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To: Curlton Latts who wrote (8816)	1/6/1998 1:12:00 PM
From: Skiawal	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21342

Is this Good, Bad or Doesn't matter? Provisional Agreement Reached for HDSL2 Standard ÿ Check It Out ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Copyright c 1998 TeleChoice, Inc. January 6, 1998 -- Level One Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: LEVL), ADC Telecommunications, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADCT), ADTRAN (Nasdaq: ADTN), PairGain Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq: PAIR), and the Siemens Semiconductor Group announced agreement within the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) T1E1.4 committee on the basis of an HDSL2 standard. A provisional agreement, T1/E1 contribution number 41/97-471, has been approved marking a milestone within the ANSI HDSL2 standards effort. The elements agreed upon were line code, spectral shaping, system performance and forward error correction. These elements make up the core of the HDSL2 standard. The agreement reached is expected to accelerate the development of HDSL2 technology and promote industry interoperability. The HDSL2 standard proposal will enable service providers to deliver full T1, and potentially E1, performance over a single twisted pair cable, with the same reach, robustness and spectral compatibility of today's two pair HDSL. This will permit local exchange carriers and telecom service providers to meet rapidly increasing demands for business and Internet access services. These five leading telecommunications companies bring extensive experience of over more than a decade in the deployment of DSL systems. They have driven DSL implementation and cost effectiveness and also possess the key technology required to define new DSL line codes and modulation schemes. All five have strong system simulation, DSL design expertise and implementation capabilities. Collectively they have demonstrated their leadership by presenting numerous technical papers at DSL standards organization meetings.