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To: lkj who wrote (8099)	6/9/1999 10:50:00 PM
From: puborectalis	Respond to of 21876

Lucent's PC modem chip set communicates with 10 companies' phone equipment A service of Semiconductor Business News, CMP Media Inc. Story posted 5 p.m. EST/2 p.m., PST, 6/9/99 ATLANTA -- Lucent Technologies Inc.'s Microelectronics Group successfully demonstrated the ability to send and receive high-speed Internet data between its PC modem chip set and telephone central office equipment manufactured by 10 different companies. At the SuperComm '99 trade show here this week, Lucent's WildWire DSP1690 modem chip achieved this interoperability between Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer (DSLAM) equipment manufactured ECI Telecom, Hyundai Electronics, Newbridge Networks, Nortel Networks, PairGain Technologies, and Samsung Telecommunications America, and others. The 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 the fastest analog modems that transport data at up to 56 kilobits per second. ADSL "Lite" does not require voice/data splitter equipment in the home, which makes it economical. "Last year at SuperComm there were just a few examples of ADSL 'Lite' interoperability, typically between two or three companies," said Craig Garen, general manager of the client access business unit within Lucent's Microelectronics Group in Allentown, Pa. Lucent's demonstration also helps enable much broader capability for sending and receiving data between ADSL "Lite" digital modems installed in homes and the majority of telephone central office digital modem equipment in the United States. "This interoperability 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. " "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 In-Stat in Phoenix. "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 In-Stat, ADSL "Lite" is expected to represent more than 40% 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.