Navini's 2.3 GHz Broadband Wireless Network Planned for Panama

Navini Networks announced a $3 million contract to supply its 2.3 GHz Ripwave broadband wireless systems to Liberty Technologies for deployment in Panama. The Navini non-line-of-sight (NLOS) wireless broadband network will be used to offer high-speed data and Internet related services to residential and small-to-medium size commercial customers. http://www.liberty-tech.nethttp://www.navini....

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Cogent Acquires Fiber Network Solutions

Cogent Communications has acquired the Internet service business of Fiber Network Solutions, a privately-held service provider based in Columbus, Ohio. FNSI provides Internet service to some 400 businesses located in Ohio, Michigan and Pennsylvania. As part of the deal, Cogent also acquired five colocation facilities. All customer traffic has been migrated onto Cogent's optical IP backbone. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.cogentco.comIn September 2002, Cogent acquired network assets in New York City from FiberCity Networks. The...

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Hanaro Says VDSL Rollout in Korea Leads to ADSL Churn

Korea's Hanaro Telecom reported a significant slowdown in its growth of broadband customers in Q4 2002 due to increased ADSL customer churn. Hanaro said KT's aggressive VDSL marketing beginning in Q3 led to a net decrease of 15,776 Hanaro ADSL subscribers. Hanaro is now offering a market leading VDSL service with a speed of 20 Mbps downstream and 6 Mbps upstream priced at KRW 56,000 per month (US$46). Hanaro is also preparing to launch a 50 Mbps VDSL service.Hanaro's total broadband subscriber base at the end of Q4 was 2,877,526, an increase...

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Australia's Telstra Reaches 222,000 Broadband Users

In its semi-annual financial report, Telstra reported 222,000 broadband subscribers, double the number from the same period last year. Telstra expects to have one million broadband subscribers in 2005. On the wholesale front, Telstra said industry demand for DSL is lifting. Over time, Telstra expects that its wholesale DSL business may have more customers than its retail offering. Meanwhile, during the past six months Telstra's narrowband subscribers increased 7% to more than 1.1 million. On the regulatory front, Telstra said it was relieved...

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Enterasys Networks Reaches SEC Settlement

Enterasys Networks reached a settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The settlement does not require any further adjustment to the Company's historical financial statements and does not impose any civil penalties or fines. Pursuant to the settlement, Enterasys, without admitting or denying any allegations, agreed to a cease and desist order requiring future compliance with the federal securities laws and regulations, and to appoint an internal auditor reporting directly to the Audit Committee of Enterasys' Board of...

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Lucent Reaches Settlement with SEC

Lucent reached an agreement in principle with the staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to settle all matters currently under investigation. Without admitting or denying any wrongdoing and without paying any fines or penalties, Lucent said it would consent to a settlement enjoining the company from future violations of the anti-fraud, reporting, books and records and internal control provisions of the federal securities laws. http://www.lucent....

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Marvell Reports 11% Sequential Jump in Revenues to $150.8 million

Marvell Technology Group reported record quarterly revenue of $150.8 million, an increase of 82% over net revenue of $82.8 million and an 11% increase over the previous quarter. Net loss (GAAP), including acquisition-related expenses and special charges, was $24.2 million, or $0.20 per share. The company said it has expanded its market share in wireless LAN, enterprise and desktop switching as well as Gigabit Ethernet, including transceivers, NIC and motherboard LAN solutions. http://www.marvell....

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Vendors Establish Tunable Laser Multi-Source Agreement

Several optical suppliers announced a Multi-Source Agreement (MSA) for tunable lasers based on the Optical Internetworking Forum's implementation agreement. Participating companies include iolon, Intel, Bookham Technology and Santur Corp. http://www.tunablelasermsa.comEarlier this month, Bandwidth9, a start-up based in Fremont, California, suspended its operations due to “limited revenue potential for tunable transmitters in the foreseeable fut...

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Siemens Mobile Acceleration Plans Early Stage Investment in Wireless Start-ups

Siemens Mobile Acceleration, a wholly owned subsidiary of Siemens AG, opened an office in San Jose, California with the goal of providing early-stage investment capital in wireless start-ups. In addition to venture capital, portfolio companies would also benefit from Siemens' sales and marketing channels. Siemens said similar efforts in Europe and Asia have generated impressive results. http://www.siemens.com/mobile-accelerat...

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ADVA Adds 8-channel CWDM to FSP 500 Platform

ADVA Optical Networking announced a number of enhancements for its Fiber Service Platform (FSP) 500 product, including an ITU-compliant 8-channel Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing (CWDM) module, a 2.5 Gbps service card, and a Single Fiber Working (SFW) solution. ADVA already offered a 4- channel CWDM module for the FSP 500. The new 2.5 Gbps card is designed to transport SONET/SDH and clear channel STM16/OC-48 services. ADVA said it has shipped approximately 10,000 FSP 500 units since introducing the platform in 2000. Major customers include...

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Thompson Advances its TV-over-ADSL Activities

Nextream, a joint venture between Alcatel and Thomson, has developed a real-time MPEG2 encoder that enables the low bit-rate compression required to broadcast TV content over ADSL. Thompson said the encoder reduces the bandwidth requirement to less than 2.5 Mbps for picture quality equivalent to satellite services. A satellite version (DVB-S) of this encoder is already in use by numerous broadcast operators. Thompson has also developed a set-top box that allows TV program reception over ADSL networks. The Thompson equipment is being tested...

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Lucent Offers CDMA2000 Base station to Extend Life of Existing CDMA Equipment

Lucent Technologies introduced a new CDMA2000 base station growth cabinet designed for mobile operators that currently have existing Lucent AUTOPLEX Series II cellular base stations. It preserves their investment in the AUTOPLEX systems by enabling them to reuse much of the equipment - including antennas, filters and amplifiers - while increasing capacity by up to three times. Lucent said the new Flexent CDMA High Density (HD) 4.0 system would also be able to support intelligent antenna technology as it becomes available. http://www.lucent.c...

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Intel Signs Marriott as a Co-Marketing Partner for Wi-Fi

Marriott and Intel are planning a joint marketing campaign to promote the availability of wireless high-speed Internet access at 400 Marriott, Renaissance, Courtyard, Residence Inn, TownePlace Suites, Fairfield Inn and SpringHill Suites hotels in the U.S., the U.K., Germany and Canada. Plans include advertising, direct mail and prominent signage to identify the hotspots. Intel said it is planning co-marketing agreements with various companies in preparation for the launch of its Centrino mobile technology. Its aim is "to verify wireless compatibility...

