France Telecom Reports Rapid Rise in DSL, Wireless

France Telecom reported Q3 revenues of EUR 11.65 billion, a 2.7% decrease compared to Q3 2002 on a historical basis, which the company attributed to the sale of TDF and Casema, as well as the negative impact of exchange rates. On a comparable basis, France Telecom's Q3 2003 revenues increased 3.3%, driven by robust growth from Orange and Wanadoo. Some highlights:Orange added 1.3 million new customers in Q3, compared to 696,000 net additions in Q2 and 557,000 in Q1. At the end of Q3, Orange had a total of 46.9 million subscribers worldwide. In...

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Bell Canada Adds 104,000 DSL Users in Q3

Bell Canada Enterprises (BCE) reported total Q3 revenue of $4.88 billion (Canadian), compared to $4.86 billion last year. Earnings per share were $0.49, compared to $0.40 per share last year. Major trends in Q3 include:added 104,000 net DSL customers, for a total of 1,391,000added 124,000 net Cellular and PCS subscribers, for a total of 4,244,000added 17,000 net Bell ExpressVu satellite TV subscribers, for a total of 1,352,000posted data revenue of $931 million, up by 2.5% compared to last year.Free cash flow (after dividend payments and capital...

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OFS Files Patent Infringement Suit against Alcatel

Fitel USA Corp., the parent company of OFS, filed a lawsuit against Alcatel in a U.S. District Court charging an infringement of patents related to metro optical systems. The remedies sought include an injunction barring further sale of Alcatel's TeraLight Metro and TeraLight Ultra fibers, as well as damages for past infringement and treble damages for willful infringement. http://www.ofsoptics....

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XtremeSpectrum Announces Royalty-Free Licensing for UWB

XtremeSpectrum, a start-up based in Vienna, Virginia, issued a letter to the IEEE promising to offer RAND-Z (reasonable and non-discriminatory-zero licensing) access to the essential patents pertaining to XtremeSpectrum's proposal currently being considered for the IEEE802.15.3a standard, the high speed wireless PAN standard. The RAND-Z guarantees that the essential intellectual property within the XtremeSpectrum proposal will be available, royalty-free, to all of industry to the extent the proposal is selected as the IEEE 802.15.3a standard....

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Sycamore Shows MPLS Services over an Intelligent Optical Core

As part of Isocore's IP/Optical Integration demonstration held in conjunction with this week's MPLS 2003 International Conference, Sycamore Networks demonstrated Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) multivendor interoperability. The demonstration featured an optical control plane using GMPLS signaling and routing protocols, and included Sycamore's SN 16000 Intelligent Optical Switch as well as equipment from industry-leading Layer 2/Layer 3 networking vendors and other optical layer equipment. http://www.sycamorenet.com http://w...

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net.com Partners with Atreus Systems to Offer IP QoS Service Fulfillment

net.com and Atreus Systems announced a strategic technology and marketing partnership to supply their carrier customers with QoS-enabled IP service delivery systems for use in applications such as voice or data VPNs, VOD, IP TV, bandwidth on demand, and content delivery. The partnership combines net.com's SCREAM service creation platform with Atreus' xAuthority Service Fulfillment operational support system (OSS) to simplify the creation, provisioning and management of advanced IP services. For carriers deploying the solution, subscribers would...

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NetScaler Introduces Enterprise Application Accelerator for SSL and TCP

NetScaler, a start-up based in Santa Clara, California, introduced a new, entry-level Secure Application Accelerator platform for enterprises. The platform provides application-layer security, optimization, and remote access capabilities, including SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) acceleration, TCP optimization, DDoS attack protection, and static/dynamic caching, as well as support for up to 2,500 remote access users via SSL VPNs. Three models are available. Pricing starts at US$10,000. http://www.netscaler.comIn January 2003, NetScaler received $13...

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T-Systems Selects Lucent for Optical Backbone in North America

Deutsche Telekom's T-Systems International selected Lucent Technologies to increase the capacity of the North American element of its international backbone ("Telekom Global Net") from 2.5 Gbps to a full coverage 10 Gbps network. Specifically, Lucent will provide T-Systems with its LambdaUnite MultiService Switch (MSS), a next generation optical transport system and switch, with an element capacity of 320 Gbps. Further capacity expansion to a multiple 10 Gbps or even 40 Gbps meshed network is possible. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.lucent.com...

