PairGain Announces Plans for Early G.lite Compliance of Avidia System
and Megabit Modems
TUSTIN, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 27, 1998--
DSL Leader Offers Key Contributions in Development of
Specification; Prepares to Ship Avidia System To Enable Mass Market
Deployment of Consumer ADSL Services
PairGain(R) Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:PAIR) today announced
that its Avidia(TM) System and Megabit Modems(TM) will be in
compliance with the industry's new G.lite standard and has plans to
participate with other vendors to accelerate interoperability testing.
The International Telecommunications Union's (ITU) determination
of G.992.2 Splitterless Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line
Transceivers, a new standard also known as G.lite, will enable mass
market deployment of consumer ADSL services.
The determination occurred last week at the ITU-T Study Group 15
meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. The ITU's adoption of G.lite sets a
common, international standard that will speed the mass market
deployment of consumer ADSL services. PairGain's Avidia System and
Megabit Modems are targeted at large volume markets with
industry-leading density, management and price/performance features.
"PairGain's close involvement in the development of the G.lite
standard focused on accelerating time-to-market by minimizing
unnecessary modifications to the existing full-rate DMT ADSL standard,
allowing vendors to build on existing interoperability work.
PairGain's industry-leading Falcon DMT ADSL solution is poised to
provide early support of interoperable G.lite," said George Zimmerman,
PairGain's chief scientist.
PairGain, a market leader in DSL solutions with more than one
million DSL units installed worldwide, was the first ADSL vendor this
year to release a single chip solution that supports both full-rate
DMT ADSL and the new G.lite standard. The chip has been incorporated
into several product lines, including PairGain's Avidia System, the
first of a new generation of integrated access concentrators that can
be configured as a DSLAM (Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer),
access server or LAN extension concentrator. The Avidia System allows
service providers to deploy G.lite services on a large scale to both
business and consumer customers.
The new Avidia platform has been designed to support mass market
deployment of G.lite-based services by providing extended features
that allow for true splitterless operation and go beyond the scope of
the standard. The system's functionality has surpassed that of
traditional DSLAMs, in that it offers two to three times the density
of other solutions, and combines support for G.lite, full-rate DMT
ADSL, SDSL, HDSL and IDSL-based services. The Avidia System is the
only DSL solution that supports both G.lite and full-rate DMT ADSL on
the same physical ports. In addition, PairGain's exclusive intelligent
power management feature, PowerGain(TM), allows both G.lite and
full-rate DMT ADSL to operate at less than one watt per subscriber.
The Avidia System is NEBS level three compliant and is currently
deployed in several field trials.
G.lite was developed as an extension to the current ANSI standard
T1.413 "full-rate" ADSL. The G.lite standard is a splitterless version
of the full-rate ADSL and minimizes the need for "truck rolls", or the
installation of specialized equipment at the subscribers' premises.
The new standard provides consumers with an "always-on" connection to
the Internet at rates up to 1.5 Mbps downstream and 500 kbps upstream,
and is able to support both Internet access and a regular analog
telephone connection over a single copper telephone line, eliminating
the need for additional in-home wiring.
PairGain has also released a new line of Megabit Modems, also
designed to support G.lite, full-rate ADSL and other data services.
Additionally, PairGain has partnered with Rockwell Semiconductor
Systems, a leader in consumer modem technology. Earlier this year,
Rockwell agreed to license PairGain's DMT ADSL technology for
integration into consumer ADSL modems targeted to the residential
consumer and business markets.
About PairGain
PairGain Technologies is a world leader in the design,
manufacture and marketing of DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) networking
systems. Service providers and private network operators worldwide use
PairGain's products to deploy DSL-based services such as high-speed
Internet, remote LAN access, and enterprise LAN extension.
For more than 10 years PairGain has been recognized as a
technology leader and industry innovator. The company offers the
widest range of HDSL, ADSL and SDSL-based systems available. Its
product lines include HiGain(R) T1/E1 access systems, small subscriber
carrier systems including PG-Flex(R) and PG-Plus(TM), campus systems
and megabit access products including the Avidia system and Megabit
Modems. Currently, more than 1,000,000 PairGain DSL-nodes are
installed in over 70 countries. Additional information about the
company is available via the Internet at www.pairgain.com.
Except for the historical information contained herein, the
matters discussed in this announcement are forward-looking statements
which involve risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to
economic, competitive, governmental and technological factors
affecting the Company's operations, markets, products, services and
prices and other factors discussed in the Company's filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
CONTACT: PairGain Technologies Inc., Tustin
Kim Gower, 714/730-2330
KEYWORD: CALIFORNIA
INDUSTRY KEYWORD: COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS COMED TELECOMMUNICATIONS
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