Tellabs Introduces the VERITY 3000 System; High-Density Digital Echo Canceller Enables Service Providers to Save Floor Space and Reduce Installation Time - Product Announcement

Cambridge Telcom Report, March 20, 2000

Tellabs (Nasdaq: TLAB) announced Monday the VERITY 3000 system, a high-density digital echo canceller and voice-quality enhancement solution that enables service providers to reduce the amount of equipment needed while providing unparalleled call quality.

The VERITY 3000 system provides echo cancellation and voice enhancement processing of 48 E1 facilities in a 19-inch shelf. The VERITY 3000 system enables service providers to conserve floor space and simplify system cabling through fewer external connections to power systems and alarm-reporting interfaces. This reduces footprint and installation time, two important areas of concern in today's service provider infrastructure. Each seven-foot bay holds six systems in the ANSI standard configuration.

"Along with high density, service providers need unmatched reliability and superior voice quality," said David Powell, vice president and general manager of the Tellabs Network Enhancing Technology Solutions (NETS) Division. "The VERITY 3000 system exceeds those needs, providing state-of-the-art call quality and dependable data and facsimile transmission in a limited amount of space."

The VERITY 3000 system is ideally suited to cancel hybrid echo, which is caused by electrical coupling at 2wire-to-4wire conversion points. Using Tellabs Level Control (TLC) voice-quality enhancement, the VERITY 3000 system can also compensate for mismatched audio levels bidirectionally on a call-by-call basis. TLC makes it easier for callers to communicate effectively by improving the clarity and intelligibility of speech.

The system is currently available.

Tellabs designs, manufactures, markets and services data, voice, video transport, switching/routing and network access systems. The company's products are used worldwide by the providers of communications services. Tellabs stock is listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market (TLAB).