John --- your list is great. I did one for the AOL board back in September and for what it's worth, here it is again. I included some industry highlights along with those specific to the company.
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Milestones in Amati's short life:
Nov. 29, 1995---ICOT and Amati finalize merger.
Jan. 9, 1996---James Steenbergen named President and CEO.
Feb. 6, 1996---GTE announces ADSL trials in Texas. Amati not mentioned.
Feb. 21, 1996---Bell Atlantic says ADSL will not be used in complete build-out because it cannot handle live TV; mentions "newer hybrid of ADSL that can handle speeds up to 52 Mbps and is being evaluated by BA and others."
April ?, 1996---GTE adds Amati to Texas trials.
May 22, 1996---Swiss Telecom announces early results of ADSL trials as "very positive."
Apr. 29, 1996---AMTX and MOT release plans to jointly develop ADSL modem products; list of products includes "an ADSL/DMT core module that will enable technology to be incorporated into existing network equipment."
May 20, 1996---AMTX presents at Van Kasper Growth Stock Conference. Press release mentions VDSL.
May 31, 1996---AMTX announces interoperability conference to be held in July "with sincere intention of interoperation of various vendors' DMT modems."
May 31, 1996---Andy Grove, CEO of Intel, says ADSL is solution for digital broadband, not cable.
June 12, 1996---Motorola announces CopperGold, based on Amati's ADSL/DMT technology.
June 24, 1996---Dr. John Cioffi speaks at SuperComm '96 in Dallas, Texas.
June 24, 1996---Alcatel announces ANSI-compliant ADSL/DMT products.
June 25, 1996---AMTX and NEC announce a joint agreement to develop VDSL/DMT technology. Steenbergen says, "We believe the VDSL market will prove to be even larger than the ADSL market and we expect initial product shipments mid-1997."
June 25, 1996---AMTX announces a new version of Overture 8 specifically designed for Internet access.
June 25, 1996---AMTX announces the industry's first "board-level modem design product for ADSL services using standard DMT technology. "A 2-daughter board set, and central office module (COM) and remote subscriber module (RSM)."
June 26, 1996---Ericcson announces ADSL products.
July 21, 1996---InterOperability Conference, Nashua, NH.
Aug. 14, 1996---GTE/MFST announce trials in Redmond, WA, with AMTX modems in Phase II.
Sept. 6, 1996---Kim Maxwell says CAP coffin nailed shut as far as ANSI standard adding second line code.
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This leaves out the final NEC partnership agreement and the results of the France Telecomm trials. It also leaves out developments by the FCC and mergers in the industry, such as BT/MCI, deregulation of international telcos, such as in Japan, and recent developments with ISPs and pricing. Another line of argument could be made for the demise of strength in the cable industry. Also it would be fun to chart the major "sightings" of ADSL articles and see if there's been any slow-down in recent weeks.
Thanks for getting the synapses rolling this morning.
Regards,
Pat |
