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To: Marci L who wrote (1769)	12/5/1997 7:19:00 PM
From: Chris	Respond to of 2493

look at this: news.com

To: Marci L who wrote (1769)	12/5/1997 7:20:00 PM
From: Scrapps	Respond to of 2493

3Com's Strong Support of 56K Standard Results in Win for Industry SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 5, 1997--3Com Corporation (NASDAQ:COMS - news) today announced that its ongoing support of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) standard for 56K technology has resulted in a compromise that will highly likely result in the determination of a standard in January 1998. At the ITU meeting held this week in Orlando, modem manufacturers and other concerned parties submitted a compromise regarding two remaining technical issues supporting the use of 3Com technology as well as technology submitted by Motorola. 3Com cast a favorable vote for each of the two ballots supporting the consensus agreement. ''We are pleased to see the committee come to consensus on technical differences,'' said Dale Walsh, senior vice president of advanced development at 3Com. ''3Com has always maintained that a 56K standard is a win for our customers and the industry. This compromise is not about any one technology or any one company winning. Many retail and corporate enterprise customers win because they will be able to achieve faster personal access to the internet.'' An official determination will be made at a meeting to be held January 26 to February 6 in Geneva, Switzerland. Once a standard is determined, the ratification will be set in September 1998. Traditionally, modem manufacturers ship product based on the determined standard because, at that time, all technical aspects are agreed upon. ''With these final technical issues resolved, we are now assured of providing customers with a quick and easy software upgrade,'' Walsh continued. ''Because our modems feature upgradeable DSPs with up to 64 available runtime RAM, they are easily software upgradeable to the new standard.'' 3Com has a history of being first-to-market with leading technologies and plans to release its industry standard compatible 56K solution in our first quarter 1998. 3Com shipped its first V.34 compliant modems in June 1994 even though that standard was not finally ratified until Spring '95. 3Com has worked aggressively to ensure the determination of a 56K standard. In September 1996, 3Com was the first modem vendor to submit a proposal for a 56K technology standard and has been actively involved with the standard determination process. Global ISP Deployment 3Com's x2 technology has been adopted and deployed to the subscribers of more than 1,200 Internet Service providers (ISPs) worldwide, far exceeding its nearest competitor. 3Com's x2 technology is offered by nine out of the top 10 ISPs including AOL, MCI, IBM, Compuserve, Prodigy, Earthlink and Mindspring. Internationally, x2 deployment has also gone unmatched with more than 100 ISPs live in Europe, more than 30 ISPs in Latin America and more than 70 ISPs live in Asia Pacific. About 3Com Corporation 3Com Corporation enables individuals and organizations worldwide to communicate and share information and resources at any time from anywhere. As one of the world's preeminent suppliers of data, voice and video communications technology, 3Com has delivered networking solutions to more than 100 million customers worldwide. The company provides enterprises, network service providers and carriers, small businesses and consumers with comprehensive, innovative information access products and system solutions for building intelligent, reliable and high performance local and wide area networks. For further information, visit 3Com's World Wide Web site at 3com.com . NOTE TO EDITORS: All x2 products are capable of 56Kbps downloads; however, due to FCC rules which restrict power output of your service provider's modems, current download speeds are limited to 53 Kbps. Actual speeds may vary depending on line conditions. Uploads from you to your provider travel at speeds up to 28.8 Kbps. An x2-capable modem, an x2-compatible local analog phone line and an x2-capable service provider are required for these high speed downloads. See www.usr.com/x2 for details. 3Com is a registered trademark of 3Com Corporation. x2 is a trademark of 3Com Corporation or its subsidiaries. Lucent has a simular release out, I'm sure MOT &ROK do also.

To: Marci L who wrote (1769)	12/6/1997 8:59:00 AM
From: David Lawrence	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 2493

>>Just curious, what will happen to this company(stock) if the industry goes towards K56flex USRX?? I'm not sure what you mean by "K56Flex USRX", but here is what the Lucent spokesman said about yesterday's agreement: "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(TM) and x2(TM), the two competing PCM modem technologies. Rockwell, true to form, claimed victory even though nobody else views it that way, including their own development partner. When Rockwell speaks, nobody listens. >>Is there any money to be made in the Lucents, Rockwells,Boca's etc.. if K56 flex wins?? Neither proprietary protocol ever had a chance of "winning". Anyway, Lucent and Rockwell are diversified companies, whose fortunes do not necessarily rely on modems, particularly in the case of Lucent. As far as modem OEMs go (Boca, Zoom, Global Village, Diamond, etc.) they have an uphill battle ahead of them to be able to regain market share snatched away by 3Com (US Robotics) during the past year, and doing so at a profit. Lucent OEMs (Boca) should be in decent shape. We'll have to wait and see how well Rockwell based OEMs (Zoom) can handle the upgrade to a draft ITU-T standard. They've had a hard enough time getting it to work using their own protocols, much less one imposed on them.