Hey Terry, I saw on one of your posts on a different thread that you are a MTN Biker. It is my passion. Good to see a fellow fat tire lover among us.
Now back to business:
Virata's ADSL Semiconductors Selected by TECOM For Major ADSL Roll-Out in Asia
TECOM Secures Contract with Chunghwa Telecom For ADSL Deployment in Taiwan
April 19, 2000 08:02 AM Eastern Time
SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Securing a significant design win with one of Taiwan's largest telecommunications companies, Virata(R) Corporation VRTA today announced that its Beryllium(TM) and Boron(TM) processors have been chosen by TECOM to power one of its newest ADSL routers and modems. TECOM is emerging as a major player in Asian DSL manufacturing and deployments, and has secured a contract with Chunghwa Telecom, the leading telecommunications and data services provider in Taiwan, to provide the ADSL products for 1/3 of Chunghwa's initial phase of 200,000 ADSL lines in Taiwan. TECOM will continue to provide ADSL products for Chunghwa's ADSL roll-out over the next few years.
"This is a significant win for us as it represents one of the largest ADSL roll-outs in Asia and will help expand our company's outreach into critical international markets," said Tom Foster, Virata's vice president of sales for Asia. "As the Asian market continues to aggressively ramp up its deployment of ADSL solutions, we will be there to provide the necessary hardware and software solutions, as well as comprehensive technical support, to support volume expectations."
"ADSL is very important in Asia and we needed a high-quality hardware and software solution to meet our customer's demands," said Peter Wei, Chief Engineer, TECOM. "With Virata's Beryllium and Boron processors, not only will we be better able to provide our customers with higher performing products at a lower cost, but also comprehensive technical support from an experienced team of R&D and engineering professionals. We believe that our relationship with Virata will allow us to garner further Asian contracts with leading telcos such as Chunghwa."
About Beryllium and Boron
Representing the industry's first "ADSL home router on a chip," Beryllium can substantially lower equipment costs. Based on a Virata patented invention, it is also capable of delivering better performance over long-loops than today's best ADSL router. The Beryllium communications processor includes a built-in ADSL transceiver, internal MAC for local connectivity, and expansion flexibility.
The Boron chip was designed around the same flexible and integrated architecture as Beryllium, but is targeted specifically at single-PC ADSL modems and achieves an even lower cost point.
TECOM's ADSL Product Line
TECOM is committed to the rapidly growing area of information technology by providing a full line of data communication and networking products. Its family of telecommunication products feature unique designs and consist of a broad array of business communication, wireless communication and information technology products.
TECOM's ADSL ATU-R product line, which will incorporate the Beryllium and Boron solutions, is currently in development and will be available later this year for implementation in the second phase of Chunghwa's ADSL roll-out. The products will be G.dmt and G.lite compliant, and will offer router capabilities.
About TECOM
Founded in 1980, TECOM is one of the largest telecommunications and datacommunications companies in Taiwan with more than 600 employees. Its products and services include business communication systems, SOHO routers, wireless technologies, VoIP technologies, and particularly xDSL technologies. TECOM's digital transmission products account for 22 percent of Taiwan's public network transmission market.
About Virata
Virata Corporation provides communications processors combined with integrated software modules to manufacturers of equipment utilizing digital subscriber line (DSL) technologies. These "integrated software on silicon" product solutions enable customers to develop a diverse range of broadband wireless and DSL equipment including modems, gateways, routers, and integrated access devices targeted at the voice and high-speed data network access market. Virata's products are designed to enable DSL equipment manufacturers to simplify product development, reduce the time it takes for products to reach the market and focus resources on product differentiation and improvement.
Virata is a principal member of the ATM and DSL Forums, and is a member of the ITU. A publicly traded company on the Nasdaq stock exchange, Virata was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif.
Virata is a registered trademark, and Boron and Beryllium are trademarks of Virata. All other trade, product, or service names referenced in this release may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
Except for historical information relating to Virata contained herein, this press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially. Factors that might cause a difference include, but are not limited to, those relating to evolving industry standards, the pace of development and market acceptance of Virata's products and the DSL market generally, commercialization and technological delays or difficulties, the impact of competitive products and technologies, competitive pricing pressures, manufacturing risks, the possibility of our products infringing patents and other intellectual property of third parties, product defects, costs of product development and manufacturing and government regulation. Virata will not update these forward looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof. More detailed information about potential factors that could affect Virata's financial results is included in the documents Virata files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
SOURCE Virata Corporation
Isn't this the first confirmation of a contract using the BORON and BERYLLIUM?
I thought this was a bit of a stretch. 70,000 lines????
"to provide the ADSL products for 1/3 of Chunghwa's initial phase of 200,000 ADSL lines in Taiwan......one of the largest ADSL roll-outs in Asia and will help expand our company's outreach into critical international markets"
Can you say royalty fees!!!!!
The products will be G.dmt and G.lite compliant
Perry P.
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