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To: transmission who wrote (1430)	10/17/2000 12:02:40 AM
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Lucent Technologies and Ensemble Communications Sign Worldwide OEM Agreement; Companies Collaborate to Provide Broadband Wireless Solutions to Service Providers MURRAY HILL, N.J. & SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 16, 2000-- Lucent Technologies (NYSE:LU) and Ensemble Communications Inc., a supplier of next-generation broadband wireless access (BWA) equipment, today announced an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) agreement to provide complete broadband wireless solutions to Local Multipoint Distribution Service (LMDS) carriers and other broadband wireless spectrum license holders worldwide. Under the multi-year agreement, Lucent will resell Ensemble broadband wireless equipment as part of a complete, point-to-multipoint broadband wireless network solution. This turnkey solution, which includes Ensemble's Fiberless(TM) 16000 Base Station, Fiberless 300 Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) and the Fiberless Management System, will initially focus on service providers that own 24, 28, 31, 38 and 42 GHz frequency licenses. As part of Lucent's OnDemand broadband wireless equipment portfolio, the Ensemble products will be fully supported by Lucent's NetworkCare(SM) professional services division. "Our partnership with Lucent combines a premier networking solution with the most advanced broadband wireless system on the market today," said Dave Twyver, Ensemble Communications' president and chief executive officer. "This collaboration is not only significant in developing the overall market, but also is critical in enabling service providers to deliver truly differentiated broadband services such as bandwidth on demand. Forging a relationship with Lucent, one of the industry's foremost communications networking suppliers, is a major milestone for Ensemble and a key addition to our worldwide OEM network." The agreement with Ensemble broadens Lucent's OnDemand product portfolio of 10, 26 and 38 GHz broadband wireless solutions and will allow Lucent to offer complete broadband wireless solutions to customers in new markets. "We are delighted to partner with Ensemble Communications," said Chris Schoettle, president of Lucent's InterNetworking Systems Broadband Access group. "Lucent's unique combination of OnDemand broadband wireless products, market-leading equipment for the packet core, and comprehensive network management and professional services, enable us to provide complete networking solutions for broadband wireless carriers worldwide. The addition of the Ensemble products to our OnDemand family will allow Lucent to more fully address our customers' requirements for broadband wireless access." Ensemble's Fiberless system is fueled by its patented Adaptix(TM) technology consisting of Adaptive Time Division Duplexing, Adaptive Modulation and Adaptive Time Division Multiple Access. With these innovations, the system delivers the most advanced point-to-multipoint features in the industry in a single, global platform. A carrier-class solution with built-in redundancy, the Fiberless system allows competitive carriers to deliver fiber-like bandwidth and services at a fraction of the cost and time of wireline methods. Not limited by legacy approaches or technologies, the Fiberless system was engineered from the ground up to help solve the unique challenges of the BWA market. The system is designed to serve BWA carriers with frequency licenses ranging from 10 to 45 GHz, and to seamlessly interconnect with IP, ATM and traditional voice architectures.