EC Launches Telecom Proceedings Against Eight Countries

The European Commission opened infringement proceedings against Belgium, Germany, Greece, Spain, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Portugal for failure to implement the new EC framework for electronic communications in a timely manner. Member states of the European Union had ageed on the deadline of 24 July 2003 for the transposition of the main provisions of the new electronic communications framework into the national laws. As of 6 October 2003, seven countries had taken the necessary action to incorporate the Framework, Authorisations,...

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TIA Proposes Five-Point Strategy for Sustained Telecom Recovery

The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) released a five-point plan for sustained telecom recovery that calls for:A National broadband policy. TIA is asking President George W. Bush to announce the initiation of a national broadband strategy in his State of the Union address in January 2004. The association is proposing nine specific principals as the basis for a national broadband policy.Implementation of the FCC's framework for broadband deregulation, specifically the removal of regulatory obstacles for last mile investments.TIA believes...

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America Online to Extend Support for RealNetworks

America Online will expand its usage of RealNetworks' media technologies in the latest release of its broadband service. In addition, AOL has begun to deploy RealNetworks' Helix Universal Servers as part of its streaming infrastructure. AOL said its members are currently streaming up to 3 million songs and videos per day. http://www.realnetworks....

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Passave Introduces OLT Chip

Passave Technologies announced a single-chip EPON solution conforming to the emerging IEEE 802.3ah EFM standard. It integrates EPON (EFM point-to-multi-point) and OAM functionality. The device could be used in optical line terminals (OLTs) for Gigabit Ethernet PONs. http://www.passave....

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CIRPACK and IBM Team on Packet Telephony

CIRPACK and IBM Global Services are teaming on next generation telecom voice solutions in ETSI compliant countries: Europe, Middle East, Africa, and most Asian and Latin American countries. IBM Global Services will provide the support services and systems integration expertise for CIRPACK SoftSwitch solutions enabling telecom operators to deploy new voice services while maintaining legacy services. In addition, CIRPACK has joined the IBM Service Provider Delivery Environment (SPDE) Global Partner Network, IBM's framework for rapidly linking with...

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New Edge Networks Gains Access to MCI's DSL Network

New Edge Networks signed a wholesale DSL agreement with MCI Wholesale Services, giving it access to 75 new market locations not already served by other carriers with which the company has separate agreements. MCI has broadband DSL switching equipment in more than 700 locations in large metropolitan areas around the U.S. http://www.newedgenetworks.comLast week, New Edge Networks announced an agreement to resell Verizon's symmetric high bit-rate DSL (SHDSL) service to customers throughout most areas where Verizon offers DSL services. Under the national...

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Teleglobe Expands European Network

Teleglobe has expanded its international telecommunications network to an additional five major European cities: Paris, Frankfurt, Milan, Amsterdam and Oslo. Teleglobe currently has POPs in London, Mardrid, Barcelona, and Warsaw. http://www.teleglobe....

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General DataComm Introduces Enterprise Networking Gear

General DataComm introduced a new line of routing, switching, and access products for enterprise networks. The company said its new enterprise gear was designed with security typically found in NEBS compliant, carrier networks. GDC's new InnovX family includes the following product lines: FastRoute LAN Extension and routing alternative products; FastSwitch Ethernet Switches; and SurePath WAN devices that support T1/FT1, DDS, T3 and high-density V.34 dial applications. http://www.gdc.comIn September 2003, General DataComm Industries emerged from...

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Telekom Malaysia Selects Juniper's E-series

Telekom Malaysia selected Juniper Networks E-series platform for the expansion of its broadband network infrastructure. Telekom Malaysia's ISP subsdiary, TM Net, currently serves more than 1.9 million Internet subscribers. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.juniper....

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Dartmouth College Plans Campus Wi-Fi Voice Calling

Dartmouth College will begin supporting campus-wide, Wi-Fi cordless-phone capability for mobile computers. The network will use TeleSym's SymPhone System software, which lets users dial calls from an on-screen dial pad and existing contact lists. The company described the project as one of the world's largest wireless IP telephony installations to date. http://www.telesym....

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Juniper Announces Reseller Deal with Korea's LG CNS

LG CNS, Korea's largest IT services provider, will resell and support Juniper Networks solutions to service providers and information intensive enterprises in Korea. LG CNS will become part of the Juniper Networks Reseller Partner Program. http://www.juniper....

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The "New" Broadwing Hires Three Executives

Broadwing Communications announced the addition of three senior executives to lead its way back to profitability. The three new executives are:John McLeod was named vice president of network operations. Prior to joining Broadwing, McLeod served in various management positions at Metromedia Fiber Network (MFN), including senior vice president of operations and vice president of market development and customer implementation. He is responsible for customer care and for operating, maintaining and monitoring Broadwing's almost 19,000-mile nationwide...

