W8SDZ@SIMTEL20.ARPA (Keith Petersen) (11/26/87)
Extracted from the FidoNET Newsletter, Volume 4, #40.
U.S. Robotics, Hayes to Share High-Speed Modem Technology
Skokie, Ill., October 21 -- Modem industry leaders Hayes
Microcomputer Products,Inc., and U.S.Robotics, Inc., will share
proprietary, high-speed modem technology under terms of a newly-
signed cross-licensing agreement.
The pact could lead both companies to manufacture signal-
compatible modems operating at 9600 bps and higher speeds,
potentially boosting a market that cautiously has awaited a
standard technology for competing products.
Despite the agreement, however, U.S. Robotics said that is has no
immediate plans to manufacture modems employing Hayes'
technology.
U.S. Robotics, based here, has gained a license to manufacture
modems using Hayes' proprietary error-control protocol and
modulation technique currently implemented in Hayes' 9600- and
2400-bps V-Series modems.
Hayes, of Norcross, Ga., becomes a licensee of U.S. Robotics'
proprietary high-speed modem tecnolgy used in its 9600-bps
Courier HST modem.
The agreement also includes cross-licensing of any new inventions
by both companies during the next three years.
"This agreement also gives us more technological flexibility in
responding to potential demand for certain features and
capabilities," said U.S. Robotics President Casey Cowell.
"Any future enhancements to the Courier HST that derive from this
agreement will be appropriate to meeting market demand and
anticipating long-term market development," Cowell continued. "We
intend in any future versions of the Courier HST to maintain
operational compatibility with all previously sold HST modems."
Both companies declined to declined to reveal terms of the cross-
licensing agreement.
For Immediate Release
Contact: Mark Smith
312-982-5001
US Robotics, Inc.
8100 North McCormick Blvd.
Skokie,IL 60076
***Original Press Release sent to IFNA FidoNews Editor***