Redback to Open Broadband Services Development Center

Redback Networks is creating Broadband Services Development Center at its corporate headquarters in San Jose, California to help service providers and content providers to create, evaluate and deploy value-added subscriber services. The center will help create pre-tested, pre-packaged services and provide a test bed for Redback's customers and partners.Some of the pre-packaged services Redback has developed or is developing include Application Specific Bandwidth (ASB), turbo button, service guarantees for online gaming, dependable voice services,...

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Qwest Places $1.775 Billion in Senior Notes

Qwest Communications placed an offering of $1.775 billion aggregate principal amount of senior debt securities. http://www.qwest....

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Cisco and ADP Team on IP Telephony

Cisco Systems and The Dealer Services Group of Automatic Data Processing are collaborating on IP telephony solutions for automotive dealerships. The companies are offering a "Network Phone" that combines Cisco's IP phone system with ADP's business computer system. Automobile dealership employees can listen to their e-mail on a Cisco IP phone, check voice mail via the Internet, forward faxes to any local fax machine, and view faxes on their computer. http://www.cisco....

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Vivato Appoints Donald Stalter as New CEO

Vivato, a WLAN start-up whose technology is based upon an innovative signal processing and antenna design, named Donald Stalter as its new CEO. Previously, Stalter served as the chief operating officer for Terawave Communications. Earlier in his career, Stalter held the position of vice...

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Time Warner Telecom Launches Extended Metro Ethernet Services

Time Warner Telecom launched a new, inter-city Ethernet service, called Extended Native LAN, in 44 U.S. metropolitan areas. The new service connects the local capabilities of Time Warner Telecom's Native LAN services to other cities across the country. The Extended Native LAN service is a managed end-to-end customer solution delivered over Time Warner Telecom's IP fiber backbone.Among the first customers for Time Warner Telecom's new Extended Native LAN service is Tucson, Arizona-based First Magnus Financial Corporation, a mortgage bank that is...

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3.5GHZ Broadband Wireless Net Deployed on Isle on Man

Domicilium, a leading ISP on the Isle of Man, has deployed Cambridge Broadband's VectaStar fixed wireless access solution, making it the first commercial 3.5GHz fixed wireless network in the UK, according to the company. Domicilium is offering a variety of high-speed Internet services to banks, trading houses, multi-tenant buildings and schools throughout the island. http://www.cambridgebroadband.c...

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Verio Appoints Former IBM Exec as CEO

Verio, a wholly owned subsidiary of NTT Communications, named Gregory A. Conley as chief executive officer, replacing Justin Jaschke, who founded the company in 1996. Conley was most recently president and chief executive officer of Tanning Technology Corporation, a global systems integrator and IT solutions provider that was acquired by Platinum Equity in June 2003. Prior to Tanning, Conley served as global general manager of e-Markets at IBM and also a member of IBM's Senior Leadership Group. http://www.verio....

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Alcatel Acquires WaterCove Networks

Alcatel agreed to acquire WaterCove Networks, a start-up developing next generation mobile networking equipment called GGSN (GPRS Gateway Support Node) for an undisclosed sum. Key elements of the WaterCove architecture include an intelligent server that creates and manages subscriber profiles and network policies. It provides streamlined provisioning for subscriber data profiles by leveraging existing systems that contain this information, as well as open systems interfaces to third party and/or internally developed applications and services....

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Alcatel Selected for EU's Satellite Digital Multimedia Broadcast Project

Alcatel Space will lead a consortium of 20 companies developing Satellite Digital Multimedia Broadcast (SDMB) technology to complement 3G mobile networks. The European Union MAESTRO Research and Development project (Mobile Applications & sErvices based on Satellite & Terrestrial inteRwOrking) will specify, implement and validate the critical features of SDMB system architecture. Studies conducted by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the French CNES have contributed to the emergence of the SDMB concept in Europe....

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RealNetworks Reaches 1.3M Subscriptions for Consumer Digital Media

In 2003 consumer digital media services became RealNetworks' primary revenue driver, largely through the growth of subscription services. By year's end, the company grew its subscriber base to more than 1.3 million paying subscribers, up 44% from the end of 2002 and up 13% from the third quarter of 2003. In 2003, RealNetworks focused its consumer investments most deeply on the two digital media businesses that were poised for adoption by mainstream users: music and downloadable games. http://www.realnetworks....

