Alcatel heeft vandaag bekendgemaakt dat het met de levering van de 20 miljoenste Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) een belangrijke mijlpaal heeft bereikt. Daarmee heeft Alcatel bijna viermaal zoveel DSL-lijnen geleverd als de directe concurrent van Alcatel. In meer dan 70 DSL-operator klanten en een marktaandeel van 37.3% ziet Alcatel het bewijs van het succes van haar technologie en de populariteit van DSL.
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Alcatel ships record 20 million DSL lines
Deployment rate evidence of DSL as favored broadband access technology
Paris, October 28, 2002 - Alcatel (Paris: CGEP.PA and NYSE: ALA), the world leader in broadband access, today announced it has reached a major deployment milestone by shipping 20 million digital subscriber lines (DSL), nearly four times that of its nearest competitor. With more than 70 DSL operator customers worldwide and a global market share of 37.3 percent, Alcatel has proven the success of its technology and the popularity of DSL.
The 20 million lines encompass the full range of DSL solutions including asymmetric and symmetric digital subscriber lines (ADSL, SHDSL) to deliver standards-based broadband services to residential and professional subscribers. Both are supported by the Alcatel 7300 Advanced Services Access Manager (ASAM), which is the world's most widely deployed broadband access platform, and combined DSL/POTS lines on the Alcatel Litespan Next Generation Digital Loop Carrier (NGDLC).
"We think DSL will carry on growing strongly," says Tim Johnson, publisher of point-topic.com. "Point Topic reported nearly seven million DSL subscribers were added worldwide during the first half of this year. This means that DSL is already a mass market medium in the leading countries, and others are catching up rapidly. With all its technical and market advantages, we see DSL leading the development of a broadband world."
Alcatel's extensive list of broadband customers includes some of the largest service providers around the world such as Bell Canada, BellSouth, British Telecom, China Telecom, France Telecom, SBC, Telstra and Verizon.
"DSL is the dominant broadband technology for service providers to offer new revenue generating services and Alcatel is leading the charge," says Michel Rahier, President of Alcatel's broadband networking activities. "We have reached this significant milestone in partnership with our customers. Alcatel remains committed to the continued delivery of a broadband access portfolio that enables our customers to offer high-speed services their subscribers want and will pay for."
About Alcatel
Alcatel designs, develops and builds innovative and competitive communications networks, enabling carriers, service providers and enterprises to deliver any type of content, such as voice, data and multimedia, to any type of consumer, anywhere in the world. Relying on its leading and comprehensive products and solutions portfolio, stretching from end-to-end optical infrastructures, fixed and mobile networks to broadband access, Alcatel's customers can focus on optimizing their service offerings and revenue streams. With sales of EURO 25 billion in 2001, Alcatel operates in more than 130 countries. For more information, visit Alcatel on the
Internet: http://www.alcatel.com
Voor nadere informatie:
Alcatel Telecom Nederland/Eva Fodor
T. 070 - 3079 815
E. eva.fodor@alcatel.nl
Steijger.comm/Milaine de Roos
T. 036 - 5235 330
E. milaine@steijger.com