Siemens Announces Optical Transmission Breakthrough

Researchers at Siemens, in collaboration with partners at BT and the Technical University of Eindhoven, have develop an extremely fast optical switch known as a TD-OADM (Time-Domain Optical Add-Drop Multiplexer) that enables the transmission and routing of diverse data elements in a single light wave length through the network. Conventional optical switches can only direct complete waveguides. Over a two-year period, Siemens researchers collaborated with workers from the COBRA Institute of Eindhoven Technical University (Netherlands) and BTexact...

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Occam Secures $16.1 million from Investors

Occam Networks, a supplier of Ethernet and IP-based loop carrier equipment, secured $16.1 million from existing investors in the first closing of its previously announced Series A-2 Preferred Stock financing. The company had previously announced plans for the sale and issuance of up to a currently anticipated maximum of $20 million of Series A-2 Preferred Stock. http://www.occamnetworks....

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FCC Rejects Delay Request for LNP

The FCC denied a petition from United States Telecom Association (USTA) and CenturyTel to delay the implementation of local number portability rules due to take effect next week. The new rules require that wireline carriers must port numbers to wireless carriers where the requesting wireless carrier's coverage area overlaps the geographic location of the rate center in which the customer's wireline number is provisioned, provided that the porting-in carrier maintains the number's original rate center designation following the port. http://www...

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EZchip Ships AdvancedTCA Board for its 10Gbps Processor

EZchip Technologies introduced a new evaluation board for its NP-1c 10-Gigabit network processor based on the Advanced Telecommunications Computing Architecture (AdvancedTCA). The solution is provided as a blade that can be plugged into an AdvancedTCA chassis or as a stand-alone, self-contained box. It features ten 1-Gigabit Ethernet ports and a complete data plane and control plane solution. EZchip's 7-layer processor provides 10 Gbps data plane processing and classifying, while a mezzanine card provides control plane processing.AdvancedTCA is...

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European Commission Finds Telecom Sector Recovering

A report from the European Commission finds that the communications sector is stabilizing. The report points to renewed business and consumer confidence, saying that broadband and mobile communications are the main drivers of growth. Overall, the European telecom sector has grown faster in 2003 than the overall rate of growth of the EU economies. The rate of growth in telecom revenues is expected to reach between 3.7% and 4.7% for 2003, compared to an estimated 0.8% for the EU's overall GDP for 2003. Some additional highlights:The number of...

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Lucent Lands ADSL Contract with Portugal Telecom

Portugal Telecom awarded a two-year framework agreement to Lucent Technologies covering more than 100,000 DSL lines in its home territory. Lucent will install its Stinger ADSL equipment in more than 300 locations across Portugal, spreading out from initial installations in and around the capital city of Lisbon.Lucent has been a major supplier of solutions such as CDMA mobile networks, network management software, optical backbone equipment and services to Telesp Cellular, a Brazilian mobile operator and subsidiary of Portugal Telecom, for more...

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ADVA and NEC Deliver Optical Transport for Asahi

Asahi National Broadcasting Company, one of Japan's largest television and broadcasting companies, is using ADVA's Fiber Service Platform (FSP) 2000 to connect its new headquarters facility to its data center. TV Asahi is currently transporting primarily Gigabit Ethernet traffic over 20 kilometers in a point-to-point application. ADVA's DWDM and TDM platform can transport up to 512 applications at speeds between 8 Mbps and 10 Gbps over a single fiber pair. NEC is a partner on the project. http://www.advaoptical....

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Lucent Signs Optical Expansion Contract with Beijing Com. Corp

Beijing Communication Corporation (BCC), a subsidiary of China Netcom, has selected Lucent Technologies' LambdaUnite Multi-Service Switch (MSS) and the Metropolis ADM MultiService Mux for its optical transport network. The expansion project, to be cutover by the year end, marks the first win for LambdaUnite MSS in BCC. Lucent valued the contract at several million U.S. dollars.The LambdaUnite MSS bridges traffic between metro networks and optical core networks, connecting cities, campuses and corporate networks to larger, long-haul public networks.The...

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Verizon Cites Progress in Nationwide Enterprise Data Services

One year after unveiling an ambitious plan to expand its high-speed data network nationwide, Verizon Communications has closed over 900 sales with more than 550 of its largest customers, including 65 Fortune 500 corporations as well as many educational institutions.Verizon's Enterprise Advance portfolio offers Frame Relay, ATM, SONET and Ethernet-over-SONET connectivity in some 40 markets across the country. The company has previously disclosed plans to enter 56 markets.In the initiative's first year, Verizon has added over 6,800 fiber miles to...

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TiVo Adds Record 209,000 subscriptions in Q3

TiVo added a record 209,000 subscriptions in Q3, pushing its total subscription base to over one million. The company cited strong consumer demand, driven by retail support, broad availability, a $50 rebate, and increased awareness of its service. TiVo added approximately 150,000 net new subscriptions through DIRECTV in the quarter, which is growth of nearly 100% over Q2, and nearly 10 times the number of new DIRECTV subscriptions added in Q3 of last year. DIRECTV has increased its focus in driving demand for DIRECTV with TiVo, including increased...

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Brocade Reports Revenue of $138M, up 3% Sequentially

Brocade Communications Systems reported quarterly revenue of $137.8 million, an increase of 3% over the prior quarter, but down from $153.1 million for the same period last year. Non-GAAP net income for Q4 03 was $4.6 million, or $0.02 per share. http://www.brocade....

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AT&T Files Patent Suit Against PayPal, eBay

AT&T filed a patent infringement suit against PayPal and eBay alleging that their online payment systems infringe an AT&T patent covering transactions in which a trusted intermediary securely processes payments over a communications system such as the Internet. AT&T's patent was originally filed in 1991 and was granted in 1994. AT&T said it has unsuccessfully tried to license the patent to the two companies for the past year. http://www.att....

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SBC Introduces Hosted Enterprise VoIP Service

In what it described as "perhaps the most substantial technological advance in telecommunications in 100 years," SBC Communications introduced a new range of enterprise IP services, including a hosted VoIP service aimed at small to medium-sized businesses.SBC's Hosted IP Communication Service (HIPCS) provides a Web interface for managing a full suite of unified messaging features. These include voice mail, e-mail, "find me, follow me," click-to-call, conferencing and other applications. Users can plug in their IP devices, including IP-enabled...

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Cisco Looks to Process Change for Productivity Gain

Cisco has sought to transform its operations during the industry downturn, said Randy Pond, SVP of Operations, Systems and Processes at Cisco Systems, speaking at the Morgan Stanley European TMT Conference. During the late 90s, the whole industry was "in a tornado" and growth could be achieved in all directions. Post downturn, said Pond, Cisco has changed its goal from growing market share to looking for profitable markets. Cisco has launched a "Six Sigma" program to drive operational efficiencies throughout the company. This includes jettisoning...

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