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To: zbyslaw owczarczyk who wrote (9908)	3/1/1999 11:46:00 AM
From: Claude Robitaille	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 18016

Newbridge to bring high-speed Internet access to Asia Pacific region Newbridge Networks Corp NNC Shares issued 176,877,357 Feb 26 close $36.65 Mon 1 Mar 99 News Release Ms. Linda Bell reports Newbridge Networks is working with Analog Devices and Aware, Inc. to bring high-speed Internet access to consumers in the Asia Pacific region. These companies have joined together with SingTel Magix, Intel Corporation and Efficient Networks in an initial deployment of DSL-Lite, a consumer version of asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) technology that delivers high-speed voice and data transmission over regular telephone lines. SingTel Magix is a high-speed Internet access service provided by SingTel. It is also an integral part of the Singapore ONE project - an information technologies initiative led by the government of Singapore. The deployment is based on G.Lite DSL technology, the new worldwide standard adopted by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) in late 1998. G.Lite offers a splitterless, cost-effective solution for high-speed network access to the home, providing always on connections and simultaneous voice and data transmissions. SingTel Magix uses the Siemens/Newbridge MainStreetXpress 36170 multiservices switch, which includes the Analog Devices AD20msp910 ADSL chip set. Co-developed with Aware, the standards-compliant chip set supports ADSL over integrated services digital network (ISDN) features with asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) interfacing capability for increased data rates. The MainStreetXpress 36170 multiservices switch, equipped with octal ATM/ADSL line cards, is situated at the central office while customer homes are equipped with the Efficient Networks prototype G.Lite PCI ADSL modems. The initial SingTel Magix deployment, which began in December 1998 with 20 participants, will now expand to 50 users. Data will be collected based on the real-world infrastructure of these participants and will consider many variables, such as age and condition of the local loop, proximity to the central office, home wiring, equipment configurations and types of telephone devices in the home. (c) Copyright 1999 Canjex Publishing Ltd. canada-stockwatch

To: zbyslaw owczarczyk who wrote (9908)	3/2/1999 12:05:00 AM
From: pat mudge	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 18016

This could impact NN: <<< Asia-Pacific March 2 1999 Beijing to boost great leap online By James Harding in Shanghai China yesterday moved to encourage millions more people to connect to the internet by halving the charges on data transmission lines and offering free installation of a second telephone line in Chinese homes. The measures are likely to accelerate what is already being called China's great leap online, as industry analysts forecast the number of internet users to multiply from just over 2m today to more than 10m in 2000. Beijing's decision to reduce the costs of internet access was part of a package of price cuts intended to deflect mounting public criticism over high telephone rates and low-quality service from China Telecom, the de facto state telecommunications monopoly. The Ministry of Information Industry (MII) cut fees for internet use by 50 per cent, reduced international phone charges to many parts of the world by nearly 20 per cent and slashed the cost of domestic telephone line installation for some urban residents by more than 70 per cent, as well as offering free installation of second telephone lines. Ministry officials were quoted as saying that the adjustments "were the result of increasing complaints from consumers". The MII and China Telecom have been the targets of unusually forthright criticism in the state-owned media in recent months, as business groups and academics who see the internet as an essential tool for the development of China's "knowledge economy" have protested that they cannot afford to pay the government-set rates to get online. Duncan Clarke, a Shanghai-based telecoms analyst, said the sweeping price cuts would foster the growth of China's internet industry. But, he said, the measures intended to appease dissatisfaction in the market did not address the fundamental problems of the near-monopoly enjoyed by China Telecom: "Beijing is trying to introduce the results of competition in the telecoms industry without introducing the competition." Wu Jichuan, the MII minister, acknowledged last month that it was "necessary to cut prices to allow consumers to benefit from the advantages of advanced technologies and products". China also announced that it would raise postage rates by 20-60 per cent in order to end the practice of having lucrative telecommunications services subsidise loss-making postal operations, the official Xinhua news agency said. The number of telephone and mobile telephone users, including the 28.3m new subscribers last year, has reached 110m people, just less than 10 per cent of China's population. The number of Chinese mobile phone users was 25m people by the end of last year. >>>>