OT>> PairGain Announces Plans for Early G.lite Compliance of Avidia System and Megabit Modems
October 28, 1998
TUSTIN, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE) via
NewsEdge Corporation -- DSL Leader Offers
Key Contributions in Development of
Specification; Prepares to Ship Avidia System
To Enable Mass Market
Deployment of Consumer ADSL Services
PairGain(R) Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:
PAIR) 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. |
