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To: zbyslaw owczarczyk who wrote (6463)	9/13/1998 3:08:00 PM
From: pat mudge	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 18016

ALCATEL: Alcatel and Guangdong PTA sign agreement for high speed access to the information superhighway Presswire - September 11, 1998 13:46 M2 PRESSWIRE-11 September 1998-ALCATEL: Alcatel and Guangdong PTA sign a multiyear agreement for high speed access to the information superhighway (C)1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Guangdong Post and Telecommunications Administration (GPTA) has selected Alcatel's end-to-end ADSL solution to provide high-speed internet, data access, true video, home working and distance learning, to its customers via ordinary telephone lines. GPTA plans to deploy up to 50,000 ADSL lines before the end of 1999. The framework agreement covers all the operators for the Guangdong province, a Chinese province with 80 million inhabitants. "This will allow our customers to enjoy 30 to 100 times faster access to Internet, data access, true video home working and distance learning via ordinary telephone lines. Besides offering this immediately available state-of-the-art solution, Alcatel also offers one of the few commercially available T1.413 Issue 2 standards compliant ADSL solution." said a GPTA Director "We are very impressed by GPTA's commitment to implement China's first commercial network for interactive multimedia services," said Martin De Prycker, General Manager Internet Access and ADSL, Alcatel. "GPTA will open up a whole new world of service options and lifestyle possibilities the people of Guangdong province." The contract with GPTA will provide Guangdong customers with widely available ADSL access, Service Management (SMC) for security and billing, and Data Application Network Adapters (DANA). Of significance to the industry, GPTA becomes another world-class carrier to endorse the Alcatel solution. This breakthrough also confirms the consensus among the Chinese telecom operators that ADSL is the solution to prepare for the information age and the 20th century. This new and major milestone for ADSL deployment in China, comes in addition to the successful implementation of the first major ADSL network for Fujian PTA just one month ago. Other major Alcatel ADSL successes in China were achieved with operators such as Shanghai PTA, Jiangsu PTA, and Heilongjiang PTA. Alcatel, being the market leader in ADSL with over 30% market share, has delivered and installed its ADSL equipment at Singapore Telecom, Korea Telecom, Ameritech, BellSouth, Pacific Bell and Southwestern Bell in the United States, Bell Canada, Belgacom of Belgium, France Telecom, Telecom Italia, Telia of Sweden and many other operators. Background Information ADSL technology maximizes the potential of the existing copper telephone wiring serving virtually all homes and businesses to enable access to a range of data and video services and the Internet at speeds ranging from 25 to 100 times faster than today's 56 kilobits per second analog modems. ADSL does this by putting data traffic on frequencies outside of the voice portion of the telephone line. As a result, customers are able to use simultaneously the data portion of the line while talking on the voice portion. Service providers also can install ADSL lines dedicated to data and multimedia services. Incorporating asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) and DMT technologies, Alcatel's open, standards-based ADSL product line better utilizes the capacity of standard twisted pair copper telephone lines and enables service providers to deploy new services quickly while maximizing their existing networks. With Alcatel's ADSL approach, service providers can introduce high-speed multimedia services on a per-user basis without costly network system upgrades or Expensive in-home equipment. Alcatel's ADSL solution offers both speed and power adaptations, another combination unique to the industry. DMT technology enables the ATM transfer rate to automatically adjust its speed due to varying line conditions and external interference. In addition to flexibility and bandwidth allocation, Alcatel's DMT modem reduces power in the presence of interference from adjacent wires or other sources -- a key advantage for operators as it ensures that the introduction of ADSL will not degrade existing services or vice versa. Operators also can program the speed at which the modem operates in order to provide a fixed-rate service. In all cases, the system is able to determine and run at the highest achievable rate and report any line impairments. A world leader in telecommunications systems and equipment, as well as related cables and components activities, Alcatel operates in over 130 countries. Alcatel provides complete solutions and services to operators, service providers, enterprises and consumers, ranging from backbone networks to user terminals. Alcatel trades on the Bourse de Paris and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: ALA). <<<< Guangdong's definitely serious about its high-speed networks. From NN's homepage: mainstreetxpress.com And from Nikkei News, some favorable computer-sales statistics: nikkeibp.asiabiztech.com nikkeibp.asiabiztech.com