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BT Wins Five Year Contract with Honeywell

BT was awarded a new five-year outsourcing contract to manage and deliver communications and networking services to 220 Honeywell sites throughout Western Europe. The contract covers voice communications, PBX management, LAN infrastructure and management, mobile and video communications and Internet access. BT will also manage Honeywell's WAN, migrating the WAN from Frame-Relay/ATM to an IP VPN. http://www.btignite....

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CERN Selects Alcatel 7770 for IP Core

CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, will deploy the Alcatel 7770 IP Core Router for a trans-Atlantic multi-vendor testbed called DataTAG. The equipment will be used for the IP core of DataTAG's Grid, whose main centers are in CERN's Internet Exchange in Geneva and the Starlight Internet Exchange in Chicago. The network will support the research of more than 6,500 scientists, representing about half of the world's particle physicists. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.alcatel.comOther announced deployments of the...

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Telefónica Reaches 1.4 M ADSL Subscribers, Writes Down EURO 16.2 Billion

Telefónica announced financial write-downs totaling EUR 16.2 billion for 2002 largely related to its 3G operations in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy, as well as for operations in Mexico and Argentina. Telefónica's operating revenues for 2002 were EUR 28.4 billion, down 8.5% from the previous year. Telefónica de España contributed the most to the company's overall revenues (EUR 10.3 billion) followed by its cellular business (EUR 9.4 billion)Telefónica's worldwide customer base at the end of 2002 was 84.7 million, up 15% from a year earlier....

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Comcast Claims Early Integration Success, Subscriber Loss Slows

After 100 days of operating as a combined company, Comcast claimed significant progress in integrating the networks, slowing subscriber losses and addressing its $30.5 billion debt burden. The company attributed an improved outlook to its ability to stop subscriber losses to direct satellite TV and to growth in digital cable and cable modem services. Comcast is forecasting zero customer loss (net) for 2003, compared with a net loss of 412,000 customers in 2002. Cable modem subscribers are expected to increase to 5 million this year, compared...

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TI Reaches 20 million DSL Port Milestone

Texas Instruments (TI) has shipped over 20 million DSL ports to date. The company said its DSL silicon is being used in equipment deployed by over 100 service providers in 45 countries. http://www.ti....

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PolarSat Raises $9 Million to Enter Market for VSAT Equipment

PolarSat, a start-up based near Montreal, Canada, raised $9 million from three major investor for its plans to enter the market for satellite communications equipment. The company has purchased the assets and product lines the former broadband division of NSI Global Inc. and hopes to hire up to 85 of the 130 former NSI employees by year's end. PolarSat will be chiefly involved in the Very Small Aperture Terminal segment of business. Investors include Telenor Satellite Networks AS, Infinium (which provides VSAT services in India), and Agilis...

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Photuris Raises $40 million for Metro Optical Systems

Photuris, a start-up based in Piscataway, New Jersey, raised $40 million in series C funding for its metro regional optical transport systems. The Photuris platform, which was introduced in September, features a "Versicolor" capability that integrates four functions on a single optical line card: WDM demux/mux at the system input/output; fully flexible, reconfigurable OADM wavelength switching (any wavelength to any port, independent of any other wavelength); per-wavelength power balancing; and real-time per-wavelength optical power monitoring....

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Mahi Networks Launches Network Modeling Tools and Service

Mahi Networks, a start-up based in Petaluma, California, released a Network Optimization Analysis System to help carriers quantify performance gains before they deploy new metro core aggregation equipment. Mahi's Net OASys offering combines software modeling tools with network consulting from its team of former carrier network planners and engineers. The system can calculate the costs and projected savings over a range of network applications including Optical Node Interconnection, SONET Ring Aggregation, Metro Ethernet Transport, and Automated...

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SnowShore Introduces Media Firewall for Securing Multimedia Communications

SnowShore Networks introduced a media firewall that works in conjunction with session border control applications to secure communications services between carrier and enterprise IP networks. A1-MF provides standard media-level border control services including wire-speed network address translation, firewall traversal and QOS marking, as well as real-time media transcoding. SnowShore said its product architecture enables independent scaling of network processor, protocol processor, and media processor resources to prevent performance bottlenecks....

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Lucent Outsources Mobility Software to India's HSS

Hughes Software Systems Limited (HSS), a communications software developer in India, announced a multi-year outsourcing relationship with Lucent Technologies covering the software development and maintenance support for selected wireless products. Under the contract, HSS will set up a dedicated development facility in Nuremberg, Germany and expand its existing operations in Bangalore, India. HSS is a subsidiary of Hughes Electronics Corporation. http://www.hssworld....

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Japan Expands SuperSINET Research Network with Cisco

Japan's National Institute of Informatics has completed the international expansion of its Ultra High-Speed Research Network "SuperSINET" by deploying Cisco 12000 Series routers with 10 Gbps MPLS trunks. The expansion links academic research institutes/organizations in Japan and overseas. http://www.nii.ac.jp/index.htmlhttp://www.cisco....

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AT&T Awarded Contract to Implement National Do-Not Call Registry

AT&T Government Solutions was awarded a $3.5 million contract by the Federal Trade Commission to develop and implement a national registry containing phone numbers of consumers who do not wish to be contacted by telemarketers. By summer, consumers should be able to input their phone numbers into the registry either by phone or via a website. Telemarketers will be required to download the database of 'do not call' numbers every quarter and discontinue telemarketing to these numbers. http://www.att....

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Boingo Wi-Fi Network Grows to 1,200 Hotspots

Boingo Wireless announced three more Wi-Fi network partnerships: Azure Wireless (Melbourne, Australia), Cafe.com (Los Angeles); and Deep Blue Wireless (Menlo Park, California). Boingo Wireless now has 25 network partners, giving it access to 1,200 airports hot spots worldwide. http://www.boingo....

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NETGEAR Chooses Atheros 802.11a/b/g WLAN Chipset

NETGEAR will use Athero's 802.11a/b/g WLAN chipset in its next-generation wireless networking products. In March 2003, NETGEAR plans to ship a Dual-Band 802.11a/g PC Card, providing compatibility with all of the currently deployed IEEE standard WLAN protocols at the fastest speeds. NETGEAR will soon follow with a Dual-Band 802.11a/g Access Point and a Dual-Band 802.11a/g Router. All the products are designed to work in a tri-mode environment. http://www.netgear.com http://www.atheros....

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Wi-Fi Alliance Announces Certification Plans for 802.11g

Wi-Fi Alliance certification testing of IEEE 802.11g products will begin after the IEEE has approved the final standard. The Wi-Fi Alliance said it intends to certify all mandatory features of the 802.11g standard, including backward interoperability with Wi-Fi certified 802.11b products, and simultaneous operation of IEEE 802.11b and 802.11g devices in a mixed network. Optional elements of the standard to be certified include support for the 54 Mbps data rate in addition to other selected optional IEEE 802.11g features that will optimize performance...

