PMC Sierra Supplies Chips for Lucent's Metropolis DMX

Seven of PMC Sierra's metro ICs have been selected by Lucent Technologies for its Metropolis DMX system, which provides seamless integration and interworking capabilities for adding data services onto SONET/SDH networks. The products are now being deployed in network trials. http://www.pmc-sierra.c...

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Level 3 Increases Network Capacity into Stockholm

Level 3 Communications is increasing its network capacity into Stockholm and expects to begin offering services in Copenhagen in October 2003. The Level 3 network serves 17 of the largest markets in Europe, as well as 66 markets across North America. In addition, the company operates metropolitan networks in 36 cities, including London, Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Berlin, Munich and Frankfurt. Level 3 also has network capacity on high-speed transatlantic cable systems. http://www.level3....

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West Ridge Networks Raises $8 Million in Seed Funding

West Ridge Networks, a start-up based in Littleton, Massachusetts, closed an $8 million Series A round of funding. The company is developing technology to enable large network service providers to improve the operational efficiency and service quality of their networks. Product plans have not been disclosed. Bay Partners and Advent International participated in the round. http://www.westridgenetworks....

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AT&T Launches Local High-Bandwidth Ethernet Services

AT&T introduced a local Ethernet service for connecting multiple branch offices in a VPN within a metropolitan area. AT&T Ethernet Switched Service-Metropolitan Area Network supports the transport of data, voice and video at speeds of 50 Mbps to 1 Gbps. It is a committed bandwidth service that also offers a "self-healing" option for resilient access to critical servers, data and applications. The service is supported by 24x7 proactive monitoring, network management reporting and SLAs. The service is available in 67 metropolitan areas,...

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CapRock Teams Up with Eutelsat

CapRock Communications, a satellite communications provider for the drilling industry, will gain access to Eutelsat's SESAT satellite. Positioned at 36 degrees East, SESAT provides extensive widebeam and steerable coverage from the North Sea to India. http://www.caprock.com http://www.eutelsat....

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Marvell Scales its System Controller for Networking Applications

Marvell introduced its Discovery III line-up of system controllers targeted at routers, switches and wireless base stations, as well as storage and laser printer applications. Keeping pace with the continuous improvement of processors, the new system controllers support the 200 MHz interface for next generation high performance PowerPC and MIPS CPUs. Marvell's new devices have received support from leading CPU vendors, such as IBM, Motorola, and PMC-Sierra. The Discovery III system controller integrates several I/O peripherals on-chip, including...

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HyperTransport Consortium's DirectPacket Spec Targets Chip-to-chip Traffic

The HyperTransport Technology Consortium released a new specification aimed at increasing the efficiency of packet-based chip-to-chip traffic. The new DirectPacket HyperTransport 1.1 specification provides four new capabilities: native packet handling for efficient transport of user packets through board-level systems, a robust retry protocol for high reliability server and communications systems, peer-to-peer routing for direct connection between I/O devices, and three new sets of Virtual Channels including 16 channels optimized for streaming...

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N2 Broadband and ICTV Create Web Services Interface for VOD Menuing

N2 Broadband and ICTV are developing a new Web Services interface for providing VOD menuing capabilities on N2 Broadband's OpenStream solution, which is a widely-deployed commercial VOD back-office solution. The new interface, which combines HeadendWare's support of standard Web technologies with N2 Broadband's open platform, allows cable system operators to bring to market new applications. For example, operators and programmers delivering VOD via OpenStream's "plug-and-play" environment could deploy headend-based menuing and merchandising that...

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LightPoint Deploys Redback's SmartEdge 800 Router

LightPoint Communications, a service provider based in Portland, Oregon, has selected Redback Networks' SmartEdge 800 Router to build its broadband IP network, including aggregating customer data traffic and providing a reliable connection to Internet backbone carriers. LightPoint will utilize the SmartEdge Router to deliver IP services, such as hosting and network-based storage. The SmartEdge 800 can be partitioned into many separate virtual routers, each having it's own forwarding table and management console. Redback said this feature provides...

