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To: Tech Head who wrote (1756)	3/31/1998 9:44:00 AM
From: JW@KSC	Respond to of 2063

Unique Millimeterwave Equipment Capability for Point-to-Multipoint Applications (M/A-COM) M/A-COM Announces Unique Millimeterwave Equipment Capability for Point-to-Multipoint Applications March 31, 1998-- With Thousands of Units Being Shipped to Point-to-Multipoint Operators Around the World, M/A-COM Adds a New High Volume Millimeterwave Manufacturing Line With the FCC LMDS spectrum auction closed and license holders looking to purchase equipment, M/A-COM, a division of AMP Incorporated and the leading global provider of wireless radio frequency (RF) and microwave components, today announced a new, high volume manufacturing line for millimeterwave products and equipment intended for LMDS/LMCS and point-to-point radio applications. These include products for digital and two-way voice, data and video applications at 28 GHz and other millimeterwave frequencies. "As a result of the recent spectrum auction, we are seeing new entrants into the LMDS marketplace," said Roy Hebert, director, Business Development, M/A-COM. "We have been manufacturing customer premise equipment and base station components for several years. We have synthesized that knowledge and are now in a unique position to develop custom solutions for new licensees and system integrators." M/A-COM manufactures a variety of millimeterwave products for LMDS, including antennas, amplifiers, downconverters, DROs, Gunn, mixers, oscillators, receivers and MMICs. These products are available as components, as integrated assemblies or in customer-specific premise equipment solutions. In addition to its design and manufacturing capabilities, M/A-COM has participated in a large number of field tests at LMDS frequencies and has gained insight into network architecture issues and concerns. M/A-COM Company Background M/A-COM, a division of AMP Incorporated, headquartered in Lowell, MA, is a leading supplier of radio frequency (RF), microwave and millimeterwave semiconductors and components to the wireless telecommunications and defense-related industries. M/A-COM's products include RF integrated circuits, passive and control devices, antennas, cables and interconnects. Employing more than 4,200 people, M/A-COM has offices and manufacturing facilities worldwide.

To: Tech Head who wrote (1756)	3/31/1998 9:53:00 AM
From: WTC	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2063

TH, I think you missed the point of the data-over-powerline article in Multichannel News. This article points out the topological differences between typical European, Asian and Scandenavian power distribution grids and US power distribution, and correctly notes that in the US and Canada, the power distribution arrangements are not conducive to the NorWeb technology. The Nortel spokesperson notes that there are potential niche applications in the US for NorWeb-style last-mile technology approaches, specifically schools and MDUs, but those are certainly not the market that ought to be seen as the Holy Grail of data transmission opportunity. Deployment practicalities are invariably the bump in the road when it comes to comparing and projecting penetration rates of new transmission technologies. NorWeb has a product in a box, but that has been true of cablemodems, wireless cablemodems, and xDSL equipment also for some time. Cablemodems have been working the low-band egress problem, a deployment issue, for years. VArious xDSL vendors and trial companies have been working the xDSL range and network compatibility (e.g., digital subscriber carrier systems) issues for years as well. I see no reason to expect Nortel will somehow be able to skip that timeconsuming phase with their North American sales and deployment efforts -- in fact, their current product looks less promising to take hold in North America than the competing broadband data service platforms. Perhaps the headline to that article got it just about right: "MORE UTILITIES MULL DATA OVER POWER LINES." Right -- mull ...