for the system development since 94 and succeeded in developing it's own ATM switch, set top box and ADSL modem technology for VOD. Furthermore, the company is planning to produce competitive products by joining strategic partnership in early stage with Digital, GI and Amaty which are core VOD server and transmission technology leaders. The service offers about 70 movies, dramas and documentaries, 16 educational programs and 400 karaoke programs at free of charge and is expected to expand to 500 households in near future.
Distinctive from the existing CATV service, every household can select
programs around the clock by connecting set top boxes connected to TV sets to VOD service network. >>>
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