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Mexico's TELCEL Deploys ATM Network with Nortel Switches

TELCEL, the leading wireless operator in Mexico with 20 million subscribers, has deployed a new ATM network connecting its central switching stations in Mexico City and surrounding areas. The installation uses Nortel Networks Passport 7000 and Passport 15000 Multiservice Switches and Passport Packet Voice Gateways. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.nortelnetworks....

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QUALCOMM and China Unicom Establish Joint Venture for CDMA

QUALCOMM and China Unicom have established a joint venture -- Unicom-BREW Wireless Technologies Ltd. -- to foster the development of BREW-based CDMA wireless data applications in China. Unicom-BREW's ownership is evenly split between the two companies. Specific investment numbers were not disclosed. China Unicom has selected QUALCOMM's BREW solution in order to provide its customers with over-the-air downloadable games, position location, and specialty business applications. http://www.chinaunicom.com.cnhttp://www.qualcomm.comIn January 2002,...

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Corning Optical Fiber Selected for Nationwide Network Build in India

Tata Teleservices Limited (TTL), a leading telecommunications carrier in India, and Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL), the country's largest international telephony service provider, selected Corning's optical fiber for a major portion of their new network build. The fiber optic cable will contain up to 20,000 kilometers of Corning's LEAF fiber and 100,000 kilometers of Corning SMF-28 fiber. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.corning.com/opticalfi...

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MFN Launches Database Management Service

Metromedia Fiber Network (MFN) announced its new database administration, management and monitoring bundled service that reduces the complexity of running production databases. The service bundles technical infrastructure with 24x7 administration, management of one server with up to two database instances, system monitoring and simulated data transactions, call center support with customer escalation procedures, and reporting via the MFN mySite Portal. http://www.mfn....

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Avaya Upgrades Networks at Raytheon for Convergence

Avaya has upgraded networks at three Raytheon facilities by converging the voice and data onto a single unified, packet-based network. The projects, valued at $4.2 million, will serve Raytheon's Space and Airborne Systems division in El Segundo and Pt. Mugu, California, and its Integrated Defense Systems division in Andover, Massachusetts. The networks at the California facilities serve 6,000 employees and are based on an Avaya S8700 Media Server. Employees will have the ability to use Avaya voice mail and "meet me" conferencing to improve productivity,...

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Microsoft Releases Peer-to-Peer SDK and IPv6 Enhancements

Microsoft released a beta Windows XP Peer-to-Peer Software Development Kit (SDK) and enhancements to the IPv6 networking stack. The company said developers could leverage IPv6 and peer-to-peer infrastructure to create decentralized applications and services. The SDK includes updated Windows XP application programming interfaces (APIs) for scalable peer-to-peer name resolution, efficient multipoint communication, creation and management of persistent peer-to-peer groups, and distributed data management. Enhancements to IPv6 include support for...

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AT&T Canada to Emerge from Chapter 11 in April

AT&T Canada has received approvals from the Ontario Superior Court of Justice and the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for its financial restructuring plan. AT&T Canada now hopes to emerge from bankruptcy protection on 01-April-03 as an independent company, with positive cash flow and net income, and no long-term debt. http://www.attcanada.comIn January, AT&T Canada announced new commercial agreements with AT&T Corp. defining how the companies will serve customers as AT&T Canada transitions to a fully independent and re-branded company....

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Four Former Qwest Executives Indicted for Fraud

The U.S. Department of Justice issued a 12-count indictment charging four former executives of Qwest Communications with corporate accounting fraud. The indictment alleges that the defendants devised a scheme to falsely recognize more than $33 million of additional revenue for Q2 2001, when the company was experiencing weak sales. The case concerns a contract with the Arizona School Facilities Board to design and implement a statewide school computer network. Defendants include Grant Graham, the former CFO for Qwest's Global Business Unit; Thomas...

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Etenna and Intel Collaborate on Internal Antenna Designs

Etenna Corporation, a start-up based in Laurel, Maryland, is collaborating with Intel to create an antenna solution for 802.11a/b/g and Bluetooth- enabled notebook computers. Specifically, the two companies have been using Etenna's artificial magnetic conductor (AMC) technology to enhance the performance of internal antennas. Etenna's AMC technology is an electrically thin, loss-less material that blocks surface waves. http://www.etenna....

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Farmers Tel Deploys Occam Networks' BLC System

Farmers Telephone Cooperative, an incumbent rural telephone cooperative serving the northeast corner of Alabama, is deploying Occam Networks' Broadband Loop Carrier (BLC) system to replace some of its remote terminals at various locations. The Occam solution enables Farmers Tel to provide both voice and data on every line. Farmers Tel is currently implementing a network upgrade that will eventually involve the installation of 90 to 100 remote terminals in a fiber network. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.farmerstel.com http://...

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Choice One Upgrades its ATM Network with Lucent

Choice One Communications, an integrated communications provider serving small and medium-sized businesses in the Northeast and Midwest, has selected Lucent Technologies to upgrade the PacketStar (PSAX) 2300 Multiservice Media Gateways in its ATM network. Choice One will be able to aggregate and manage a large portion of its traffic using the existing PSAX 2300 systems currently in its network to convert voice to data packets for voice over DSL or voice over ATM services. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.lucent....

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SMC Chooses Intersil's Chipset for Its 802.11g Products

SMC Networks is using Intersil's PRISM GT Wireless Local Area Networking (WLAN) chipset in their new 802.11g wireless networking products, including access points and adapter cards. http://www.smc....

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Nortel Networks Enhances Security Portfolio

Nortel Networks announced several enhancements to its portfolio of security products, including the introduction of the Alteon Security Manager, a new solution that consolidates configuration, management and monitoring of the multiple security appliances. The Alteon Security Manager enables multiple security devices - like the company's Alteon Switched Firewalls - to be controlled by a single device that presents a common interface for 'one stop' security management. The product rollout also includes a new Alteon Firewall 5109 for small- and...

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Cisco Extends its Enterprise Content Delivery Network Category

Cisco Systems introduced new enterprise hardware appliances and router-integrated modules designed to extend the capabilities of an Enterprise Content Delivery Network (ECDN). The new Cisco Application and Content Networking System (ACNS) software and hardware helps companies implement content delivery solutions such as video for training. For instance, the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs needs to deliver 40 hours of training annually to each of its more than 180,000 employees around the country. The Cisco ACNS reduces WAN usage and improves...

