ADSL News articles from January 2001

ADSL News archives from January 2001

TIA Cautions that Regulating Open Access to Broadband Cable Networks Could Stifle Their Growth.
January 1, 2001... The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) urged the FCC to continue refraining from regulating open access to cable operators' high-speed networks used for Internet access via cable modems in comments filed with the FCC in response to...

Chester Telephone Doubles the Serving Distance of Its DSL Services Using Symmetricom's GoLong Loop Extender.
January 1, 2001... Symmetricom revealed that Chester Telephone Co. will field trial Symmetricom's GoLong Loop Extender to double the reach of its digital subscriber line network. The field trial began on December 18, 2000 in Chester, SC and will continue...

Natural MicroSystems Supplies Voice over DSL Technology for Tdsoft Broadband Access Gateway.
January 1, 2001... Natural Microsystems (NMS) announced that Tdsoft Ltd. of Herzlia, Israel is integrating NMS' high-capacity ASIC-based technology into its VoNGATE voice access gateway. Tdsoft, a developer of voice over next-generation access solutions...

Paradyne and Sierra Telephone Team up to Deploy High-Speed Internet Access.
January 1, 2001... Paradyne Networks and Sierra Telephone, a California-based regional telecommunications company, announced that Sierra Telephone has selected Paradyne's Hotwire ReachDSL solution to offer business-class data services. Sierra Telephone will...

DSL Markets in Europe Still Lag Behind the US, Analysys Reports.
January 1, 2001... Germany, Spain, and the UK are the most advanced DSL markets in Western Europe according to Analysys. Analysys' new on-line benchmarking service, DSL Pricing: Western Europe, reveals that business and residential customers in these countries...

Infinilink i500 Multi-Mode ADSL Router Approved for Use in Europe and the Asia-Pacific Region.
January 1, 2001... Infinilink Corp., a broadband technology provider focused on the rapid delivery of DSL, announced that its i500 Ethernet ADSL router is now available for use in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. With CE approval, in addition to its...

Australian Carrier, Request DSL, Selects Turnstone's Copper CrossConnect CX100 and CrossWorks Tools to Save Time and Money in Offering Wholesale DSL.
January 1, 2001... Turnstone Systems announced that RequestDSL, a licensed Australian telecommunications carrier, will deploy Turnstone's Copper CrossConnect CXl00 local loop management platform and CrossWorks back office automation software to make deployment,...

ViaGate and Huneed Partner to Offer VDSL Solution in Korea.
January 1, 2001... ViaGate Technologies, a supplier of very high bit-rate digital subscriber line (VDSL) communications products, and Huneed Technologies, a supplier of telecommunications products and services, announced the signing of a reseller partnership...

Xpeed Networks Begins Volume Shipments to eAccess, a Supplier of ADSL Service to Consumers in Japan.
January 1, 2001... Xpeed Networks, a supplier of digital subscriber line access devices, announced the commencement of volume shipments of the X41lC ADSL to USB G.lite Modem to eAccess, a provider of high-speed Internet services to consumers in Japan. The first...

RC Networks Announces Distribution Agreement with Tokyo-Based Company.
January 1, 2001... RC Networks, a provider of DSL-driven, high-speed Internet access products, and Kanematsu Computer Systems Ltd. (KCS) announced that the two companies have signed a distribution agreement. Under the agreement, KCS will market and distribute...

New Edge Networks and Microsoft Form Alliance to Bring MSN HighSpeed to Consumers Nationwide.
January 1, 2001... New Edge Networks and Microsoft announced that they have reached an agreement designed to accelerate the national deployment of MSN HighSpeed consumer broadband DSL service. Under the terms of the agreement, New Edge Networks will serve as...

Alaska Communications Systems Signs Agreement with Advanced Fibre Communications for ADSL Equipment.
January 1, 2001... Advanced Fibre Communications, a provider of multi-service broadband solutions for the telecommunications industry, announced that it has signed a multi-year agreement with Alaska Communications Systems Group (ACS) to supply remote broadband...