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KT Selects Alcatel's 7670 Routing Service Platform

KT (Korea Telecom) selected Alcatel's 7670 Routing Service Platform (RSP) for its IP-enabled multiservice backbone. The Alcatel 7670 RSP will leverage the existing ATM switches in KT's network to deliver MPLS- and ATM-based premium data services. Additionally, KT can offer these services using a single network, allowing a smooth migration for their current ATM customers to adopt new MPLS-based services. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.alcatel....

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GlobespanVirata Reports Revenue of $137 Million

GlobespanVirata reported Q4 revenue of $137 million, a 168% increase over Q4 2002 and a 39% sequential increase over Q3 2003. This marks the sixth consecutive quarter of revenue increases for the company. The figures include revenues for the wireless LAN business acquired in August 2003 from Intersil. Net loss and basic and diluted loss per share were ($10,912,000) and ($0.07), respectively. http://www.globespanvirata....

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Nortel's Revenues Rise 25% Sequentially

Nortel Networks reported quarterly revenues of US$2.83 billion, up 25% over the preceding quarter and up 12% over Q4 2002. Nortel Networks reported net earnings in the fourth quarter of 2003 of US$499 million, or US$0.11 per common share on a diluted basis, compared to a net loss of US$168 million, or US$0.04 per common share, in the fourth quarter of 2002 and net earnings of US$185 million, or US$0.04 per common share on a diluted basis, in the third quarter of 2003. Compared to the fourth quarter of 2002, Wireless Networks revenues increased...

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Verizon Outlines 2004 Initiatives

Verizon Communications reiterated plans to reposition the company for growth in new services.In a full day of analyst presentations, senior executives at Verizon Communications outlined its business plans for 2004. A webcast of the event is available online. Some highlights: Domestic TelecomLarry Babbio, president of Verizon's domestic wireline business, told analysts to look for continued customer gains in DSL and long-distance; improved share in enterprise markets; stability in wholesale markets; and continued improvement in Domestic Telecom's...

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GlobalNet Targets Consumer VoIP / Broadband in Latin America

GlobalNet, one of the top ten U.S. service providers of outbound traffic to Latin America, launched its consumer voice-over-IP service, initially targeting broadband providers in Latin America. The company will work through joint marketing efforts and private labeling with ISPs. GlobalNet intends to offer its VoIP service directly to consumers in the United States through an E-Commerce initiative expected to roll out during the second quarter of 2004. "We decided to initially refrain from introducing our product in US markets in part due to the...

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SingTel Offers Hollywood a Digital Film Transport to Asia

Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) began offering an ATM-based service for distributing movies digitally from the United States to Asian countries and most other major cities in the world. SingTel estimates that digital media distribution could cut the average total cost per U.S. movie with 3,000 prints from $6 million to $42,000, saving Hollywood movie distributors more than $1 billion a year in duplication, transportation and other costs. SingTel recently became the first carrier in the Asia Pacific region to facilitate the cross-border...

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AT&T Enters Residential Local Phone Markets in Seven States

AT&T began offering local phone service in seven states: Delaware, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia and parts of northern Nevada. AT&T already provides residential local service to 4 million residential customers. With today's announcement, the company now offers local service in a total of 35 states. http://www.att....

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Washington Post: Court Appears Critical of FCC Rule

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia appears likely to overturn the ruling last year by the FCC that gave state public utility commissions broad authority to regulate local telephone competition, according to The Washington Post. At a hearing this week, the judge overseeing the case appeared hostile to the FCC position, saying that its decision to hand-off its policy making responsibilities to the states appears to flout the intent of Congress in the Telecommunications Act of 1996. The judge reportedly was more sympathetic to...

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NYT: New Conductor Guides Data Along the Fiber Optic Route

Researchers at Harvard University are developing a new class of optical nanowires as thin as 50 nanometers in diameter that could serve as flexible low-loss interfaces between optical fiber and other photonic devices, according to The New York Times. The diameters of the nanowires are smaller than the wavelengths of the transmitted light, creating an evanescent field such that the nanowires become the path around which the light waves flow. This enables light to hop from one nanowire to another -- a characteristic that could be used to make tiny...

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Primus Surpasses One Billion International VoIP Minutes in 2003

PRIMUS Telecommunications carried more than one billion minutes of international voice traffic over the public Internet in 2003. The company believes it now carries more than four% of the estimated 24 billion total VOIP minutes worldwide. http://www.primustel....

