Expand Networks Raises $9 Million for its WAN Compression

Expand Networks, a start-up based in Roseland, New Jersey with R&D in Israel, announced a $9.0 million round of financing for its WAN compression and acceleration appliances. The company claims its technology increases average network capacity of WAN links by 100-400%, with peaks of 1000+%, through a combination of byte-level caching, packet header reduction and adaptive packet compression. Expand Networks also uses advanced packet classification techniques to provide application-level control across WAN links. The company has shipped over...

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Alcatel to Resell WaterCove's Mobile Data Service System

Alcatel signed a strategic OEM agreement to resell WaterCove Networks' Mobile Data Service System (MDSS) as part of its expanded packet data portfolio for 2.5G and 3G networks. The WaterCove MDSS provides an extended billing solution that allows operators to offer a larger suite of high margin GPRS data services including mobile email, Internet access or multimedia messaging (MMS). Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.alcatel.com http://www.watercove.comOrange UK is using the WaterCove Mobile Data Service System to provide prepaid data...

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Tellabs Signs Distribution Deal with Russia's AMT Group

The AMT Group, a leading systems integrator based in Russia, will distribute Tellabs' managed access and next-generation optical networking equipment to telecommunications operators in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). The agreement will extend the AMT Group's portfolio of telecommunications equipment by adding the Tellabs 6300 managed transport systems and the Tellabs 8100 managed access systems. http://www.tellabs.com http://www.amt...

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ECI Posts Q2 Results, Adds Former Deutsche Telekom Exec to Board

ECI Telecom reported Q2 revenue of $102 million compared to $119 million in Q1 2003 and $174 million in Q2 2002. Gross profit was $37.3 million (36.7% of revenues), compared to gross profit of $48.7 million (41.0%) in Q1 and $67.5 million (38.8%) in Q2 2002. The operating loss for the second quarter of 2003 was $34.3 million compared to an operating loss of $5.6 million in Q1 and an operating loss of $3.2 million for Q2 2002. The net loss for Q2 2003 was $35.0 million, or $0.32 per share. Some other highlights:ECI's Broadband Access Division (formerly...

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MCI Responds to AT&T's Claims

MCI fired back at AT&T with a public statement again accussing AT&T of attempting to obstruct its emergence from Chapter 11. Specifically:MCI refuted the claim that national security has been compromised by routing government calls through CanadaMCI reiterated that least cost routing is an acceptable and legal industry practice santioned by the FCC and even used by AT&TMCI stated that it routes only a small percentage of its traffic through Least Cost Routing companies, and only 0.5 percent of that traffic through Onvoy, yielding a...

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Founder of MP3.com Launches SIPhone Promising Free Services

Michael Robertson, the founder and former CEO of MP3.com and current CEO of Lindows.com, launched a new company promising a free, worldwide SIP phone service. SIPphone plans to sell a SIP phone that would use a broadband Internet connection to automatically connect with the company's SIPhone directory. The company will assign a unique SIP number formatted to the standard numbering convention of a 3-digit area code (747) and a 7-digit phone number such as 555-1212. Users would be able to talk for free for as long as they like with other any other...

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SBC to Deploy more than 20,000 Wi-Fi Hotspots

SBC plans to deploy more than 20,000 Wi-Fi wireless LAN hot spots in 6,000 venues over the next three years and create an integrated Wi-Fi and 3G service. The new Wi-Fi service will be marketed as "FreedomLink" throughout the SBC 13-state region. Where possible, SBC intends to use its public telephone infrastructure to establish access points and to use SBC DSL or T1 service as the backhaul. About 1,000 Wi-Fi hot spots are expected to be online in several hundred venues by year-end, more than 9,000 hot spots in 2,000 venues by the end of 2004 and...

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Cisco's Linksys Group Prices 5-port Unmanaged Gig Switch at $199

Linksys, a division of Cisco Systems, introduced a new family of compact desktop and rack mount unmanaged gigabit switches. Estimated street pricing for a 5-port, unmanaged 10/100/1000 switch is $199, an 8-port version is $279, a 16-port version is $959 and a 24-port, rack-mountable version with 2 mini GBIC uplinks is $1499. http://www.linksys....

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LightSand Raises $7 Million, Acquires SANcastle

LightSand, a start-up based in Milpitas, California, raised $7 million in new funding to support its high-end Fibre-Channel over SONET, DWDM or direct fiber gateway products. The new funds will also be used for the acquisition of SANcastle Technologies, another start-up offering FCIP gateways and inter-fabric switch (AR/DAT) technology. SANcastle products and employees will be integrated into LightSand, which is headquartered in Milpitas, California. The Company will retain the LightSand name and will be headed by Philip Black, LightSand's current...

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IP Infusion Unveils Enhanced Layer 2 Software Suite

IP Infusion released a new version of its ZebOS Advanced Routing Suite (ARS) featuring Layer 2 switching protocols and an interface mapper solution that enables communication between IP Infusion's Network Processor API and the Intel CP-PDK software toolkit. Layer 2 support now includes Ethernet bridging, Spanning Tree, and VLAN software. http://www.ipinfusion....

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Telecom New Zealand Migrates International Voice to AAL2 ATM

Telecom New Zealand has completed the second stage of a migration from a circuit switched to a packet voice network. Telecom New Zealand is now carrying live international voice traffic using Alcatel's A2G (AAL2 Gateway) Card in conjunction with the Alcatel 7670 RSP. The new AAL2 ATM voice card provides advanced voice processing capabilities, enabling Telecom New Zealand to optimize its bandwidth use of the Southern Cross undersea cable to the US mainland. The Alcatel A2G card offers an STM1/OC3 optical interface and supports 2,000 calls with voice...

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AT&T Fires Back at MCI/WorldCom Regarding Fraud Charges

AT&T fired back at MCI/WorldCom regarding the ongoing saga of call-termination fraud and MCI's pending emergence from bankruptcy protection. In a public statement and in a filing with the U.S. bankruptcy court, AT&T said the that MCI/WorldCom's response of Monday, 04-Aug-03, purposely avoided addressing the charge that AT&T had been duped into paying termination fees that should have been paid by WorldCom. While acknowledging that least cost routing is the common practice of shopping for the lowest access charge available from the...

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General DataComm Receives Court Approval to Emerge from Bankruptcy

A U.S. bankruptcy court confirmed General DataComm's Chapter 11 plan of reorganization, enabling the company to emerge from bankruptcy protection by the end of the month. Creditors will receive payment of 100% of their claims over a five-year period, and shareholders will retain their shares subject to a one-for-ten reverse stock split. http://www.gdc....

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FCC Launches Broadband Initiative for Rural America

The FCC launched a sixteen-month effort to inform consumers about the policies, rules and federal programs available to improve access to telecommunications services in rural areas of the U.S., especially tribal lands, Appalachia and the Mississippi Delta. The first step is to build support and awareness for the federal Universal Service Lifeline program, which provide discounts for local phone service to eligible low-income consumers, and Link-Up, which provides discounts for low-income consumers for phone line installation. The FCC further hopes...

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