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Company Digest
April 29, 1999 15:58
Telia Stofa Expands Com21 Service with New DOCSIS Cable Modems; Second-largest Operator in Denmark Adds Com21 DOCSIS Cable Modem Service
MILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 29, 1999--Com21, Inc., (Nasdaq:CMTO), Europe's leading cable modem supplier, today announced that its DOCSIS-compliant DOXport(TM) cable modems have been selected by Denmark's second largest cable operator, Telia Stofa A/S.
Telia Stofa plans to expand its existing cable modem service to include standards-compliant modems manufactured by Com21. Earlier in the week, Canadian-based Mountain Cablevision Ltd. of Hamilton, Ontario in North America announced that it would deploy Com21 DOXport cable modems.
Telia Stofa began commercial cable Internet operations using Com21's ATM-based ComUNITY(R) Access system in 1997 in subscriber locations throughout Denmark.
"Telia Stofa has been a customer of ours since 1997 and we are very pleased to be furthering our relationship with them," said Pete Fenner, president and chief executive officer at Com21. "We are gratified to know that they have found our products to be fast, reliable and stable. We are very pleased that they have selected Com21 as they move to advanced standards-based products," added Fenner.
About DOXport(TM) Cable Modems
The DOXport(TM) 1000 Series cable modems are standards-compliant and are available now. With the custom Packet Accelerator Chip(TM), the Com21 modems provide significant speed and performance advantages over other DOCSIS cable modems. In benchmark results announced by Com21 at the Western Cable Show in December 1998, Com21 demonstrated "wire speed" DOXport throughput of 14,880 packets per second.
About Telia Stofa A/S
Telia Stofa A/S is the second largest multiple system operator (MSO) in Denmark providing service to more than 162,000 subscribers in over 26 networks.
About Com21, Inc.
Com21, Inc., is a leading global provider of broadband access solutions for delivering high-speed Internet access. The company's products enable cable operators and service providers with the abilities to provide high-speed, cost-effective Internet access to corporate telecommuters, small businesses, home offices and residential users. Com21 is ranked as the No. 1 cable modem supplier in Europe based on a 1998 survey conducted by California-based market research firm RHK (Ryan Hankin Kent).
Com21 is the third largest supplier of cable modem technology worldwide with 126,000 modems shipped through March 31, 1999 based on independent market research studies conducted by GartnerGroup's Dataquest (1H'98), The Dell'Oro Group, and Cahner's In-Stat Research Group. Com21 ComPORT(R) cable modems are commercially deployed worldwide with over 9.8 million households passed.
Founded in 1992, its stock is publicly traded on Nasdaq under the symbol CMTO. The ISO 9001 certified company is headquartered in Milpitas and maintains international sales and support locations in Canada, Germany, Asia, Latin America and The Netherlands. For more information, visit the Com21 web site at www.com21.com.
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