NEW STANDARDS FOR MULTI-MEGABIT/S NETWORK ACCESS.

The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) recently adopted new technical system specifications for multi-megabit/s network access. The new specifications - designated as the G.990 series of recommendations - specify several techniques to provide megabit/s network access on existing telephone subscriber lines, simultaneously with normal voice communications. Main applications include high-speed Internet access, video and other on-line data communications such as...