UTStarcom announced new contracts valued at more than $100 million to supply its AN-2000 IP-DSLAM in support of Yahoo! BB ADSL service. To date, Yahoo! BB has already deployed more than $130 million worth of UTStarcom IP-DSLAM equipment to support its 12 Mbps ADSL service. Yahoo! BB reached more than one million subscribers in September 2002, less than 13 months after the service was introduced. Yahoo! BB will launch streaming video services beginning this quarter using the UTStarcom IP-DSLAMs.
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- UTStarcom's AN-2000 IB combines access, aggregation, transmission, cross-connect, and protocol conversion functions in a single, integrated platform that supports a total throughput of up to 1 Gbps. System operators can use the platform to offer both broadband data and traditional voice services over copper, fiber, or wireless transmission facilities.
- As of 07-January-2003, SOFTBANK BB Corp. completed the merger of four of its subsidiaries (BB Technologies Corporation, SOFTBANK Networks Inc., SOFTBANK EC HOLDINGS CORP. and SOFTBANK COMMERCE CORP.) The new SOFTBANK BB plans to capitalize on its predominant speed advantage (12 Mbps) to deliver a range of new broadband services. The company is headed by Masayoshi Son. http://www.softbank.co.jp
- As of December 5, 2002, the number of “Yahoo! BB�? ADSL lines installed broke the 1.5 million mark. The company exceeded more than one million BB Phone (VoIP service) users in November 2002. At the end of November, the network had 1,822 central offices wired for DSL, up by 273 central office installations from the end of October.
- SOFTBANK BB also unveiled its new logo:
