Centillium's Maximus ADSL2 Chipset Claims 50 Mbps

Centillium Communications unveiled its "Maximus" 12-channel, central office (CO) chipset compliant with the ITU-T G.992.1 (G.dmt), G.992.2 (G.lite), G.992.3 (G.adsl2) and G.992.5 (G.adsl2plus) standards. The company claims its eXtremeDSLMAX technology is able to deliver up to 50 Mbps of downstream bandwidth for short loops, or reach customers at distances up to 22,000 feet from the central office, while maintaining full backward compatibility with over 30 million deployed ADSL modems. ADSL2plus standard offers downstream data rates of up 24 Mbps...

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HP Introduces Mid-Range Enterprise Ethernet Switch

HP unveiled a new, more cost-effective Ethernet switch designed for mid-size enterprises. The HP ProCurve Switch 2626 is a stackable, multi-layer, managed 26-port switch with wire-speed performance, 24 auto-sensing 10/100 ports and 2 dual personality ports for 10/100/1000 or mini-GBIC SX, LX and LH connectivity. The switch provides layer 3 static routing, which enables VLAN-to-VLAN communication between the wiring closet and data center. Extensive access and management security capabilities include IEEE 802.1x port-based access control with RADIUS...

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India's Data Access Enters North American VoIP Business

Data Access, a fast growing international long distance carrier in India, activated a New York VoIP switching facility. The company was granted a facility-based 214 carrier license in December 2002. The New York switch is interconnected with Data Access' global network and is delivering traffic to 230 countries around the world. All nine nodal switches across the Data Access Network are managed and controlled from the Data Access Super NOC in New Delhi, India. Data Access said this off-shore operational model would give it a cost-advantage compared...

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PCTEL Files Modem Lawsuits Against Agere, Broadcom, Lucent, USR

PCTEL, a provider of 802.11 mobility software and software-defined radio products, filed patent infringement lawsuits against modem manufacturers Agere Systems, Broadcom, Lucent, and U.S. Robotics Corporation. The suits allege infringement of modem technology developed or acquired by PCTEL. A similar complaint was filed against 3Com in March 2003. http://www.pctel.comPCTEL recently divested its modem product line to Conexant Systems. In addition to cash consideration, Conexant granted PCTEL ownership of approximately 50 modem related patents....

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Northrop Grumman Petitions for More Spectrum for Emergency Services

Northrop Grumman is petitioning the FCC for an additional 10 MHz of public safety spectrum that will permit deployment of advanced broadband wireless applications needed by first responders. Specifically, Northrop Grumman is asking the FCC to set aside 10 MHz located below three GHz, preferably at 747-752 and 777-782 MHz or elsewhere in the 700 MHz Band. http://www.northropgrumman....

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Lufthansa to Install Connexion by Boeing on Long-haul Fleet

Lufthansa signed an agreement for the installation of the Connexion by Boeing service on its fleet of approximately 80 long-haul aircraft, beginning in 2004. The companies are working on payment options that would allow passengers to use Lufthansa's Miles and More mileage credits or payment of a nominal service access fee. http://www.boeing.com/connexionIn addition to Lufthansa, British Airways, Japan Airlines and Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) have announced their intent to install the Connexion by Boeing satellite-based broadband service...

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Telecom Namibia selects Alcatel's LMDS

Telecom Namibia will deploy Alcatel's Local Multipoint Distribution Service (LMDS) broadband wireless solution and high-capacity urban microwave radio systems to deliver broadband services. The deployment will use Alcatel's 9600 USY microwave systems, which cover the frequency range 6GHz to 38GHz, and provide interconnections with SDH fiber facilities. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.alcatel....

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Alcatel wins 10 Gbps DWDM Contract with China Telecom

China Telecom awarded a multimillion dollar contract to Alcatel Shanghai Bell for the construction of a new 10 Gbps DWDM network linking western and southern China. Specifically, Alcatel will deliver its 1686 DWDM platform together with its end-to-end 1300 NM network management platform. The new network will span 2,177 km from Sichuan in western China to Yunnan and Guizhou in southern China. http://www.alcatel....

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Marconi to Outsource IT Operations to CSC

Marconi signed a ten year outsourcing agreement for the management of its internal Information Technology (IT) systems to Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC). The deal was valued at £450 million (US$735 million) over the ten year term. As part of the deal, CSC will acquire Marconi's IT assets worldwide, with the exception of its Asia Pacific and the Middle East regions and the company's UK-based Interactive Systems business, for £26.3 million (approximately US$43 million) in cash. http://www.marconi.comIn April, Ericsson announced plans to outsource...

