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Isn't Pair Gain's deal with Rockwell good for Aware since:
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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