My comment on ADTN eating Pair's lunch.
I think ADTN is selling butter sandwichs and you can buy a club sandwich and fries from Pairgain for less... read this:
PairGain Introduces HiGain '98 Offering Unsurpassed
Performance at Lower Cost
Business Wire - May 26, 1998 13:02
TUSTIN, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 26, 1998--
HDSL Market Leader's New Systems Offer Extended Reach, Backwards Compatibility, Reduced
Power Consumption, Flexible Manageability
PairGain Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: PAIR) Tuesday introduced HiGain(R) '98, an evolution of its
current, market leading T1 access HDSL (High-bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line) product line.
The company's new HiGain '98 systems allow telephone companies to service more customers than
ever before, with a reach capability of up to 11 miles. Power consumption in HiGain '98 systems has
been significantly reduced and units are smaller, allowing for higher density and lower deployment
costs.
The new products are 100 percent backward compatible with the company's existing HiGain
products, allowing service providers to easily integrate the new solutions with the embedded base of
hundreds of thousands of HiGain units already installed in today's telecom infrastructure. PairGain
customers are able to phase in the newer products with maximum efficiency, as there is no
requirement to train installation personnel and existing inventory can be intermixed with new HiGain
'98 systems. Service providers worldwide use HiGain systems to provide their corporate customers
with T1/E1 access lines for data, voice and video connections, and to deploy other high-bandwidth
services such as frame relay and cellular.
"Today's HiGain '98 products have been developed as a response to feedback we've received from
hundreds of customers currently using our products. The resulting products reflect our strategy to
enable service providers with a mechanism to deliver advanced new services to their customers at
lower costs," said Howard Flagg, president of PairGain. "PairGain is dedicated to leading DSL
technology to new levels, and HiGain '98 demonstrates this commitment."
HiGain systems transport data, voice and video at rates of 1.544 Mbps (T1) or 2.048 Mbps (E1),
achieving fiber optic quality over ordinary copper telephone lines. HiGain '98 systems consist of line
units, remote units, doublers for extended reach installations, indoor and outdoor enclosures, and fully
network managed shelves. HiGain '98 systems are being deployed by PairGain customers today. The
new systems offer telephone companies increased functionality and benefits at reduced cost, including:
Extended Reach: The new HiGain '98 systems support up to five spans, using four new doublers, with
the ability to line power four spans (three doublers) and the remote unit, extending reach to beyond
60,000 feet, or 11 miles, over 24 AWG cable. This feature allows service providers to offer
HDSL-based T1/E1 services to areas outside of the previous 24,000 foot range, formerly
provisioned by installing costly, labor intensive repeatered T1 or fiber optic equipment.
Reduced power consumption: Power consumption in the line units has been reduced by 45 percent,
allowing for higher shelf density in the central office and increasing battery life. Doubler power
consumption has also been reduced dramatically, allowing for more doublers to be installed in the
apparatus case and reducing costs of deployment. The remote unit also consumes less power,
reducing feeder application costs.
Backward compatibility: All HiGain '98 products are backward compatible and fully interoperable
and interchangeable with existing HiGain products.
Network management: HiGain '98 systems offer full TL1 management support, allowing telephone
companies to manage hundreds of systems from a central Network Operations Center (NOC) using
Telnet, an IP-based application. Additionally, HiGain '98 is fully supported by multishelf TAO with
the network management features of HiGain systems, including X.25 compatibility.
Slimmer design: The new HiGain '98 systems have slimmed down, and the doublers and remote units
are the smallest on the market. Smaller units allow a higher density in the CO and enclosures, which
significantly lowers the cost of deployment and maintenance for service providers.
Unsurpassed performance: HiGain '98 systems incorporate several features that boost overall
reliability and performance, including: the industry's safest line powering with advanced ground fault
detection circuitry, extremely low doubler delay allowing for extended reach and better integration
with existing automatic protection systems, and best jitter and wander performance enabling the
transport of Stratum 1 clock.
New Applications: HiGain '98 allows service providers to deliver high-speed services, via HDSL, to
more customers than ever before. The products uniquely support the large installed base of traditional
copper-fed digital loop carrier installations and allow HDSL deployment in situations where
customers were serviced by repeatered T1 or fiber optic installations.
HiGain '98 systems continue to lead the industry with the same ease of installation and low
maintenance as current HiGain products. HiGain '98 products are fully NEBS Level 3 and GR-1089
Class A2 and A3 compliant.
Pricing and Availability: HiGain '98 systems are shipping today. Pricing is based on volume.
About PairGain Technologies
PairGain Technologies is the market leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of advanced
xDSL communications systems. PairGain's products allow network service providers and
organizations with private networks to rapidly deploy high-speed data, video and voice services to
end users over the existing infrastructure of copper telephone lines.
PairGain's HiGain(R), PG-Plus(TM), PG-Flex(TM), Megabit Access and campus area network
products are marketed under the trademark CopperOptics(R), indicating their ability to provide fiber
optic quality transmission over the "last mile" in both public and private networks worldwide.
Additional information about the company is available at www.pairgain.com
Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this announcement are
forward-looking statements which involve risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to
economic, competitive, governmental and technological factors affecting the company's operations,
markets, products, services and prices and other factors discussed in the company's filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. |
