Eric and all --
More "Auld Lang Syne" news. They started with CAP and said they'd move to full ADSL/DMT later. Sure enough. . .
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SaskTel Taps Alcatel's High-speed ADSL Leadership to Deploy State-of-the-Art Internet and Other Network Services
Business Wire - June 17, 1998 07:18
MONTREAL--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 17, 1998--SaskTel, a leading Canadian telecommunications company based in Regina, Saskatchewan, is setting the standard for high-speed networking services by deploying the Alcatel 1000 ADSL (asymmetrical digital subscriber line) system to provide Internet, interactive and other broadband services at megabit rates. The Alcatel 1000 ADSL solution facilitates these services with transmission rates up to 200 times faster (8 Mbit/s) than today's analog modems - all while maintaining traditional voice service over existing copper telephone lines. Actual service speeds vary by service provider.
SaskTel, who pioneered ADSL in Canada two years ago, plans to deploy enough Alcatel equipment, including central office DSLAMs (DSL access multiplexers), to provide ADSL services to up to 2,000 business or residential subscribers in many cities by year end 1998. Alcatel will begin delivery and installation in July for a planned August 1 service launch. SaskTel has conducted laboratory trials of the Alcatel 1000 ADSL system since February 1998.
"We selected the Alcatel solution because of its adoption of the DMT (discrete multitone) standard, its easy integration into our existing ATM (asynchronous transfer mode) network, its competitive cost, and our overall good experience with Alcatel's products and services," said Al Yam, General Manager, Network Planning, Provisioning and Access for SaskTel. "All of these factors will come into play because we expect considerable customer demand in high speed access and we need to expand the ADSL footprint to more locations within the province."
As announced last week at SUPERCOMM in Atlanta, Alcatel's new 3.0 version 1000 ADSL system offers several enhancements to this award-winning product line. These enhancements include: more downstream and upstream bandwidth, enhanced rate adaptability, lower power consumption, and greater reach from the service provider to the customer - all made possible by the new Alcatel Microelectronics DynaMiTe chipset.
"We have the best high-speed networking solutions because we offer service providers a premier fully standards-compliant and end-to-end system - with the flexibility and room for future growth they need," said Niel Ransom, VP/GM-Local Networks for Alcatel.
For example, version 3.0 adds multiple Qualities of Service to its ATM transport capabilities, which increases overall flexibility for customer and service provider alike. Alcatel also features temperature-hardened DSLAMs and Digital Loop Carrier Mini-RAMs (Remote Access Multiplexer) for greater operational reliability.
Service providers will use the system to reach customers up to 24,000 feet away from central offices or digital loop carriers with high-speed services like Internet access, high-quality video on demand, telecommuting, and distance learning. Furthermore, service providers can use the same Alcatel central office hardware with a POTS splitter at the customer premise to offer full-rate ADSL or without a splitter for a simplified version of Universal ADSL.
By reducing the complexity of on-site installation and minimizing the need for new wiring at the user's home, Universal ADSL - the focus of the Universal ADSL Working Group's (UAWG) activities - will make it possible to increase bandwidth for the customer on a more cost-effective basis. Alcatel further enhances this benefit by offering an ADSL system that allows service providers to choose, on a per-line basis, whether users will be full rate ADSL today or Universal ADSL at some point in the future - all without changing any network hardware except the splitter.
The Alcatel 1000 ADSL product family complies fully with NEBS and ANSI T1.413 Issue 2 standards. Alcatel's open architecture for customer premise equipment, high density DSLAM central office offering, universal DLC Mini-RAM, and ATM transport have helped make it the choice of many major carriers world wide.
Alcatel designs, manufactures, and markets complete telecommunications systems. Activities include fixed switching networks, transmission systems, access systems, mobile communications infrastructure, business networking, submarine cable networks, as well as radio communications, space, and defense systems. With operations in over 130 countries, Alcatel is a leading-edge supplier in the majority of its business. In 1997, the Telecom segment of Alcatel Alsthom registered total sales of $14.2 billion (FF 82.9 billion). For more information, visit Alcatel via the web at: www.alcatel.com or www.ans.alcatel.com (U.S. site).
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