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Analog Devices Achieves Widespread G.lite Interoperability in UAWG Showcase at Supercomm
ATLANTA, June 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Analog Devices (NYSE: ADI), today announced the company has achieved widespread G.lite interoperability between central office equipment and customer premises equipment. ADI also announced G.lite interoperability among multi-vendor digital subscriber line (DSL) chip set suppliers in the Universal ADSL Working Group Showcase at Supercomm in Atlanta, GA.
These achievements will result in further acceleration of G.lite service deployment worldwide through standards-based equipment and chip sets interconnecting across multiple ADSL platforms. Also known as Universal ADSL (asymmetrical digital subscriber line), G.lite makes it possible to have Internet connections to home and business computers at up to 1.5 Mbps (millions of bits per second) over regular phone lines.
Among the many leading telecommunications equipment companies interconnected with ADI's ADSL chip sets are: 3Com, Ascend, Cayman, Cisco, Compaq, Efficient Networks, Intel, ECI Telecom, Ericsson Telecom, Hyundai Electronics, Lucent, Newbridge Networks, Nortel Networks and Samsung Electronic Ltd. l. Silicon solutions vendors proven to be interoperable with ADI's ADSL chip sets include Alcatel, Connexant, Globespan, IteX, Lucent Microelectronics and Motorola.
"This breakthrough underscores the UAWG's efforts to provide consumers with products and services that work together," said Russ Johnsen, Analog Devices' Vice President and General Manager, Communications Division. "Service providers will be able to confidently deploy central office equipment that will operate with a variety of customer premises equipment and multiple chip solutions from different silicon vendors."
About the Universal ADSL Working Group
The Universal ADSL Working Group (UAWG), composed of leading PC industry, networking, and telecommunications companies, developed a set of contributions building on the present ANSI T1.413 standard intended to create quick deployment and adoption of G.lite ADSL. The UAWG's work complements recently announced, full-rate ADSL products and services. In addition, the group aims to accelerate both full-rate and G.lite ADSL deployments. The group foresees G.lite ADSL modems being a preferred PC modem technology by the year 2000.
The UAWG was developed to spur widespread adoption and availability of high-speed digital Internet access for the mass market. In addition to Analog Devices, the Universal ADSL Working Group (UAWG) includes leading companies such as Intel, Compaq, Microsoft, Ameritech, Bell Atlantic, BellSouth, British Telecommunications, Deutsche Telecom, France Telecom, GTE, MCI, NTT, SBC Communications, Singapore Tel, Sprint, and US WEST. To obtain a complete listing of UAWG member companies and more information on the Universal ADSL Working Group, visit the group's Web site at uawg.org.
ADI in ADSL
Analog Devices is a leader in supplying standards-compliant ADSL chip sets to the world's leading communications equipment makers. ADI has more than 50 ADSL design wins to its credit, including 3Com Corporation, ADC Telecommunications, Diamond Lane, Efficient Networks, Ericsson, ECI Telecom, Fujitsu, Lucent, Newbridge Networks, Nortel Networks, Pulsecom, Samsung and Sumitomo. ADI is a collaborative partner with the Institute for Information Industry (III), a leading government-sponsored Taiwanese technology group, to foster the adoption of ADSL technology solutions in Taiwan. Analog Devices is also a founding member of the ADSL Forum, established to advance worldwide deployment of the ANSI standard through education and awareness efforts. |