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Alcatel Introduces Enterprise IP Communications Platform

Alcatel introduced a new IP telephony communications platform for enterprises. The Alcatel OmniPCX Enterprise features Linux-based communication manager software that operates on off-the-shelf Linux servers or integrated Alcatel blade servers. It also offers a suite of media gateways addressing all configuration sizes from branch offices to large campuses. Alcatel said its platform provides for an enterprise-wide implementation of SIP and supports a smooth evolution path for enterprises requiring blended IP and TDM solutions. It uses XML for...

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Telstra Upgrades Internet Backbone with Cisco's 10 Gbps Ethernet

Telstra, Australia's incumbent telecom provider, activated the first 10 Gigabit Ethernet link on its Telstra Internet Direct (TID) backbone. Telstra's TID is a meshed network of 16-slot Cisco 12416 Internet routers. The TID 10 Gbps Ethernet upgrade is one of several planned for deployment within Telstra's Sydney and Melbourne metropolitan area networks over the next few months. Routes in other cities and on the Telstra national network will be upgraded as needed. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.cisco....

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Equant Offer DSL Access for its Global VPNs

Equant began offering managed DSL access to its Global VPN service from seven countries. The service uses managed Cisco customer premise routers as well as Cosine's IP service platform. The countries covered at launch are: Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Italy, Singapore, U.K. and the U.S. DSL access will be available in Germany by the end of Q1 and in France during Q2 with other countries added throughout 2003. http://www.equant....

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Looking Glass Launches Network Design and Construction Service

Looking Glass Networks launched a fiber optic facility design and construction service for metro networks. In addition, the service manages staffing resources, obtains right-of-way and permit authorizations, and schedules all implementation activities to ensure on-time delivery of the network. http://www.lglass....

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Looking Glass Networks Deploys Cisco ONS 15600 MSPP

Looking Glass Networks will deploy Cisco Systems' ONS 15600 Multiservice Switching Platform (MSSP) in five metro area networks, including Los Angeles, Dallas, Chicago, New York and Washington, D.C. The Cisco ONS 15600 combines SONET and cross-connect network elements is a single box. Looking Glass said the ONS 15600 deployment enables it to consolidate equipment in its switching centers to achieve lower costs. Additionally, Looking Glass will use the platform's network management system and automated cross-connect capability with point-and-click...

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IDT to Match Bid for Global Crossing

IDT a multinational carrier, announced a bid to acquire Global Crossing that would "at least" match the offer submitted last August by the Hong Kong-based conglomerate Hutchinson Whampoa Ltd and state-controlled Singapore Technology Pte Ltd. IDT said its offer was more viable because of the national security concerns surrounding a China-based company controlling the network of a major supplier to the U.S. government. IDT supplies connectivity to many agencies of the federal government through its IDT Solutions (formerly Winstar) fixed wireless...

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AT&T and Cisco Expand Market Alliance

AT&T and Cisco Systems expanded their relationship to include joint sales and marketing activities of managed services for U.S. business customers and U.S.-based multi-national customers. As part of the agreement, the Cisco sales organization and its indirect sales channel will join in the delivery of AT&T managed services. The initial offerings covered by the partnership include 17 AT&T end-to-end managed services, including IP VPNs, metro optical and Ethernet services, managed router services, managed hosting services and voice/data...

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AT&T Says FCC Ruling a “Win for Competition�?

The recent FCC decision was "a win for states, consumers and competition," said David W. Dorman, Chairman & CEO, AT&T, speaking at the Merrill Lynch Global Communications Investor Conference. Dorman believes the landmark ruling to be a clear endorsement of the local service competition that is already having a positive effect on the economy, driving down prices and offering more choices. Regarding the legal basis for the decision, he said the ruling complies with the letter and the spirit of the Telecom Act as well as the D.C. Circuit...

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Broadwing to Sell its Broadband Business to C III for $129 Million

Broadwing Inc. agreed to sell its broadband business, Broadwing Communications Services Inc., including the Broadwing name, to privately held C III Communications, LLC, for $129 million in cash. The sale includes Broadwing's 18,700 mile national fiber network, its all-optical switching platform, a state-of-the-art network operations center and all the other network elements necessary to provide its integrated and managed broadband telecommunications services. The Broadwing Communications business provides wholesale transportation services to...

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FLAG Telecom Names Former BT Executive as CEO

FLAG Telecom named Patrick Gallagher as its new CEO, replacing Mark Spagnolo who retains his position on the company's board of directors. Gallagher previously served with British Telecom, including five years as the Chief Executive of BT Europe and, most recently, as the Group Director for Strategy and Development also with responsibility for Japan, China, and investments in France, Italy, Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Korea. http://www.flagtelecom....

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Jaguar Communications Replaces Class 5 TDM Switch with Metaswitch

Jaguar Communications, a CLEC targeting rural communities in the Midwest, has deployed MetaSwitch's VP3500 Next Generation Class 5 Switch in a regional switching center in Owatonna, Minnesota. The Metaswitch platform is delivering local dial-tone and subscriber services in Jaguar's next generation carrier network. Jaguar plans to migrate subscribers to the MetaSwitch platform from its existing end-office Class 5 TDM switch. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.jagcom.nethttp://www.metaswitch.comThe MetaSwitch VP3500 platform integrates...

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Vonage Approaches 15,000 Customers, SIP Call Volume Doubles

Vonage, which provides digital telephone service over broadband connections, announced the completion of 10 million digital telephone calls over its Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) network. Vonage said it has nearly 15,000 customers and that its total call volume has doubled over the past 60 days. Vonage's lowest priced service starts at $25.99/month for unlimited local calling plus 500 minutes of US long distance and Canadian calling. Vonage service includes the necessary adapter, and such features as voicemail, caller ID, call forwarding,...

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Vivace Signs Service Agreement with Fujitsu Network Communications

Fujitsu Network Communications will provide engineering, furnishing and installation (EF&I) services for carriers deploying Vivace Networks' MultiService IP switches. Vivace said that the agreement positions it to support the demands of top-tier carriers nationwide. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.vivacenetworks.comVivace Networks' Multiservice IP switches are designed for delivering native Frame Relay, ATM, Ethernet and IP services. The Vivace platform, which is already in deployment by a Tier 1 US carrier, uses five custom...

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San Francisco's eXchange @ 200 Paul Adds Major Carrier Customers

eXchange @ 200 Paul, a carrier hotel in San Francisco, has added Verizon and Cingular Wireless to its customer roster. Other newly signed and recently expanded customers include: Qwest Communications, WilTel Communications, Cogent Communications, Reliable Hosting, United Colocation Group, Whitaker Consulting, Corrigo and Verio. During 2002, eXchange @ 200 Paul won 40 new contracts with carriers and enterprises for its carrier hotel and colocation facilities. As a result, the privately-held company said its 2002 revenues grew 23% over 2001 revenues....

