ADSL News articles from October 2000

ADSL News archives from October 2000

Vyyo MMDS System to be Field Tested in Mexico.(telecommunication company)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2000... Vyyo Inc. announced that its MMDS systems will be field tested by Telinor Television of Mexico as part of ADC Telecommunication's Axity broadband wireless access system. "We are excited by ADC's success with its Axity broadband wireless system...

Marconi MWSA Enclosures Selected by Verizon to House Next-Generation Digital Loop Carriers.(telecommunication companies)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2000... Marconi, a global provider of advanced communications solutions, announced that it has been selected to supply Verizon with a more robust electronic enclosure to house the next-generation digital loop carriers (NGDLCs) in the company's...

Capital Networks Selects Orckit's FastInternet IP DSLAM for MTU Deployment.(telecommunication company)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2000... Orckit Communications Ltd. announced that its splitterless FastInternet IP DSLAM system has been selected for commercial rollout by Capital networks, a Beijing-based Internet infrastructure provider. The selection will enable Capital...

Interspeed Receives $100 Million Product Commitment from Intelligent Public Network.(communications company)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2000... Interspeed Inc. announced a five-year, $100-million agreement with Intelligent Public Network (IPN), an Australian network services developer, for Interspeed's digital subscriber line access router to be used in a national network now being...

NorthPoint Canada Designates Efficient as CPE Provider.(communications company)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2000... Efficient Networks announced its selection as a CPE provider for NorthPoint Canada, a broadband services company and the joint venture of NorthPoint Communications and Call-Net Enterprises Inc. "NorthPoint Canada is uniquely positioned to...

SSET Announces First iP3 Order and Partnership with TCS.(communications company)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2000... SSE Telecom Inc. (SSET) announced the first order for its new iP3 satellite Internet gateway. Telecommunication Systems Inc.(TCS) of Annapolis, MD has placed an initial order for iP3 equipment to be deployed in an Internet transport network it...

Orckit and CopperCom Prove Interoperability for End-to-End Voice-over-DSL Solution.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2000... Orckit Communications Inc. and CopperCom, the company that is creating voice services over broadband, announced that they have successfully proven interoperability between Orckit's DSL access multiplexer (DSLAM) systems and the CopperCom...

Interspeed and Gallantry Technologies Team to Deliver All-in-One Broadband Services Solution.(telecommunications companies)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2000... Interspeed Inc. and Gallantry Technologies Inc. announced that the Gallant Web-200 business broadband gateway, the industry's first all-in-one multi-services DSL CPE solution, is interoperable with Interspeed's EdgeSpeed DSL access routers. ...

RC Networks and TollBridge Technologies Partner to Provide End-to-End Voice over DSL Solutions.(commercial treaty)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2000... RC Networks Inc. and TollBridge Technologies Inc. announced the signing of an agreement for covering co-marketing, sales, and product interoperability. As part of this agreement, RC Networks joins TollBridge's Voice over Broadband Alliance...

Nokia to Acquire DiscoveryCom in the US.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2000... Nokia announced an agreement to acquire DiscoveryCom based in Huntsville, AL. DiscoveryCom provides solutions that enable communications service providers to rapidly install and maintain Broadband DSL services for fast Internet access. The...

Corning Cable Systems Experiences Worldwide Demand for ADSL Technology.(Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2000... Corning Cable Systems announced that it has shipped more than 1.5 million full rate ADSL Plaid Old Telephone Services (POTS) splitters and more than 1.4 million distributed filters worldwide during the first two quarters of 2000. Corning...

Interspeed to Resell Xpeed Networking Products to FurtherAssure Its Single-Source DSL Position.(Digital Subscriber Line)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2000... Interspeed Inc. said it will resell several of DSL access products manufactured by Xpeed Networks Inc. This agreement will enable Interspeed to meet growing demand for its high-performance EdgeSpeed DSL access routers by having on-hand...

TollBridge and Interspeed Partner to Expedite Voice over DSL Solution.(TollBridge Technologies Inc./ Digital Subscriber Line technology)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2000... TollBridge Technologies Inc. and Interspeed Inc. have entered into a marketing agreement to facilitate delivery of IP-based voice services to providers of broadband voice and data services in the multi-tenant unit (MTU) market. The joint...

Galaxy Internet Awards Network Access Solutions $5 Million Contract for DSL Services.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2000... Network Access Solutions (NAS), a broadband solutions provider, announced it has been awarded a two-year, follow-on agreement from Galaxy Internet Services, an Internet service provider in Boston. NAS was awarded this agreement for...

