Alcatel, wereldleider in Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) technologie, heeft vandaag een reeks vernieuwingen bekendgemaakt van de wijdverbreide Alcatel 7300 Advanced Services Access Manager (ASAM), 's werelds meest toegepaste platform voor breedbandtoegang. Hiermee kan de uitrol van DSL worden versneld en de kosten voor de operator worden gedrukt.
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Alcatel attacks DSL deployment costs, expands service reach
Broadband access leadership reinforced by upgrade to most popular DSL platform, and record shipment of 20 million DSL lines worldwide
Paris, October 28, 2002 - Alcatel (Paris: CGEP.PA and NYSE: ALA), the world-wide leader in digital subscriber line (DSL) technology, today announced a suite of feature enhancements for the widely-deployed Alcatel 7300 Advanced Services Access Manager (ASAM) that helps speed DSL deployment and reduce operator costs.
Alcatel has strengthened its market-leading access portfolio with the introduction of features on the 7300 ASAM that empower operators to deploy broadband services with extremely quick payback. Most significantly, Alcatel is first to deliver standards-compliant customer premises equipment (CPE) auto-configuration - a vital feature that enables the service provider to quickly and dynamically configure the central office (CO) and CPE. As a result, many costly manual field operations tasks are eliminated.
With this release, Alcatel is also introducing a new "low-profile" remote DSLAM - making it possible for operators to deploy DSL everywhere. Combined with a reduction in power consumption and increase in density, service providers now have the most comprehensive set of solutions, all on a single platform, to deliver nation-wide broadband services with minimal capital investment and operational expense.
"Telstra recognizes the importance of understanding the latest technology and applying it to meet the needs of our current and future customers," says Ken Benson, Telstra's managing director of Wireless and Wireline. "We are announcing the deployment of the latest in proven broadband technology, based on the Alcatel 7300 ASAM, to service both metropolitan and regional areas experiencing high customer demand."
Alcatel DSL line shipments now total 20 million, and global market share is at 37.3 percent. With these milestones, Alcatel has proven the success of its technology and the growing popularity of DSL. Alcatel's extensive list of broadband operator 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.
"Carriers are eager to offer intelligent broadband services, but not at any expense. The demand for lower costs, incremental revenue flow and increasing efficiency has never been higher," says Ernie Bergstrom, senior analyst - Advanced Carrier Strategies at In-stat/MDR. "Alcatel is able to reinforce its leadership in broadband access with the continued delivery of product enhancements which help operators increase DSL profitability."
"The most critical element in ensuring DSL network success for carriers is reducing customer acquisition costs and activation time to the absolute minimum," says Michel Rahier, President of Alcatel's broadband networking activities. "We are committed to DSL profitability and to the delivery and support of leading-edge DSL solutions that ensure our customers increase their revenue potential while decreasing their costs and simplifying the use of this technology."
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 - van der Hoek
T. 036- 5235 330
E. milaine@steijger.com