WildWire Information Lucent's new DSL technology, called WildWire, will be as convenient to install in PCs as analog modems are today, because it eliminates the need for additional equipment or modified wiring at the customer's home. Users can download information from the Internet and simultaneously hold a telephone conversation over the same wire that now delivers voice service to their home. The combination of Lucent's PC modem chips and its network switching equipment means WildWire is likely to be deployed in PCs and central offices throughout the world. WildWire could dramatically accelerate the growth of the Internet by changing the way people use it. A WildWire connection will allow a user to leave the computer logged in to an Internet service provider all day, and do quick checks of weather, stock, or traffic as needed, and still make and receive voice calls. This eliminates the effort and time required to turn on the computer and get online for each information request. Megabit speeds will enrich the entertainment value of the Internet, without the hassle and cost of installing a dedicated digital line. The Service Provider's Perspective Lucent's Switching and Access Group will offer DSL "application packs" that plug into its switches and digital loop carrier equipment to allow them to communicate with WildWire-equipped PCs and modems. This will greatly simplify the deployment and management of ADSL from the Network Service Provider's perspective. The 5ESS®-2000 Switch's new AnyMedia ? Express System and Lucent's new AnyMedia Access Platform are designed to host a variety of narrowband and broadband data access services from the switch and digital loop carrier. By making WildWire compatible with our switching equipment will help service providers quickly bring this emerging technology to consumers, meeting demand for high-speed data access. Summary WildWire DSL is a significant positive step to give telephone companies, PC manufacturers, and content providers the ability to implement significant improvements in their systems, to provide new and exciting services, and to change the very way that the public uses information networking. Lucent Technologies Switching and Access Group supplies network communications equipment for approximately 70 percent of the central offices in the United States. Lucent Technologies Microelectronics Group is the leading provider of modem chips to PC manufacturers, supplying modem chips for more than 40 percent of the world's modem-equipped PCs. to Top of Page Copyright © 1998, 1999 Lucent Technologies. All rights reserved. Please contact Lucent with any technical comments or questions about this site. Click here for Lucent Technologies Trademarks or Click here for Trademarks owned by entities other than Lucent Technologies, Inc.