3Com Announces New Management Structure

Reflecting its recent reorganization and refocus on the enterprise networking market, 3Com announced the following management changes:

• Dennis Connors, president of its recently divested CommWorks division, has been named as 3Com's Executive Vice President of Operations.
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  Mark Slaven, Senior Vice President of Finance and CFO has been promoted to Executive Vice President and CFO.
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  3Com is currently recruiting an Executive Vice President of Sales.

http://www.3com.com

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Proxim and Intersil Reach Patent Litigation Settlement

Proxim and Intersil have agreed to dismiss all patent-related claims against each other, including lawsuits before the International Trade Commission and Delaware and Massachusetts Federal Courts. As part of the confidential settlement agreement, the two companies have entered into a patent cross-license agreement for their respective patent portfolios and Intersil will make a one-time payment of $6 million to Proxim. Proxim said it intends to continue to pursue licensing agreements related to its wireless LAN patents and to vigorously defend its intellectual property rights.
http://www.proxim.com
http://www.intersil.com

• In August 2002, Proxim announced that it settled patent-related litigation with Agere Systems, Inc. as part of the acquisition of the ORiNOCO equipment business.
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  In March 2001, Proxim initiated legal actions in federal district courts against six companies that sell direct sequence WLAN products and services based upon the IEEE 802.11b standard. The six companies named at the time were 3Com, Cisco, Intersil, SMC, Symbol and Wayport.

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International VoIP Council Sets First Meeting for 01-April-2003

A new International VoIP Council has been established to promote VoIP within the business, consumer and technology communities. Initial members include bConvergent, Deltathree, DiamondWare, Dialpad, Gordon & Glickson, Hitnet, Interactive Intelligence, Kancharla, Net6, PBX.net, Pingtel, Swissvoice and Sylantro. The VoIP Council will hold its inaugural meeting on 01-April-2003 in San Jose, California. Contact: chrisg@communitech.com

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NextHop Enhances its Routing Code Suite

NextHop Technologies, a start-up based in Mountain View, California, announced the addition of four new protocols to its routing software code suite. The new protocols include IGMPv3 (Internet Group Management Protocol - version 3), PIM-SSM (Protocol Independent Multicast, Source Specific Multicast), and PIM-DM (Dense Mode); and OSPF v3. NextHop has already shipped three IPv6 routing protocols. NextHop also features an XML Routing API.
http://www.nexthop.com

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Conexant Releases Home Network Processors

Conexant Systems launched a family of home network processors for broadband gateways and WAN access applications. Based on an ARM processor, the new Home Network Processors include two devices that operate at 200 MHz and 300 MHz, respectively. Also included is a memory management unit (MMU) that supports major operating systems such as Linux, VxWorks and Windows CE.NET. The processor design includes VoIP support and an advanced encryption engine for VPN applications.
http://www.mindspeed.com

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Broadcom Signs Partnership with Ningbo Bird, a Handset Maker in China

Broadcom announced today a strategic partnership with Ningbo Bird, a local supplier of cellular phone handsets in China. The deal encompasses the development of multimedia GSM/GPRS handsets for sales into China and abroad. The company recently began producing handsets based on the Broadcom GSM baseband processor and GPRS baseband processor. Broadcom's Mobile Communications Business Unit (formerly Mobilink Telecom) and Ningbo Bird have been collaborating for some time. Broadcom recently established a new R&D facility in Shanghai, China, to support Ningbo Bird locally.
http://www.broadcom.com

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BTexact Licenses Data Connection's MPLS and OSPF Code

BTexact Technologies, BT's advanced research and technology business, has licensed Data Connection Limited's (DCL's) DC-MPLS and DC-OSPF-TE software for use in its research programs. DCL's DC-MPLS product supports GMPLS optical extensions and is a leading MPLS source code solution for packet and optical network devices.
http://www.dataconnection.com

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RADCOM Adds H.323 Media Stress Generation to Test Suite

RADCOM has added H.323 Media stress testing capabilities to its VoIP Performer test suite. The addition of RTP generation to the company's 323Sim product, a high-volume H.323 call generator, enables vendors and service providers to generate RTP streams to test and verify the performance of carrier-grade gateways, mediators and media servers in high traffic. It can also be used when testing network readiness for H.323 solutions or large-scale gateways between packet and switched circuit networks and media servers. RADCOM said its system can generate loads with 2,000 sessions, with full signaling and RTP streams, in various codecs for H.323 calls created by H.323 signaling.
http://www.radcom.com

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Lantern Adds Ethernet VLAN Support for Resilient Packet Ring Metro Switch

Lantern Communications, a start-up based in San Jose, California, announced Ethernet VLAN stacking and Cross-Node Protection Switching for its Metro Packet Switch, which is a flow-based Resilient Packet Ring (RPR) platform that supports both 2.5 Gbps and 10 Gbps ring topologies. Ethernet VLAN stacking enables a service provider to create an Ethernet VPN that tunnels a customer's VLANs across the wide area, preserving the integrity of the customer's Ethernet traffic. Lantern's Cross-Node Protection Switching uses IEEE 802.3ad link aggregation technology to protect Ethernet services in the event of equipment (port, module or node) or fiber failures. Lantern said these features have been successfully tested with switches from Extreme Networks and Cisco Systems.
http://www.lanterncom.com

