MCI Offers Managed Enterprise Content Delivery Service

MCI introduced a Managed Enterprise Content Delivery Service (ECDS) designed for distributing enterprise-wide applications including streaming video and distance learning over an enterprise Frame Relay, IP, ATM, Private IP or private line network. MCI's service offers built-in security, load balancing, cache pre-population, content redirection, distribution and control via a Web-based portal. http://www.mci....

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Telenor Offers Mobile Packet Data Service for Aviation Customers

Telenor is launching Mobile Packet Data Service (MPDS) that provides satellite-based connectivity for aircraft. The service is aimed at Internet applications including Web access, file transfer, e-mail, and remote monitoring in the commercial aviation industry. The Telenor service is based on Inmarsat's Swift64 technology. http://www.telenor.comIn October 2002, Telenor Satellite Services launched "Sealink," a service that provides broadband capabilities on a leased basis to ships at sea. Sealink provides turn-key managed communications solutions...

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MSN Attracts 350 Million Worldwide Users Each Month

Microsoft is attracting 350 million unique worldwide users per month to its MSN network of sites, a 17% increase since September 2002. More than 100 million users are using the free MSN Messenger service per month. MSN is currently offering localized versions in 34 markets globally and in 18 languages. Microsoft said its claim to 350 million unique users was verified by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. http://www.microsoft....

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Wanadoo Adds 206,000 Broadband Subscribers in Q2

Wanadoo, the Internet division of France Telecom, added 445,000 new broadband customers during first six months of 2003, including 206,000 during Q2 alone. For the first six months of 2003, Wanadoo had revenues of EUR 1.227 billion, up 34% over the year-earlier period. This increase was led by a 64% jump in revenues from international business, which totaled EUR 305 million EURs for the period. Growth is also being fueled by broadband services and portal revenues. Some additional highlights:As of 30-June-2003, Wanadoo had 8.807 million Internet...

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Terra Lycos Reaches 477,000 ADSL Users

Terra Lycos, the Internet portal of the Telefónica Group, was serving 477,000 ADSL customers as of 30-June-2003, up by 26% compared to December 2002 and up by 59% compared to a year ago. Overall, Terra Lycos had 3.6 million customers paying for access, communications and portal services, an increase of 59% compared to a year ago. Revenues increased 11% compared to a year ago to EUR 321 million and the EBITDA loss was EUR 28 million. http://www.telefonica.esDuring the first half of 2003, Terra and Telefónica de España began marketing a mundoADSL...

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eXchange @ 200 PAUL Builds Carrier Hotel Momentum

eXchange @ 200 PAUL, a major carrier hotel and colocation facility in San Francisco, has opened a second facility in nearby Santa Clara, California. The new facility is already serving a number of carrier customers, including Verizon Global Networks, SBC Communications, WilTel Communications, Qwest, Neopolitan Networks, Looking Glass Networks, Silicon Valley Power and Tyco Telecom. Between its two facilities, eXchange @ 200 Paul now has over 42 carriers and IP service providers.The original eXchange @ 200 PAUL facility is currently providing 65...

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Equant Offers Outsourced Cache Management Service

Equant is launching a managed caching service that could help multinational companies reduce their IP VPN traffic by as much as 40% while improving response-time for some Web-enabled applications by 95%. The new service uses Network Appliance's caches installed at the customer premise. Corporate VPN caches are especially effective for commonly accessed intranet pages, MS Office documents and e-learning applications. As a managed service, Equant provides 24X7 monitoring, maintenance of caches, and service level agreements for parameters such...

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EC Reduces Regulations for Leased Lines

As part of the new regulatory framework for electronic communications the European Commission repealed former directives that required incumbent operators to provide leased line circuits throughout their territories. One of the principles of the new framework is that regulation must be removed when competition is delivering the desired result. In the case of leased lines, this means that national regulatory authorities in EU member States will be able to remove the obligation for an operator to provide some or all of the leased line types in the...

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New EC Framework on Electronic Communications Goes into Effect

The European Commission implemented a new regulatory framework aimed at harmonizing the policies and enforcing the legal certainty of laws pertaining to electronic communications across the member states of the European Union. The new regulatory framework, which went into effect on 25-July-2003, gives the European Commission powers to oversee the national regulatory regimes of member states through a consultative process with their national regulatory authorities (NRA). This consultative process will take place through the European Regulators...

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Microsoft to Include Real-Time Collaboration with Office

Microsoft has re-branded the online conferencing and collaboration application suite that it obtained through the acquisition of PlaceWare. The functionality is now part of Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2003 and Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2003. The Live Meeting application will also become part of the Microsoft Office family that is anticipated to be released this fall. Live Meeting is a browser-based application that can be used to conduct real-time, interactive presentations and meetings over the Internet. Live Communications...

