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To: jhild who wrote (9868)	12/1/1997 10:49:00 AM
From: David Lawrence	Respond to of 22053

ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- To help accelerate work towards a worldwide standard for high-speed analog computer modems, Lucent Technologies is hosting a special meeting of a standards group here this week (December 3 to 5), and is submitting five proposals at the meeting designed to help resolve several technical differences that have been issues for the group in the past. Lucent's proposals include further defining and refining start-up procedures for the modems, and selecting final upstream and downstream data rates. Since March, a committee of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has been developing a standard for high-speed "pulse code modulation" (PCM) modems - the fastest analog modems available today with transmission speeds up to 56 kilobits per second. This committee will meet in Orlando this week to try to create a draft proposal for a standard, and could vote on that proposal at a meeting to be held January 26 to February 6 in Geneva, Switzerland. "Lucent is pushing for quick resolution of differences between competing technologies for the new modems," said Bob Rango, general manager of modem and multimedia integrated circuits for Lucent's Microelectronics Group. "We are hopeful that our five new proposals will help fill in some of the missing pieces of the standard. We are also exploring ways of compromising on various aspects of the standard. If all of the companies represented on the standards committee come to the December meeting with a similar spirit, I believe there could be a draft standard by February 6." All of Lucent's K56flex(TM) modem chips are software upgradeable, and Lucent expects to have the upgrade ready shortly after the ITU votes on a draft standard. The benefit of a worldwide standard is that computer users are virtually assured that any modem they buy will be supported by their Internet service provider, added Rango. "There will no longer be any reason to wait to upgrade your modem." PCM technology connects PCs to the Internet over regular phone lines at up to 56 kilobits per second -- nearly twice the speed of most modems in use today. Lucent Technologies, headquartered in Murray Hill, N.J., designs, builds and delivers a wide range of public and private networks, communications systems and software, data networking systems, business telephone systems and microelectronics components. Bell Labs is the research and development arm for the company. For more information on Lucent Technologies, visit their web site at lucent.com. Lucent's Microelectronics Group designs and manufactures integrated circuits and optoelectronic components for the computer and communications industries. More information about Lucent's high-speed modem technology can be found on the Microelectronics Group's web site at www.lucent.com/micro/K56flex and at www.k56flex.com. More general information about the Microelectronics Group is available from its web site at www.lucent.com/micro. 56 Kbps technology refers to server download speeds only and requires compatible modems at server sites. Other conditions may limit modem speed.