NorthPoint Disappointed at Verizon Reversal on Deal.
January 1, 2001... On November 29, 2000, NorthPoint Communications learned that Verizon Communications purported to terminate the August 7, 2000 agreement to merge the two companies' DSL businesses and its obligation to provide interim financing. Liz Fetter,...

Flashcom Cuts Work Force Nearly 30 Percent.
January 1, 2001... Flashcom, a high-speed Internet access provider, laid off 105 employees, or nearly 30 percent of its workforce, and has sold a portion of its customer base in an attempt to continue its operations, executives confirmed. The layoffs were...

Myrio and TVN willn Deliver DVD-Quality Content to Telephone Customers via DSL.
January 1, 2001... Myrio Corp. and TVN Entertainment Corp. announced an alliance under which DVD-quality premier movies and home entertainment content will, for the first time, be bundled for delivery to telephone customers via DSL. Financial terms of the...

Telocity Takes over Residential DSL Lines from MegaPath.
January 1, 2001... MegaPath Networks Inc. announced that Telocity has agreed to serve as the DSL broadband service provider for the residential lines MegaPath acquired when MegaPath purchased the assets of Phoenix Networks in October 2000. The announcement came...

Copper Mountain and 3Com Enable DSL Broadband Providers to Accelerate Service Activation.
January 1, 2001... Copper Mountain Networks, a provider of digital subscriber line solutions for business and residential users, and 3Com Corp. are teaming to enable DSL broadband providers to dramatically accelerate service activation for new subscribers. ...

Intel Licenses USB 2.0 Host Specification without Royalties.
January 1, 2001... Hoping to forge a de facto standard, Intel Corp. will license its USB 2.0 enhanced host controller specification -- the interface between the host controller and its software driver -- on a royalty-free basis. Unwilling to revisit the...

DSL Providers' Bloodbath Continues.
January 1, 2001... A trio of competitive providers recently announced plans to scale back their operations, the latest setbacks for a market that increasingly looks as though it will be dominated by the Bell companies. The bad news for competitive DSL firms...

DSL Modem Market Slides Slightly in the Third Quarter; Cable Modem Market Gains.
January 1, 2001... Deployment issues hindered the growth in shipments of ADSL modems in the third quarter of 2000, while growth in shipments of cable modems, aided by the move towards DOCSIS-certified modems, increased, according to Cahners In-Stat Group. ...

Efficient Networks Continues Lead in DSL CPE Market Share.
January 1, 2001... Efficient Networks announced the continuation of its market leadership in DSL customer premises equipment (CPE) shipments in the third quarter of 2000, as reported by the Dell'Oro Group and Cahners In-Stat Group. According to the Dell'Oro...

DSL IC Market Will Grow over 300 Percent in 2000.
January 1, 2001... The DSL IC market will grow from just over 10 million ports shipped in 1999, to over 90 million by 2004, according to Cahners In-Stat Group, a high-tech market research firm. "The DSL IC market is expanding rapidly in 2000, as providers...

Lucent Unveils Two DSL Remote Terminals.
January 1, 2001... With more and more service providers looking to bring DSL termination gear closer to end users, Lucent has entered the market for DSL remote terminals. Lucent's two new Stinger remote terminals, officially introduced at the Paris edition...

Intermedia Expands Nationwide High-Speed Internet Access Services for Businesses.
January 1, 2001... Intermedia Communications, an integrated communications provider for businesses, announced it will offer a nationwide DSL-based, high-speed Internet access service that is secure, reliable, and fast to provision. This bundled service,...

New Edge Networks Expands Broadband Services to Wisconsin.
January 1, 2001... New Edge Networks announced it is offering high-speed DSL and other business-class broadband services over standard telephone lines in Wisconsin. New Edge Networks, a national broadband service provider in small-, mid-size, and semi-rural...

Teradyne Rolls out ADSL Tester for High-Speed Data Services.
January 1, 2001... Teradyne recently released a beefed-up version of its Celerity asymmetric digital subscriber line loop-qualification test system to help pave the way for the deployment of high-speed data services in today's telephone networks. Since...