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Bell Canada, Deutsche Telekom, Telia test Orckit ORspeed I VDSL Prototypes, Are Pleased With Results
Business Wire - January 06, 1997 08:15
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TEL AVIV, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 6, 1997--Orckit Communications (NASDAQ:ORCTF) announced today that it received positive feedback from Bell Canada, a Canadian telecommunications operator (Telco), who field-tested Orckit's CopperTrunk(tm) ORspeed I VDSL modem prototypes by connecting them to actual telephone lines.
Orckit also received positive results from several major European Telcos which have purchased and lab-tested ORspeed I. These tests demonstrated VDSL's potential viability as a broadband transmission technology for providing access to very large amounts of data over existing copper telephone lines. The results also demonstrated Orckit's leadership in providing ORspeed I, a superior quality and cutting-edge VDSL prototype.
VDSL (Very high bit rate digital subscriber line) is designed to provide businesses and residences with Broadband Access in a fiber-to-the-curb (FTTC) network architecture. It is expected to be very popular for delivering higher bandwidth graphic-and video-intensive applications to homes and businesses.
"We were extremely pleased with the initial results of our testing of the ORspeed I modem. In our laboratory, we transmitted various data rates over twisted wire pair, with excellent results," said Bruno Orth, manager of development of components for the Access Networks in Deutsche Telekom's headquarters. "We are studying VDSL as one of the keys to providing broadband access in Germany, since most of our customers are within the reach capabilities of VDSL. We believe that VDSL is even able to provide symmetric access to the customer."
Positive results of VDSL radio frequency emission tests were presented by Deutsche Telekom at the most recent ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute) meeting in Sophia Antipolis, France.
Orckit's ORspeed I modem has also been used over existing telephone lines in field tests. "Bell Canada, in conjunction with NORDX/CDT, performed field tests of Orckit's VDSL on about half a dozen loops," said Pierre Ferland, associate director of Network Technology Planning at Bell Canada. "The results of our field tests indicate that Orckit's VDSL can work over real loops provided that their conditions (i.e., length, noise level) respect the tolerance level of the VDSL system for a given bit rate. Although these tests are preliminary, we ar encouraged that VDSL could eventually play a vital role in transmitting data over the last kilometer to the customer."
"As leaders in the field of VDSL, and DSL in general, we work closely with leading Telcos to develop and refine our products," remarked Izhak Tamir, Orckit's president. "Many companies rely on their engineers to simply develop a product in the way he or she thinks is best; however, at Orckit, we strongly believe that customer participation is essential if we are to develop products that meet their needs."
"We are currently testing a set of VDSL modems from Orckit and they show the potential of providing a broadband service over the copper network," said Tomas Stefansson, team leader of Access Network Architectures at Telia Research AB. "The performance has so far, after our initial tests, been good -- and it outperforms other commercial prototypes that we have seen. We see VDSL as holding strong potential for transmission of multimedia services and fast Internet over our existing copper infrastructure."
British Telecom has also recently purchased and tested Orckit's VDSL modems.
VDSL for "last-mile" delivery of multimedia services
Many telecommunications service providers and system manufacturers view VDSL, which can provide downstream data rates as high as 52 megabits per second (Mbps) via the existing copper twisted pair infrastructure, as the most viable DSL solution for last-mile high-data rate delivery of digital multimedia services. These services could include high-speed Internet access, video conferencing, video-on-demand and broadcast digital television.
Orckit was the first ever to demonstrate a VDSL modem that supports 13, 26 or 52 Mbps. The ORspeed I modem is capable of transmitting 13, 26 or 52 Mbps downstream and 2 Mbps upstream over typical distances of 1400 m (4,500 feet), 900 m (3,000 feet) or 300 m (1,000 feet) respectively over a standard twisted copper wire pair.
Developing VDSL Chipset with Harris Semiconductor
While the ORspeed I is based on core technology developed by Orckit, Orckit is now pursuing the development of an integrated chipset with Harris Semiconductor which will enable superior design and manufacture of an optimized, cost-effective, highly integrated, high-end VDSL solution. Harris will apply its mixed-signal design expertise, while Orckit will contribute Digital Signal Processing (DSP)-based DSL modem technology.
Orckit Communications
Orckit has developed and manufactures the other members of the DSL family in its CopperTrunk product line: ORcom and ORrack High bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line (HDSL), which permits data transmission at 2 Mbps symmetrically, ORvision Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL), which transmits up to 8 Mbps downstream and 640 Kbps upstream, ORmega Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line (SDSL), which transmits up to 768 Kbps symmetrically over a single pair, in addition to VDSL. Orckit has also developed the FastInternet(tm) xDSL Broadband Access System, which is expected to provide an end-to-end solution for Telephone Operators to provide fast access to the Internet over any of the DSL technologies, eventually including VDSL.
Orckit Communications Ltd., is a telecommunications company that develops and manufactures a wide range of high-speed local loop communications systems that take advantage of state-of-the-art digital signal processing and VLSI technologies. Orckit was founded in 1990 and is headquartered at 38 Nahalat Yitzhak Street, Tel-Aviv, 67488 Israel, +972 3 696 2121.
Orckit's U.S. offices are located at 574 Heritage Road, Suite 100, Southbury, CT 06488, 203/267-1000, or toll free 888/9-ORCKIT, and 1000 River Rock Drive, Suite 205, Folsom, CA 95630, 916/987-0780. Orckit's Web site is orckit.com and can be reached by E-mail at: info@orckit.com . Orckit's common stock is traded on the NASDAQ National Market under the symbol ORCTF.
NOTE: Certain matters discussed in this news release are forward-looking statements with respect to plans or performance of the company and its products that involve a number of risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, risks in product and technology development and rapid technological change, product demand, the impact of competitive products and pricing, market acceptance, the lengthy sales cycle, changing economic conditions and other risk factors detailed in the company's United States Securities and Exchange Commission filings.
CONTACT: Dan Arazi, Orckit Communications Ltd.
+972-3-696-2121, Ext. 209
or
In Europe:
Charlotte Gutman, CGP
+32-2-375-2100
or
In North America:
Kelly Odle, The Benjamin Group
714/753-0755
REPEATS: New York 212-752-9600 or 800-221-2462; Boston 617-236-4266 or
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