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NTT DoCoMo Tops 2 Million 3G Subscribers

NTT DoCoMo's 3G FOMA service surpassed the two million subscriber milestone. The service was first launched two years and four months ago. The number of FOMA subscribers has doubled over the past four months, following the launch of handsets and expanded nationwide coverage and greater availability of service in indoor areas. http://www.nttdocomo....

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Shanghai Cable Selects Cisco for Network Upgrade

Shanghai Cable Network Co., which serves more than 3.5 million cable homes, selected Cisco Systems for a major upgrade to its network. SCN selected Cisco 12000 Series routers for the core, Cisco ONS 15454s for optical transmission, and Cisco Catalyst 6509 and Catalyst 4507 switches for the aggregation layer. At the network edge, SCN selected the Cisco 10000 to aggregate Ethernet customers, and Cisco uBR10012 and 7246VXR cable modem termination systems (CMTS) to aggregate cable broadband traffic. In addition to cable TV, SCN plans to offer a...

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Personal Broadband Australia Secures Funding for Wireless Rollout

Personal Broadband Australia (PBBA) secured second round funding of AU$12m (US$9.4m) to enable continued rollout of its broadband wireless network along Australia's eastern seaboard. The new funding has been provided by existing Australian shareholder, Jim Cooney -- making the company majority Australian-owned. Additional shareholders include Mitsubishi Corporation Japan, Kyocera Corporation Japan, Mitsubishi Australia, and ArrayComm. Personal Broadband Australia uses ArrayComm's iBurst broadband wireless technology. At present, PBBA has a network...

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Verizon Adds DIRECTV to Consumer Bundle

Verizon Communications marketing DIRECTV services to its customers in Rhode Island. A wider rollout to New England and the mid-Atlantic states is planned for the coming months.Verizon said a consumer choosing a service bundle with its unlimited all-distance calling, Verizon Online DSL and DIRECTV, can save over $240 a year, compared with a cable competitor's comparable bundle of calling, Internet access and entertainment.Customers can order all Verizon and DIRECTV services by making a single call to Verizon. By mid-year, when the companies interconnect...

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Procket Networks Enhances its Core Routing OS

Procket Networks released an operating system upgrade for its PRO/8801 and PRO/8812 routing platforms, offering new capabilities in system management, network security, and system availability. Procket said one of its main competitive differentiators is that its PRO/1 software enables each routing protocol to run independently, allowing memory protection for greater stability and uptime. Key feature additions in Procket's PRO/1 Modular Service Environment Release 2.3:support for Ethernet and Ethernet VLAN pseudo wires support for comprehensive...

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ARRIS Introduces DOCSIS 2.0-Based Telephony Modem

ARRIS introduced a DOCSIS 2.0-based and PacketCable 1.1-based Embedded Multimedia Terminal Adapter (E-MTA) that supports high-speed data access and 2 lines of VoIP telephony. The device integrates a lithium-Ion battery back-up that enables up to 20 hours of standby time in the event of a power outage. The ARRIS telephony modem will be available in April of 2004, but several MSOs are currently evaluating early production versions. http://www.arrisi....

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Alcatel and FastWeb to Develop Broadband Net for Italian Armed Forces

The Italian Ministry of Defence selected Alcatel and FastWeb to develop integrated joint-forces communications network. The initial phase will entail the deployment of an optical ring of approximately 1500 Km linking the military district headquarters along the two trunk lines of Florence-Ferrara-Padua-Milan and Rome-Grosseto-Leghorn-La Spezia. The project will be completed by the end of 2004. The contract, which was awarded on the basis of a European Union Design Contest, was valued at EUR 25 million.FastWeb is Italy's main alternative fixed...

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Deutsche Telekom Launches Mass Market Broadband Initiative

One day after announcing that it had topped the 4 million DSL subscriber milestone, Deutsche Telekom launched a new initiative to drive the technology as a mass-market phenomenon in Germany by attracting at least ten million T-DSL customers by 2007. The company will offer T-DSL service tiers at 1, 2, and 3 Mbps. It will also expand T-DSL infrastructure coverage in rural areas. A key part of the initiative is to kick-start an "innovation drive," which will include pooling a considerable proportion of its research and development activities with...

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FCC Raises $118 Million in Spectrum Auction for Video Services

The FCC raised $118 million in its auction of spectrum for Multichannel Video Distribution and Data Service (MVDDS), which ended on 27-Jan-2004 after 49 rounds of bidding. The auction included 214 geographic area licenses, of which 192 received winning bids. Each license consists of one 500 MHz block of unpaired spectrum in the 12.2 -- 12.7 GHz band. Permissible operations include any digital fixed non-broadcast service including one-way direct-to-home/office wireless service. Licensees are permitted to provide one-way video programming and...

