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To: Stoctrash who wrote (26184)	12/5/1997 11:02:00 AM
From: BillyG	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50808

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To: Stoctrash who wrote (26184)	12/5/1997 11:17:00 AM
From: BillyG	Respond to of 50808

<<off topic>> 56K modem standard to be finalized in early 1998....... A service of Semiconductor Business News, CMP Media Inc. Story updated 10:15 a.m. EST/7:15 a.m. PST, 12/5/97 Rockwell, Lucent ready to upgrade K56flex ICs for new modem standard ORLANDO, Fla.--With the last critical issues apparently resolved in setting a potential global standard for 56-Kbit/second modems, Rockwell International Corp. and Lucent Technologies Inc. are confident that their chip sets using K56flex technology will be easily upgraded by software to meet a new industry specification once it is approved next year. A committee of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) this week resolved key issues in standards for pulse code modulation (PCM) modems operating at 56-Kbps over analog phone lines. Lucent officials in Orlando today said the proposed resolution increases the likelihood that a global standard will be accepted for approval Feb. 6 by the ITU when the body meets in Geneva. "A spirit of compromise emerged during yesterday's meeting and now the industry is free to move towards what consumers really want -- interoperability of modems around the world," said Surinder Rai, marketing director for Lucent's Microelectronics Group. "It looks like the standard will contain an equitable mix of K56flex and x2, the two competing PCM modem technologies." K56flex is promoted by Rockwell Semiconductor Systems and Lucent while the rival x2 specification is endorsed by Texas Instruments Inc., U.S. Robotics Inc. and others. "We are delighted by this decision, which represents an overwhelming endorsement of K56flex-supported technologies," contended Vijay Parikh, vice president and general manager for Rockwell's Personal Computing Division in Newport Beach, Calif. "In addition, this progress should enable formal ratification of a worldwide standard in September of 1998." Rockwell claims the K56flex is now the most widely supported 56-Kbps modem technology in the marketplace. As of November, K56flex service had been deployed by more than 1,000 Internet service providers (ISPs) at 6,000 points of presence (POPs) in 4,000 cities in the U.S. and more than 30 countries worldwide, according to the semiconductor division of Rockwell International. Previously, Rockwell and Lucent said they will provide K56flex chip set customers with a free software upgrade to comply with the ITU standard, once it is completed. "In the meantime, it's business as usual," Parikh maintained. "K56 flex delivers all the benefits of faster Internet access today, with the security of a software upgrade to the ITU standard when needed." Lucent's Rai said all of his company's K56flex modem chips are software upgradeable, and "Lucent expects to have the upgrade ready shortly after the ITU votes on a draft standard at the Jan. 26 meeting."