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Marvell Announces 802.11g Silicon

Marvell announced its IEEE 802.11g Wireless LAN silicon. The Marvell Libertas 802.11g two-chip solution is backward compatible with the company's 802.11b devices. It also incorporates QoS technology for applications such as high resolution video streaming. Also, a dedicated AES/CCM hardware security acceleration engine is employed in addition to a processor-based architecture for enhanced security and privacy. Marvell also features echo reduction techniques for increasing speed and range. http://www.marvell....

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Sun and Alcatel Team on Wireless Java-based Services

Alcatel and Sun Microsystems launched a joint initiative aimed at service providers looking to offer enterprise applications over wireless networks. The new project is focused on the establishment of a multi-device Java technology-based provisioning solution. Service providers could use the technology in a kiosk business model, which senses what type of content is being downloaded and can bill appropriately for it on a per-usage basis, either pre-or post-paid. http://www.alcatel....

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Velio Delivers 10 Gbps Ethernet XAUI SerDes, Octal Retimer/Repeater

Velio Communications introduced SerDes (Serializer/Deserializer) chips for the 10-Gigabit Ethernet and 10-Gigabit Fibre Channel markets. The SerDes devices convert 10-Gigabit Media Independent Interfaces (XGMII) data to serial 10-Gigabit Attachment Unit Interfaces (XAUI) data. The first device differs from the second in that it has a redundant serial XAUI interface for working/protection backplane applications. Both chips can also operate at 4 x 3.1875 Gbps, making them suitable for 10 Gigabit Fibre Channel applications.Velio also announced its...

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OnFiber Communications Expects to be Cash Flow Positive in 2003

OnFiber Communications, a privately-held provider of metro wavelength and SONET services, said it achieved $15 million in revenue in 2002, exceeding its goal. OnFiber cited France Telecom Long Distance, eBay, Wal-Mart, Qwest, Microsoft and Yahoo! as customers. The company said it plans to be cash flow positive by year-end 2003. http://www.onfiber.comIn August 2002, OnFiber Communications acquired a majority of the network assets and customer contracts of Telseon Inc. The acquisition expanded OnFiber's network from 10 major U.S. metro areas to...

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Vitesse Expands its Line of 10Gbps Ethernet MACs

Vitesse expanded its line of Gigabit Ethernet and 10 Gigabit Ethernet Media Access Controllers (MACs) by introducing two new devices for enterprise and metro applications such as L2/3 Ethernet Switches, Edge Routers, Add/Drop Multiplexers (ADM) deploying Ethernet-over-SONET/SDH, Multi-service Provisioning Platforms and content switches. The first new device, the Meigs-II QUADSpeed MAC, combines ten triple-speed (10/100/1000 Mbps) ports, a single 10GbE port, and an OIF-compliant SPI-4.2 System Interface. The Meigs-II QUADSpeed MAC could be used...

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Multi-Tech Adds VoIP to Panasonic's PBXs

Multi-Tech's line of MultiVOIP Voice IP gateway and combination gateway/gatekeepers are being recommended for use with Panasonic's Advanced Hybrid Telephone Systems, Digital Super Hybrid Telephone Systems and Digital PBX System. The Panasonic/Multi-Tech product combination works in multi-location IP networks where Panasonic Communications Systems are or will be providing voice services at each location. The companies said that by connecting Multi-Tech Voice over IP gateways to existing routers and the Panasonic equipment at the various sites,...

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IDT Supplies Processors for France's Freebox CPE

Freebox, a French supplier of set-top systems, will use IDT's (Integrated Device Technology's) Interprise processors to power its new multi-service customer premises equipment (CPE) boxes, including those enabling conventional data-based Internet access, as well as variants that enable video, voice and data services. These boxes are initially being deployed in Paris, France by Free, the country's second largest ISP. In addition to the adoption of the IDT Interprise processors, Freebox leveraged the IDT 79RP351 ADSL reference design, a jointly...

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Redback Verifies SMS Platform with Spirent's PPPoX Emulation Test Suite

Redback Networks has validated the throughput and scalability of its SMS 10000 SL subscriber management system using Spirent Communications' PPPoX Emulation Test Suite. In one of the largest tests of its kind, Redback used Spirent's PPP over ATM (PPPoA) and PPP over Ethernet over ATM (PPPoEoA) applications to verify the SMS 10000 SL platform's high throughput performance of 100 Kbps per subscriber for large numbers of subscribers. Tests conducted for a large European PTT also demonstrated that the SMS 10000 SL platform is capable of high scalability...

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Cisco Offers Licensing of Aironet WLAN Compatibility

Cisco Systems is offering a no cost licensing agreement that allows participating companies to offer client adapters and mobile devices that are interoperable with Cisco Aironet wireless LAN infrastructure. Following independent testing to confirm compatibility, WLAN adapters and mobile devices may bear the Cisco Compatible brand. Version 1 of the Cisco Compatible Extensions program will support full standards compliance with Wi-Fi and IEEE 802.11; compliance with Cisco Wireless Security Suite; and compatibility with Cisco's scheme for assigning...

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Lattice Supplies 10GigE Programmable Line Chips to Atrica

Atrica will use Lattice Semiconductor's 10 Gigabit Ethernet Field Programmable line interface chips in its line of optical Ethernet core switches. Lattice's ORLI10G line interface device is a Field Programmable System Chip (FPSC) that implements a 10 Gigabit Sixteen Bit Interface for optical transponders in efficient standard cell logic, as well as a 10 Gigabit Media Independent Interface for 10 Gigabit Ethernet Media Access Control (MAC) circuits in programmable logic. http://www.latticesemi....

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Xilinx Demonstrates 10 Gbps Serial I/O PLD

Xilinx announced the successful demonstration of serial technology at 10 Gbps on a single channel using a standard CMOS logic process. Xilinx said parallel I/O schemes reach physical limitations at speeds greater than 1 Gbps, no longer providing a reliable and cost-effective means for high-speed signaling. In addition to providing higher performance, Serial I/O-based designs should bring cost advantages over parallel implementations through fewer device pins, reduced board space requirements, fewer PCB layers, easier layout of the PCB, and smaller...

