Alcatel-Lucent announced a new software release for its Intelligent Services Access Manager platform that enables VDSL2 line-bonding for improved bandwidth. The development comes at a time when telcos such as AT&T and Qwest Communications increasingly have talked about the viability of line-bonding, though the technique has not yet been broadly deployed.
Meanwhile, in connection with this ISAM platform, the vendor also unveiled an ADSL modem with low-power mode that cuts power consumption and saves energy when the modem is not in use.
For more:
- Telephony has this story [1]
- Light Reading has this report [2]
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Alcatel-Lucent and Hewlett-Packard recently partnered [3]
Qwest has talked about VDSL2 bonding in the past [4]
Links:
[1] http://telephonyonline.com/residential_services/news/alcatel-lucent-dsl-products-0701/index.html
[2] http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=178722&
[3] http://www.fiercetelecom.com/story/alcatel-lucent-hewlett-packard-eye-partnership/2009-06-18
[4] http://www.fiercetelecom.com/story/qwest-may-do-vdsl2-docsis-3-0-target/2009-06-11