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To: Steve Fancy who wrote (957)	11/3/1999 1:12:00 PM
From: Steve Fancy	Respond to of 3891

Alcatel Ships 2.4 Million DynaMiTe ADSL Chipsets in 1999; Alcatel's ADSL Market Leadership Driven by Standards Compliance and Multi-Mode Functionality Across Systems and Silicon BusinessWire, Wednesday, November 03, 1999 at 10:43 PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 3, 1999--Alcatel, the market leader in ADSL systems in both the Central Office and Customer Premises Equipment sectors, has also established its leadership in ADSL silicon. Alcatel today announced that it will ship 2.4 million DynaMiTe ADSL chipsets in 1999, further enhancing the company's global leadership position in the ADSL market. Shipments have ramped up throughout the year with the concentration in the last quarter, enabling the predicted mass-deployment of carrier and end-user equipment early in the year 2000. The ADSL market has seen explosive growth in 1999 and Alcatel saw orders for its DynaMiTe ADSL chipset increase dramatically quarter by quarter, with major sales to Central Office, Digital Loop Carrier, Customer Premises Equipment, SOHO (Small Office Home Office), router and test equipment manufacturers. "Shipping 2.4 million chipsets was above even our expectations for 1999. This has been a great year for Alcatel DSL and DynaMiTe," said Pierre Garnier, Director of telecom products for Alcatel's microelectronics activities. "We have seen our multi-mode approach attract a huge number of customers who understand the need to future proof their systems with both full-rate and G.lite functionality. Our commitment to interoperability from the start of the development process has also been a major contributor to our success." "The ADSL chipset market has grown beyond expectations in 1999 and is expected to continue to ramp in 2000," said Shannon Pleasant, Senior Network analyst at Cahners Instat. "Alcatel has clearly established an early lead in this market, leveraging their field experience and broad interoperability." About DynaMiTe DynaMiTe is multistandard compliant and features: -- ANSI T1.413 Issue 2, G.992.1 (G.dmt), G.992.2 (G.lite) -- ETSI/TM-06006 standard ADSL over ISDN -- PCI 2.2 interface supporting RFC 1483/2364 and PPP-over-ATM (MTK-20141) -- Full software configuration and control -- Robust broadband connectivity up to 26 Kfeet on 24 AWG, 18 Kfeet on 26 AWG -- Full-rate ADSL transfer of up to 8 Mb/s down and 850 kbps up (on 26 AWG) The complete package The "packaged modem" approach adopted by Alcatel gives clients a flexible solution for ADSL. The DynaMiTe development kit includes the chipset, evaluation boards for both Central Office (CO) and Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) modems, as well as reference designs, full documentation, test and verification tools including Alcatel's DeTONEator software and full specifications. Interoperability "The DynaMiTe is the most integrated, powerful and established ADSL technology on the market," commented Patrick Vankwikelberge, xDSL Product Manager for Alcatel's microelectronics activities. "We have a customer base spanning the CO, CPE and router segments and DynaMiTe's constant development confirms our position as the world leader in ADSL and underlines our commitment to this market." About Alcatel Alcatel builds next generation networks, delivering integrated end-to-end voice and data communications solutions to established and new carriers, as well as enterprises and consumers worldwide. With 120,000 employees and sales of EURO 21.3 billion ($25.0 billion), Alcatel operates in more than 130 countries. For more information, visit our website at alcatel.com DynaMiTe(TM) is a trademark of Alcatel. CONTACT: Alcatel microelectronics activities Mirella Kimpen, +32 2 718 1840 mirella.kimpen@mie.alcatel.be or Alcatel Press Office Olivier Le Friec, +33 1 40 76 11 79 olivier.le-friec@alcatel.fr or Alcatel USA Press Office Mark Burnworth, +1 972 519 51 68 mark.a.burnworth@usa.alcatel.com KEYWORD: INTERNATIONAL EUROPE INDUSTRY KEYWORD: SOFTWARE TELECOMMUNICATIONS Today's News On The Net - Business Wire's full file on the Internet with Hyperlinks to your home page. URL: businesswire.com Copyright 1999, Business Wire