RELTEC Awarded Project by TCI to Deploy Deep Fiber
Solutions for Voice/Video/Data
September 25, 1998
CLEVELAND--(BUSINESS WIRE) via NewsEdge
Corporation -- RELTEC Corporation (NYSE:RLT) today
announced that TCI Telecommunications, Inc., the cable
television operating unit of Tele-Communications, Inc.
(TCI), has awarded RELTEC a multi-million dollar
campus residential project to deploy RELTEC's
DISC*S(R) fiber-to-the-curb Next Generation Digital
Loop Carrier (NGDLC) system. The project, located at
The Village development in Dallas, Texas, will serve
7,280 units with integrated voice, video and high-speed
data service. The project will use RELTEC's DISC*S
NGDLC system as the access delivery platform.
Leo J. Hindery, Jr., President of TCI, noted, "The Village
project is an important step for TCI in evolving our
broadband strategy across the full range of residential
and business applications. This fiber-to-the-curb
technology allows us to meet dynamic customer service
needs with full-featured and cost effective capabilities."
Dudley P. Sheffler, President and Chief Executive Officer
of RELTEC, added, "RELTEC is very pleased to add TCI
to our list of service providers deploying Deep Fiber
Solutions(SM). The Village Project is the beginning of
what we believe will be a rapidly growing campus and
multiple dwelling unit market for our Deep Fiber
Solutions. The technology is proven, cost effective and
fully broadband capable today."
RELTEC's Deep Fiber Solutions NGDLC system pushes
digital fiber optics capability to within 500 feet of the
subscriber, where the close proximity capability of
copper is maximized. High-speed transmission, measured
in millions of bits per second, becomes possible without
any additional modulation electronics at the customer's
premises. These Deep Fiber Solutions deliver broadband
fiber optic access today at or below the costs of
traditional narrowband systems in high-density
environments. Additionally, advanced video and data
feature sets for the Deep Fiber Solutions system provide
high-speed internet access, analog and digital broadcast
and interactive video services. RELTEC was the pioneer
in NGDLC systems, delivering the industry's first
NGDLC access system in 1988.
RELTEC believes that The Village project will be the
largest of its kind, delivering a full range of broadband
services from a single access delivery platform. The
project is planned to be built-out in four phases, with
the first service scheduled to be activated in the fourth
quarter of 1998 and estimated to be completed in the
third quarter of 1999.
RELTEC is a leader in the design, manufacture and sale
of a broad range of telecommunications systems,
products and services. Its Access Systems, Integrated
Wireless Solutions and Network Components and
Services are sold to wireline and wireless service
providers and OEMs around the globe. RELTEC
operates manufacturing plants in North America,
Europe, Asia/Pacific and Latin America with over 5,900
employees worldwide. Additional information is
available on the Company's website at
www.relteccorp.com.
The statements contained in this press release that are
not historical facts are to be considered forward-looking
statements. These forward-looking statements involve
many risks and uncertainties, including but not limited
to, rapid technological change, the importance of new
products, uncertain markets for the Company's systems
and products, unpredictable sales cycles, competition, a
changing regulatory environment, customer
concentration and numerous other risks which have
been set forth in documents filed by the Company with
the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company
advises the reader of these statements that actual
results or conditions may differ materially from those set
forth herein.
Note to Editors: There is an asterisk between "DISC"
and "S " throughout the release. This symbol may not
appear properly in some systems.
CONTACT: RELTEC Corp., Cleveland | Scott Fine,
440/460-3728 | fines@rct.relteccorp.com
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