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To: bill c. who wrote (29482)	11/30/1997 12:13:00 PM
From: Mark Fleming	Respond to of 31386

What do you make of the recent announcement by Ericsson: ERICSSON MOVES INTO HOME INTERNET MARKET Date: Nov 27, 1997 Ericsson today announces the Home internet Solution, a new access product specifically designed for residential users who need simultaneous data/multimedia access and continuous high quality telephone services. The end-user retains a normal single line telephone service plus a continuous data connection for Internet or LAN use. Data speeds are 115.2 kbit/s, or 70 kbit/s when the phone is in use. The Ericsson Home internet Solution, a true integration of telecoms and datacoms technology, has been developed by combining existing technologies in a new way. It makes it possible to deliver on-line datacom and PSTN services independently on the same platform, at the same time, via the telecom operator's existing copper wiring. Already in trials in Europe and Asia, the system will be available commercially in the first quarter of 1998. The first field trials conducted during the summer was very successful, and the Finnet-operator Vaasan L„„nin Puhelin Oy has decided to launch the product commercially in early 1998. "We will provide our subscribers with a solution packaged both for residential Internet access and home office needs. The first systems will be used in a commercial trial to verify new pricing and packaging schemes," says B”rje Linden, Technical Business Development Manager, Vaasan L„„nin Puhelin Oy. The product supports four main types of applications: - residential, high-end Internet use - corporate 'home workers', i.e. people employed by a major corporation who spend part of their time working from home - home office, including remote control of industrial processes - distance learning Ericsson's 100,000 employees are active in more than 130 countries. Their combined expertise in fixed and mobile networks, mobile phones and infocom systems makes Ericsson a world-leading supplier in telecommunications.

To: bill c. who wrote (29482)	11/30/1997 12:30:00 PM
From: Mark Fleming	Respond to of 31386

[This NORTEL announcement sounds more intriging than Ericson's annoucnement. One megabit speeds without any changes to the central office. On page 46 of this week's BusinessWeek, it says that Microsoft, Intel and Compaq are behind it. They call it CDSL (C is for Consumer). What are your thoughts?] Nortel -- Northern Telecom -- and Rockwell Semiconductor Systems to Deliver High-speed Internet Access to the Mass Market in 1998 RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. and NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 17, 1997-- Market leaders take first step toward high-speed Internet access for the masses and plan to seek broad industry collaboration Nortel (Northern Telecom) and Rockwell Semiconductor Systems have announced an agreement to enable high-speed Internet access to the mass market in 1998. The Nortel/Rockwell low-cost solution is 17 times faster than the fastest analog modem, and is easy to deploy in today's telephone network. Under the agreement, Nortel and Rockwell will work together to enable modems using Rockwell's Consumer Digital Subscriber Line (CDSL) chipset to interwork with Nortel's 1-Meg Modem network equipment. The joint solution would combine the power of the network and the power of the desktop to deliver ''always connected'' Internet access at up to a megabit per second with simultaneous voice service over a single standard telephone line. Together, Nortel and Rockwell bring formidable resources to the industry challenge of broadly deploying 1-Mbps digital modem services. Rockwell -- the world's leading modem chipset supplier, with more than 70 percent of the total modem marketplace and shipments totaling nearly 200 million units to date -- will market CDSL modems through normal retail channels. Nortel -- whose equipment serves nearly half the lines in the North American public telephone network -- intends to integrate the 1-Meg Modem technology into its telephone network equipment. ''We are extremely enthusiastic about this agreement and its potential for speeding the delivery of high-speed Internet access to mainstream consumers in 1998,'' said Steve Edwards, assistant vice president and general manager, Data Access Solutions, Nortel. ''By bringing together the worldwide leader in mass-market modem chipsets and the pre-eminent supplier of large-scale digital networks to public carriers, we hope to quickly build industry-wide support for mass-market, high-speed Internet service next year.'' ''This agreement comes at an important time in the growth of the Internet -- early enough to promote broad-based collaborative work and avoid a lengthy technology debate,'' said Raouf Halim, vice president and general manager for Rockwell Semiconductor Systems, Network Access Division. ''The industry has the unique opportunity to forge 1Mbps modem standards now, so we can deliver this technology to early adopters as soon as the second half of 1998.'' The Nortel/Rockwell initiative is designed to meet the following criteria for quick mass-market acceptance: It's Easy to Use: The next-generation modem should be inexpensive, easy to install, and deliver speeds that match the ways people use the Internet today. It's Easy to Deploy: The next-generation modem should economically fit into the carrier's existing operations and be compatible with the telephone network now serving subscribers, without the need to install a ''splitter'' or re-wire the home. It's Always Connected: The next-generation modem should allow simultaneous support of voice and data over a single twisted pair. It's Ready for the Mass-Market: A variety of compatible next generation modems should be available to the consumer through existing market channels. In October, Nortel announced its 1-Meg Modem solution, a mass-market, plug-and-play high-speed data solution that delivers Internet access at up to 1 megabit per second -- 17 times faster than a 56k modem. The 1-Meg Modem solution -- based on Nortel's Consumer Digital Modem(TM) (CDM) technology -- is extremely easy to deploy. It requires no rewiring in the central office, and no subscriber service call to install a POTS ''splitter'' or re-wire the home. It is compatible with current POTS voice features and extension phones in the home or business. And the service is extremely tolerant of phone-line length and condition, compatible with the vast majority of all non-loaded telephone lines. Rockwell's version of low-cost, high-speed Internet access -- called Consumer DSL(TM) or CDSL -- was also introduced last month. Rockwell's CDSL maintains a highly reliable, continuous connection -- even while simultaneously making a voice call on the same line. The company is also using advanced semiconductor design and manufacturing technology that will make CDSL modems as affordable and easy-to-deploy as today's traditional analog modems. Rockwell is designing its CDSL chipsets so that customers can create client-side and central-site modems at traditional price points that incorporate all existing data and fax modem modulations including K56flex, V.34 and V.32bis. The chipsets will be software-upgradeable to new capabilities, which will be important as standards are finalized and as the company starts receiving customer feedback from field trials. Nortel and Rockwell expect interoperable product and service roll-outs for these new technologies to begin by the second quarter of 1998 or earlier. Rockwell and Nortel plan to work with key industry participants to promote the availability of interoperable high speed data solutions and ensure the continued growth of the content, services, and applications on the Internet that consumers are demanding.