Com21 and Siemens Win Key Deployment With Brazilian Telephone
Operator Telegoias
Telegoias Telephone Operator to Use Com21's ComUNITY Access System for
Large-Scale Data-Over-Cable Service in Brazil
MILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 22, 1998-- Com21, Inc. (Nasdaq:CMTO - news)
announced today that Siemens has won a key cable modem deployment in Brazil.
Siemens, a Com21 worldwide systems integration partner, has received an order from Telegoias, a
telephone operator located in Brazil, for the Com21 ComUNITY Access(R) System and 1,000
ComPORT cable modems. This system will be installed later this year to deliver high-speed
communication within the capital city of Goiania.
Telephone operator Telegoias serves over 1 million people in the capital city Goiania in the state of
Goias, located about 125 miles west of Brasilia, Brazil's capital city. Telegoias will have 115,000
households passed at the end of the current deployment phase.
Telegoias conducted rigorous lab tests for three months to verify that the Com21 equipment met the
operator's technical specifications and needs. Com21 cable modem systems will be supplied through the
Siemens sales organization, which will also support integration, installation and introduction of the
service.
President of Com21 Peter Fenner said, ''Siemens world-class customer service and technical expertise,
combined with Com21's cutting edge and reliable technology, has resulted in a successful partnership
that provides an advanced cable modem solution. We are pleased to have been selected by Telegoias.
We continue to experience rapid deployment of our ComUNITY Access system in cable modem
services worldwide.''
Siemens has already deployed the ComUNITY Access system in Europe, Latin America, and Asia.
Siemens supplies telecommunication and cable TV network configurations tailored to the service
provider's requirements for the performance of broadband multi-service networks.
''Telegoias chose Com21 because of its Quality of Service (QoS), scalability, robustness and the fact
that the system does exactly what Com21 says it will do,'' said Rodrigo Uchoa, computing and
information systems engineer at Telegoias. ''Another factor that influenced the decision was Com21's
Return Path Multiplexer (RPM) solution, which enables cost-effective deployment even during initial
times of sparse market penetration,'' said Carlos Baptista, Siemens CATV operators key account
manager. The unique design of the RPM product combats ingress noise issues without sacrificing
performance or forcing the cable operator to offer reduced QoS levels in some locations within the
service area. Com21's ComUNITY System will be deployed as the local access segment of a
metropolitan network offering high speed Internet and data communications services in Goiania, both to
households and businesses. Telegoias, along with other recently privatized telephone companies, is a
member of Tele CentroSul, a telecommunications company spanning eight Brazilian states. |
