Telstra foreshadows 100Mbps DSL

Stuart Corner
Friday, 02 November 2007 05:54

Business IT - Technology

Meanwhile US based Assia (www.assia-inc.com ) claims to be "the leading provider of high-performance software tools for the emerging high growth marketplace referred to as DSM (Dynamic Spectrum Management)." It offers a range of software tools that "enable telephony providers to realize the true dream of offering 'triple-play' services (voice, data, and video) over high speed DSL."

In June Assia launched DSL Expresse, a suite of line and spectrum management tools that "automatically monitors and optimises entire DSL networks." Assia billed it as "the first commercial software package that conforms to Level I of the recently released ATIS Dynamic Spectrum Management Technical Report."

ATIS DSM Technical Report (ATIS 0600007) provides guidelines for the use of DSM to optimise DSL services. ATIS, the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions, is a US based body that is committed to rapidly developing and promoting technical and operations standards for the communications and related information technologies industry worldwide using a pragmatic, flexible and open approach. It prioritises the industry's most pressing, technical and operational issues, and creates interoperable, implementable, end to end solutions. It boasts a membership of 1,100 industry professionals from more than 350 communications companies.