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To: James Connolly who wrote (9344)	3/20/2001 10:52:37 PM
From: Starlight	Respond to of 10309

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To: James Connolly who wrote (9344)	3/22/2001 12:47:14 PM
From: bythepark	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10309

Are Alcatel's DSL products WIND-powered ? James, I know we recently learned that NT has standardized on VxWorks, but is my memory correct that Alcatel had previously made the same decision ? Somehow I think it was involved with the ISI merger... If ALA's DSL products are WIND-powered. then I would think the following would be excellent news for Lily Pond watchers :) --alan alcatel.com > Paris, March 22, 2001 - Alcatel (Paris: CGEP.PA and NYSE: ALA), the world > leader in broadband access solutions, today entered into a nationwide frame > agreement with China Telecom, China's largest telecommunications network > operator and service provider, to jointly deploy digital subscriber line (DSL) > technology across the country. Alcatel will supply China Telecom, which owns > 99% of the fixed telephone infrastructure in China accounting for 130 million > lines, with its industry-leading 7300 DSL Access Multiplexer (DSLAM) and DSL > Speed Touch modems. The strategic agreement is expected to become the blue > print for China Telecom to work with Alcatel for nationwide deployment. > > The explosive increase in Internet users in China, from 8.9 million a year ago > to 22.5 million by the end of 2000, has created demand for high speed access > and broadband services, such as video-on-demand (VOD), multi-media distance > learning, tele-working and video conferencing. Alcatel's advanced 7300 DSLAM > multi-service platform supports both symmetric and asymmetric services > including VOD, Virtual Private Networks, Voice over DSL, and QoS > differentiation services. This capability will enable China Telecom to fully > utilise its existing copper network to offer broadband access services to > residential and small and medium enterprise (SME) users. > > "I am sure that this will be inspiring news to all Internet users, who are > continuously asking for higher speed and broadband services," said Chang > Xiaobing, Vice President of China Telecom. "By working this way, operators > like China Telecom will be able to provide to end-users a wide range of > broadband services in a cost-effective way." > > Alcatel was the first vendor to introduce DSL to China more than five years > ago and is now working in more than 10 provinces, including Beijing, Shanghai, > Jiangsu, Guangdong and Fujian, etc. Chinese consumers have demonstrated an > increased appetite for new communication technology, which has been further > stimulated by the government's recent emphasis on developing broadband > networks in the most developed areas of the country. > > "More than anything, it is our strategic partnership with China Telecom that > we value most as we look forward to jointly developing China's red-hot > broadband access market," said Dominique de Boisseson, Chairman and CEO of > Alcatel China. "This agreement with China Telecom will ignite a nation-wide > integrated approach bringing Alcatel's worldwide expertise and rich experience > to the benefit of our customers and end users." > > Alcatel leads the worldwide DSL market with more than 52 per cent market > share, supplying six million lines worldwide in 2000. Alcatel is also the top > supplier in the world DSL modem market in both unit sales (25.2 percent, or > 1.6 million units) and revenue (26.2 percent) in 2000, according to Dell'Oro > Group, a leading industry research firm. And, from from the Motley Fool > French telecom equipment maker Alcatel (NYSE: ALA) scored a key broadband > equipment services contract with China's top telephone company, China > Telecommunications. The Wall Street Journal reports that the deal is for over > half of the equipment China Telecom will use to provide high-speed Internet > access using DSL technology. The deal is estimated to provide Alcatel $70 > million to $225 million in the first year, with greater amounts to follow > depending on marketing success and prices. The Journal reports that China has > 17 million to 18 million Internet users, with only 300,000 -- between 1% and > 2% -- having broadband service, and only a third of that DSL. UBS Warburg > forecasts an additional 25 million Chinese subscribers between 2001 and 2005