Qwest Communications was awarded a new contract to provide a Department of Labor (DOL) agency with Frame Relay service under the new Multi-Tiered Security Profile (MTSP) program. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.qwest....
Tuesday, August 19, 2003
SBC Urges Consumers to Maintain Landline Phones for Safety
Tuesday, August 19, 2003
Service Providers
In the wake of last week's blackout affecting 50 million people in the U.S. and Canada, SBC Communications is urging consumers to maintain at least one corded landline phone in their homes and businesses to ensure reliable voice and data communications during a disaster. Additionally, SBC pointed out that its DSL and dial-up Internet services continued to be available during the blackout for users with battery-powered notebook computers. http://www.sbc....
Cisco Teams with Taiwan on National IPv6 Laboratory
Tuesday, August 19, 2003
Packet Systems
Cisco Systems is collaborating with Taiwan's National Information and Communications Initiative Committee (NICI) on IPv6 research. NICI is establishing a national standards laboratory for testing IPv6-compatible products. Cisco is supplying its Cisco 7609 Router and providing consulting expertise. http://www.cisco....
ADC Reports Sales of $189M, Outlines Four-Part Strategy
Tuesday, August 19, 2003
Financial
ADC reported quarterly sales of $189 million, compared to $192 million in the prior quarter and $235 million for the same period last year. There was a net loss of $1.2 million, or $0.02 GAAP and $0.00 Pro Forma. Some other highlights: 36% of quarterly sales were from outside the U.S., and gross margin was 39%, compared with 14% for the same quarter last year.ADC also outlined a growth strategy with four objectives: (1) improve organic growth through market share gains, new product development and expansion into adjacent and related markets;...
Riverstone Names Nortel Exec as its New CEO
Tuesday, August 19, 2003
Financial
Riverstone Networks named Oscar Rodriguez as its new president and CEO, replacing Romulus Pereira, who will continue to serve as chairman of the company. Rodriguez previously served as president of Nortel Networks' Enterprise Solutions and Intelligent Internet divisions. Formerly, Rodriguez served as president and COO of Arris Interactive, an equipment supplier for the cable industry. http://www.riverstonenet....
SAVVIS Builds VPN for Lions Gate Entertainment
Tuesday, August 19, 2003
Service Providers
SAVVIS was selected to provide managed private IP VPN and Internet services to Lions Gate Entertainment, a producer and distributor of motion pictures, home entertainment, television programming, animation and video-on-demand content. The network will be used to link the company's U.S. and Canadian facilities, and for videoconferencing, corporate e-mail, digital asset management, and viewing of "digital dailies," the day-by-day progress being made on a particular film. http://www.savvis....
Larscom and TANDBERG Television Announce MPEG Partnership
Tuesday, August 19, 2003
Packet Systems
Larscom and TANDBERG Television announced a co-marketing agreement targeting MPEG transport solutions. Under the deal, TANDBERG Television can bundle its MPEG-2 Encoders and Integrated Receiver Decoders with Larscom's Orion 2000 Inverse Multiplexing (IMUX) solution over ATM to transport high-definition MPEG contribution video from remote sites to network distribution hubs. Larscom's IMUX solution can be used to combine multiple T1 or E1 lines into a larger trunk. http://www.larscom.com http://www.tandbergtv....
Juniper Supplies MPLS Network for China's Jiangxi Government
Tuesday, August 19, 2003
Packet Systems
Juniper Networks was selected by the Government Information Centre in China's Jiangxi Province to supply an advanced network for delivering MPLS-based VPN services. The network will be based on Juniper's M-series router portfolio, including its M5 and M20 models. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.juniper....
DBS Now Accounts for 20% of U.S. TV Market
Tuesday, August 19, 2003
Last Mile
One in five television households in the U.S. now receive their television programming through the direct broadcast satellite (DBS) service of either DIRECTV or EchoStar's DISH Network. DIRECTV's July second-quarter subscriber count was 11.56 million, up by 181,000 in three months. DISH Network currently has 8.8 million subscribers, up by 270,000 net new subscribers in the last quarter. The Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association said that in the first six months of 2003 the DBS industry had net additions of 1.01 million subscribers,...
Edgewater Launches SOHO Appliance supporting SIP or MGCP VoIP
Tuesday, August 19, 2003
Packet Systems
Edgewater Networks introduced a customer premise appliance for the SOHO market that is designed to resolve NAT/Firewall traversal problems and provides QoS for voice and data traffic over xDSL and cable modem links. It supports up to 5 concurrent SIP, MGCP or SCCP VoIP calls, PPPoE, WAN DHCP and can manage bandwidth using different upstream and downstream link speeds as required by ADSL. It is also remotely manageable and automates the configuration of IP phones through an integrated DHCP server. http://www.edgewaternetworks....
Birch Telecom Selects CIENA's DN 7100 Multiservice Switches
Tuesday, August 19, 2003
Packet Systems
Birch Telecom selected CIENA's DN 7100 Multiservice Switches to converge Frame Relay, ATM and CES (Circuit Emulation Service) traffic onto a single backbone. Initial deployments are planned across Texas and Oklahoma. Financial terms were not disclosed. Birch Telecom serves 50 metro markets across 11 states. http://www.ciena....
Metro Ethernet Forum Cites Progress on is Services Model
Tuesday, August 19, 2003
StandardsWatch
The Metro Ethernet Forum announced technical progress resulting from its quarterly meeting last week in Denver. The organization's Metro Ethernet Services Model document advanced to the letter ballot stage. Once a document reaches the letter ballot stage it is essentially complete, needing only a final vote to make it officially approved. Also, the Ethernet Services Definitions specification is expected to move to letter ballot at the October 2003 MEF Technical Committee meeting; and the Ethernet Traffic Management specification could move to...
Westell Launches ADSL2, ADSL2+ and Reach Extended ADSL2 Modems
Tuesday, August 19, 2003
Last Mile
Westell Technologies expanded its family of WireSpeed modems with two new distinct product lines based on the new ITU standards for ADSL2, ADSL2+ and Reach Extended ADSL2 (READSL). The rollout includes a "ProLine" of modems featuring Westell's patent-pending Dynamic Multi-Hybrid and Power Spectral Density technologies, which help service providers overcome troublesome issues associated with in-home wiring and bridged taps that may affect service delivery and performance. A "WireSpeed LiteLine" is a lower cost option. The new products are currently...
