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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