The Leading Information Technology News Summary - Vol.43 No.35 - September 9, 2002

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Compilation of U.S. information technology news dated September 9, 2002, featuring Lucent Technologies’ “RUS Acceptance” status granted by the USDA Rural Utilities Service for advanced optical networking products, including Lucent Metropolis DMX Access Multiplexer and WaveStar TDM 2.5/10G. Also included is a Gartner Dataquest analysis estimating that ubiquitous “true” broadband could boost U.S. GDP by $500 billion annually over the next decade by expanding bandwidth beyond current 384 kbps offerings.

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LUCENT’S OPTICAL NETWORKING PRODUCTS GAINED 'RUS ACCEPTANCE' STATUS

IBM TAKES TOP HONORS IN VAR BUSINESS ANNUAL REPORT CARD SURVEY

DATAQUEST: IMPLEMENTATION OF 'TRUE' BROADBAND COULD BOLSTER U.S. GDP BY $500 BILLION A YEAR

The Leading Information Technology News Summary--Now In Its 43dYear Vol.43 No.35 September 9,2002 # LUCENT’SOPTICALNETWORKINGPRODUCTSGRANTED'RUSACCEPTANCE’STATUS Lucent Technologies(NYSE:LU)hasannounced thattwoofitsadvancedopticalnetworkingsystemshavegained"RUSAcceptance"status fromtheRuralUtilities ServicebranchoftheUnited StatesDepartmentofAgriculture. This acceptance will enable third-partyresellers and suppliers in the Lucent AdvantageBusinessPartnerprogramtosellopticalnetworkingsystems to thousands of RUS-funded serviceproviders. "Lucent's advanced optical networkingsystemshelpcustomerslowerthe costof deployingandoperatingnetworks,"said TimSullivan,president,OpticalNetworking,Lucent Technologies."ThisRUSacceptancewillallowLucent BusinessPartnerstosellourproductsinto anew andemerging market.” TheUSDAgranted the“RUSAcceptance”status to the Lucent Metropolis DMX AccessMultiplexerandWaveStarTDM2.5/10G.Thisstatuspermitsruralutilityserviceprovidersthat deploytheseproductstoqualifyforgovemmentalfinancialassistance. "Inorder forLucent BusinessPartnerstosellLucent productsto RUS-funded service providers,the products need to be listed on the government'sRUSscheduleofproduct authorizations,"said MaryP.Bowen,president,Madison Group,a Lucent Page 1 DATAQUEST:IMPLEMENTATIONOF‘TRUE’BROADBANDCOULDBOLSTERU.S.GDPBY$500 BILLIONAYEAR DataquestInc,aunitofGartnerInc.(NYSE:ITand ITB)has modeled the impact of ubiquitousbroadbandbasedon theUnited States andestimatestheincrementalincrease as$500billionannually foreach ofthe next 10years. TheIntermationalTelecommunicationsUnion(ITU)has trackedthe historicalrelationshipbetween(Continued on Page 2)INTHISISSUE ## IBM TAKES TOP HONORS INVARBUSINESS ANNUAL REPORTCARD SURVEY… …… …… 3 DISKONCHIP ADOPTED INBSQUARE SMARTBUILDREFERENCE DESIGN FORPORTABLE DEVICES… ….5 SST SECURES EMBEDDEDFLASH MEMORY DESIGN WINWITH SHHIC.… ….5 FINISAR INTROS OC-48LONG-REACH SFP OPTICALTRANSCEIVERS WITH ADP RECEIVER....7 PHOENIX TECHNOLOGIESFIRSTBIOS ENABLES USB 2.0HIGH-SPEED MASS STORAGE DEVICES..7 TENSILICA CLAIMS XTENSAPROCESSOR BEATS ALL OTHERPROCESSOR CORES… ….8 LUCENT(Continuedfrom Page1) Advantage BusinessPartner.“This acceptancewillenable Lucent to provide rural customers withtechnologically advanced products and give thosecustomers theabilityto apply forRUS funding.” MetropolisDMX,whichispartofLucent'sMetropolis portfolio of metro optical networkingproducts,has been deployed with more than 35customers and recently received the"Best TelecomEquipment"awardatUTCTelecom2002,theworld'slargestutilitytelecomtechnologytradeshow.Itprovidesnext-generationSONET capabilities and servesasanintegrated Ethernet over SONET metro accessmultiplexer that enables service providers to cost-effectivelymigrate fromexisting TDM(time-divisionmultiplexed)networks to data-aware packetnetworks.Providing a solid foundation for futurebandwidth and service growth,the Metropolis DMXoffers scalableservice growth withinterfaces fromDS-1 to OC-192,including 10/100 and GigabitEthernet,onasinglecompact platform. The WaveStar TDM 2.5/10G is a multi-serviceself-healingSONETtransportnetworkproductthatenablesserviceproviderstodeliveropticalservicesatratesofupto 10gigabitsper secondperwavelengthandsupportcurrentservicesaswellasnewapplicationsthroughascalableand flexiblesystem.A10Gb/slinerateiscapableoftransmittingupto2millionone-pageemails or 130,000 simultaneous phone calls persecond.Thesystemisamature andastableplatformwithover5000systemsdeployedinSONETnetworksglobally.DevelopedbyLucent'sBellLabs,thesystemalso helps reduce operating expenses throughadvancedself-healingnetworks,networkmanagementcapabilities andsuperiorcarrier gradereliability September 9,2002 Lucent Technologies,headquartered inMurrayHill,N.J,USA,designsanddeliversnetworksfor the world's largest communications serviceproviders.Backed by Bell Labs research anddevelopment,Lucentrelieso

FAQs

What does “RUS Acceptance” status enable for Lucent’s networking products?

It allows Lucent’s approved business partners and suppliers to sell the optical networking systems to RUS-funded service providers, supporting qualification for rural program funding.

Which Lucent products received the USDA Rural Utilities Service “RUS Acceptance” status?

The Lucent Metropolis DMX Access Multiplexer and the WaveStar TDM 2.5/10G received the “RUS Acceptance” status.

How does Gartner Dataquest define “true” broadband in the report?

“True” broadband is broadband to the home with aggregated downstream capability of at least 10 Mbps.

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