BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Asynchronous Transmission
- the transmission of data in which the end of the transmission of one unit denotes the start of the next, rather than transmission at fixed intervals
Additional Resources
- Microsoft endorses ATM for digital broadband. (Microsoft Corp.; asynchronous transfer mode)
- Microsoft Corp. last week raised its flag in favor of asynchronous transfer mode ATM for signal transmission, and cautioned the interactive TV community against painting themselves into a corner by using the transport layer of the MPEG-2 video comp Microsoft Corp. last week raised its flag...
- Research articles 1995-04-24
- IBM details broadband strategy tied to ATM. (broadband transmission; asynchronous transfer mode)
- IBM Corp. last week unveiled its long-awaited broadband switching and management strategy tied to the technology known as asynchronous transfer mode ATM. While the cluster of new products, some of which are available now, is targeted to the tra IBM Corp. last...
- Research articles 1994-07-04
- Whittaker Corp. and Pacific Bell Successfully Demonstrate Industry's First 'Video Mail' Multimedia Application; San Francisco/Los Angeles Test of Video Server Prototype Marks First-Ever Video E-Mail Transmission over Commercial High Speed ATM Network
- SIMI VALLEY, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 18, 1995--Scoring an important industry first, Whittaker Corp. (NYSE:WKR) and technology development partner Pacific Bell (NYSE:PAC) have successfully demonstrated the feasibility of "video mail" -- an emerging multimedia computer application that allows users to create, send and retrieve digital-quality video content in real time over a...
- Research articles 1995-09-18
- Whittaker Corp. and Pacific Bell Successfully Demonstrate Industry's First 'Video Mail' MultiMedia Application; San Francisco/Los Angeles Test of Video Server Prototype Marks First-Ever Video E-Mail Transmission over Commercial High Speed ATM Network
- SIMI VALLEY, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 18, 1995--Scoring an important industry first, Whittaker Corporation (NYSE:WKR) and technology development partner Pacific Bell (NYSE:PAC) have successfully demonstrated the feasibility of "video mail" -- an emerging MultiMedia computer application that allows users to create, send and retrieve digital-quality video content in real time over a...
- Research articles 1995-09-18
- The blue-brick road to ATM. (IBM's support of asynchronous mode transfer technology)
- IBM has been a follower rather than a leader when it has come to implementing open, industry-standard data transmission technology that operates at Layer 3 and below. Historically, IBM would let others test the waters for a good bit of time before IBM...
- Research articles 1993-10-01
- Alcatel IC plant to support ATM/video - Asynchronous Transfer Mode - plant in Oudenaarde, Belgium
- OUDENAARDE, BELGIUM--Alcatel NV's semiconductor arm here is starting volume production in a new $100 million wafer-processing plant which will play a key role in bringing new transmission and switching technologies to future systems from the French telecom vendor.
- Research articles 1993-05-10
- Schneider Electric. (Power transmission and motion control).
- Six new web-enabled products from Schneider Electric can be used in open and collaborative architectures. Included were Tesys model U, a ... Six new web-enabled products from Schneider Electric can be used in open and collaborative architectures. Included were Tesys model U, a ...
- Research articles 2002-06-01
- MCI to Provide Nationwide ATM Service to the Department of Defense; MCI wins first commercially competed and awarded Department of Defense contract for Asynchronous Transfer Mode - ATM - services
- McLEAN, Va.--BUSINESS WIRE--Dec. 4, 1995--MCI will soon offer ATM service -- an advance high-speed network for the simultaneous transmission of voice, video and data -- to the Department of Defense DoD, under terms of a recently awarded contract. Dubbed NAVAF (Navy-Air Force) ATM Communications Service, the network will transport...
- Research articles 1995-12-04
- StrataCom Delivers BPX ATM Switching Capability to The Cable Corp.; ATM Confirmed as the Only Platform for Cost-Effective Switched Multimedia Transmission
- SAN JOSE, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--April 9, 1996--One of the United Kingdom's first cable operators, The Cable Corp., based in Langley, Berkshire, has chosen StrataCom's BPX Asynchronous Transfer Mode ATM platform to launch the first ATM and frame relay-based LAN Interconnect Service.The Cable Corp. will offer frame relay and ATM services to...
