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To: MikeM54321 who wrote (9515)	12/6/2000 12:25:31 AM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12823

ZHONE SIGNS DEVELOPMENT PACT WITH QWEST FOR LOCAL LOOP ARCHITECTURE [A while back I wrote about the need to consolidate residential and commercial platforms. This appears to be an approach towards that end. One can also read between the "lines" and form an opinion about Q's intentions for VDSL. FAC] ========= Zhone Technologies signed a joint development agreement with Qwest Communications under which the companies will cooperate on next-generation local access technologies. Efforts will focus on Zhone's recently announced Single Line Multi-Service architecture for supporting Qwest's broadband services in the 14-state region where it provides local phone services. Financial terms were not disclosed. zhone.com Zhone Technologies, December 5, 2000 Zhone's Single Line Multi-Service (SLMS) architecture aims to consolidate copper, fiber, and coaxial physical loop plants into a single integrated infrastructure supporting multiple transport options and multiple services with a common management model. Product plans include a Broadband Access Node (BAN) that would serve as a single provisioning and management system for voice, data, and content services. The platform will use a combination of voice and data Application Specific Processors (ASPs), TDM trunking, ATM trunking, SDSL/HDSL2, and 10/100 Ethernet cards. Initial interfaces range from 10/100 Ethernet to DS-3 and OC-3. Zhone will also support both Point-to-Point Protocol over ATM (PPPoA) and PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE) service terminations, as well as VoIP) and voice over ATM (VoATM) on a single interface card. Zhone also offers the "Sechtor 300" Universal Voice Gateway, which provides Voice-over-ATM, Voice-over-IP, and TDM voice services over various access infrastructures. The device integrates traditional 3/1/0 DACS functionality and also features an integral ATM backplane for gateway services between ATM networks and Class 5 switches. It uses GR-303 signaling to act as an extension to existing voice switches, concentrating voice traffic near the customer while supporting comprehensive CLASS and lifeline voice service. Zhone Technologies was founded in September 1999 by Mory Ejabat, the former President and CEO of Ascend Communications; Jeanette Symons, the former CTO of Ascend; and Robert Dahl, the former CFO of Ascend. Zhone subsequently acquired Premisys Communications. The company is based in Oakland, CA.