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OIF Outlines Four Technical Work Projects for 2003

The Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) outlined four new technical work projects for 2003. These include:Unified 10 Gigabit optical specifications with a common interface allowing one product to be used for SONET SDH, Ethernet and Fiber Channel. Data Transport Protocol will leverage work by the OIF's Common Electrical I/O (CEI) project, which defines electrical specifications for 4.976 to 6+ Gigabit and 9.95 to 11+ Gigabit signaling. The CEI work will focus on both short reach (0 to 200 mm with up to one connector) and long reach (0 to 1m with...

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Verizon's CEO Sees Greater Regulatory Confusion in Wake of FCC Decision

Verizon Communications is "somewhere between confused, perplexed and very angry" about the recent FCC decision, said Ivan Seidenberg, CEO of Verizon Communications, speaking at the Merrill Lynch Global Communications Investor Conference. Verizon believes the whole UNE model is fundamentally flawed and doomed to fail in the long run with or without regulatory changes due to advancing technology. Verizon will challenge the ruling in court seeking a stay or a reversal of the new state-by-state policy. With regard to the broadband piece, Seidenberg...

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WilTel Launches Long-haul Ethernet Service

WilTel Communications will begin offering an Ethernet Wide Area Network (EWAN) transport service over its nationwide fiber-optic network. The service provides point-to-point and point-to-multipoint Layer 2 technology with bridging functionality for wide area and local area networks. Customers can choose the appropriate level of service ranging from high-quality voice and real-time video applications to lower quality applications such as web browsing. The service rides over WilTel's ATM and MPLS infrastructure. http://www.wiltelcommunication...

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BellSouth Launches Wavelength Services

BellSouth launched a Wavelength Service targeted for retail and wholesale customers. The BellSouth Wavelength Service, which supports IP, SONET, ATM or Ethernet, is capable of transporting digital optical signals with two maximum transmission speeds, 1.25 Gbps and 2.5 Gbps. The new services will provide customers with a transparent optical transport that supports a minimum and maximum bandwidth for each digital optical signal: at standard data speeds such as 100 Mbps, 200 Mbps, 270 Mbps, 1.0625 Mbps and 1.25 Gbps; and at SONET speeds such as...

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Telecom Italia and HP Announce Outsourcing Agreement

HP will provide the IT management services for Telecom Italia's 90,000 workstations under a new five year agreement valued at EUR 225 million. Telecom Italia said the outsourcing would enable it to focus its resources on its core business. http://www.hp.com http://www.telecomitalia...

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UPC Gains Court Approval for Chapter 11 Plan to Convert Debt to New Equity

United Pan-Europe Communications N.V. (UPC) was granted approval for its Chapter 11 plan of reorganization by a U.S. bankruptcy court. Under the plan, approximately $937.5 million in Belmarken Notes, $4,688.2 million of UPC Notes, $1.7 billion of convertible preference shares, all of the priority shares and all of the ordinary shares A, including those represented by American Depositary Shares, will be converted into new equity of New UPC. The company hopes to complete the reorganization process before the end of Q1 2003. http://www.unitedgl...

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Corona Optical Systems Raises $7.5 Million for Parallel Optics

Corona Optical Systems, a start-up based in Lombard, Illinois, raised $7.5 million in its Series B round of funding. The company is developing parallel optical modules for switching and routing equipment. Corona's initial product is a small, high channel count optical transmitter and receiver module. The new funding was led by Megunticook Management and Sterling Holding Company. The round also included previous investors Intel Capital, KB Partners, and Venture Investors. http://www.coronasys....

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Nominum Raises $10 Million for its IP Address Management Software

Nominum, a start-up based in Redwood City, California, closed a $10 million round of series C financing to support its IP address infrastructure software. Nominum's software suite can be used to manage IP addressing throughout corporate networks. The company also recently launched a DNS-specific intrusion prevention appliance that blocks attacks on widespread vulnerabilities in business applications running on UNIX systems. The new funding was led by Globespan Capital Partners (formerly JAFCO Ventures) with participation from Nominum's existing...

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FutureSoft Adds Support for Intel's Latest Network Processors

FutureSoft announced source code software support for Intel's newest IXP4XX product line. FutureSoft's access solutions for the IXP4XX network processor product line will include its Naetra Access Router, its WLAN Access Point Solution and derivatives. These solutions will include routing protocols like OSPF, PIM and IS-IS as well as data plane components like NAT and Firewall. FutureSoft also plans to include components like Frame Relay and ATM to address the MiniDSLAM market. The range of solutions that FutureSoft offers in the access space...

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Nortel Networks' CEO Sees Market Stabilizing

The global networking business is showing signs of stabilization, said Frank Dunn, president and CEO of Nortel Networks, in a presentation on 20-February-2003 to the RBC Capital Markets conference in Whistler, British Columbia. He does not expect further large CAPEX cuts from the carriers and predicts spending for this year will be flat to down slightly. Spending for wireline networks, Dunn said, is likely to be stronger than for wireless. The telecom shakeout has left perhaps 50 to 60 major service providers worldwide as survivors. Telecommunications...

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VNCI Acquires WilTel Communications' Webcasting Business

Video Network Communications Inc. (VNCI) agreed to acquire WilTel Communications' webcasting business for an undisclosed sum. The unit provides webcasting services for corporate communications, such as "virtual road shows," analyst research distribution, clinical trials and training. With this acquisition, VNCI secures approximately 100 new corporate customers. http://www.vnci....

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Tauzin Blasts FCC, Calls New Hearing

U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Billy Tauzin (R-Louisiana) blasted this week's FCC ruling on unbundled network element requirements saying "regulatory reform has been stabbed in the back" by "a palace coup led by Commissioner Kevin Martin." Tauzin called for a House Committee hearing on Wednesday, 26-February-2003 to question the FCC commissioners on their decision. He also vowed to push for new legislation to promote "real competition" in the marketplace.http://energycommerce.house.gov/108/news/02202003_795In February 2002,...

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CIENA Reports Revenue of $70.5 million, up 14% Sequentially

CIENA reported revenue of $70.5 million for the quarter ended January 31, up 14% over the previous period. There was a GAAP net loss for the period of $107.1 million, or $0.25 per share. The company said it made good progress during the quarter toward profitability. It was the second sequential quarter in which revenues increased and margins improved. CIENA ended the quarter with cash and securities valued at $1.9 billion. Regarding its business outlook for the current quarter, CIENA expects revenues to be flat or up slightly. http://www....

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Force10 Networks Closes $41 Million for its 10GigE

Force10 Networks, a start-up based in Milpitas, California, closed $41 million in new funding to support its line of 10-Gigabit Ethernet switch/routers. The company has raised $209 million to date. Investors in this financing round include New Enterprise Associates (NEA), U.S. Venture Partners (USVP), Worldview Technology Partners, Amerindo Investment Advisors, and Pacesetter Capital Group, among others. http://www.force10networks.comIn January, Force10 Networks announced a 44% price cut on its 10-Gigabit Ethernet line cards, reducing the per-port...