- Research articles 1996-04-09
- Clear Communications Provides Solution For On-Demand Networks; Will Help Carriers Eliminate Sonet Drop-and-Continue Provisioning and Maintenance Problems
- CHICAGO--BUSINESS WIRE--Nov. 17, 1998--Clear Communications today announced an enhanced and powerful version of its ClearviewR CircuitViewtm software, designed to assist carriers in rolling out state-of-the-art "on-demand networks." On-demand networks are designed to provide high-availability access to asynchronous transfer mode transmission ATM of both asynchronous (time-independent, such as file transfers, e-mail)...
- Research articles 1998-11-17
- Serial board for 6U CompactPCI - Brief Article
- SBS Technologies has launched the CP-6201, a 16-channel asynchronous serial board for 6U CompactPCI. The CP-6201 is suitable for comms applications that require multiple serial ports in a single 6U slot. The CP-6201 provides 16 high-performance asynchronous EIA-232 serial channels on a single 6U CompactPCI board. Each port has...
- Research articles 2000-08-07
- General DataComm Announces ATM Expansion Capabilities for Low-Speed Circuits
- MIDDLEBURY, Conn.--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 18, 1998--General DataComm Industries, Inc. (NYSE:GDC), a global leader in ATM technology, announced today that it plans to deliver a High-Density Low-Speed Line HDLSL input module for the GDC APEXR multiservice ATM switch family. It will provide ATM adaptation for legacy transmission equipment and fill a growing...
- Research articles 1998-09-18
- Siemens and RELTEC announce joint development for access platform technologies
- NEW ORLEANS--BUSINESS WIRE--June 3, 1997--Siemens Stromberg-Carlson and RELTEC am technology. The parties envision joint development for the transmission of data packets via asynchronous transfer mode ATM over asymmetric digital subscriber line ion services," said Keith Glasnapp, vice president of the Access Products Business Unit for Siemens Strombe Business Unit....
- Research articles 1997-06-03
- MicroTel Subsidiary CXR Telcom Corporation Introduces Asynchronous Transfer Mode Transmission Test Instrument
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- Research articles 2001-05-31
- Sprint offers businesses new data service option
- KANSAS CITY, Mo.--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 1, 1995--Sprint Tuesday expanded access to its advanced Asynchronous Transfer Mode data service by offering a lower-speed alternative that will allow businesses to extend the benefits of ATM transmission to smaller sites.
- Research articles 1995-08-01
- Toshiba's ATM Switch Device Exchanges Data at 5Gbps; World's Fastest Data Exchange Speed
- SAN FRANCISCO--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 9, 1996--Toshiba America Electronic Components Inc. TAEC Friday announced that Toshiba Corporation of Japan developed a prototype switching device for an asynchronous transfer mode ATM system, a next generation high-speed data transmission network, that attains a data exchange speed of five gigabits per second Gbps with 8-input/8-output...
- Research articles 1996-02-09
- Toshiba demonstrated advanced router at Networld+Interop 96 London
- NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--Nov. 4, 1996--Toshiba Corporation demonstrated a prototype of its next-generation Cell Switch Router at Networld+Interop 96 LONDON, this week. This highly advanced proprietary router supports packet transmission at a rate of 4.8 million packets per second over asynchronous transfer mode ATM switch networks.
- Research articles 1996-11-04
- PMC unveils 622Mbps ATM device - PMC-Sierra Inc's PM5355 S UNI-622 - Product Announcement
- VANCOUVER, B.C.--PMC-Sierra last week formally introduced a 622Mbps asynchronous transfer mode ATM phsyical layer transmission device which, as expected (EN, Jan. 9), is designed to work with higher-level ATM parts from such vendors as AT&T, Fore Systems, Hewlett-Packard, Applied Micro Circuits Corp. AMCC, Sumitomo and Triquint Semiconductor. The new PM5355...
- Research articles 1995-01-23
- And More Deals
- Teleglobe [TSE] will transmit video of live news events over a fiber-optic network using asynchronous transfer mode technology under an agreement with the British Broadcasting Corp. BBC. The BBC signed a two-year lease giving it transmission capacity connecting news bureaus in New York, Washington and London. ... Tellabs [TLAB]...
- Research articles 1999-05-27
- KOREA/HANARO TELECOM SELECT CONEXANT-BASED ADSL MODEMS.(Korea Telecom)
- Korea Telecom and Hanaro Telecom have selected Conexant-based Ethernet asynchronous digital subscriber line ADSL modems for use in their networks. Korea Telecom and Hanaro Telecom are the two largest telecommunications and service providers in Korea. ADSL uses existing phone company lines...
- Research articles 2002-03-01
