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To: pat mudge who wrote (667)	12/23/1999 10:14:00 AM
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Nokia to be leading DSL supplier in '00' Thursday December 23 5:33 AM ET Wideband Wire Key in Nokia Wireless View By Roland Moller dailynews.yahoo.com HELSINKI (Reuters) - Fixed-line broadband technologies will play a major role in the world of wireless, location-flexible computing and communications, Finnish telecom equipment maker Nokia said. The head of Nokia's broadband business Kari Suneli told Reuters in an interview that fixed broadband would be part of one of the wireless world's two legs, complementing third generation mobile phone systems. Suneli said different needs and the emerging cost structures would still leave a role for fixed lines, which will be upgraded and linked to the wireless local area coverage, called wireless LAN (Local Area Network). ``In fact, there will be three levels; the wide area coverage, the local area coverage within the home or office and the communication between your pockets made possible with Bluetooth,' he said. Bluetooth is a slower system -- a small digital radio chip that will allow for data to be transmitted between computers, phones, digital cameras or any other digital device -- designed to eliminate the hassle of plugs and cords. The potential market for wireless local area networks already consists of some 50 million business executives who want to hook up to their corporate networks at client premises, subsidiaries, airports or fairgrounds, Suneli said. With enough wireless LANs in strategic locations, fast data communications would be mobile in limited areas even without the third generation wireless phones that will offer total mobility. Strong Growth Predicted For Still Modest Dsl Market The market for broadband wireline equipment and services is about to take off, with rapid growth ahead as consumer applications for home multimedia emerge, Suneli said. He said there were now a few million fixed broadband subscribers in the world, with the United States leading the market, but saw the figure rising to 40 million in 2003 and 90 million in 2005. The market for broadband telecommunications is emerging on two platforms, one built by telecom operators and the other by television networks venturing into telecommunications services. Telecom operators are putting computers on their copper wire grids, increasing potential transmission speeds up to nearly 100 times the current 64 kilobits per second with data packaging technologies. Those systems, generically called digital subscriber lines (DSL) or xDSL to indicate the various ways of deploying the technology, are being challenged by cable modems through which television networks can offer similar services. NOKIA BETTING ON xDSL Although cable modems have had a head start as TV operators scramble to take positions in telecom services, Suneli expected DSL systems to become bigger. With no cable modem product and no product for a third potential rival system for broadband telecom systems in electricity grids, Nokia is betting on xDSL. There are 750 million fixed telephone lines in the world, almost all of which can be used for broadband services with the DSL technologies, Suneli said. ``Our view is that there will be more xDSL than cable modems,' Suneli said. Another benefit over cable modems is that DSL offers stable capacity while cable modems' capacity falls with the number of users, he said. The now most common xDSL technology, ADSL or Asymetric Digital Subscriber Line, can move data at a steady seven megabits per second and VDSL (Very-High-Bit-Rate DSL) will have a capacity of up to 50 megabits per second. Cable modem bandwidth is up to 30 megabits per second. However, for DSL to fly high, different producers' systems must become compatible with each other and Sunila said the process -- which is mostly independent from regulators -- could take one to two years. Suneli said Nokia believed it was the world's second biggest supplier of fixed DSL wideband systems to telecommunications operators based on the equipment it will supply by next summer. ``Based on current Nokia market estimates, we are the second biggest DSL supplier by next summer,' he said, noting that the market is still very small. French Alcatel is clearly the leader, he said.