Analog Devices Joins OpenDSL Initiative to Simplify DSL Installation and Accelerate Retail Availability.(Digital Subscriber Line)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2000... Analog Devices Inc. announced that it has joined the OpenDSL initiative to simplify and expedite DSL installation and broaden the retail market for DSL equipment and service. OpenDSL will enable service providers to avoid expensive on-site...

Alliance Calls for SDSL Standard.(Symmetric Digital Subscriber line)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2000... Frustrated by what they say is an atmosphere of resistance among service carriers to the deployment of cheaper, more flexible communications networks, a group of chip makers and OEMs are promoting an open standard for symmetric-DSL technology...

Westell Joins in Industry Initiative to Accelerate Mass DSL Deployment with Software and Interoperability.(Westell Technologies Inc. supports Open Digital Subscriber Line alliance)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2000... Westell Technologies Inc., through its Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) Business Unit, announced it has joined with other digital subscriber line equipment suppliers in support of the OpenDSL initiative, a collaborative industry effort to...

DSL Positioned to Overtake Cable: Efficient and Alcatel Set Pace in Market.(Efficient Networks leads Digital Subscriber Line field)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2000... Efficient Networks continued their surge in the DSL customer premise equipment (CPE) market, once again boasting market share lead in ADSL modems for the second quarter of 2000, according to Cahners In-Stat Group. The high-tech market research...

Gateways Pave Way for DSL Video.(Digital Subscriber Line)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2000... As telecom companies attract a critical mass of customers for DSL Internet access, they will also leverage the same technology for video service, according to Cahners In-Stat Group. The high-tech market research firm reports that now that...

PacBell Leads DSL Market.(Digital Subscriber Line)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
October 1, 2000... PackBell has been leading the charge into the DSL market, accounting for the majority of SBC's 435,000 high-speed access customers. At the end of July, PacBell had almost 300,000 DSL subscribers, a more than eightfold jump over July 1999,...

Westell Grabs Top Market Share in Desktop ADSL Modems.(Westell Technologies Inc. / Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2000... Westell Technologies Inc. announced that its Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) Business Unit is now the worldwide market leader in desktop ADSL modem sales, according to a new report from Dell'Oro Group Inc. According to the Dell'Oro...

Small Businesses Switch to DSL.(Digital Subscriber Line study)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2000... Digital subscriber line (DSL) will push broadband Internet connections past dial access among US businesses in 2003, with small business the driving force. One DSL provider predicts that businesses will switch totally from dialup to broadband...

View Dimming for G.Lite as Panacea.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2000... No one is laughing about G.Lite. Who has time, when there are more important things happening in digital subscriber line technology, such as downloading as many songs from Napster as one can before the service is turned off? No doubt many...

Deployment of G.Lite Slows with More Introductions of Full-Rate ADSL.(Digital Subscriber Line)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2000... Recognizing that the deployment of ADSL G.Lite remains in question, several major proponents of the technology have softened their position by announcing support also for full-rate ADSL. According to announcements by the companies at the...

NorthPoint Communications Targets SOHO Market.(NorthPoint Communications Inc. Small Office Professional product)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
October 1, 2000... NorthPoint Communications is targeting the small-office, teleworker, and multi-PC home markets with a business-class DSL service designed to support two to four users. NorthPoint's Small Office Professional product offers a choice of two...

ITeX Announces SAM 3 Full-Rate, Host-Based ADSL Modem Chipset.(Integrated Telecom Express Inc)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)(Product Announcement)
October 1, 2000... Integrated Telecom Express Inc., (ITeX) a provider of ADSL integrated circuits and software, announced its full-rate scalable ADSL modem family chipset. The new chipset, SAM 3, is a host-based full-rate ADSL modem solution for ADSL-ready...

Gabriel Communications Solutions Redefines Standard Interface of Business Communication in Lexington, MA.(Gabriel Communications Inc.)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2000... Gabriel Communications Inc., a total communications provider, announced that it is introducing to Lexington, MA businesses a complete package of Internet services, Web-based business applications, traditional telecommunication services, and...

Efficient Networks Opens New Office in Los Gatos, CA.(Efficient Networks Inc.)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2000... Efficient Networks, a worldwide provider of digital subscriber line customer premises equipment (CPE) for the broadband access market, announced that it has opened a new office in Los Gatos, CA. The new facility combines the personnel from...

US LEC Launches DSL in 16 Markets.(US LEC Corp. expands Digital Subscriber Line)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2000... US LEC Corp., a provider of integrated telecommunications solutions, has expanded its digital subscriber line service to 16 of its markets. In June of 1999, US LEC announced plans to offer DSL in Atlanta and Philadelphia. US LEC has...