Lucent to simplify DSL use with new chipset Samples to ship in Q3 By James Niccolai

January  1998

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DSL is a relatively new technology which promises to squeeze extra bandwidth out of analog phone lines and make it faster to download content from the Internet. While current analog modems top out at about 56,000 bits per second, Lucent's DSL technology will offer download speeds of up to 1.5 megabits per second, the company said.

To use DSL, customers presently must have additional wiring, or splitters, installed at their home to separate voice and data traffic. With its new DSL chipset, codenamed WildWire, Lucent claims that will no longer be necessary.

Sample chipsets incorporating the technology are expected to begin shipping in the third quarter of 1998, Lucent said. At about the same time, the company's Switching and Access Group will offer telephone service providers DSL "application packs," which will plug into Lucent's switches and digital loop carrier equipment to allow them to communicate with WildWire-equipped PCs and modems, Lucent said.

To use DSL, users also must subscribe to a DSL service from their telephone service provider.

Resources

• Lucent Technologies http://www.lucent.com
• "What's the state of xDSL?" December 1997 SunWorld feature story http://www.sun.com/sunworldonline/swol-12-1997/swol-12-xdsl.html
• "Communications technologies -- a peek at the next generation," November 1997 Connectivity column in SunWorld http://www.sun.com/sunworldonline/swol-11-1997/swol-11-connectivity.html
• "More emerging network technologies: Digital subscriber line," December 1997 Connectivity column SunWorld http://www.sun.com/sunworldonline/swol-01-1998/swol-01-connectivity.html

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