Interoperability Enables Service Providers to Profitably Meet Growing Demand for Integrated Voice and Data Services

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CopperCom, a Silicon Valley company, announced interoperability of its equipment with Lucent Technologies for the delivery of Voice over DSL. This interoperability will enable service providers to meet the growing demand for integrated voice and high-speed data over a single copper pair in the local loop. The companies have conducted interoperability lab testing between the Lucent Stinger, a next-generation DSL access concentrator (DSLAM), and the CopperCom MXR, a customer premise device that is part of the CopperComplete DSL product family.

Key Takeaways:

  • CopperCom's equipment has achieved interoperability with Lucent Technologies' Stinger, a next-generation DSL access concentrator (DSLAM).
  • This interoperability enables service providers to deliver integrated voice and high-speed data over a single copper pair in the local loop.
  • The interoperability was achieved through lab testing between the Lucent Stinger and the CopperCom MXR, a customer premise device.
  • Service providers can now offer reliable bundled services with true toll-quality voice, carrier-class quality, and interoperability with their circuit-switched network.
  • The CopperCom MXR is a small customer premise device that combines data and voice traffic onto a DSL line, easily installed and managed, and supports analog connections from any telephone, fax machine, key system, and PBX.
  • The Lucent Stinger is a highly scalable DSL solution, supporting from 168 to 672 ports per chassis and 2016 ports per rack, with a smaller footprint that reduces costs by saving expensive Central Office space.
  • The Stinger is hot-swappable with no single point of failure, NEBS Level 3 compliant, carrier-class platform with mid-plane design and bus-less architecture, decreasing service provider costs by reducing repair time and providing automatic failover in the event of an outage.
  • CopperComplete DSL enables delivery of 16 voice lines and high-speed data over a single copper pair in the local loop, providing true toll-quality voice in either PCM or 32K ADPCM with support for echo cancellation.
  • The CopperCom MXR is interoperable with DSLAMs from industry-premiere DSL equipment providers, and the CopperCom Gateway is a device that sits between the DSLAM and a Class 5 Switch at the service provider's Central Office or Regional Switching Center.

Statistics:

  • The Lucent Stinger DSL Access Concentrator supports from 168 to 672 ports per chassis and 2016 ports per rack, up to 9000 ports in the future.
  • The Stinger's support of SDSL, ADSL, IDSL, and HDSL2 cell or frame-based from CPE to COE offers service providers the choice of using either a single or a MultiDSL solution and enables them to provision either an ATM or Frame access network.
  • The CopperCom MXR is a small customer premise device that combines data and voice traffic onto a DSL line, easily installed and managed, and supports analog connections from any telephone, fax machine, key system, and PBX.
  • CopperComplete DSL enables delivery of 16 voice lines and high-speed data over a single copper pair in the local loop.

Sources:

  • CopperCom, a Silicon Valley company
  • Lucent Technologies
  • CopperComplete DSL product family
  • Lucent Stinger, a next-generation DSL access concentrator (DSLAM)
  • The Many Voices of DSL Partner Program