Palo Alto Selects Quantum Bridge / Motorola for FTTH Test

The City of Palo Alto Utilities (CPAU) is testing an FTTP solution from Motorola and Quantum Bridge for delivering voice, video and data to select residents in the city. The city hopes to eventually replace its legacy infrastructure with FTTP. http://www.quantumbridge.com/pr121703.h...

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Bell Canada: "Not Telecom as Usual"

The current environment is "not telecom as usual", said Michael Sabia, president and CEO of Bell Canada Enterprises speaking at the company's annual conference for the financial community. Sabia said Bell Canada intends to migrate 100% of its traffic onto a national IP backbone network within three years, with 90% of its customers having access to a full suite of value-added IP services. He vowed the company would devote all its resources "to capture the full potential of IP based communications." As for accomplishments in 2003, Bell Canada reorganized...

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Global Crossing partners with Covad for DSL

Covad Communications was named as a national DSL provider for Global Crossing's IP VPN Service, Frame Relay, Dedicated Internet Access (DIA) and VoIP services in the U.S. Global Crossing plans to offer VoIP services over these DSL connections in early 2004,http://www.globalcrossing.com http://www.covad....

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Free World Dialup Deploys NexTone Session Controllers

Free World Dialup is using NexTone's Multiprotocol Signaling Switch (MSW) to allow a peer-to-peer Internet telephony network for broadband users. The NexTone MSW enables Free World Dialup to abstract call routing and other call control policies from the call signaling regardless of their choice of signaling protocol (H.323 or SIP) or endpoint type. This allows Free World Dialup to route and control calls among its 85,000 subscribers without modifying the network infrastructure. http://www.nextone....

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Telefónica Deploys Juniper's E-series for TV-over-DSL

Telefónica de España is using Juniper Networks' E-series platforms to deliver entertainment services across its broadband IP over ADSL network. Telefónica is developing an "Imagenio" service that is aimed at integrating the television and Internet worlds. Content is provided by Telefonica subsidiaries and others. So far, some 700 households have been testing the services. Full commercial launch in Spain's two biggest cities, Barcelona and Madrid, will happen as soon as Telefonica receives approval from the Spanish regulator. The equipment is...

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D-Link Offers Wireless Broadband VideoPhone for TVs

D-Link introduced a wireless version of its i2eye VideoPhone for broadband video conferencing using television sets and the ITU-based H.323 protocol. The new D-Link i2eye streams video at up to 30 frames per second and features an adjustable tilt/focus camera lens. An address book stores up to 50 IP addresses or registered i2eye ID numbers for placing calls. It can be set to display video calls in either picture-in-picture or full screen mode and automatically adjusts contrast levels. The wireless connection is 802.11b compliant. Advanced...

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Yahoo! BB Extends Contract for UTStarcom's IP-DSLAMs

Yahoo! BB awarded an expansion contract valued in excess of $40 million to UTStarcom for its IP-DSLAM. Shipments on this contract are taking place in support of Yahoo! BB's plan to begin promoting its new 45 Mbps high-speed ADSL service this month, with services expected to launch by the end of January 2004.As of the end of November, Yahoo! BB was serving some 3.5 million subscribers. The "BB Phone" VoIP service currently has approximately 3.3 million subscribers. Yahoo! BB introduced 8 Mbps ADSL data service in September 2001, attracting more...

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Nokia to Open Enterprise Solutions in NYC

Nokia will establish a new corporate office in the New York metropolitan area to serve as the base for Nokia's newly established Enterprise Solutions business group, the CFO's office, parts of different corporate functions and some regional operations. Mary T. McDowell, the recently appointed head of Enterprise Solutions, will lead the global Enterprise Solutions business group from the New York area office. In addition, the majority of the sales and marketing activities of the Multimedia business group's North American operations will be located...

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Free World Dialup Announces Free VoIP-to-PSTN for the Holidays

Free World Dialup will allow its 85,000 members to call non-subscribers across the U.S. and Canada at no charge from now though 31-December-2003. The service already offered free VoIP calls to other Free World Dialup members. http://www.freeworldialup.c...

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LindowsOS 4.5 Includes Integrated Free SIP Softphone

The latest release of the Lindows.com operating system (LindowsOS 4.5) includes an integrated SIP softphone client from Xten for calling on the SIPphone network. LindowsOS 4.5's X Lite Plus softphone combined with the SIPphone network gives the user a unique number from which to send and receive calls; it also includes four-way conferencing abilities, as well as 800 number access from any location worldwide. http://www.xten....

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CTC Communications Emerges from Chapter 11

CTC Communications, a CLEC based in Waltham, Massachusetts, emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and was subsequently acquired by Washington-based Columbia Ventures Corporation (CVC). CTC claims over 10,000 customers and serves over 370,000 access line equivalents in New England. http://www.ctcnet....

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UTStarcom Announces $32 million iPAS Contract with China Telecom

UTStarcom signed an expansion contract valued at approximately $23 million with China Telecom for the further deployment of its IP-based PAS (Personal Access System) in Yunnan province. The contract marks the sixth expansion of the PAS network in the Yunnan Province. Currently, UTStarcom's network has 750,000 subscribers, representing 60% of the total PAS users in Yunnan. Upon project completion, the UTStarcom network will have capacity for two million subscribers. http://www.utstarcom....

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Sunrise Telecom Introduces VDSL Test Solution

Sunrise Telecom introduced a multi-layer field testing solution for VDSL. Sunrise's SunSet MTT platform now supports copper installation and maintenance applications for VDSL, as well as VDSL customer modem emulation. http://www.sunrisetelecom....

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3Com Reports Quarterly Revenue of $182M, up 12% Sequentially

3Com reported quarterly revenue of $182 million, up 12% over the preceding quarter and significantly ahead of the First Call estimate of $167 million. Gross margins were $57 million, or 31% of revenues. Operating expenses were $172 million, including $59 million of restructuring charges. The net loss was approximately $139 million, or $0.37 per share. Some other highlights:during the quarter 3Com generated its first revenue from the recently announced router products and the modular Layer 3 Switch 7700 sourced from the Huawei-3Com Joint Venture...

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