IMHO Ericsson is agressively preparing for the future, and the
present handset problems have little bearing on their future plans.
ADSL is one area that they are active in --
Ref:
ericsson.se
The following is a description of ADSL --
ADSL Key to Future
Competitiveness FYI
SINGAPORE, Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- "What we
invest today in telecommunications defines our
future competitiveness -- and ADSL is the key to
unlocking that future," said Hans-Erhard Reiter,
President of ADSL Forum, at its Summit meeting in
Singapore last week.
Over 200 people gathered at the ADSL Forum's first
Summit meeting in Asia to share the experiences of
the region's broadband service providers and to learn
the latest on advances in the technology.
"Standardization is at a critical stage and the Forum
has a key role to play in delivering end to end
architecture for ADSL so that mass market access
becomes a reality worldwide," said Reiter.
According to keynote speaker, Mr Leong Keng Thai,
Director-General of the Telecommunication Authority
of Singapore, "The need of the hour is to ensure that
consumers can take advantage of and enjoy the
opportunities and full benefits of broadband
technology." He added that regulators must be as
dynamic as the technology, keeping regulations
under constant review to ensure that they are in tune
with the market and technological realities, while
being consistent with policy objectives.
"We have achieved this by partnering with other
government agencies and investing in nationwide
broadband infrastructure rollout to break the
chicken-and-egg cycle. We have mandated an open
infrastructure where service providers are free to set
up and operate broadband services. How the service
reaches the consumer is the critical factor -- that last
mile," said Leong. "I can tell you from my own
experience that once you have tried ADSL access,
you can never go back."
NTT, traditionally very aggressive on fibre
deployment, was another contributor to the ADSL
Forum Summit meeting, recognizing the potential of
ADSL to provide faster access to broadband to
subscribers.
"Telecommunications is changing society,"
according to Mr. Kuo Yun, Vice Chairman and
President of the Institute for Information Industry.
"The 'distance' in distance learning and teletraining is
shrinking with ADSL. Video conferencing,
teleworking and much more besides is becoming
reality rather than a wish statement."
During its three-day working meeting last week,
members of the ADSL Forum addressed a broad
spectrum of technical and marketing issues.
Developing ATM over ADSL solutions was one of
the key working text documents completed by the
end of the week. This work on network architectures
in the ADSL Forum on the PPP over ATM over
ADSL architecture has been endorsed by the UAWG
(Universal ADSL Working Group) which liaises
closely with the ADSL Forum.
More information about ADSL and the Forum is
available on its website at adsl.com or by
calling 510-608-5905. |
