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To: JMD who wrote (12503)	7/16/1998 9:38:00 PM
From: Sawtooth	Respond to of 152472

I ain't no techno-wizz, Q Thread Emperor and Guardian of All Knowledge Worth Knowing, but I wonder deeply how our friend Lucent fits in with the "heavy duty stuff" you are throwing on the table for consideration. On a side note: Tlab looks downright awesome; what a combo w/Cien. Hold me back from this irrational exuberance! OK, let me go now. ; )

To: JMD who wrote (12503)	7/16/1998 9:40:00 PM
From: waitwatchwander	Respond to of 152472

Hi Mike, Your comments reminded me of this article that was originally posted on the Nextwave thread. 01-22-98 LG Telecom Develops PCS-over-Fiber System New architecture cuts network construction costs, improves transmission and reception LG Telecom, one of Korea's three personal communications services (PCS) carriers, has developed a PCS-over-fiber system that improves call quality and cuts the cost of building a mobile network. The new system uses fiber optic cable networks and small transceiver units called remote radio frequency (RF) heads to complement the traditional tower-based network architechture. A typical PCS-over-fiber installation features three or four RF heads connected to a PCS hub through optical fiber cables. These RF heads receive optical signals from a PCS hub into PCS air frequencies for transmission to subscribers' handsets. Equipped with antennae, the heads can also receive calls from subscribers and convert them into optical signals for transmission to a PCS hub, which then delivers the calls to their destinations through telephone networks. The main advantage of this PCS-over-fiber system is that installation of the small RF heads and their antennae is very easy and flexible. ''The installation of the RF units doesn't require those high steel towers needed to deploy base transceiver systems. They can be installed on electrical poles, buildings or other structures,'' said Lee Hyo-jin, an engineer who developed the system. This means that the time and costs to build PCS networks can be reduced significantly, since the construction of steel towers involves leasing land, costly and time-consuming. ''Currently, it takes a month or so and 500 million won to set up a [base tranceiver system]. The new PCS-over-fiber takes just a few days and less than 100 million won,'' Lee said. He added that three or four RF heads equal a base station in terms of coverage. Lee said the new system also improves call quality since it can be located closer to subscribers. LG Telecom plans to deploy the new architecture in areas where base stations are difficult to install. In Korea, such areas abound, with mountainous regions accounting for some 70 percent of the territory. In addition, there are green belts and military-related areas where construction of towers is restricted. The company will also use the new system in areas where call traffic falls far short of the capacity of a base transceiver station. According to the company, the PCS-over-fiber system is deployable in 3,000 cells out of the 4,000 where it plans to install base stations. When the conventional tower-based architecure is used in 2,000 cells, the cost is estimated to reach one trillion won. In contrast, the new system requires just 120 billion won, offering huge savings. The company said that its new architecture is also environment-friendly and does not impair the sky line. ''We plan to offer our new network architecture to our two competitors, KT Freetel and Hansol PCS, if they want,'' said Chung Jang-ho, company president. The two companies formed a common front against LG Telecom last December by concluding a roaming agreement. Under the accord, they are sharing their networks in areas other than Seoul and Kyonggi Province. Chung said his company will develop expertise in PCS networks through the new architecture and try to export it to foreign PCS operators. ''We will be able to offer networking building service on a turn-key basis,'' he said. Copyright 1998 Korea Herald. All rights reserved. Link to article: koreaherald.co.kr

To: JMD who wrote (12503)	7/16/1998 9:45:00 PM
From: Sawtooth	Respond to of 152472

Lucent Increases Optical Network Development In Japan -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOKYO, JAPAN, 1998 JUN 22 (NB) -- By Martyn Williams, Newsbytes. Less than a week after announcing a deal with Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. [TOKYO:9432] to supply passive optical networking equipment, Lucent Technologies [NYSE:LU] has announced plans to expand Bell Laboratories in Japan and increase research and development in the area of optical networking. Lucent said it will locate the new organization in Makuhari, Chiba, a town near Tokyo best known for the Makuhari Messe exhibition center. Over the next two to three years, Lucent said it will hire between 30 and 60 technology experts to work at the center, drawing staff from Japan's leading business, high technology and academic communities, said the company. Under the deal with NTT, Lucent will supply optical network units and optical line terminals for use as part of NTT's ambitious national fiber-to-the-curb project, which seeks to extend the national fiber optic telecommunications network to in front of every house in Japan by 2010. The units are installed in or near to the home and at the other end of the fiber in NTT telephone exchanges. In a company statement, Eiichi Shimizu, president of Lucent's Global Service Provider business in Japan, said, "Customers in Japan can expect even faster response time to their needs and the kind of close cooperation that will result in ground breaking products and services for their subscriber base." In late October last year, Lucent opened a Bell Laboratories research and development center to work on Wideband-CDMA (W-CDMA), a next-generation cellular system. Reported By Newsbytes News Network: newsbytes.com (19980622/WIRES ASIA, TELECOM/)

To: JMD who wrote (12503)	7/16/1998 11:51:00 PM
From: mrknowitall	Respond to of 152472

Bandwidth is bandwidth - you can come by it with wire, fo cable or rf; the modulation and framing scheme doesn't care about the medium - the economics surrounding physical placement drive that. For those non-technicals watching this thread - don't get caught up in the bits and bytes - watch what the user wants. That is what gave us 100Mb Ethernet when everyone said it couldn't be done on anything but fiber. Bandwidth is EVERYTHING. Applications will evolve to drive the availability of more and more bandwidth. Think long. Follow those who are sensitive to what affluent people will have in 2005 and the masses (i.e., post-emerging countries) will want in 2010. The history is clear - (BW tv vs. color, wired phones vs. cordless, VCR's, etc.).