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Telefonica Selects Juniper Routers for Brazil

Telesp, Telefonica's Brazilian subsidiary, has selected Juniper Networks' entire suite of routing platforms for a new IP backbone network in Brazil. While initially deployed to support voice service expansion throughout Brazil, Telefonica's Next-Generation Network (NGN) will ultimately enable the convergence of voice, data and video services in a single network. The equipment will be installed and supported by Siemens Brasil. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.juniper.netTelesp, Telefonica's Brazilian subsidiary, has selected the...

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Harmonic to Raise $66 Million in Share Offering

Harmonic announced the public offering of 9 million shares of common stock at a price of $7.40 per share for an aggregate public offering price of $66.6 million. The company increased the size of the offering to 9 million shares from an original plan of 7.5 million shares. http://www.harmonicinc.c...

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Volo Launches Wholesale Packet Voice Service

Volo Communications announced today a new, nationwide, wholesale VoIP service for ISPs, Tier 1 & 2 carriers, CLECs, DSL providers and MSOs. The Wholesale Packet Voice Service bundles local and long distance phone services along with a full suite of hosted enhanced calling features, including voicemail, call waiting, call forwarding, caller ID, 3-Way calling, repeat dialing, call transfer, caller ID block, and virtual phone numbers. These services are accessible to consumers from a standard PC, telephone or IP phone. A web-based interface is...

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Russia's Golden Telecom and AT&T Provide MPLS Access to SWIFTNet

Golden Telecom will provide access to SWIFT's Secure IP Network (SIPN) in Russia and other Commonwealth of Independent States countries via AT&T's MPLS-based VPN service. The agreement allows Golden Telecom to provide ordering, installation and maintenance of the service and conclude agreements for the provision of access to SWIFT`s SIPN with the full support of AT&T.Four global telecommunications providers, including AT&T were selected by SWIFT to provide SWIFT users the world over with connectivity to SIPN. AT&T has concluded...

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Nortel Networks Tests WLAN Mesh

Nortel Networks announced plans to trial a new public wireless LAN architecture aimed at lowering the costs of backhaul links by 70%. The new technology, which will be tested by MIT and BT, is an outgrowth of 'peer-to-peer' and 'ad hoc' networking research at Nortel Networks Ottawa Wireless Technology Lab. The new public wireless LAN architecture includes a peer-to-peer access point architecture - with smart antennas, integrated routers, and adaptive routing and security capabilities - to backhaul data wirelessly to wired broadband networks....

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Mindspeed Posts 15% Sequential Rise in Quarterly Revenue

Mindspeed Technologies reported quarterly revenues of $23.2 million, representing a 15% increase over the previous quarter. Mindspeed's pro forma operating loss for the quarter was $18.2 million, an improvement of 27 percent over the pro forma operating loss of $25.0 million in the prior quarter.Mindspeed said more than 75% of its sequential revenue growth during the quarter came from new products launched in fiscal year 2001 and thereafter, with particularly strong demand for VoIP, fiber-to-the-home, and DS3/E3 carrier solutions. Raouf Halim,...

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Liberty Satellite Announces Termination of Agreement to Restructure Astrolink

Liberty Satellite & Technology has exercised its right to terminate the previously announced agreement to restructure Astrolink, the planned next-generation global broadband satellite network. Liberty Satellite acquired 31.5% of Astrolink in March 2000, with the remainder owned directly or indirectly by Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Telespazio.As a result of the termination of the restructuring agreement, Liberty Satellite will receive $7.8 million in cash in exchange for its equity interest in Astrolink and for all notes evidencing...

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BellSouth Expands IP Telephony Partnership with Nortel Networks

Nortel Networks extended its relationship with BellSouth to supply IP telephony solutions to small- and medium-sized businesses and branch offices. The companies have been offering joint enterprise voice solutions for 21 years and are now extending the portfolio to help companies migrate toward converged networks. Included in BellSouth's packaged IP migration solution are Nortel Networks Business Communications Manager converged voice and data platform and Nortel Networks Norstar Integrated Communications Systems. http://www.nortelnetworks....

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IDT and Net2Phone Partner on Outsourced Cable Telephony

IDT will provide local and inter-exchange network access, termination, origination and other related services to Net2Phone for the provisioning of cable telephony services. Net2Phone offers an outsourced managed replacement telecommunications service that cable operators can sell to their residential subscribers. Under the deal, IDT will provide Net2Phone Cable Telephony with its IXC and CLEC services at favorable rates. IDT will also support Net2Phone in its sales efforts to cable operators. In exchange for such favorable pricing, access to...

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