China Telecom Selects Nortel Networks in Zhejiang, Hubei

China Telecom awarded two contracts to Nortel Networks covering the deployment of Shasta 5000 Broadband Service Nodes (BSNs) in Zhejiang province, and Shasta 5000 BSNs and Nortel Networks Passport 8600 Routing Switches in Hubei province. The Shasta 5000 BSN supports wholesale dial, DSL, fixed and mobile wireless, metro optical and Ethernet extension, ATM, Frame Relay and leased-line subscribers. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.nortelnetworks....

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Deutsche Telekom Tests Marconi's Core Optical Switches

Deutsche Telekom is using specially enhanced versions of Marconi's MSH family of optical switches to form the intelligent core of its Global Seamless Network (GSN) research and demonstration project. Deutsche Telekom has installed four nodes comprising Marconi's core optical switches at sites in Berlin and Darmstadt. Each node is connected to the others with an advanced WDM system, also supplied by Marconi. The nodes are equipped with a distributed control plane based on the latest ASTN standards. The ASTN control plane automates multiple network...

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Cox Anticipates VoIP Rollout in 2004, Revenues Up 14% in Q2

Cox Communications, the fourth largest cable operator in the US, reported Q2 revenue of $1.4 billion, an increase of 14% over Q2 2002 and up from $1.366 billion in the prior quarter. Cox continues to gain traction in advanced services (including digital cable, high-speed Internet access and telephony). It also cited higher basic cable rates and a $5 price increase on monthly high-speed Internet access adopted in certain markets in Q4 2002 for its 14% increase in revenues year-over-year.Some highlights, as of 30-June-2003:6.3 million basic video...

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Broadcom Introduces 10 Gigabit Ethernet Multi-Layer Switch for Enterprises

Broadcom introduced a 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) multi-layer switch that delivers wire-speed Layer 2 through Layer 7 switching and routing capabilities over a 10GBASE-CX4 copper medium (CX4). The highly integrated single-chip device could be used to build stackable 24- and 48-port Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) switches with multiple 10GbE interfaces in a compact 1U form factor. Broadcom said the rapid transition from Fast Ethernet to Gigabit Ethernet for desktop and notebook computers has accelerated the need for GbE stacking switches in the wiring...

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Grand River Mutual Deploys Turin Platform

Grand River Mutual Telephone, the largest telephone co-operative in Missouri, will deploy Turin Networks' flagship Traverse Platform in a new RUS-financed OC-192 SONET network spanning its exchanges in northern Missouri and southern Iowa. Turin's Traverse platform integrates SONET Add-Drop Multiplexer (ADM), digital cross connect (DCS) and edge switch functionality in a single compact system that scales from DS1 to OC-192 per system slot. In addition to SONET transport, Grand River is using the Turin equipment to aggregate traffic from Ethernet-based...

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ST Demonstrates EoVDS for the First Mile

STMicroelectronics demonstrated Ethernet over VDSL (EoVDSL) in the First Mile (EFM) at the IEEE802 plenary meeting in San Francisco last week. The company said traditional DSL deployments have used ATM framing as the physical interface for copper in the last mile, but that it was seeing a strong interest in Ethernet for delivering voice and data communication to the home. ST's Zipperwire VDSL chipset, which was introduced in March 2003, delivers aggregate bit rates in excess of 100 Mbps over short loops. http://www.st.com/V...

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D-Link Introduces New SOHO/SMB Gigabit Switches

D-Link introduced a new line of Gigabit Ethernet switches with pricing under $30 per port. The line-up includes a 5-port and an 8-port 10/100/1000 switch, both of which are aimed at Small Office Home Office (SOHO) and small to medium businesses (SMB). http://www.dlink....

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Taiwan's HiNet Selects Juniper's E-series

HiNet, Taiwan's leading ISP, selected Juniper Networks' E-series platform for its island-wide broadband network. HiNet, which is a subsidiary of the incumbent carrier Chunghwa Telecom, currently has more than 1.5 million DSL subscribers. The company has been using Juniper's E-series for more than a year. The new order will help it double revenues from value-added services and boost subscriber numbers to 4.5 million by the end of 2003. Juniper's E-series combines IP routing, IP service creation and subscriber management in a single platform. It...

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Thailand's AWC Selects UTStarcom's IP-PAS

Asia Wireless Communication Company (AWC), a subsidiary of TelecomAsia Public Company, selected UTStarcom's IP-Based PAS (Personal Access System) for deployment in key business districts in the Bangkok metropolitan area. Further contracts will be awarded to cover other parts of the business and residential areas in Bangkok. The equipment will be used to rehabilitate the carrier's existing Personal Handyphone System (PHS) network, which covers approximately 1,600 square kilometers of central Bangkok and has more than 600,000 subscribers. http:/...

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Virginia's CavTel offers DSL for $25/month, No Contract

Cavalier Telephone, a facilities-based CLEC based in Virginia, began offering a DSL service priced at $25 per month with free modem, free installation and no contract. Cavalier recently entered into an agreement with Paradyne to deploy ADSL2 technology for faster link speeds. The company said it believes its DSL price to be the lowest in the U.S.Cavalier has just completed a significant upgrade in its Baltimore/Washington DC network to a fully redundant fiber backbone. The network upgrade eliminates Cavalier's dependence on any third-party carrier...

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Linksys Offers 802.11 b/g Game Adapters

Linksys, a division of Cisco Systems, introduced a Wireless-B Game Adapter and a Wireless-G Game Adapter for connecting PlayStation2, Xbox, or GameCube consoles to a broadband connection. A pair of Game Adapters could also be used to form a "cable-less cable" between two game consoles for head-to-head gaming -- in the same room or all the way across the house. The Wireless-B Game Adapter will have an estimated street price of $79 while the Wireless-G will be $129. http://www.linksys....

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TI Acquires Radia Communications for 802.11 RF

Texas Instruments (TI) acquired Radia Communications, a start-up developing radio frequency (RF) semiconductor, subsystem, signal processing and networking technologies for 802.11 WLAN multi-band/multi-mode radios. TI and Radia have already developed joint reference designs for 802.11b/g and 802.11a/b/g products as partners, and have customers signed up for the TI and Radia components in those reference designs. TI said its customers now have a single source for their WLAN media access controller (MAC), baseband and RF. Radia is based in Sunnyvale,...

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AT&T to Add DSL to its Residential Service Bundle

AT&T will begin offering a new residential DSL option as part of its consumer communications bundle of local and long distance voice services. The offer is now generally available in the state of New York and will be expanded nationwide. The DSL bundle is being promoted at $19.95 a month for the first three months and $39.95 a month thereafter. The DSL network is being provided by Covad Communications. http://www.att.comCovad has previously announced DSL partnerships with America Online, EarthLink, Sprint, Speakeasy, MegaPath and XO.As of...

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FCC to Collect $269 Million in Regulatory Fees for 2003

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) estimates it will collect $269 million in regulatory fees for FY 2003 from over 2,200 companies in 47 regulated categories -- such as television, radio, cable, wireless telephone, interstate telephone, satellite, paging/messaging, and microwave. The fees are largely used to recover the regulatory costs associated with the Commission's enforcement, policy and rulemaking, user information, and international activities. All regulatory fees are due by 24-September-2003. http://www.fcc.govIn February 2003,...

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