"splitterless modems in Germany.I know a high percentage of DT's lines are IDSN, but just how high of a number is it?"
You will partly get the answer to your question if you check the last press release: 2,9 million ISDN lines.
DT's strategy for the future is to provide the ISDN-line as the regular german access line. After DT and FT have joined the UAWG, G.Lite and ISDN is part of the annex B within the ITU standarisation group for ADSL. 1. The U.S. is more focused on G.Lite whereas europe - especially DT - is focused on ISDN and ADSL with mpeg applications. In the end of the (DSL)day the standard which fullfills this application driven DSL-market (just browsing and downloading?, mpeg?, highspeed gaming?) accordingly will survive. 2.Its a big step from U.S. POTS 56 k to G.Lite but its not such a big step from DT's 128 K ISDN modem access to G.Lite. 3.As far as i know DT is intersted in plug and play adapters with intgrated splitters. 4. interference is the only real problem. Can it really be solved with G.Lite?
My personal opinion to this issue: "How can G.Lite compete against 8 Meg ADSL or even VDSL in the future?".
Siemens will only succeed with ISDN splitters. Orckit is doing just fine. They were first in developing ISDN functionality because DT asked them to do so. BTW: They were very quick in developing it. They have the DSL core technology and are not dependent on any chip designer.
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Deutsche Telekom Northern Westphalia ADSL Service Successfully Begins with Orckit FastInternet(TM) DSLAM
BONN, Germany, June 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Deutsche Telekom today announced the successful and on-time installation and start of service for a technical and marketing broadband trial in the North Rhine-Westphalia region using Orckit Communications (Nasdaq: ORCTF - news) FastInternet DSLAM systems with unique ADSL over ISDN feature. The kick-off event, held today at the Media Communications Trade Fair in Cologne, was led by Wolfgang Clement, Prime Minister of the NRW region, and Gerd Tenzer, Member of the Board of Deutsche Telekom and head of the network division, and it featured a live demonstration of the trial.
The new ADSL service is providing access for residential and business customers at up to 8 Mbps (Megabits per second), which is nearly 300 times faster than many ''dial-up'' analog modems.
Orckit is supplying complete DSLAM systems to provide Internet and on-line access to residences, schools and businesses such as travel agents throughout the city of Cologne and Bonn, in six telecom Central Offices, two of the three trial sites. The trial is designed to provide access to multiple content providers and T-Online, Deutsche Telekom's on-line service.
''This trial is significant since we are connecting ATM to the home over ADSL and connecting it to our Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) backbone,'' said Mr. Peter Krisor, Project Manager of Deutsche Telekom. ''We are using this as an opportunity to examine how ADSL harmonizes with the entire network environment, including application servers, remote routers, and ATM switches, in order to prepare for larger scale ADSL installations.
''We are pleased with Orckit's perfect on-time delivery record throughout this service trial,'' Mr. Krisor continued, ''as well as the superb customer support they have provided during installation.''
Orckit is supplying its Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) modems as part of its FastInternet DSLAM (Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer) system. Orckit's FastInternet ADSL systems run over existing telephone lines or simultaneously with ISDN. Deutsche Telekom had nearly 2.9 million ISDN users at the end of last year.
Orckit's ADSL over ISDN solution enables installation of ADSL on Germany's well-developed legacy ISDN infrastructure. This differs from standard ADSL which can only run over regular telephone lines.
''ISDN users will probably be among the first to 'upgrade' to the faster ADSL service, since they are already on the cutting edge,'' said Dan Arazi, Orckit Executive Vice President of Marketing. ''However, these ISDN users have, in many cases, already invested in ISDN terminal equipment -- telephones, video conferencing, and software -- that they should not have to give up. Orckit's ADSL over ISDN system enables Deutsche Telekom to provide their customers with the best of both worlds: ADSL and ISDN together.''
Deutsche Telekom, with a turnover of DM 67.6 billion in 1997, is Europe's largest telecommunications company and third largest carrier worldwide. Offering a complete range of products and services in Germany, Deutsche Telekom leads in mobile radio services, has a cable television network connected to almost 17.3 million homes, 45.2 million telephone lines in service, about 7.3 million ISDN channels, and actually 1.9 million customers in its online service T-Online, making Deutsche Telekom the largest Internet provider in Europe.
Orckit Communications is a leading company in the field of Digital Subscriber Line, or ''DSL,'' solutions, which enable telephone companies and Internet Service Providers to optimize the bandwidth utilization of the ''last mile'' of copper wire in the Local Loop. Orckit possesses both core silicon expertise and a wide range of DSL products, including its FastInternet(TM) DSLAM System with ADSL and SDSL, and its CopperTrunk(R) HDSL and VDSL product lines. Orckit has key strategic silicon alliances with Harris Semiconductor, Fujitsu Microelectronics and Rockwell Semiconductor Systems, and alliances with telecom equipment providers Fujitsu Network Communications and SAGEM. For more information about Orckit and its DSL solutions, visit Orckit's web site at orckit.com.
Certain matters discussed in this news release are forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, risks in product development plans and schedules, rapid technological change, changes and delays in product approval and introduction, customer acceptance of new products, the impact of competitive products and pricing, market acceptance, the lengthy sales cycle, proprietary rights of the Company and its competitors, risk of operations in Israel, government regulation, dependence on third parties to manufacture products, general economic conditions and other risk factors detailed in the Company's United States Securities and Exchange Commission filings.
SOURCE: Orckit Communications Ltd.
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