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To: Peppe who wrote (6651)	9/22/1998 9:28:00 AM
From: Trader Bob	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 18016

nnc awarded multi-million dollar ATM - no details yet.

To: Peppe who wrote (6651)	9/22/1998 10:38:00 AM
From: Doug	Respond to of 18016

Peppe: Here is an upto date extract regarding NTL's fixed wireless markets: Nortel Plans 586 Job Losses At U.K. Plants (09/21/98; 1:30 p.m. ET) By Andrew Craig, TechWeb Canadian telecommunications-equipment maker Nortel announced Monday the loss of almost 600 jobs at two production facilities in the United Kingdom. Nortel (company profile) said the closures of its fixed wireless telecom operations -- at Paignton, Devon, and Maidenhead, Berkshire -- were necessary because the market for the technology had not grown as fast as analysts predicted. Fixed-wireless telephony creates local networks using radio signals rather than wires. The closures will affect 530 people at the Paignton plant and 56 at Maidenhead. Nortel will retain its employees at its optoelectronics plant in Paignton. "Fixed wireless was a very new market for us a few years ago," said Julie Aguilar, senior manager for communications at Nortel in the United Kingdom. "The forecasts made then have proved to be wrong. The market hasn't grown as quickly as expected," she said. I would appreciate if you could elucidate what is confusing in my repeat of NTL's findings regarding the Fixed Wireless market.

To: Peppe who wrote (6651)	9/22/1998 6:28:00 PM
From: Doug	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 18016

Peppe:<<Modems for DSLAMS ? A little knowledge is dangerous I guess. <<DSLAMs are xDSL muxes that reside in a CO, not customer prem. ISP and Central Offices are some of the largest customers of the RBOC's in respect of data traffic. It was my understanding that these RBOC customers will be willing to change their 56k Modem/Modem cards/Net Server for a XDSL Access Multiplexer which is basically a Hub Concentrator with mux capabilities. I was not aware that that DSLAM eqpt has to reside exclusively in a CO as pointed out by you. Indeed a little knowledge can be dangerous.!