Alcatel Joins ADSL Consortium at the University of New Hampshire; University's Interoperability Testing Lab to Expedite Mass Market ADSL Deployment
BusinessWire, Monday, May 10, 1999 at 12:21
PLANO, Texas and DURHAM, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 10,
1999--Fueling the momentum of mass market ADSL deployment, Alcatel
(NYSE:ALA) has joined the ADSL Consortium at the University of New
Hampshire's InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL). Alcatel, the
worldwide leader in ADSL solutions, is providing ADSL equipment and
technical support to help resolve interoperability challenges within
the lab's multi-vendor testing environment.
Announcing its membership at Networld+Interop (booth No. 4461),
Alcatel's contribution to the lab validates its ongoing commitment to
ADSL deployment through seamless access solutions. The university
provides an independent testing environment where members of the ADSL
Consortium are conducting detailed interoperability testing of ADSL
equipment with one another. Members are able to work together in
common surroundings to share information and mutually benefit from the
interoperability test results.
"We are very pleased to have Alcatel's ADSL expertise and
leadership in the InterOperability Laboratory," said Scott Valcourt,
ADSL Consortium Manager for the UNH-IOL. "The laboratory provides an
independent setting where engineers come to examine interoperability
issues and solve problems in common surroundings. Companies using the
laboratory will generate enormous gains from mutual interoperability
testing and provide an invaluable education to our students."
In today's multi-vendor environment, service providers want to
know that their central office and customer premise equipment (CPE)
will be compatible, reliable, and work together seamlessly to deliver
subscribers high-speed data and Internet services. Rapid resolution of
interoperability issues is expected to foster product innovation and
enable true mass-market deployment.
"Alcatel's presence at the University of New Hampshire
InterOperability Laboratory will help enable the mass market for ADSL
service," said by Mike Dobbs, Vice President and General Manager, US
ADSL Business Unit, Alcatel. "Providing the ADSL Consortium
participants with ready access to the industry's leading ADSL
equipment will speed up availability of interoperable products with
our CPE and DSLAM equipment."
Alcatel's ADSL equipment is already in place at the UNH-IOL. Its
use is subject to the scheduling terms and membership requirements of
the UNH-IOL Charter.
Alcatel's ADSL Expertise
Alcatel holds over 35 percent of the ADSL market worldwide and
over 50 percent in the US. Alcatel has been supplying
industry-standard end-to-end ADSL solutions since 1995. Alcatel's US
presence includes deployment by Ameritech, BellSouth, SBC
Communications, and Bell Atlantic. Alcatel's worldwide customer base
includes Singapore Telecom, PT Telecom of Indonesia, Telia in Sweden,
BT, Bell Canada, Belgacom, Telefonica in Spain, France Telecom,
Telecom Italia plus successful implementations in ADSL networks in
China, Korea, Japan and Denmark.
Alcatel's xDSL solutions are fully scaleable and are available on
a variety of service platforms, including line cards for the Alcatel
Litespan(R) Digital Loop Carrier (DLC); a high-density central office
Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer (DSLAM); and compact,
environmentally hardened mini-DSLAM packages used for low-density
subscriber DLC situations. All Alcatel xDSL service platforms are
fully NEBS (Level 3) compliant and integrate seamlessly into service
provider networks. Recently Alcatel announced its SPEED TOUCH(TM)
product line of ADSL Customer Premises Equipment with guaranteed high
performance, reliability and interoperability which will be
distributed both direct and via third party channels.
The University of New Hampshire is the land, sea and space grant
public university of the State of New Hampshire. The InterOperability
Laboratory, founded in 1988, serves to educate students in computer
communications technology and to foster interoperability within the 14
industry groups involved in the laboratory. Over 100 worldwide
companies are members of the UNH InterOperability Laboratory. For more
information, visit the UNH InterOperability Laboratory at
iol.unh.edu.
Alcatel builds next generation networks, delivering integrated
end-to-end voice and data solutions to established and new carriers,
as well as enterprises and consumers worldwide. With 120,000 employees
and sales of EURO 21.3 billion ($25.0 billion), Alcatel operates in
more than 130 countries. For more information, visit Alcatel on
Internet: http:/www.alcatel.com. For more information, visit Alcatel
at alcatel.com or the US Web site at www.usa.alcatel.com.
Contact for Alcatel Investor Relations, (US) Michael Haase,
972/519-6855, michael.a.haase@usa.alcatel.com.
CONTACT: Alcatel, Plano
Amy Morenz, 972/519-5123
cell 214/537-4099
amy.p.morenz@usa.alcatel.com
or
University of New Hampshire, Durham
Scott Valcourt, 603/862-4489
sav@unh.edu
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