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To: Paul Lee who wrote (6565)	6/8/1999 11:41:00 AM
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Lucent Technologies' PC Modem Chip Achieves High-Speed Internet Connections With Telephone Equipment from 10 Companies ATLANTA, June 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU - news) Microelectronics Group, the world leader in communications semiconductors, has successfully demonstrated the ability to send and receive high-speed Internet data between its personal computer (PC) modem chip set and telephone central office equipment manufactured by 10 different companies. Lucent's WildWire(TM) DSP1690 (digital signal processor) modem chip set can send and receive data -- moving at up to 25 times faster than today's fastest single-line analog modems -- between Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer (DSLAM) equipment manufactured by companies such as ECI Telecom, Hyundai Electronics, Newbridge Networks, Nortel Networks, PairGain Technologies, and Samsung Telecommunications America. Lucent, which ranks first in the world in sales of ADSL ''Lite'' modem chips sets for the personal computer and retail ''standalone'' box modem market*, achieved this interoperability on the SuperComm '99 trade show floor this week as part of the event's G.Lite Interoperability Showcase. The Lucent Microelectronics Group DSP1690 chip set is also interoperable with DSLAM equipment manufactured by Lucent's Switching and Access business. The Lucent Microelectronics Group demonstration uses Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) ''Lite'' technology, which transmits Internet data over regular phone lines up to 25 times faster than today's fastest analog modems that transport data at up to 56 kilobits per second. ADSL ''Lite'' does not require voice/data splitter equipment to be deployed at peoples' homes, thereby making it an economical offering. ''Last year at SuperComm there were just a few examples of ADSL ''Lite'' interoperability being demonstrated, typically between two or three companies,'' said Craig Garen, general manager of the Client Access business unit within Lucent's Microelectronics Group. ''The fact that Lucent is now achieving interoperability with 10 companies shows how far the technology has come in just one year.'' The demonstration also helps enable much broader capability for sending and receiving data between ADSL ''Lite'' digital modems installed in consumers' homes and the majority of telephone central office digital modem equipment deployed throughout the United States. Specifically, the demonstration helps enable much broader connectivity between PCs and telephone central office equipment that can accelerate deployment of consumer high-speed Internet and intranet access, audio/video on demand, telecommuting, distance learning, telemedicine, entertainment and education. ''Interoperability bottlenecks and roadblocks, particularly between PC and retail modems connecting to telephone central offices, have been preventing wider deployment of ADSL 'Lite' services,'' said Shannon Pleasant, a senior analyst with Cahners In-Stat Group. ''Lucent's demonstration helps break this logjam and will be instrumental in driving the DSL market towards its great potential. It is crucial that as many PC modems as possible can communicate with as many telephone central office modems to maximize consumer access to the services.'' According to Cahners In-Stat Group, ADSL ''Lite'' is expected to represent more than 40 percent of the North American xDSL market in the year 2000, and ADSL ''Lite'' subscribers in North America will exceed half a million by that year. ''This interoperability achievement takes a big step toward allowing consumers to experience instant digital connectivity in their homes without having to agonize about hardware issues such as needing splitter equipment or whether their modem is matched to telephone central office equipment,'' Garen added. ''This interoperability is designed to make consumers' lives easier and more hassle free as ADSL services become more widely available.'' Lucent's WildWire chip set will be compliant with G.992.2 (G.Lite), the pending International Telecommunications Union (ITU) standard for ADSL ''Lite'' services expected to be ratified this month. Lucent has used its digital signal processor and communications semiconductor technologies, along with its Bell Labs system-level expertise, to produce this WildWire solution. Lucent's Microelectronics Group designs and manufactures integrated circuits and optoelectronic components for the computer and communications industries. More information about Lucent's ADSL WildWire technology can be found at lucent.com . Lucent Technologies designs, builds and delivers a wide range of public and private networks, communications systems and software, data networking systems, business telephone systems and microelectronic components. Bell Labs is the research and development arm for the company. For more information on Lucent Technologies, headquartered in Murray Hill, N.J., visit its web site at lucent.com . VisionQuest 2000, a modem market research firm. biz.yahoo.com