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Nortel Networks Evolves its DMS-10 Switch for Rural Telcos

Nortel Networks announced an expansion of its service and support program for its DMS-10 voice switch, which is deployed by many rural, independent operating companies (IOCs). The program includes a number of software enhancements such as Simultaneous Ringing, Telemarketer Call Screening, and other new, revenue-generating services. With Simultaneous Ringing, residential subscribers can have incoming calls automatically routed to as many as five different telephone numbers to help reduce missed calls. Telemarketer Call Screening challenges unidentified callers, requiring them to assert that they are not telemarketers before allowing these calls to be completed. The latest DMS-10 software release will also support interworking with service nodes like Application Peripheral from Innovative Systems, positioning carriers to drive additional new revenues with services like Find Me, Click to Dial, and Budget Toll with Disconnect. Nortel Networks said its new initiative would also position carriers to migrate to fully-packetized networks at their own pace. More than 700 customers have deployed DMS-10 in North America alone, representing more than six million subscriber lines.
http://www.nortelnetworks.com

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TeliaSonera to Market Wi-Fi Jack Service Point Content Servers

TeliaSonera agreed to market a new "Jack Service Point" wireless caching and provisioning server for ad-hoc, local-area wireless services and content distribution. Unlike WLAN hotspots that deliver generic Internet access and need broadband backhaul connections, the Jack Service Point functions as a standalone wireless content cache server capable of delivering content, information and services on location to a variety of mobile devices. The Linux-based server uses a cellular network connection for its backhaul connections. The platform was developed by WideRay, a start-up in San Francisco.
http://www.wideray.com
http://www.teliasonera.com

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SkyCross Unveils High Gain, Embedded Wi-Fi Antennas

SkyCross, a start-up based in Melbourne, Florida, introduced an antenna covering both the 2.4 - 2.5 GHz and 4.9 - 5.9 GHz bands. Skycross said standard antenna designs, such as ceramic or PIFA antennas, provide coverage for specific and narrowly defined frequency bands. Its embedded antenna is designed for devices supporting all three 802.11a/b/g specifications.
http://www.skycross.com

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T-Mobile USA Signs On for Boingo's User Applications

T-Mobile USA and Boingo Wireless agreed to co-develop end-user facing software and services that will make it easier for customers to discover and access T-Mobile's Wi-Fi hotspots and nationwide GPRS 2.5G data network. Once installed onto a customer's laptop computer or PDA, the software will enable them to more easily locate networks, sign-up, and log-on.
http://www.boingo.com
http://www.t-mobile.com/hotspot/

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WSJ: Large Telecom Firms, After WorldCom Move, Consider Write-Downs

AT&T and Qwest Communications are considering additional write-downs in the value of their networks in the wake of WorldCom's recent announcement that it will write nearly $80 billion off its balance sheet for the diminished value of goodwill and network assets, according to The Wall Street Journal. The financial move might give WorldCom a competitive advantage because its depreciation costs will be lower moving forward.
http://www.wsj.com

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WorldCom and EarthLink Extend 5-Year Wholesale Agreement

Earthlink and WorldCom announced a five-year extension under which WorldCom will provide wholesale dial-up Internet access in hundreds of U.S. cities and around the world. EarthLink also purchases dedicated Internet, DSL and data services from WorldCom.
http://www.worldcom.com

• WorldCom said its dial-up access infrastructure handled more than 13 billion access calls globally in 2002.

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Zhone Introduces its Next-Gen ATM/IP DSLAM

Zhone Technologies introduced its Raptor DSL Access Multiplexer featuring in-service software-selectable ATM or IP uplinks. The platform is also software upgradeable to function as a fully functional Voice+Data NGDLCm, enabling the combination of POTS + DSL + T1/E1 in one platform. It also features a high-performance video-optimized backplane; available integrated IP termination and subscriber management for Internet access in a single platform. The Zhone Raptor is available in a range of environmentally hardened shelf sizes including 7U, 3U and 1U that can be deployed in the CO, in Remote Terminals or in buildings. Density in a 7 foot rack is 3,840 ADSL ports or 2,880 G.SHDSL ports. Raptor supports a variety of line interfaces and uplinks from 10/100baseT to DS1 IMA and OC-12.
http://www.zhone.com

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Larscom to Acquire VINA Technologies for its Integrated Access Devices

Larscom will acquire VINA Technologies in a bid to strengthen its position as a supplier of enterprise broadband access equipment. Larscom supplies inverse multiplexing access equipment for bridging the bandwidth gap between T1 and T3. The company also offers a line of CSUs/DSUs, featuring support for T3 or E3 in a single platform. VINA is a supplier of integrated access devices (IADs). Under the deal, VINA stockholders will receive 0.2659 shares of Larscom common stock for each VINA common share held. After the merger is completed, Larscom stockholders will own approximately 53% of the combined company, and VINA's stockholders will own approximately 47%. The new company will be called Larscom Incorporated and headquartered in the Silicon Valley. The combined company would have had 2002 revenue of $46.8 million. The merged entity expects to reach profitability within a year. Currently, Larscom has 98 employees and VINA Technologies has 61 employees.
http://www.larscom.com
http://www.vina-tech.com

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