Hello Craig!
Just got this via my "News Alert" and thought I'd pass it on...
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            3Com, Rockwell 56K modems talk
Rivals agree to cooperate on testing procedure; 3Com ships first commercial 
modem based on new v.90 standard
                        By Joe McGarvey,
                        Inter@ctive Week Online
                        ZDNET
Feb. 18 Burying the hatchet in the interest of kick-starting the lethargic 
analog modem market, 3Com Corp. and Rockwell Semiconductor Systems announced 
Tuesday the completion of interoperability testing for 56-kilobit-per-second 
modems designed to ensure that standard-compliant modems based on technology 
from each company will talk to each other.
THE TESTING WAS primarily designed to quell the concerns of consumers who 
have delayed purchasing a 56-Kbps modem for fear that the modem would not be 
compatible with other modems or central site equipment located at the 
facilities of Internet service providers.  [Cooperation] between 3Com and 
Rockwell is a major step in the development of the 56K-modem market and the 
entire industry, said Lisa Pelgrim, an analyst at Dataquest Inc., a market 
research firm.
The announcement marks an armistice in a sometimes contentious feud between 
3Com (COMS) and Rockwell (ROK), as both companies struggled to establish 
their respective technology as a de facto standard.  Analysts said the 
competition between the two companies contributed to a delay in the adoption 
of an international standard, which was finally approved by the International 
Telecommunications Industry Feb. 5.  The interoperability testing, which 
involved each company providing access to remote access servers based on the 
new standard, which is known as V.90, began shortly after the standard was 
approved.
3Com also announced that it shipped its first commercial modem based on the 
V.90 standard. A schedule for the shipment of upgrade software for modems 
purchased prior to the standard will be announced at the end of February, 
3Com officials said.
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Cheers, Hans
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