China Netcom Selects Nortel Networks for Packet Telephony

Shandong Netcom, a provincial subsidiary of China Netcom, selected Nortel Networks as its exclusive equipment supplier for a next generation network. The deployment will support a variety of service delivery methods, including twisted pair phone lines, ADSL, hybrid fiber coax (HFC) cable and Ethernet using products from Nortel Networks' Multimedia Communications and Succession VoIP portfolios. This includes Nortel's Multimedia Communication Server 5200 (formerly known as Interactive Multimedia Server or IMS), which is a SIP media and applications...

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Thomson Ships 807,000 DSL Modems in Q2

Thomson shipped 807,000 DSL modems in Q2 2003, giving it a 9.9% share of the global market, according to figures from Gartner that were released by Thomson. In a recent reorganization, Thomson combined all its Telco products and services into a central Telecom business unit. The company is also focusing on telco video solutions. http://www.thomson.netIn 2001, Thomson acquired Alcatel's DSL modem busine...

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Samsung Launches 100-Hour DIRECTV DVR

Samsung Electronics America introduced a DIRECTV DVR with TiVo recorder with the ability to store up to 100 hours of programming on its 120 GB hard disk. The unit has two USB expansion ports for future home entertainment services. List pricing is $499 and the DIRECTV with TiVo service monthly subscription fee is $4.99 (or free to customers subscribing to the PREMIER package.)http://www.samsungelectronics....

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Nokia Looks to New Models for Next Billion Mobile Users

Nokia plans to introduce new mobile phones, business models and network solutions aimed at untapped global markets for mobile communications. Nokia believes it possible for the worldwide mobile subscription base to reach two billion in 2008. Currently, there are about 1.2 billion mobile phone users in the world. Specifically, Nokia estimates that "with the right mix of phones, optimized network solutions and low-cost voice and data services, operators can in the near future generate reasonable profit from customers even at average revenue per...

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Millennium Digital Media Chooses ADC's Cuda CMTS

Millennium Digital Media has purchased ADC's Cuda 12000 Next-Generation CMTS. The company serves some 150,000 residential and business customers in Washington, Oregon, Michigan and Maryland, and is ranked among the top 25 MSOs in the U.S. Millennium Digital Media has also deployed ADC's FastFlow Broadband Provisioning Manager (BPM) software in its Washington region. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.adc....

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Korea's Dacom Selects Lucent to Expand Backbone

Dacom, one of South Korea's leading wireline and broadband service providers, selected Lucent Technologies to supply optical networking systems to expand its DWDM backbone network and also to build out a storage DWDM network for its customer, Korea's Supreme Court. The contract covers Lucent's Metropolis Enhanced Optical Networking (EON), a 32-channel DWDM metro optical system, in three metropolitan areas of Seoul, Inchon and Daejeon as well as major cities in Gangwon province. The contract marks the first time that Metropolis EON is being used...

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Case Western Offers Largest Free Wi-Fi Network

Case Western Reserve University is opening more than 1,230 Cisco Aironet 1200 wireless access points 01-September-2003, providing free Internet access to faculty, students, staff and visitors. The university said the project represents the first phase of blanketing the city of Cleveland, Ohio with free wireless Internet access. The network is described as the nation's largest free, public wireless service. http://www.cwru....

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Oklahoma Attorney Launches New Case Against WorldCom

Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson issued criminal indictments against WorldCom and six of its former management staff, including Chief Executive Officer Bernard Ebbers, Chief Financial Officer Scott D. Sullivan, Controller David F. Myers, Director of General Accounting Buford T. Yates, Jr., Director of Management Accounting Betty L. Vinson and Director of Legal Accounting Troy M. Normand. The criminal complaint alleges that the company and these six employees executed a scheme to artificially inflate the value of WorldCom stock and bonds...

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BellSouth Adds DirecTV to its Service Bundle

BellSouth and DIRECTV entered into a strategic marketing alliance under which DIRECTV digital satellite television service will be sold to BellSouth customers beginning in early 2004. BellSouth residential customers will be able to bundle DIRECTV with their other voice, DSL and wireless communications services at packaged, discounted savings. The companies also agreed to explore ways of integrating digital satellite and terrestrial broadband services. DIRECTV ordering software will be integrated into all BellSouth call centers. The companies...

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Sprint Leverages FCC UNE-P Order to Expand its Local Service Bundles

In a direct response to the recent FCC order on UNE-P, Sprint announced a significant expansion of its portfolio of local, long-distance and nationwide wireless bundles. The Sprint "Complete Sense" services leverage Unbundled Network Elements Platform (UNE-P) facilities from other carriers. The portfolio consists of four bundled calling plans -- including an unlimited local, domestic long-distance and wireless bundle called Sprint Complete Sense Unlimited with PCS. Sprint will offer the bundles in selected markets in 36 states and the District...

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Alcatel Invests Heavily in 3G R&D in China

Alcatel will invest an additional US$45 million in R&D programs in China focused on 3G infrastructure. R&D in 3G already was expected to constitute a significant portion of the US$100 million R&D commitment in China that Alcatel announced earlier this year.According to the Chinese Ministry of Information Industry, by the end of July 2003, the number of mobile subscribers in China had reached 234 million, representing the largest mobile phone market in the world. http://www.alcatel....

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FCC Lifts Freeze on New Satellite License Applications

The FCC lifted a freeze on new satellite license applications that had been in place since 23-April-2003. The temporary freeze, which did not affect Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) and Digital Audio Radio Satellite (DARS) satellites, was intended to remain in effect between the time the FCC adopted its the First Space Station Reform Order and when the rules were actually published in the Federal Register. http://www.fcc.govIn April 2003, the FCC adopted a new licensing process aimed at accelerating the rollout of satellite Internet services....

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