XO Expresses Disappointment in Global Crossing Court Decision

The U.S. Bankruptcy Court handling the Global Crossing case approved a purchase agreement amendment that extends the exclusivity period under which only Singapore Technologies Telemedia PTE bid is considered for acquiring the company. In a press statement, XO said it remains highly skeptical that Singapore Technologies Telemedia PTE will be able to obtain the needed regulatory approvals to consummate this transaction. Furthermore, XO argues that Global Crossing should not be owned and controlled by an entity owned by a foreign government. It also...

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Tellabs Expands its Next-gen SDH portfolio

Tellabs introduced a new high-density Ethernet-over-SDH switch that uses Layer 2 MPLS to offer true QoS for data transport. The Tellabs 6345 is a 10 Gbps multi-service provisioning platform designed to provide lower-order access, integrated Fast and Gigabit Ethernet ports and full Layer 2 switching in both metropolitan and regional networks. The Tellabs 6345 features a cross-connect capacity of 384 x STM-1 and 8,064 x VC-12, making it the most powerful and compact ADM-64 system on the market, according to Tellabs. First customer shipments are...

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ITU Allocates Additional 455 MHz of Spectrum for WLANs

Delegates to the International Telecommunications Union's (ITU) World Radio Conference (WRC) in Geneva, Switzerland agreed to allocate 455 MHz of unlicensed spectrum in the 5-GHz band for global WLAN use. Once the agreement achieves final plenary approval, 100 MHz of spectrum (5.150-5.250 GHz) will be allocated for indoor WLAN use, while an additional 355 MHz will be allocated for mixed indoor/outdoor use (5.250-5.350 GHz and 5.470-5.725 GHz). The international agreement at the WRC effectively opens at least 19 non-interfering 5GHz channels for...

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NTT East Selects Efficient's DSL Provisioning Software

NTT-East selected Efficient Networks' Tango broadband access software suite as its standard platform for facilitating DSL self-installation and access. The software suite, which includes Tango installer and Tango manager, provides a simple, efficient and cost effective way to quickly provide DSL service to the carrier's growing broadband customer base. NTT-East has purchased 1.2 million licenses of Tango installer and Tango manager through Japanese network solution integrator Terilogy. Efficient Networks is a subsidiary of Siemens AG. http://w...

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Netopia Debuts Integrated ADSL Wireless Gateway

Netopia introduced a new Cayman 3347W ADSL Wireless Gateway based on chipsets from TI and Conexant Systems. Netopia's gateway incorporates dual antennas specifically tuned to enhance Wi-Fi coverage inside the home. It also provides a 4-port 10/100 Ethernet switch. http://www.netopia....

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Korea's DACOM Chooses Cisco 12000 Series Routers

DACOM, a communications service provider in Korea, is deploying Cisco 12406, 12410 and 12416 series routers to expand its BORANet backbone. The network supports Internet leased-line service for corporate customers, including small office-home office (SOHO) environments, and Internet PC cafes. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.cisco....

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Sanera Raises $35 Million for its SAN Switch

Sanera Systems, a start-up based in Sunnyvale, California, received $35 million in third round financing to support the development of its terabit, protocol transparent SAN switch. Sanera's DS10000 datacenter-class director, introduced in April 2003, scales to as many as 256 non-blocking 2 Gbps ports or up to 64 10 Gbps ports per chassis. The platform can be used for SAN consolidation, large fabric deployment and in-network storage services integration. It features a unique dynamic partitioning feature that allows enterprises to consolidate SANs...

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Internet2 Releases Privacy-Preserving Web Authorization Software

The Internet2 initiative announced the first production version of open-source software designed for active privacy management. The Shibboleth 1.0 software provides an authentication and authorization architecture that enables inter-institutional sharing of Web resources subject to access controls. Shibboleth also aims to provide a policy framework that will allow inter-operation within the higher education community. A key concept within Shibboleth is "federated Administration," in which the origin campus (home to the browser user) provides attribute...

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Marconi Demonstrates 10 Gbps Packet Encryption on its BXR-48000

Marconi has demonstrated the encryption of IP and ATM data at 10 Gbps rates for safeguarding the mission-critical, real-time applications and services required for secure government communications across the world. The demonstration used Marconi's BXR-48000 multiservice switch router, its 10 Gbps ATM interface card, and the 10 Gbps General Dynamics UltraFastlane KG-75A encryptor. Marconi supported encryption of 10 Gbps IP traffic over ATM, 10 Gbps of pure ATM traffic, and the simultaneous encrypted transport of 5 Gbps of IP and 5 Gbps of ATM....

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Marconi Teams with Ethernet Port Extension over SDH

Marconi will incorporate MRV's Ethernet Port Extension (EPE) technology into its own PacketSpan solution for data over SDH. The MRV EPE technology extends Ethernet-over-SDH services to smaller and more geographically remote enterprises by taking PacketSpan Ethernet interfaces out of the operator's exchange or central office and placing them in customer premises. It uses electrical or optical Ethernet interfaces to connect to end customers' LAN infrastructures. Traffic is relayed over optical fiber, up to several kilometers long, terminating at...

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NEC America Adds Resiliency for Enterprise VoIP

NEC America introduced several new enterprise voice products:a new NEAX 2000 IPS-DMR communications platform, which is a new remote component for NEC's NEAX 2000 IPS and NEAX IPS-DM mid-range VoIP systems. It offers a unique remote survivability function that automatically connects to the public network should the IP network connection with the central site be interrupted. The DMR essentially converts a remote office to a standalone system until the IP network is restored.a new "Dterm" IP phone featuring a failover adapter that provides immediate...

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Santera Qualifies its Switch for Rural Utilities Service (RUS) Financing

Santera's SanteraOne switching platform is now eligible for low-interest financing from the Rural Utilities Service program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The program provides independent and rural utilities and telecommunications service providers with low-interest financing to assist them in the purchase of new equipment. The approval for RUS financing follows on-site equipment trial of the SanteraOne platform by the Kerman Telephone Co. of Kerman, California. In addition, Santera introduced two new switching products: SanteraOne...

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Verizon to take $3 Billion Charges for Accounting Changes

Verizon Communications will take approximately $3.0 billion in charges in Q2 primarily driven by an accounting change in its directory business and by the effect of its recent decision to sell its consolidated interest in Grupo Iusacell in Mexico. Regarding the directories business, Verizon said it has changed its method for recognizing revenues and expenses, resulting in an after-tax, non-cash charge to earnings of approximately $1.6 billion, or $0.59 in fully diluted EPS, retroactive to 02-Jan-2003. As a result of Verizon's recent decision to...

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