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XO Launches Flat Rate Multipoint Intercity Service

XO Communications introduced a new national, dedicated private line solution that will allow businesses to share data between multiple locations. The new XO Multipoint Intercity service, which is aimed at multi-location enterprises and carrier customers that use DS-1 circuits, connects up to twenty-eight locations across the 48 contiguous U.S. at a flat rate. The service can be combined with XO's existing metro capabilities. http://www.xo....

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Nortel Networks Offers New Converged Networking Solutions

Nortel Networks introduced new converged networking solutions for small- to medium-sized businesses and support for enterprise branch offices. The rollout includes:a new software release for Nortel Networks Business Communications Manager, which is a converged voice and data platform for enterprises. This integrates voice features with QoS, secure network access, unified messaging and call routing, and Interactive Voice Response (IVR).a new Nortel Networks Norstar IP telephony gateway, which will allow existing Norstar telephone systems to be...

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Lucent to Provide Multi-Vendor Managed Services to Brazil's Telemar

Lucent Technologies was selected to provide managed services for Telemar's optical network in the Sao Paulo region of Brazil. Telemar is the largest integrated telecommunication company in Brazil. As part of the three-year agreement, Lucent Worldwide Services (LWS) will provide operations and maintenance services for Telemar's infrastructure in the Sao Paulo region, including switching, optical (both SDH backbone and DWDM), and data access equipment. http://www.lucent....

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RAD Data Introduces Compressed Voice Gateway for TDMoIP

RAD Data Communications introduced a compressed voice gateway, which compresses up to 16 E1 or T1 lines over a single E1, T1 or Ethernet uplink. Like typical VoIP systems, RAD's new Vmux-2100 supports G.723.1, G.729A and G.711 standards. The gateway also uses RAD's innovative packet-based TDM over IP (TDMoIP) technology to support even higher compression rates. While VoIP currently yields voice compression rates at the industry average of 10-12 kbps, the Vmux compresses at a rate as low as 5.3 kbps - approximately half that of VoIP. The Vmux-2100...

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Spirent SmartBits Chosen for 40-Gigabit TeraGrid

Spirent Communications' SmartBits network performance analysis equipment has been chosen to evaluate the 40-Gigabit TeraGrid fiber-optic network backbone. The TeraGrid project is a multi-year effort to build and deploy the world's largest, most comprehensive, distributed infrastructure for open scientific research. The project was launched by the National Science Foundation in August 2001 with $53 million in funding. By 2004, the TeraGrid project is expected to include 20 teraflops of computing power distributed at five sites, capable of managing...

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Sonus Reports $28.6 Million in Q3 Revenue, a 34% Rise over Q2

Sonus Networks reported Q3 revenue of $28.6 million compared with $21.4 million for Q2 2003 and $7.4 million for Q3 2002. Net income for Q3 was $1.2 million or $0.01 per diluted share. The company attibuted its 34% sequentially increased market demand for packet telephony and an expanding number of customers. http://www.sonusnet.comIn July, Sonus disclosed that Verizon Communications has deployed Sonus' voice infrastructure solutions to support Verizon's delivery of long distance services to select marke...

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AT&T Closes $2 Billion Syndicated Bank Facility

AT&T closed a $2 billion syndicated bank facility, which is intended as a backstop for the company's commercial paper or other short-term debt maturing over the course of the next year. The bank facility contains a $300 million sub-limit under which AT&T can issue letters of credit as well as a provision that allows AT&T to extend the maturity of the facility for one year. The company said JP Morgan and Citigroup acted as lead arrangers of this facility. http://www.att....

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Undersea Research Robot Broadcasts Teleprecense Video over Satellite/IP

A recent underwater, "telepresence" experiment conducted by famed oceanographer Dr. Robert Ballard carried broadcast quality images from the Black Sea to students, scientists and the general public in the U.S. The project involved remotely operated underwater vehicles and the latest in video content acquisition and delivery technology on an archeological mission in the the Black Sea. Because the bottom two-thirds of the Black Sea lacks oxygen, it is considered an area ripe for marine exploration. Two SDI "show feeds" generated aboard a U.S....

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Motorola Announces GAMA Paradigm for Mobile Network Integration

Motorola Global Telecom Solutions Sector (GTSS) unveiled its Global Applications Management Architecture (GAMA), which enables applications to access common functions and services such as location, messaging, provisioning, security and billing. Motorola said its GAMA solution is aimed at simplifying platform management and minimizing systems integration for mobile network operators. The GAMA solution, which is network and device independent, integrates with network enablers such as Short Message Service Center (SMSC), Multimedia Message Service...

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