TELMAX DEBUTS SHDSL BROADBAND BUSINESS GATEWAY.(Product Announcement)

Telmax Communications, Fremont, Calif., has introduced the Xtreme5100 Broadband Intelligent Business Gateway. The Xtreme5100 is a symmetrical DSL solution for the Business community. This addition to the Broadband Intelligent Business Gateway product line enables Service Providers to provision a bundle friendly symmetrical DSL service reliably up to 36,000 feet.

Franchesca Walker, vice president of Business Development at Telmax, said: "The Xtreme5100 Broadband Intelligent Business Gateway, utilizing the worldwide SHDSL draft standard, has the best properties of SDSL and HDSL2 combined offering Service Provides a resilient product to service the business community. As a member of the Broadband Intelligent Business Gateway solution suite, the Xtreme5100 addresses not only logistics and inventory issues that Service Providers deal with daily, but provides a "3 in 1 solution" that will grow with the small to mid size business network without requiring SHDSL provisioning changes. In addition to the "traditional" DSLAM to DSL CPE solution, the Xtreme5100 will also support a point-to-point application or, by cascading multiple units, a campus environment."

"SHDSL will significantly increase DSL deployment. SHDSL has 4 times the coverage capability of ADSL and 50% higher data rate and distance of SDSL The Xtreme5100 has demonstrable advantages, such as unrivaled rate/reach, tolerance to noise and bridged taps all of which will enable Service Providers to generate significant new revenue," according to Bill Osborn, Vice President of Marketing at Telmax.

Telmax is committed to providing full feature products that interoperate with a wide variety of vendors. This commitment is demonstrated by our participation in the University of New Hampshire SHDSL Consortium.

Major features of the Xtreme5100 includes the following:

-- Supports the worldwide ITU-T Draft G.991.2 (SHDSL)

-- Symmetrical multi-rate from 64 kbps to 2.312 Mbps

-- 3 products in 1: DSL bridge/router "modem", simple bridge or switching hub

-- 4 - 10/100 BaseT Ethernet ports

-- Easy setup along with remote administration and maintenance

-- Flexible configuration to grow with the business user's inter-networking requirements

-- Firewall and VPN enabling the delivery of secure multi-user access to broadband services

-- Investment protection for both the Service Provider and the Business User

The Xtreme5100 is available now. List price is $699. More information on the Xtreme5100 can be found on the Telmax web site: http://www.telmaxcom.com or call 510/440-8680 extension 149.

About Telmax Communications

Headquartered in Fremont, California, Telmax Communications Corporation is a privately held, 5-year-old access technology company focused on leading-edge design, development and integration of xDSL technology into Customer Premise Equipment (CPE).

For more information, call 510/440-8680 or visit http://www.telmaxcom.com.

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