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Extel Communications Enables Telstra to
Extend DSL Coverage
Melbourne,
Australia
January
31, 2005
Extel Communications announces
that Telstra Corporation, Australia’s leading telecommunications carrier, has
begun trialling its innovative expandslTM products used for significantly increasing the
transmission limits of ADSL based broadband services.
The trials are based on the expandsl
C8sl/R8as combination of equipment. The C8sl is located in a broadband enabled
Telstra exchange while the R8as is located in a manhole/pit near the end of the
current ADSL transmission limit. With the addition of expandsl Regenerators,
this network configuration can deliver ADSL broadband transmissions up to 20 km
from the exchange.
The initial trials are located in
outer-metropolitan, regional and rural environments in Victoria and
Queensland. They are intended to last
for three months.
Group Managing Director for Telstra Country Wide ®, Mr Doug
Campbell, said “This new field trial complements a field trial announced in
late 2004 that could see the standard transmission limit of ADSL increased. The
difference is that this device could take ADSL technology to much greater
lengths in discrete locations where there are smaller numbers of distant
customers requiring the service.
If successful, this solution will
be deployed where necessary to extend the reach of ADSL and will be a great
benefit for those living between approximately four and fifteen kilometres from
an exchange, such as in some outer-metropolitan, regional and rural areas.”
Extel’s expandsl product family
is designed to overcome the DSL deployment barriers due to long subscriber
loops, loading coils and pair gain/carrier systems. expandsl enables carriers to expand DSL service to communities that
are underserved or previously thought to be too remote for high-speed wireline
DSL services. The expandsl product line is designed for
rapid, low cost deployments and can be installed in a wide range of locations,
such as, central office, non-environmentally controlled cabinets and outdoor
poles or manholes.
“Extel is very pleased that Telstra is testing our solution
for extending their DSL-based broadband coverage. Extel supports the initiative that economical broadband service
should be available to everyone. We are
committed to helping carriers meet that goal by eliminating barriers to
high-speed DSL deployment,” said Kevin Brown, Director of Extel Communications.
About EXTEL Communications
EXTEL Communications, founded in 1991, offers an established
range of access network products. Over
500,000 subscribers in 14 countries are connected to their provider via EXTEL
equipment. Extel’s newest product family, expandsl, enables previously isolated
customers in rural and regional areas to be economically connected to high
speed internet.
More
information on Extel Communications is available at extelcomms.com/company/overview/index.html
About Telstra
Telstra is Australia's leading telecommunications and
information services company. Telstra offers a full range of services and
competes in all telecommunications markets throughout Australia, providing more
than 10.3 million Australian fixed line and more than 8 million mobile
services.
For further information regarding Telstra, please visit http://www.telstra.com/
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