ADSL News articles from February 2001

ADSL News archives from February 2001

BellSouth ADSL Growth.(Statistical Data Included)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... BellSouth ADSL Growth Lines (100,000s) 1999 35 2000 215 2001 600 Source: IGI

Symmetricom's GoLong Is Confirmed to Double the Effective Distance of DSL in First Field Trial.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Symmetricom Inc., a provider of network and broadband access solutions for converged voice, data, and video networks, detailed results of the first successful field trial by an independent telephone company for a new technology that effectively...

Adtran Completes Voice of Broadband Alliance Certification Testing with TollBridge Technologies Voice Gateway.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Adtran Inc., a provider of DSL deployment equipment, and TollBridge Technologies, a developer of high-quality, voice-over-broadband solutions for broadband carriers, announced that Adtran's Total Access product line of integrated access devices...

Optibase MGW 2000 Selected by ClearWorks for Delivery of Broadband Video Services.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Optibase, a provider of broadband media streaming solutions, announced that its MGW 2000 streaming media gateway has been selected by ClearWorks.net for distribution of high quality video- and audio-based services to residential and business...

Avaya Selects Paradyne's Hotwire GranDSLAM to Provide DSL Solutions.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Paradyne Networks Inc. announced that Avaya, a provider of communications systems and software for network service providers and enterprises, will partner with Paradyne by reselling Paradyne's Hotwire GranDSLAM to create differentiated...

Nokia Broadband Solution Chosen by Tess Communications for Remote DSL Deployments in the US.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Nokia, a world leader in the supply of DSL products and technologies, has signed a contract with Tess Communications in the US to deliver the Nokia Broadband Solution for an aggressive DLS roll-out in Arizona and Colorado. In those areas where...

Sunrise Telecom's xDSL Testing Products Chosen by Korea Telecom.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Sunrise Telecom, a provider of verification equipment, has been selected by Korea Telecom as the preferred vendor for DSL field test equipment for its nationwide DSL deployment. Korea Telecom selected the SunSet xDSL for use in installation of...

Alcatel Provides Platform for Record DSL Deployment in Canada.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Alcatel announced the landmark addition of over 100,000 ADSL lines to Canadian business and residential customers in just the last six months. During this same period, Bell Canada, an ISP in Canada, equipped 280 of its switching centers...

ADSL User Base in China to Break Five Million Mark by 2003.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2001... The Chinese Ministry of Information Industry (MII) statistics indicate 100,000 ADSL links were operational in 2000, expecting the number to reach five million to 10 million by 2003. Huawei said its MA5100 office-end ADSL equipment has been...

Lucent Technologies Selects Multimode ADSL Chipset from Centillium to Address Rapidly Growing Japanese DSL Market.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Centillium Communications Inc., a provider of broadband communications technology, announced that Lucent Technologies has selected its CopperFlite multimode ADSL chipset for deployment in Lucent's newly-developed Stinger LS DSL platform for the...

BellSouth Exceeds DSL Subscriber Forecasts for Year 2000.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... BellSouth Corp. has exceeded its projections of reaching 200,000 DSL subscribers in the year 2000, ending the year with over 215,000 DSL subscribers in 46 total markets. In addition, the company announced an aggressive rollout plan...

Network Telephone Closes $140 Million Credit Line.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Network Telephone Corp. announced completion of a $140 million senior credit facility, of which $75 million will be used to refinance existing obligations. Lehman Bros. and Lucent Technologies will lead the syndication, which also will be used...

Streaming Media Corp. and Telocity Strike Agreement to Deliver Video and Audio to Broadband Users.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Streaming Media Corp. and Telocity, a nationwide provider of residential broadband services, announced the availability of SMC's streaming video and audio to Telocity subscribers. Under the channel partner agreement between the two...

Webvan and Telocity Connection Offers High-Speed Internet Access to On-Line Shoppers.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Webvan Group and Telocity have partnered to give webvan.com customers convenient and competitively priced high-speed Internet access. webvan.com customers who sign up with Telocity through this promotion will receive two free months of...

Cohen Milstein Hausfeld & Toll Files Class Action Lawsuit against Verizon Online and Verizon DSL Access Service.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Cohen Milstein Hausfeld & Toll PLLC, filed a class action lawsuit against Verizon Communications Inc. and Verizon Internet Services Inc. in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia on behalf of all purchasers of the Verizon Online and...

NorthPoint Communications Files Petition For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... NorthPoint Communications Inc. announced that it has filed a petition for Chapter 11 protection with the US Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California in San Francisco. The company also announced it has secured a commitment...

Rhythms NetConnections Poised to Help Partners Meet Demands for DSL Service.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Rhythms NetConnections Inc., an international provider of broadband communication services, stated that it is has the capability and capacity on its network to assist partners who are experiencing challenges in filling demand for digital...

Winfire Creates Parent Company, Splits Operations.
February 1, 2001... Winfire Inc., the Internet service provider that made waves in the industry last year by providing free DSL service, is not only doing well but is planning to spin off one of its software divisions to make future DSL rollout even easier. There...

Vitts Calls It Quits.(Vitts Networks)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... The industry shakeout that has decimated HarvardNet, Digital Broadband Communications, and other DSL providers in recent weeks appears to have claimed another victim. Vitts Networks, a Manchester, New Hampshire-based provider of DSL and...

ZoomTown.com Brings Movies-on-Demand to TVs via ADSL.
February 1, 2001... Service providers are putting speed in the hands of the people. But now that they have it, do consumers really know what to do with it? ZoomTown.com is showing a select group of customers in Cincinnati just how good it can get with a DSL...

LSI Logic Drives Deeper into DSL with AFE IC Family.
February 1, 2001... LSI Logic Corp. is trying to get a leg up in the fast-growing yet fiercely competitive DSL chip market by integrating more functions and increasing the connectivity range of its analog front-end (AFE) product portfolio. Addressing the DSL...

Celsian Technologies Announces Momentum G200 and G400 Series G.SHDSL Bridge and Router.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Celsian Technologies, a supplier of data communication products, announced the Momentum G200 and G400 series high-performance G.SHDSL bridges and routers. The G series will ship with SmartCNCT, which will allow service providers to offer...

New T1 Line Card for Copper Mountain DSL Concentrators Enables Broadband Carriers to Expand Total Addressable Market.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Copper Mountain Networks Inc., a provider of digital subscriber line solutions for business and residential users, announced a new T1 line card enabling broadband providers to extend the reach of value-added voice and data services, even to...

Copper Mountain Introduces CopperRocket 508T, an MGCP-Enabled T1 Integrated Access Device for Next-Generation Softswitch Voice Networks.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Copper Mountain Networks Inc., a provider of DSL solutions for business and residential users, announced a new T1 integrated access device (IAD) that enables broadband providers to extend the reach of converged high-speed data and multi-line...

NewPath Launches DSL Services for Des Moines Area Businesses.
February 1, 2001... NewPath Holdings, a Midwest-based company specializing in bringing high-speed Internet access, data networking, and broadband communications services to small- and medium-sized businesses has begun serving the Des Moines area, NewPath president...