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To: Warren Gates who wrote (5895)	1/27/1999 6:28:00 AM
From: William Hunt	Respond to of 21876

THREAD ---More information on the Superline ---- Lucent Technologies and AG Communication Systems Announce OEM Agreement for SuperLine Access System January 26, 1999 5:48 PM WASHINGTON, ComNet '99, Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Lucent Technologies and AG Communication Systems, a subsidiary of Lucent Technologies, today announced an OEM agreement for a new multiple voice line solution. Called the SuperLine(TM) Access System, this solution enables service providers to deliver up to two additional phone lines to residential and small office/home office (SOHO) customers over the same copper wire used today for their existing phone service. Based on the agreement, Lucent is the primary sales and marketing channel for the SuperLine system and will leverage the company's existing sales resources and customer relationships to distribute the product in the service provider marketplace. The SuperLine Access System consists of the SuperLine Access Shelf, which resides in a service provider's central office or beside a remote digital loop carrier, and the SuperLine Adapter, a piece of equipment similar in size to a modem, located in a customer's home or office. SuperLine can create up to two additional phone lines using the bandwidth that exists on a copper wire without interfering with the existing phone service. The added lines have their own directory numbers and can be used for Internet/modem access, fax machines or as a separate business line in a home office or as a teen line. This enables service providers to address the demand from residential and SOHO users who want additional lines without having to incur the cost of installing new copper wires or equipment in a customer's home or office. In addition, the bandwidth that delivers the additional phone lines can also be used to deliver Ethernet data transmissions at a higher speed than standard analog modems. "The demand for additional phone lines is strong and growing rapidly, and service providers are looking for solutions that enable them to offer new and expanded services using their existing infrastructure," said Frank D'Amelio, vice president, Switching and Access Solutions, Lucent Technologies; chairman of the board, AG Communication Systems. "SuperLine addresses that market demand and broadens Lucent's access portfolio to include a new solution for service providers to cost-effectively offer multiple services over a single phone line." "Having the sales and marketing muscle of Lucent behind the SuperLine system allows us to broaden our market access by leveraging Lucent's superior technical, distribution and customer relationships," said Mark Emery, vice president and general manager of AG Communication Systems' New Ventures Group. BEST WISHES BILL