ADSL News articles from August 2000

ADSL News archives from August 2000

Gig Harbor Gears Up for DSL.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... CenturyTel is bringing the freedom of real speed to Gig Harbor. The Company first launched its DSL technology in Gig Harbor in December 1999, to meet the area's growing need for faster digital transmission. DSL is among the newest modem...

Orckit Wins Major Korean ADSL Contract; Opens Way for Entry into Korean Broadband Access Market.(Orckit Communications Ltd. wind contract from DreamLine Co.,)(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Orckit Communications Ltd. announced that it has been selected by Korea-based DreamLine Co., a leading competitive access provider, to supply FastInternet DSLAM for the nationwide roll out of ADSL services. Deployments are planned to being in...

NorthPoint and VersaTel Team Up.(creation of VersaPoint, digital subscriber line services provider for European market)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... VersaTel Telecom International NV, Amsterdam, and NorthPoint Communications Group Inc., of San Francisco, said they would form a company that offers digital subscriber line services throughout Europe. The new company, VersaPoint, could be the...

Orckit and Tdsoft to Deliver Voice-over-DSL Solution to the European Market.(creation of voice-over-digital subscriber line solution for businesses)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Orckit Communications Ltd. and Tdsoft Communications Ltd. announced a strategic partnership that will enable carriers and telcos to offer voice-over-digital subscriber line (VoDSL) services to customers. The joint VoDSL solution combines...

Analog Devices to Power Mass Deployment of ADSL in Korea.(Analog Devices Inc. products enable ADSL lines)(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Analog Devices Inc. announced that its leading ADSL chipset solutions are enabling the world's largest deployment of ADSL. With Korea Telecom's recent selection of Samsung Electronics' ADSL AceLink system, 155,000 ADSL lines will be deployed in...

Viatel to Conduct High-Speed Internet Access Trial in Switzerland Using ADSL Technology.(Viatel Inc. using Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line)(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Viatel Inc., a telecommunications provider and builder-owner-operator of an advanced, multi-conduit, continuously upgradeable fiber optic network, announced that it would soon launch a high-speed Internet access trial in Switzerland. In...

German Firm Develops Fast Transmission over Copper.(Raimund Kaiser Engineering invention reduces ISDN transmission time)(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Raimund Kaiser Engineering, in Germany, has an invention that reduces one hour of ISDN transmission time to one second. It uses four-wire copper cable, now common among telecommunications providers, with all four wires each being treated as a...

TXU Communications Selects BroadbandNOW as its High-Speed Internet Access and Content Provider; Announces Rollout of Instant Access DSL.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... TXU Communications announced that it will provide its Instant Access DSL service to select areas within the Conroe and Luf kin markets. The company also announced an agreement with Irving, TX-based BroadbandNOW Inc., to provide high-speed...

ViaLink and Daewoo Subsidiary Enter into Memorandum of Understanding.(MediaC and viaLink Co.)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... The viaLink Company announced that it has signed a memorandum with MediaC, a subsidiary of Daewoo Information Systems Co. Ltd. The companies plan to work together to establish a licensing arrangement, allowing MediaC to customize and market...

Interspeed Receives $2.2 Million Purchase Agreement from NBX Network Systems Inc.(Interspeed Inc. dedicated server lines)(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Interspeed Inc., a provider of DSL access solutions, announced that it has signed a $2.2 million, 24 month purchase agreement with NBX Network Systems Inc. Headquartered in Grand Rapids, MI, NBX Network Systems specializes in providing...

Hekimian and NHC Enter into Partnering Agreement.(NHC Communications Inc. and Hekimian Laboratories Inc.)(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... NHC Communications Inc. announced a partnering agreement with Hekimian Laboratories Inc. of Rockville, MS. The arrangement will serve as a template for NHC's penetration of the North American DSL market through strategic partnering. NHC...

Eziaz Selects Copper Mountain as Primary Supplier of DSL Concentrators for In-Building Broadband Service.(Copper Mountain Networks Inc. customer partnership with Eziaz Inc.)(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Copper Mountain Networks Inc., the market-share leader in business DSL equipment, announced that Eziaz, a nationwide provider of high-speed Internet access and enhanced data services, is standardizing on CopperEdge DSL concentrators for its...

CopperCom and Avail Networks Partner to Enable VoDSL in Commercial and Residential Multi-Subscriber Environments.(voice-over digital subscriber lines)(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... CopperCom and Avail Networks announced that Avail has joined CopperCom's "Many Voices of DSL" partners program. Avail Networks has developed the industry's first Integrated Concentration Device (ICD) for broadband data, voice, and video...

