ADSL News articles from March 2001

ADSL News archives from March 2001

ADSL-Modem Chipset Shipment.(table)(Brief Article)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2001... ADSL-Modem Chipset Shipment Units in millions 1999 1.9 2000 6.3 2001 13.2 2002 17.3 2003 21 2004 24.3 Source: IDC

Infinitec Networks Announces ADSL Field Trials.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Infinitec Networks Inc. announced ADSL field trials recently began with existing customers in the domestic US. These field trials will feature two new additions to Infinitec's Multi-Service Intelligent Access Platform, Inteleflex. Inteleflex is...

Eatel Selects Turnstone's Copper CrossConnect CX100 as Local Loop Management Platform for DSL Services.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Turnstone Systems announced that Eatel, a 65-year-old Louisiana communications provider and independent operating company, will deploy Turnstone's copper CrossConnect CX100 as the local loop management platform for its digital subscriber line...

SBC Makes the BroadJump.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... SBC Communications has deployed a service self-installation product from broadband service provider, BroadJump, that will make activation of DSL service more efficient for SBC customers. The deployment calls for BroadJump's Virtual Truck...

MaxGate Selects Virata's Beryllium Processor for Next-Generation Family of Modems and Routers.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Virata Corp. announced that its Beryllium communications processor has been selected by MaxGate to power its newest family of modems and routers, as well as future Internet gateway products. These new products will be targeted at...

Fibernet Selects Paradyne DSL Solution to Deliver Optimum Performance for New European Services.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Paradyne has announced that Fibernet Group PLC, a UK-based next-generation telecommunications provider, will utilize the Hotwire GranDSLAM DSL platform to provide high-speed digital subscriber line (DSL) access for all loop lengths in...

Korea Thrunet Launches ADSL Service.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Korea Thrunet Co. Ltd., Korea's largest cable modem broadband Internet-access services provider and operator of Korea.com broadband portal, announced the launch of ADSL service on March 1, 2001. The ADSL offering targets densely populated...

ITeX Adds Annex-C Support for Japan ADSL Market.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Integrated Telecom Express Inc. (ITeX), a provider of ADSL integrated circuits and software recently announced Annex-C support for the rapidly growing ADSL market in Japan, which has a large installed base of ISDN lines. ITeX's Annex-C capable,...

Lucent Technologies Awarded Broadband Access Network Expansion Project by Guangzhou Telecom.
March 1, 2001... Lucent Technologies recently announced that it has been awarded a broadband access network expansion project by Guangzhou Telecom. Under the multimillion dollar contract, Lucent will supply Guangzhou Telecom with its Stinger digital subscriber...

Network Telephone Closes $140 Million Credit Line.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Network Telephone Corp., a provider of broadband integrated communications using voice over digital subscriber (VoDSL) line technology in the Southeast US, announced completion of a $140 million senior credit facility, of which $75 million will...

Mpower Communications Extends Relationship with Copper Mountain as Its Primary Broadband DSL Equipment Provider.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Copper Mountain Networks Inc., a provider of DSL solutions for business and residential users, and Mpower Communications Corp., a provider of broadband data, Internet, and telephony services to business customers, announced that they are...

OpenTV Looks to Cable, ADSL.(Company Business and Marketing)
March 1, 2001... OpenTV, a maker of software for interactive television, said it expected to announce new contracts soon with cable networks and upgrade its software for satellite clients to handle high-speed Internet service. OpenTV president, James...

NorthPoint Delisted.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... NorthPoint Communications, the beleaguered DSL provider that has suffered major stock depreciation, corporate and shareholder lawsuits, and near bankruptcy during the last 52 weeks, was delisted from Nasdaq on February 13, 2001, just weeks...

Alcatel Launches Cyprus' First DSL Service.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Alcatel announced that it will supply CYTA, Cyprus' national telecommunications service provider, with 5,000 ADSL lines and 2,600 Speed Touch USB modems, 2,300 Speed Touch Home modems, and 100 Speed Touch Pro ADSL routers. CYTA is gearing up to...

ADC DataNet Teams up with WIT to Deliver One-Stop Digital Subscriber Line Solution from Paradyne.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Advanced Datanetwork Communications Co. Ltd., known as ADC DataNet, a subsidiary of Shin Corp. Group, a network service provider, announced their partnership with World Information Technology Co. (WIT), the system integrator of enterprise and...

CommWorks to Help Atlantic Telephone Deploy DSL.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... CommWorks, a spin off and wholly-owned subsidiary of 3Com, announced that it is working with Atlantic Telephone Membership Corp. (ATMC) to offer high-speed DSL service to customers up to five miles away from any of the carrier's 46 central...

DSL Technology Just Got Faster.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2001... A standard adopted this month by the International Telecommunications Union could eventually spur voice over DSL service, experts said. But they noted that widespread deployment is still a year away. The G.991.2 standard defines...

DSL Gets Down and Dirty.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Although demand for broadband is at an all-time high, February saw further evidence that the DSL marketplace is in crisis when Covad Communications shut off service to two ISPs late in paying their bills. The move immediately sparked a...

NewPath Launches Business-Class DSL Services in 13 Midwest Markets.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... NewPath Holdings, a Midwest-based company specializing in bringing high-speed Internet access, data networking, and broadband communication services to small- and medium-sized businesses, has begun serving 13 markets in seven states. ...

Broadview Networks Announces Controlled Introduction of Voice over DSL Service.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Broadview Networks, a network-based electronically integrated communications provider, announced that it has begun a controlled introduction of voice over digital subscriber line (VoDSL) service in a New York City sales office and is expanding...

LSI Logic Drives Deeper into DSL with AFE IC Family.(Brief Article)
March 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 portfolios. Addressing the DSL...

Catena Says DSL Is Only a Card Shuffle Away.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Catena Networks, a Redwood Shores, CA, DSL equipment manufacturer, is resorting to a simple card trick to ease the rollout of DSL to remote terminals. Catena's CNX-5 asymmetric DSL (ADSL) system, unveiled at ComNet, is essentially a line...

Netopia and Onvia Announce New Internet Service to Assist DSL Customers.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Netopia Inc., a developer of broadband Internet equipment solutions, and Onvia Inc., a small business exchange, announced the new DSL Center, a joint Web site to assist DSL users and customers in understanding DSL technology and help them make...

Infinilink Releases Multimode ADSL Router.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Infinilink Corp. announced the release of its i510 multimode ADSL router featuring enhanced routing capabilities and Web-based configuration. Configurable as either a bridge or a router, Infinilink says that the i510 provides a minimum of...

Sunrise Telecom Announces HSSI Advancement.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Sunrise Telecom Inc., a provider of service verification equipment for telecommunications and Internet networks, announced the introduction of a high-speed serial interface (HSSI) plug-in module for the SunSet xDSL line of test equipment. The...

Three Tune Analog Parts to Hone Next-Generation DSL.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Infineon, Legerity, and Texas Instruments are among the companies detailing analog designs that help pump more data less expensively over phone lines to bolster next-generation digital subscriber line systems. At the recent International...