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Verizon Certifies Independent Labs to Evaluate New Central Office Equipment

Verizon has certified eight independent laboratories to test vendors' equipment for use in its telecommunications network. Under the new program, Verizon will accept Network Equipment Building System, or NEBS, testing reports only from these eight certified labs:Curtis-Straus LLC, Littleton, MA Intertek Testing Services, Lexington, KY Met Laboratories, Baltimore, MD National Technical Systems, Acton, MA Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX Telcordia Technologies, Chester, NJ Underwriters Laboratories, Northbrook, IL Wyle Laboratories,...

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mPhase and Lucent Partner on TV over DSL

mPhase Technologies is teaming with Lucent Technologies to deliver a TV-over DSL solution. mPhase offers a digital set top box and a Broadcast Television Switch (BTS) that provides video networking intelligence to effectively enable video services over a DSL infrastructure. Bell Labs was contracted to design the mPhase BTS. The platforms are matched to Lucent's Stinger DSL Access Concentrator as the transport mechanism. mPhase intends to market this hybrid solution to telephone companies around the globe. There are currently 4 million ports...

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Hollywood.com and Wavexpress Launch Broadband PC Channel

Wavexpress and Hollywood.com launched a broadband PC channel delivering high-resolution, full-screen Hollywood-related programming. The MoviePick service uses a proprietary player that downloads and stores encrypted video using Wavexpress digital right management and cache control tools. The MoviePick channel is encoded at 1500 Kbps, five times higher than most broadband streaming media feeds, enabling a higher quality picture. http://www.tvtonic....

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ITXC Opens Internet Telephony SuperPoP in Frankfurt

ITXC opened a new switchless carrier class telecommunication facility at Ancotel's co-location center, in Frankfurt, Germany. By interconnecting standard fractional E3s or E1s with C7 or EUR ISDN signaling directly into ITXC's facility in Frankfurt, carriers gain access to ITXC.net for delivering fixed line, mobile and prepaid calling voice traffic in 175 countries. The company said many Eastern and Western European carriers already have a presence at the Ancotel facility. http://www.itxc....

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Sunrise Telecom Adds STM-16 Testing Capabilities to SDH Product

Sunrise Telecom added STM-16 support to its SunSet SDH, a field instrument for the installation, commissioning, and maintenance of global metro access networks. The handheld unit now supports ten different electrical and optical rates, making it suited for the metro's STM-16 ring network and its tributaries. The unit contains a comprehensive suite of optical network tests including optical power measurement, SDH performance analysis, overhead and alarm monitoring, APS (Automatic Protection Switch) testing, and SDH pointer testing. It also offers...

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Alcatel to Resell RADVISION's Video Gateway to Mobile Operators

Alcatel will add RADVISION's new viaIP gw-P20/M Gateway into its portfolio of solutions for the 3G/UMTS marketplace. The RADVISION gateway supports real time video telephony sessions between 3G-324M enabled cell phones/PDAs and multiple IP and ISDN-based videoconferencing systems. The system is based on the 3G-324M standard for real-time multimedia communications over WCDMA and CDMA2000 3G/UMTS networks. The RADVISION product will be matched with the Alcatel 5020 Softswitch acting as an H.323 gatekeeper, which manages the fixed IP videophones...

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Cinergy Communications Deploys SanteraOne

Cinergy Communications, which offers local telephone service, long distance calling, Internet access/solutions and web hosting service in Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee, will deploy the SanteraOne switching platform, replacing equipment made by Nortel and CopperComm. Cinergy, which is in the process of migrating its network from TDM to packet, plans to use the SanteraOne platform in both its local and long-distance networks to route tandem traffic and deliver both traditional and new IP-based Class 5 services. The first SanteraOne, under the...

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Santera Provides IXC Tandem Replacement and Wireless Gateway Functionality

Santera Systems announced that the SanteraOne platform has complete IXC Tandem replacement functionality and is commercially available for installation in networks. In addition, Santera has added wireless functionality to its media gateway, allowing it to operate in a wireless network. Santera said the increased functionality provides carriers that have both long distance and wireless networks the ability to collapse their network architecture. http://www.santera....

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Wind River Extends Support to Intel's Latest Network Processors

Wind River Systems will extend support to the new Intel IXP4XX product line of network processors, including support for future product roadmaps. The combined solution can be used for SOHO and SME communications applications such as residential broadband gateways, enterprise wireless access points and integrated access devices. http://www.windriver....

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Intel Unveils Network Processors for CPE Applications

Intel introduced three new network processors designed for the small office/home office (SOHO) and small- to medium-enterprise (SME) market segments. The new devices, which are based on the Intel XScale core, include:the IXP422 network processor, designed for residential gateways, wireless access points and SME routers and switches, including support for cryptography. the IXP421 network processor, which enables data plus VoIP applications the IXP420 network processor, which is optimized for broadband access applications such as home gateways and...

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Alliance Urges Royalty-Free H.264 Video Standard

A group of over 20 companies, including Cisco Systems, Deutsche Telekom, Polycom, Sun Microsystems and others, have formed an alliance to advocate the final approval of a royalty-free baseline profile for the upcoming H.264 Advanced Video Coding (H.264/AVC) standard. The alliance, which is working in conjunction with the International Multimedia Telecommunications Consortium (IMTC), said a royalty-free profile would enable industry to bring an open, internationally standardized video codec to market quickly, without time-consuming and fractious...

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MPLS Forum Tackles Layer 2 Service Interworking and MPLS UNI Enhancements

The MPLS Forum has adopted two new work items: Service Interworking of Frame Relay, ATM, Ethernet over MPLS, and enhancements to the MPLS User-to-Network Interface (UNI). The Service Interworking work item will permit service providers to interconnect customers that use FR, Ethernet or ATM interfaces on their network over an MPLS core. The goal of the MPLS UNI Enhancements work item is to simplify the allocation of bandwidth on MPLS networks and improve the support of voice calls now carried by the circuit-switched telephone network. In September...

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Reactions to the FCC Decision

Following today's decision by the FCC, numerous companies released statements. These include: AT&T described the decision as "a difficult compromise", hailing the prospect of continued local telephone competition, but saying the FCC's order grants the Bell companies vastly more deregulation than justified. In particular, AT&T expressed concern that "the Bells will be permitted to deny competitors access to hybrid fiber-copper loops, even for existing fiber and even in markets where customers have no alternatives to the Bell companies'...