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FCC Report: DBS Remains Cables Top Competitor

Due to competition from direct broadcast satellite (DBS), cable operators have seen their share of the U.S. market for multichannel video programming distribution ("MVPD") services decline from 100% a decade ago to about 75% today, according to the FCC's newly released "Tenth Annual Report on Competition in Video Markets." A decade ago, federal regulators expected local exchange telephone companies ("LECs") to launch video systems and become the primary competitors to cable systems. Significant LEC entry into the video marketplace has failed...

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Time Warner Serves 3.2 Million Cable Modems

Time Warner Cable added 182,000 cable modem customers in Q4 2003, ending the year with 3.2 million, a rise of 802,000 customers. Its cable modem penetration rate rate currently stands at 17% of eligible homes passed. Basic cable subscribers increased at an annual rate of 0.1%. Time Warner Cable added 602,000 net digital video subscribers during 2003 (an increase of 136,000 during Q4 2003) to reach a total of 4.3 million, representing 40% of basic cable subscribers.Meanwhile, the company's America Online division continued to lose subscribers...

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Infineon Acquires Taiwan's ADMtek for Home Gateway Silicon

Infineon Technologies agreed to acquire ADMtek Inc., a fabless, integrated circuit (IC) design company based in Hsinchu, Taiwan, for around EUR 80 million in cash. The deal enables Infineon to enter the home gateway market. Infineon will establish a new company, Infineon-ADMtek Co. Ltd, headquartered in Hsinchu, which will focus on developing broadband customer premise equipment (CPE) Ics. Infineon said it intends to offer a complete IC solution package for feature-rich, multimedia home gateways that support high-speed wireline and wireless...

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Net Insight Delivers 14-Cities Media Network in Germany

Germany's largest broadcaster, Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), has chosen Net Insight's platform to carry all of its broadcast TV, data and telephony traffic between 14 cities. The project is described as the largest of its kind in Europe. WDR's network will carry bursty IP traffic, telephony and mission critical TV contribution and distribution streams. A total of 13 services, each with strict QoS requirements, were specified for the network. The equipment will be delivered during 2004. Net Insight said its video and data networking equipment...

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VOOM Chooses NDS to protect HD content

VOOM, the new HDTV satellite service, and NDS, a News Corporation company, have launched a first-of-its-kind Electronic Programming Guide (EPG) built specifically for high-definition programming. VOOM is also transitioning its conditional access over to NDS's VideoGuard protection system. Using NDS's Digital Video Recorder content protection and storage technology, VOOM will also be able to offer its subscribers a secure networked DVR product that supports the safe distribution of content throughout the home. Financial terms were not disclosed.Additionally,...

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Akamai Teams with Equinix on Content Delivery

Akamai Technologies is teaming with Equinix to expand its content and applications delivery platform in the U.S. and Asia. Akamai's "intelligent edge" platform for content, streaming media and applications delivery currently comprises more than 14,000 servers in more than 1,100 networks in over 70 countries. Akamai will now directly connect to networks within Equinix's Internet hubs via private cross-connects. Akamai will also utilize Equinix's GigE Exchange service in the Washington, D.C. and Silicon Valley area centers. Financial terms were...

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Covad and Speakeasy offer 3.0 Mbps Consumer DSL

Speakeasy, a national broadband provider, introduced a consumer DSL service featuring maximum downstream speeds of 3.0 Mbps and upstream speeds of 768 kbps. The service is delivered over Covad Communications' national DSL network. Speakeasy's Basic 3.0/768 residential service is offered for $69.95 per month for the first three months, $99.95 thereafter. Unlike some competitors, Speakeasy does not port block or limit bandwidth usage. Subscribers have the flexibility to run their own servers (including Linux and Macintosh); and have no restrictions...

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Sprint Introduces Enterprise MPLS VPN

Sprint augmented its enterprise IP Virtual Private Network (VPN) services portfolio with several new offerings: the addition of an MPLS VPN solution to provide secure, any-to-any intranet connectivity. The Sprint MPLS VPN is a network-based solution that is compliant with the RFC 2547bis technical standard. It includes a suite of value-added features and services such as end-to-end Class of Service, VPN Multicast and Managed Network Services (MNS). Sprint provides a SLA with 100% credits for standard monthly recurring charges. the commercial...

