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To: Bernard Levy who wrote (1642)	5/17/1999 5:32:00 PM
From: Hiram Walker	Respond to of 2267

Bernard, good article in internettelephony.com Click on Supercom preview,and then on New Hope. Lucent will showcase its newly named OnDemand Wireless Access family of systems, which is a result of the vendor's OEM agreement with Netro. Meanwhile, Nortel will have its Reunion point-to-multipoint systems on display. In addition, Alcatel plans to showcase its 9900-ww, a broadband wireless access solution geared for the local multipoint distribution service (LMDS) spectrum. Like other broadband wireless suppliers, the company is hoping its system approach will kick-start the LMDS license holders to develop their strategies for service delivery. Harris will feature details on its recently announced foray into broadband wireless at the show. Harris also plans to serve as a systems integrator, leveraging its Millimeter Wave Design Center and several other Harris divisions to provide solutions from 2.5 to 38 GHz. Vendors such as Digital Microwave, Adaptive Broadband (formerly California Microwave), Hughes Network Systems and P-Com will also be exhibiting their broadband wireless gear at Supercomm '99. To the point Several newcomers to broadband wireless are focusing their development efforts on point-to-point systems, which certainly have a significant place within the overall network scheme. Triton Network Systems will display its Invisible Fiber products, geared for the 38 GHz and LMDS spectrum bands. The system can handle as much as 155 Mb/s of throughput and is designed to be deployed in what Triton calls a "consecutive point" architecture that mimics traditional network ring formats. Spike Technologies, meanwhile, is focusing its development efforts at the 1 to 10 GHz bands for both North American and international markets. In the United States, that range encompasses the multichannel multipoint distribution service band, which has taken the spotlight of late due to renewed interest from carriers such as Sprint and MCI WorldCom. "We came up with an antenna that allows us to multiply the capacity of the spectrum," said Jeff Keith, director of marketing at Spike. The antenna divides spectrum into 22 sectors, he said. "With four 6 MHz channels, we're able to put out an aggregated throughput of 220 Mb/s across our coverage area." Israel-based startup Witcom Wireless will feature its line of millimeter wave radios intended for backhaul and access applications. Likewise, Wavespan will feature its line of point-to-point gear, including the recently introduced Stratum 20. The product, which can provide 20 Mb/s full-duplex transport of Internet protocol (IP) traffic and features two time division multiplexing interfaces for carrying legacy applications like PBX traffic, takes the middle spot in Wavespan's product lineup. Its 5800 is a 10 Mb/s system, and its Stratum 100 offers 100 Mb/s. All three are designed for both last-mile access and backhaul, and are tuned for the unlicensed national information infrastructure band, said Mike Kazban, Wavespan's vice president of marketing. "We're targeting full-service carriers that have a need to service small, medium and large business," Kazban said. Wireless Inc. takes a somewhat different tack to broadband wireless. At Supercomm, the company will be showcasing its StarPort service that was introduced at the CTIA convention in March. StarPort offers Internet service providers and other competitive carriers what Wireless Inc. calls "wireless DSL" connectivity for business customers (Figure 1). This year, however, Wireless Inc. plans to announce that the company itself will become a service provider in certain regions, offering access service based on the technology it developed. Other up-and-coming broadband wireless vendors showcasing products include Netro, Giganet and Bosch Telecom