I just came by this press release by Siemens, which
guides me to the question:
Winstar - uses Lucent or Siemens, both ?
It seem to use Siemens LMDS, which guides me to ... 36170 ?
Lucent and WinStar Enter Into $2 Billion Network Pact
October 22, 1998
By Michele Masterson
InternetNews.com Associate Editor
Business News Archives
Hot on the heels of glowing fourth quarter results, Lucent Technologies Thursday unveiled plans to enter into a $2 billion, five-year agreement with WinStar Communications, to develop WinStar's wireless broadband network.
Lucent will provide the technology, network design, integration and buildout services and the majority of the communications hardware and software for WinStar's network. In addition, Lucent will provide up to $2 billion in equipment financing to fund what it is calling the world's first global end-to-end broadband network.
Through WinStar's Wireless Fiber services, the network is to offer customers with a single, reliable source of local and long distance
phone service and high speed data, Internet and information services. Lucent will provide the necessary flexible, scalable
architecture to support WinStar's current and future voice and data service offerings. WinStar will also continue to operate and
maintain final design authority for its network.
WinStar said the Lucent agreement gives it additional resources to complete national deployment of its wireless broadband network
by the end of 1999. The company said the network buildout is ahead of schedule. The services will be offered immediately in 40 of
the nation's largest cities. The additional $2 billion in Lucent financing will also allow it to expand on an international basis.
WinStar plans to incorporate a national fixed wireless broadband local network which will be integrated with an optical network
using Lucent's 80-channel dense wave division multiplexing (DWDM) optical networking equipment. Lucent's WaveStar OLS
400G will be employed to boost the capacity of fiber optic networks. The network solution will also implement Lucent's 5ESS
AnyMedia switch and the AnyMedia Access FAST digital loop carrier. Lucent will also supply PortMaster Internet protocol
remote access technology, remote access concentrators and network management software.
"This is a defining moment for WinStar," said William J. Rouhana, Jr., chairman and chief executive officer of WinStar. "Lucent's
major commitment of expertise and financing, combined with the overwhelming speed-to-market and cost advantages of WinStar's
business model, clearly propels us to the top of the competitive local exchange carrier industry. With Lucent's network knowledge
behind us, we are positioned to be the first competitive carrier to create a nearly ubiquitous end-to-end broadband network in the
top 100 world markets.
Siemens and P-Com Successfully Complete the First
Commercial Deployment of Their Point-to-Multipoint
Millimeter Wave Radio System for WinStar
BOCA RATON, Fla., Jan. 7, 1999—Siemens and P-Com, Inc.
(Nasdaq/NMS:PCMS) announced today that they have successfully
completed the first phase of the commercial deployment of their
point-to-multipoint (PMP) Wireless Access solution with WinStar
Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq/NMS:WCII) in Washington D.C.
"The performance of the system and its capability to provide multiple
services to end users at high speeds is a real competitive advantage," said
David Ackerman, WinStar's executive vice president for Network Services
and Business Development.
"We demonstrated the system capabilities to our stockholders and
analysts in New York in December with Siemens and P-Com as our
technology and integration partners. The demonstration included showing
full-motion video, establishing a high-speed connection to the Internet, and
making telephone calls, all simultaneously over a single connection. The
next step for WinStar is to work with Siemens and P-Com to explore this
solution in new markets in 1999."
"Siemens understands what it takes to be a first class system integrator
for WinStar, and we proved this during the WinStar demonstration in
December," said Fred Fromm, president and CEO of Siemens Information
and Communication Networks, Inc. "With P-Com as our point-to-multipoint
technology partner, we have the best solution to meet WinStar's
requirements."
"WinStar and Siemens were able to witness, validate and commercially
deploy our point-to-multipoint system in WinStar's initial major market
areas. We are continuing to develop our point to multipoint products
pursuant to our joint development agreement with Siemens to further
enhance the system capabilities and features," said George Roberts,
chairman and CEO of P-Com, Inc.
In June 1998, Siemens and P-Com became joint development partners for
wireless broadband access and Local Multipoint Distribution Service
(LMDS) solutions. The PMP solution is an access system that enables
wireless broadband operators to offer voice, data, fast Internet access and
video services. The agreement brought together Siemens, one of the
world's leading telecom suppliers, with P-Com, a leading innovator in radio
technology systems.
Siemens Information and Communication Networks Inc. is a leading
provider of information and telecommunications solutions to public network
service providers and enterprise customers in North America. The
company is a subsidiary of Siemens AG, a global business with $66
billion in sales in the fiscal year ended September 1998.
WinStar is a pioneer in providing business customers with broadband
communications services, including local and long distance phone service,
as well as high-speed data, Internet access and information services.
Siemens has been working with WinStar as a systems integrator for the
38 GHz wireless broadband multipoint network since the two companies
announced their initial agreement in October 1997. P-Com has been
supplying point-to-point 38 GHz radio systems to WinStar since 1994.
P-Com, Inc. develops manufactures and markets network access systems
for the worldwide wireless telecommunications market. The point-to-point,
spread spectrum, and point-to-multipoint radio links provided by P-Com
are designed to satisfy the network requirements of cellular and personal
communications services, corporate communications, public utilities and
local governments.
In addition, P-Com provides comprehensive network services including
system and program planning and management, path design and
installation. |