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Vivace Adds Redundancy Features to Multi-Service IP Switch

Vivace Networks announced new redundancy features for its ASIC-driven Viva5100 Multi-Service IP switch, including several unique Layer 3 capabilities. These include:Hitless IP forwarding during switch over of route processor and management processor for connected, static and dynamic routing for true non-stop forwarding to protect mission critical traffic.Layer 2 redundancy for Ethernet, ATM, Frame Relay, and HDLC services on an IP Switch.Graceful and Hitless online software upgrades Static and Dynamic ARP redundancy for growing IP/Ethernet services...

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Terayon Announced DOCSIS 2.0 Deployment in Korea

Hanvit I&B, the second largest Korean cable operator with more than 2 million subscribers, is using Terayon Communication Systems' cable modem termination system to deliver DOCSIS 2.0 services. DOCSIS 2.0 in Korea has already begun. In addition to Terayon's DOCSIS 2.0 CMTS, Hanvit I&B is using Terayon's DOCSIS 2.0 cable modems at the broadband subscriber end. Terayon said its DOCSIS 2.0 system can deliver approximately 40 Mbps of content from the Internet to the subscriber, and allows the subscriber to transmit nearly 30 Mbps upstream...

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Irish Broadband Deploys Navini's Wireless Broadband

Irish Broadband is deploying Navini Networks' Ripwave wireless platform to deliver multi-megabit services to residential and business customers in Dublin beginning next month. Over the course of the next year, Irish Broadband plans to deploy Ripwave base stations in communities throughout the Dublin area. Financial terms were not disclosed. Navini said the contract represents its third European deployment. http://www.navini....

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Tellabs Adds Layer 2 Switching to its Next Gen SDH

As a second phase in its Ethernet-over-SDH strategy, Tellabs is adding Layer 2 switching and guaranteed QoS to its next-generation Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) portfolio. The new and enhanced Tellabs 6300 uses MPLS to deliver managed Layer 2 Virtual Private Networks (VPN) services using SDH. The Tellabs 6300 also features Generic Framing Procedure (GFP), Virtual Concatenation (VCX) and Link Capacity Adjustment Scheme (LCAS) resiliency. Tellabs said the Layer 2 switching functionality enables network operators to build large Ethernet networks...

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ADTRAN Boosts its DSLAM to 3,000 Ports

ADTRAN announced several enhancements to its Total Access 3000 DSLAM including new network interfaces that add OC-3c and global STM-1 capability. Additionally, the expanded ATM multiplexer architecture allows ADTRAN to deliver over 3000 ports of ADSL in two 7-foot racks. http://www.adtran....

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Sprint Begins its Migration from Circuit to Packet-Switched Voice Network

Sprint launched its migration from a circuit-switched telephone network to a packet network with the replacement of its entire local switching infrastructure in Gardner, Kansas. Sprint will be capable of combining three separate "overlay" networks into a single, ATM network for voice, data and private-line services. Class 5 circuit switches will be replaced using Nortel Networks' Succession Communication Server 2000 superclass softswitches, Succession Multiservice Gateway 4000, Succession Media Gateway 9000, and Nortel Networks Passport 15000...

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Luminous Networks Launches PacketWave Metro Edge RPR Platform

Luminous Networks, a start-up based in Cupertino, California, expanded its portfolio of resilient packet ring (RPR) metro optical transport products with the launch of a new, low-cost multiservice transport platform for 1 Gbps or 2.5 Gbps rings. Like Luminous Networks' existing M-series (metro core) and C-Series (metro access) platforms, the new PacketWave E500 leverages RPR layer 2 technology to integrate Ethernet and TDM services using ring architectures that are cheaper and more bandwidth-efficient than SONET/SDH. RPR is being standardized...

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Atrica Expands its Carrier Optical Ethernet Portfolio, Ramps Shipments

Atrica, a start-up based in Santa Clara, California, announced three additions to its portfolio of carrier optical Ethernet products. Atrica's Optical Ethernet Systems -- including 10 Gigabit Ethernet and integrated WDM -- are positioned as an alternative to SONET/SDH-based equipment or RPR architectures. Key features of the Atrica optical Ethernet platform include high port densities in NEBS-compliant chassis, an MPLS architecture capable of supporting large numbers of flows, SLAs, sub-50 millisecond resiliency, integration with circuit switched...

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ADC to Support Internet Photonics' Optical Ethernet and WDM

ADC will provide installation, commissioning and integration services for Internet Photonics' LightStack family of products, which are used as optical transport platforms for carriers and cable operators. ADC Systems Integration will support the Internet Photonics platform across customers segments throughout North America. http://www.internetphotonics.com http://www.adc.comIn March 2003, Internet Photonics introduced a new LightStack Gigabit Services Line Access Multiplexer (GSLAM) designed to aggregate, switch and multiplex multiple services...

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