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Sprint Reports Lower Revenue but Strong Positive Free Cash Flow

Citing solid financial gains in a difficult environment, Sprint reported consolidated net operating revenues for Q2 of $6.5 billion, compared to $6.7 billion in the same period last year. Net income for Q2 was $7 million compared to a net loss of $68 million last year. Second quarter operating income was $370 million compared to $670 million a year ago. There was $925 million in free cash flow in Q2, bringing total free cash flow for the first half of the year to $1.3 billion. Some highlights of the quarter:Q2 revenues for Sprint's global markets...

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Equant Announces New CEO and President

Equant named Daniel Caclin as its new president and CEO, replacing Didier Delepine, who has expressed his wishes to pursue other career opportunities. Caclin currently serves as Equant's COO. Previously, he was the CEO of Global One, and prior to that, the CEO of Transpac - companies focused on international and national data and IP services for the corporate business market. Caclin will be based in Reston, Virginia.http:/www.equant....

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MCI Responds to Fraud Allegations

Following a meeting with the U.S. Attorneys Office, Michael D. Capellas, MCI's chairman and CEO issued a public statement vowing to cooperate with the new investigation into how the company has handled access fees. Capellas also said MCI is conducting its own internal analysis of the charges.Various press reports on Monday alleged that MCI's "laundering" of call origination and termination data may have helped the company avoid up to $1 billion in local access charges. Competitors, including AT&T, were quoted as saying MCI's scheme included...

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Zhone and Tellium Agree to Merge, Combine Access with Optical Core Switching

Zhone Technologies, a provider of next-gen local loop access solutions, announced plans to merge with Tellium, a developer of core optical switching systems. Mory Ejabat, current chairman and CEO of Zhone Technologies, said that combining the two businesses would create a comprehensive solution for local, metro and long distance service providers. Tellium would also contribute its $149.8 million in cash to the combined company, which would retain the name Zhone Technologies. Ejabat would continue as chairman and CEO of the combined operation....

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Atheros Surpasses 1 Million Monthly WLAN Chip Shipments

Atheros Communications broke the 1-million unit mark in monthly shipments of its 802.11b/g and 802.11a/b/g WLAN chips in June, signaling the rapid adoption of its third generation WLAN silicon. The company predicts a rapid industry transition from legacy 802.11b to multi-mode 802.11b/g and universal 802.11a/b/g at speeds of 54 Mbps and up. http://www.atheros....

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Cavium Introduces WLAN Security Processor for Access/Aggregation

Cavium Networks introduced its NITROX Wireless family of security macro processors for enterprise access and aggregation points. The processors support the full range of security algorithms currently used in WLAN security and the emerging 802.11i standard -- including AES, 3DES and ARC4 and the various modes of each algorithm. Additionally the Cavium NITROX Wireless processors perform protocol processing of CCMP, IPSec, IKE, MPPE and functions of TKIP. They also feature a true hardware Random Number Generator. Cavium will offer ten versions to...

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CBC/Radio-Canada Tests Net Insight's DTM for Media Transport

CBC/Radio-Canada has successfully tested Net Insight's Dynamic synchronous Transfer Mode (DTM) technology for transporting high-quality video, radio, IP/Ethernet data and VoIP between its facilities in Montreal and Toronto. The trial used a combination of dark fiber and OC-3 capacity between the two cities. Net Insight's Nimbra One access switches were located at each end. The Nimbra One switches were equipped with modules for Ethernet, E1, DVB-ASI and OC-3. The test equipment used an automated control plane with enhanced GMPLS functionality for...

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Korea's Dacom Selects Quarry's Router for MPLS VPN

Dacom, one of South Korea's leading service providers, has selected Quarry Technologies' iQ Security Service Routers to provide security services to its MPLS VPN customers. Quarry Technologies' iQ8000 Security Service Routers will be distributed throughout South Korea, around the edge of Dacom's MPLS backbone network. Support for VPN technologies, including IPsec and RFC-2547 Layer 3 MPLS VPNs, will ensure integration of the iQ8000 into the network infrastructure. Quarry's Security Service Routers will terminate access-network connections, identify...

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Tektronix Announces 3G Test Platform

Tektronix announced its new protocol test platform equipped with application software to test 3G, 2.5G and 2G networks. The platform can be used to identify and analyze the source of service degradation in real-time. Application software includes a real-time Multi-Interface Call Trace for 3G, 2.5G and 2G networks. When service degradation is reported, a message, or "trouble ticket," is sent to the operator's operation and maintenance technician. Tektronix's new K15 protocol test platform supports UMTS, CDMA2000, cdmaOne, EDGE, GPRS and GSM. ...

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Universities Look to Internet2 as a backup for Voice Services

The Internet2 Voice over IP (VoIP) Working Group is launching an initiative to ensure the survivability of university and government voice networks in the event that the circuit-switched public network goes down. The VoIP disaster recovery project will use the Internet2's Abilene network to provide a resilient and distributed IP-based disaster recovery alternative to the PSTN's traditional PBX and switched network architecture. The cooperative initiative is being led by BroadSoft, Georgetown University, Internet2, and Paetec with participating...

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