Westell Technologies Selects Omni Electronics to Provide Additional DSL Manufacturing Capacity.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Westell Technologies Inc., a provider of DSL products, announced that it has selected an additional outsource partner, Omni Electronics, to provide increased DSL manufacturing capabilities. Omni's Malaysian facility will supplement existing...

NorthPoint Unveils New Channel Distribution; NorthPoint's 'Reach' Program Enables Certified Partners to Sell Broadband Services Wholesale.(NorthPoint Communications Inc.)(NorthPoint partners @Work)(Megapath Networks Inc.)(Zyan Communications)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... NorthPoint Communications announced a new program that will allow more service providers to offer NorthPoint DSL. NorthPoint partners @Work, the business-to-business division of Excite@Home, MegaPath Networks Inc., and Zyan have been certified...

Orckit Announces Spin-Off Registration Statement Declared Effective.(Orckit Communications Ltd.)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Orckit Communications Ltd. announced that the Registration Statement on Form 20-F, submitted by Tioga Technologies Ltd., has been declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Statement relates to the proposed spin-off of...

Leading Semiconductor Suppliers Drive VDSL Standardization.(Broadcom Corp.)(Infineon Technologies AG)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Broadcom Corp., a provider of the integrated circuits that enable high-speed broadband communications to and throughout the home and business, and Infineon Technologies AG, a supplier of communications solutions for WAN, LAN, and broadband...

Pleasing the Providers, Making Buzzwords a Reality May Be Key to DSL Rollouts.(Alcatel)(Cisco Systems Inc.)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Packing more functionality into one box has become key as service providers work to simplify their networks, and adding more services into equipment traditionally used only for transport also is getting attention. And with DSL rollouts at full...

Verification of ADSL Modem Interfaces as Per ANSI T1.413 and ITU-T G.992.1.(Wavtek Wandel Goltermann)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Wavtek Wandel Goltermann's new Application Note 72 provides an overview of ADSL technology, including measurement techniques for electrical parameters on the U-C and U-R interfaces, testing of the splitter functions, and transmitter tests. The...

PairGain Unveils Industry's First ADSL System Designed for Enterprise Networks.(PairGain Technologies Inc.)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... PairGain Technologies Inc., the power behind DSL access, announced the industry's first high-speed DSL LAN extension system for enterprise networks. The system consists of back-to-back discrete multitone (DMT), Asymmetrical DSL (ADSL) Megabit...

Copper Mountain Announces Cost-Effective DSL Concentrator for Small and Medium Multi-Tenant Units.(Copper Mountain Networks Inc.)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Copper Mountain Networks Inc. announced a new DSL concentrator and companion customer premise equipment (CPE) designed specifically for small and medium-sized multi-tenant units (MTUs). The OnPrem 2400 MTU Concentrator and CopperRocket...

Tollbridge Technologies Announces First IP-Based Voice-over-Cable Gateway Delivering Full Telephony Features and Metropolitan Area Scalability.(Tollbridge Technologies Inc)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Tollbridge Technologies Inc., a developer of IP-based voice-over-broadband solutions for next-generation carriers, announced a broad-ranging development and marketing initiative to add Data-over-Cable Service Interface Specifications...

Lucent Technologies Announces Chip Solution that Doubles Channel Density for ADSL High-Speed Internet Access.(Evaluation)
August 1, 2000... Lucent Technologies Microelectronics Group announced a chip solution that doubles the channel density for Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) high-speed Internet access, compared with competitors' offerings. Higher channel density on...

TollBridge Technologies Demonstrates Voice over Cable at Eastern Cable Show; Tollbridge Voice over Broadband Solution Becomes Reality.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... TollBridge Technologies, a developer of high-quality voice-over-broadband solutions for a new generation of carriers, announced that it will debut its voice-over-cable solution at the Eastern Cable Show in Atlanta, March 14-15, 2001. This...

McLeodUSA to Deploy DSL Equipment from Copper Mountain Networks; Deployment Part of McLeod USA Strategy to Integrate Voice and Data Solutions.(innovations in digital subscriber line solutions)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... McLeodUSA Inc., of Cedar Rapids, IA, and Copper Mountain Networks Inc. announced that McLeodUSA will deploy Copper Mountain equipment throughout its market area. The deployment is part of the McLeodUSA strategy to provide integrated, advanced...