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To: Chemsync who wrote (11368)	6/9/1998 6:52:00 AM
From: Karl Brandt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21342

Say goodbye to a Microsoft/Nortel Deal: Northern Telecom, Microsoft to Bundle Internet-Access Products Brampton, Ontario, June 9 (Bloomberg) -- Northern Telecom Ltd., the second-largest maker of phone equipment in the U.S., and Microsoft Corp. are expected today to announce an agreement to sell Northern Telecom's modems with Microsoft software to phone companies that want to provide high-speed Internet access. Northern Telecom is also expected to select Microsoft's Windows NT operating system as the computer ''platform'' for running software that lets carriers provide phone calls over the Internet. The two companies want to be the foundation for how consumers and businesses get next-generation high-speed Internet access. The agreement combines the marketing power of Microsoft, the largest independent software maker, with Northern Telecom's long-standing relationships with phone company customers. Northern Telecom's 1-Meg modems, which transit as much as a million bits of information a second, will be sold with Microsoft's NT and other operating systems as well as its Netshow software for getting video over the Internet. That compares with traditional modems that typically transmit 28,800 bits a second. The companies are expected to train salespeople to sell both products and jointly to develop future applications. As part of the agreement, Microsoft is expected to endorse Northern Telecom's technology for adoption by the universal ADSL working group, the body that's working to set standards for new asynchronous digital subscriber line, or ADSL, modems that send information at higher speeds over copper phone lines. The group is led by Microsoft, No. 1 PC maker Compaq Computer Corp. and chipmaker Intel Corp. and includes several of the largest U.S. phone companies. Northern Telecom, in turn, would adopt Microsoft's Windows NT as the operating system for applications used to transmit voice calls over the Internet. That would require phone companies to buy NT to offer the services, which include a feature that lets an Internet user click a button on a Web site to be connected to an operator and a call-waiting service that notifies a user on the Web of incoming phone calls. Shares of Brampton, Ontario-based Northern Telecom rose 5/16 to 63 9/16 yesterday. Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft fell 9/16 to 85 11/16. --Andrew Brooks in Atlanta through the San Francisco newsroom (415) 912-2980/smw . c Copyright 1998, Bloomberg L.P. All Rights Reserved.

To: Chemsync who wrote (11368)	6/9/1998 7:46:00 AM
From: A. Reader	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21342

The DSL Threat: U S West Plans 20 More Cities Jun 8, 1998 (CABLEFAX, Vol. 9, No. 109) -- U S West [USW] announced the second phase of its 40-city DSL rollout with plans to enter 20 more markets by the end of July. Communities in Washington, including Seattle/Olympia, Spokane/Tacoma and Bellingham, will be up by mid-June, says the RBOC. Availability of the service is still limited; only about 30% to 40% of Denver residents, for example, are close enough to a central office to receive it. U S West says that number should rise to 80% by the end of this year as technology advances. The additional rollout shouldn't cause additional concern for cable ops, says Janco Partners analyst Ted Henderson. DSL remains a threat, but cable ops need to stay on their toes and continue rolling out their service. On an apples- for- apples basis, cable modem service still remains the more attractive option at $40 a month for about 1Mbps to 1.5 Mbps, compared to about $120, plus ISP charges, for DSL service at 1Mbps. Residentially priced service for 256K is $40, plus ISP charges. While the service is priced more attractively for businesses, U S West says 60% of its DSL customers are residential, but those may be home-based businesses. Other markets to be launched by July include: Colorado Springs; Ames, IA; Cedar Rapids, IA; Council Bluffs, IA; Des Moines, IA; St. Cloud, MN; Helena, MT; Albuquerque; Las Cruces, NM; Los Alamos, NM; Santa Fe, NM; White Rock, NM; Corvallis, OR; Eugene, OR; Portland/Salem, OR; Sioux Falls, SD; and Cheyenne, WY. andovernews.com