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FCC Adopts New Rules for Unbundling and Broadband Facilities

In a landmark ruling, the FCC voted 3-to-2 to adopt a new set of network unbundling rules for incumbent local exchange carriers (LECs), largely favoring recommendations advocated by Commissioner Kevin J. Martin and defeating proposals supported by Chairman Michael K. Powell. The new framework clarifies a number of local phone and broadband competition issues, including previous Unbundled Network Elements (UNE) rules that had been overturned last year by the U.S. Court of Appeals. Key elements of the order are: Impairment Standard: Under the...

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Patricia Russo Named Chairman of Lucent, Schacht Steps Down

Lucent Technologies' board of directors named Patricia Russo as its new chairman, succeeding Henry Schacht, who will remain on the board as an outside director. Russo returned to Lucent as president and CEO in January of 2002 after serving as president and chief operating officer of Eastman Kodak. Prior to re-joining Lucent in 2002, Russo had served as executive vice president and CEO of Lucent's Service Provider Networks division from 1999 to 2000. http://www.lucent....

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Qwest Reports Q4 Revenue of $3.7 Billion, an 11% Decline from 2001

Citing continued competitive pressures in local and long-distance voice services, Qwest Communications reported Q4 revenue of $3.7 billion, an 11.2% decrease from the same period last year, and a 3.1% decrease sequentially. Revenue for full-year 2002 was $15.5 billion, a 7.5% decline from 2001 revenue of $16.7 billion. For Q4, operating income was $346 million compared with a $759 million operating loss in the fourth quarter of 2001, and an $11 million operating loss in the third quarter of 2002. Some other highlights:During Q4, Qwest reduced...

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McLeodUSA Reports Q4 Revenue of $230 Million

McLeodUSA, one of the largest CLECs, reported Q4 revenue of $230.0 million and a net loss of $88.7 million, or a loss per common share of $0.33. EBITDA for the competitive telecommunications (Telco) business and excluding discontinued operations for the period was $11.4 million. Gross margin for Q4 was $93.2 million or 40.5% of revenue, as compared to $89.4 million or 36.7% of revenue in Q3 2002. Some other highlights:Completed the implementation of a standardized regional transport and long distance network by integrating 3 independent networks...

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Sourcefire Secures $11 Million for its Network Security

Sourcefire, a start-up based in Columbia, Maryland, raised $11 million in second round funding to support its network intrusion management solutions. Sourcefire was founded in 2001 by Martin Roesch, the creator and principal author of Snort, a widely used engine for detecting network intrusions. Sourcefire extends Snort by adding an integrated database for increased event correlation and data management capabilities. The various models of Sourcefire Network Sensor support network speeds up to multiple gigabits. The new funding was led by New...

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PolyFuel Shows Fuel Cell for Portable Devices

PolyFuel, a start-up based in Menlo Park, California, introduced a prototype methanol fuel cell for portable devices such as mobile phones and laptop computers. The system uses hot-swappable fuel cartridges to provide continuous power. http://www.polyfuel.comPolyFuel was founded in 1999 and is funded by Intel Capital, Mayfield, Ventures West, Technology Partners and Chrysalix Ener...

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Gomez Acquires WebPerform for Website Performance Measurement Tools

Gomez has acquired WebPerform, a privately held UK-based company that delivers services targeted at understanding and improving delivery to end consumers of commercial Web services. Gomez said the acquisition provides it with flexible performance measurement technology, supporting virtually any transaction performed over IP. The technology is aimed at understanding how online customer experience drives customer behavior. http://www.gomez.comIn September 2002, Gomez acquired Porivo Technologies, which provided it a 10,000-node network that delivers...

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LSI Logic Releases Linux ADSL Ethernet Gateway Reference Design

LSI Logic released a Linux-based ADSL Ethernet reference design for customer premise equipment (CPE) manufacturers. The company said its HomeBASE solution can also address service provider requirements for voice, video and data distribution capabilities when used with the LSI Logic ZSP digital signal processing (for VoIP applications), Ethernet, USB, wireless LAN, and mixed-signal cores. http://www.lsilogic....

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Asante Begins Shipping Gigabit Ethernet Routing Switch

Asante Technologies announced availability of a new 16-port Gigabit Ethernet routing switch for enterprise data centers. The product offers 16 non-blocking Gigabit Ethernet ports, wire-speed routing, the Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) router protocol, multicast routing, 8 hardware level priority queues, 4000 Virtual LANs (VLANs), double 802.1q VLAN tagging, 2000 multicast groups, and 16,000 routing tables. MSRP is $6899. http://www.asante....

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Ericsson Selects BRECIS Processor for CPE

BRECIS Communications, a start-up developing a line of multiservice processors, announced a design win with Ericsson. The BRECIS processors will be one of the processors to be used in Ericsson's HL950 Multi-Service Edge Device. http://www.brecis.comEarlier this month, BRECIS announced $20 million in new funding, bringing its total raised to date to $72 milli...

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NEON Deploys ECI Telecom's XDM Optical Platform

NEON Communications, a regional service provider serving the northeast and mid-Atlantic markets, has deployed Lightscape Optical Networks' XDM multi-service optical platform. The XDM equipment is used for metro and regional DWDM, next generation SONET, Metro OXC and GigE networking. Financial terms were not disclosed. Lightscape is a division of ECI Telecom. http://www.lightscapenetworks....

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Cisco Highlights Productivity Gains from IP Communications

Cisco Systems issued a series of customer announcements highlighting the productivity gains and of the major enterprises that have adopted its IP communications solutions. Examples include:Cap Gemini Ernst & Young (CGE&Y), which has connected 12 offices across the US with Cisco CallManager software clusters for centralized IP call processing. The company has deployed 600 Cisco IP phones and will add an additional 775 phones by May. A three-year payback period is projected for its investment. In the financial services industry, the Cisco...

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Ericsson chosen by Orange France for its UMTS Core Network

Ericsson secured a contract to supply the core network equipment and associated integration services for Orange France. Ericsson already supplies to Orange France its GSM and GPRS core networks as well as the MMS platform. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.ericsson....

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Orange France Launches GPRS/Wi-Fi Services

Orange France unveiled its the first commercial Wi-Fi offering. The company plans to have Wi-Fi services available in 400 key sites in 2003, and cover 50% of prime business hubs in France by 2005. The company is also offering business owners a "hotspot package" costing EUR 1,000 for the equipment, software and ADSL connection needed to set-up a hot-spot. Site owners would then be allowed to sell prepaid Orange Wi-Fi cards. Orange France is also planning to offer a GPRS/Wi-Fi all-in-one package to consumers. Both GPRS and Wi-Fi connections will...

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