PairGain Announces Plans for Early G.lite
Compliance of Avidia System and Megabit Modems
DSL Leader Offers Key Contributions in Development of Specification; Prepares to Ship Avidia
System To Enable Mass Market Deployment of Consumer ADSL Services
TUSTIN, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 27, 1998-- PairGain(R) Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: PAIR - news) today
announced that its Avidia(TM) System and Megabit Modems(TM) will be in compliance with the industry's new G.lite standard
and has plans to participate with other vendors to accelerate interoperability testing.
The International Telecommunications Union's (ITU) determination of G.992.2 Splitterless Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber
Line Transceivers, a new standard also known as G.lite, will enable mass market deployment of consumer ADSL services.
The determination occurred last week at the ITU-T Study Group 15 meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. The ITU's adoption of
G.lite sets a common, international standard that will speed the mass market deployment of consumer ADSL services.
PairGain's Avidia System and Megabit Modems are targeted at large volume markets with industry-leading density,
management and price/performance features.
''PairGain's close involvement in the development of the G.lite standard focused on accelerating time-to-market by minimizing
unnecessary modifications to the existing full-rate DMT ADSL standard, allowing vendors to build on existing interoperability
work. PairGain's industry-leading Falcon DMT ADSL solution is poised to provide early support of interoperable G.lite,'' said
George Zimmerman, PairGain's chief scientist.
PairGain, a market leader in DSL solutions with more than one million DSL units installed worldwide, was the first ADSL
vendor this year to release a single chip solution that supports both full-rate DMT ADSL and the new G.lite standard. The chip
has been incorporated into several product lines, including PairGain's Avidia System, the first of a new generation of integrated
access concentrators that can be configured as a DSLAM (Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer), access server or LAN
extension concentrator. The Avidia System allows service providers to deploy G.lite services on a large scale to both business
and consumer customers.
The new Avidia platform has been designed to support mass market deployment of G.lite-based services by providing
extended features that allow for true splitterless operation and go beyond the scope of the standard. The system's functionality
has surpassed that of traditional DSLAMs, in that it offers two to three times the density of other solutions, and combines
support for G.lite, full-rate DMT ADSL, SDSL, HDSL and IDSL-based services. The Avidia System is the only DSL solution
that supports both G.lite and full-rate DMT ADSL on the same physical ports. In addition, PairGain's exclusive intelligent
power management feature, PowerGain(TM), allows both G.lite and full-rate DMT ADSL to operate at less than one watt per
subscriber.
The Avidia System is NEBS level three compliant and is currently deployed in several field trials.
G.lite was developed as an extension to the current ANSI standard T1.413 ''full-rate'' ADSL. The G.lite standard is a
splitterless version of the full-rate ADSL and minimizes the need for ''truck rolls'', or the installation of specialized equipment at
the subscribers' premises. The new standard provides consumers with an ''always-on'' connection to the Internet at rates up to
1.5 Mbps downstream and 500 kbps upstream, and is able to support both Internet access and a regular analog telephone
connection over a single copper telephone line, eliminating the need for additional in-home wiring.
PairGain has also released a new line of Megabit Modems, also designed to support G.lite, full-rate ADSL and other data
services.
Additionally, PairGain has partnered with Rockwell Semiconductor Systems, a leader in consumer modem technology. Earlier
this year, Rockwell agreed to license PairGain's DMT ADSL technology for integration into consumer ADSL modems targeted
to the residential consumer and business markets.
About PairGain
PairGain Technologies is a world leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) networking
systems. Service providers and private network operators worldwide use PairGain's products to deploy DSL-based services
such as high-speed Internet, remote LAN access, and enterprise LAN extension.
For more than 10 years PairGain has been recognized as a technology leader and industry innovator. The company offers the
widest range of HDSL, ADSL and SDSL-based systems available. Its product lines include HiGain(R) T1/E1 access systems,
small subscriber carrier systems including PG-Flex(R) and PG-Plus(TM), campus systems and megabit access products
including the Avidia system and Megabit Modems. Currently, more than 1,000,000 PairGain DSL-nodes are installed in over
70 countries. Additional information about the company is available via the Internet 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.
Quan Nguyen |