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DirecTV Increases its Guidance on Stronger than Expected Demand

DirecTV increased its full-year guidance to one million net subscriber additions in 2003, up from the prior guidance of approximately 900,000. The company cited its ongoing promotion with the NFL as well as solid churn management for the stronger than expected performance. DIRECTV U.S. expects to add about 320,000 net new owned and operated subscribers in the quarter. The company is also increasing its revenue guidance for the third quarter and full-year to approximately $1.93 billion and $7.6 billion, respectively, due to the higher demand...

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UTStarcom Announces $47 Million in New Contracts in China

UTStarcomm announced a new contract with China Telecom valued at approximately $27 million to expand its IP-Based PAS (Personal Access System) in Zhejiang Province. Separately, UTStarcomm signed a contract with China Netcom valued at approximately $20 million to expand its IP-based PAS platform in two cities in the province of Liaoning. http://www.utstar.c...

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Quintum Releases Call Relay Session Border Controllers for Service Providers

Quintum Technologies launched a Session Border Controller designed for call relay requirements of service providers. Quintum's original Call Relay session border controller supports 16 simultaneous VoIP calls, and is software upgradeable to 32; its new Call Relay SP supports 120 simultaneous VoIP calls, and is software upgradeable to 672. The products allow VoIP endpoints such as gateways, IP phones, and IP soft phones which are behind a Network Address Translation (NAT) firewall, to communicate with VoIP endpoints on external IP networks. h...

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Intel Releases NetMerge Call Manager Beta Software

Intel began beta testing of a new NetMerge Call Manager software that runs on Intel processor-based servers to enable speech and advanced voice solutions for enterprise customers. The software provides a way integrate the Microsoft Speech Server with an enterprise's existing telephony network. The software uses advanced capabilities within Intel's telephony hardware to construct complex telephone services from the simpler programming elements that are presented to the application developer. Intel also introduced Intel NetStructure Host Media...

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Updated U.S. Optical Fiber Communities List Released

A total of 94 communities across the U.S. are currently providing FTTH broadband services to customers, according to an updated list released by the Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) Council and Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA). The groups cited Provo, Utah as an example of where FTTH is making in-roads as a municipal goal. In Provo, city officials are reviewing a plan to make FTTH services available to all of the city's 32,000 homes and businesses by the end of 2005. Provo recently completed a FTTH pilot program and is currently delivering...

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Disney Launches MovieBeam Service using Over the Air Datacasting

The Walt Disney Company launched its "MovieBeam" on-demand movie rental service using over-the-air datacasting transmission medium and PVR-style set-top boxes. The service, which is being launched initially in three U.S. market (Jacksonville, Florida; Salt Lake City, Utah; and Spokane, Washington), provides access to 100 movies stored in digital format on the set-top hard disk drive. Each week, about 10 new movies are transmitted via a digital wireless signal to the MovieBeam receiver's small indoor antenna, replacing 10 titles. The data transmissions...

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Ericsson to Resell Atreus Systems' Service Fulfillment OSS

Ericsson will market and sell Atreus Systems' "xAuthority" as the service fulfillment engine within its IP service solution worldwide. The Atreus platform unifies front-end, customer-facing self-service portals with the back office operational systems that execute flow-through provisioning, authentication, and activation across the network. http://www.atreus-systems....

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Verizon Wireless Launches 3G CDMA 1xEVDO Networks

Verizon Wireless is activating commercial service on its 3G 1xEVDO (1X evolution-data optimized) networks in Washington D.C. and San Diego. The new BroadbandAccess service provides mobile VPN connections with typical access speeds of 300-500 Kbps with bursts of up to 2.0 Mbps. BroadbandAccess service is available for a flat rate of $79.99 a month. Verizon Wireless is offering a wireless PC card manufactured by Sierra Wireless for $149, after a $100 rebate. In the future, Verizon Wireless plans to offer additional BroadbandAccess products, including...

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