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Mindspeed Delivers 15% Revenue Growth

Mindspeed Technologies, a supplier of semiconductor solutions for network infrastructure applications, reported quarterly revenues of $26.7 million, up 15% from the preceding quarter and at the high end of the company's expectations set at the beginning of the quarter. There was a pro forma operating loss of $13.7 million, or $0.15 per share.Mindspeed said revenue growth from T/E carrier transmission products, particularly DS3/E3, was primarily driven by increasing deployment of next-generation metro optical platforms. Revenue growth from multiservice...

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Conexant Grows Revenues 23 Percent Year over Year

Conexant Systems announced quarterly revenues of $177.3 million, up 23% over the same period last year and up 8% over the preceding quarter. Pro forma operating profit was $17.2 million, or 9.7 percent of revenues, compared to $0.5 million in the year-ago quarter. The company credited the growth to record unit shipments in its client-side ADSL, satellite set-top box and PC video businesses. Gross margin for the first fiscal quarter was 44.6%, up approximately one percent from the previous quarter. http://www.conexant.comIn November 2003, Conexant...

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Alcatel Signs Multimillion Euro Optical Contract with Belgacom

Alcatel was awarded a multi-million EUR four year frame agreement by Belgacom to upgrade and expand its existing core and metro optical transport networks. Under the contract, Alcatel will supply its multi-service gateways and multi-service provisioning platform for delivering Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet services. Alcatel will also supply its WDM equipment and its multi-service network element management platform. http://www.alcatel....

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Focal Deploys General Bandwidth's G6 Platform

Focal Communications, a CLEC serving 23 U.S. metro markets, is deploying General Bandwidth's G6 platform to launch an enhanced Integrated Voice and Data (IVAD) service that delivers up to 32 voice channels while allowing up to 1.5 Mbps of data over a single T1 access line. Financial terms were not disclosed. General Bandwidth's G6 Packet Telephony Migration Platform supports VoIP and Voice over ATM over a variety of packet architectures, including T1, DSL, hybrid fiber coax (HFC) and fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP). It supports voice services from...

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Quebec's Videotron to Boost Cable Modem Speeds

Videotron, which serves 1,423,000 million cable customers in Quebec, plans to boost its cable modem speeds as of 01-Apr-2004. For the basic residential Internet service, the speed of downloads will increase more than 32%, from 3.1 mbps to 4.1 mbps, and upload speeds will more than double, from 350 kbps to 820 kbps. For the "Extreme High-Speed Internet service," download speeds will be boosted more than 12%, from 4 mbps to 4.5 mbps, and upload speeds will increase more than 40%, from 640 kbps to 900 kbps. Videotron plans to invest nearly $40...

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SBC Reports Improved Retail Access Line Trends

Growth in long distance and DSL, as well as improving retail access line trends, were the top positive trends reported by SBC Communications for Q4 2003. However, SBC's revenues and net income fell during the quarter and during the full 2003 overall. Revenues for Q4 totaled $10.1 billion, compared with $11.2 billion in the year-earlier period. For the full year 2003, revenues were $40.8 billion, compared with $43.1 billion in 2002. Net income for Q4 was $905 million, or $0.27 per diluted share, compared with $2.4 billion, or $0.71 per diluted...

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Deutsche Telekom Reaches 4 Million DSL Subscribers

Deutsche Telekom surpassed the 4.0 million subscriber milestone for DSL, up 40% for 2003. In Q4 alone, Deutsche Telekom's T-Com division added more than 300,000 net DSL customers. The company also serves an additional 110,000 DSL customers in Eastern Europe. Despite the strong uptake for DSL, demand for the Deutsche Telekom's T-ISDN service continues to grow. The number of ISDN channels operated by T-Com in Germany increased year-on-year from 20.7 to 21.5 million. However, Deutsche Telekom posted a slight decline in the number of standard analog...

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Marconi's Group Sales Rise 5%

Marconi reported its fifth consecutive quarter of positive operating cash flow (before special charges). For the three months ending 31-December-2003, Marconi's Group sales rose 5% to £408 million compared to £389 million in the previous quarter. Marconi said sales in Europe/Rest of World were driven by growth in Fixed Wireless Access and Value-Added Services. It also noted strong growth in Outside Plant & Power and North American Access sales, which were offset by an expected reduction in sales by the U.S. federal government. Excluding...

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AFC Reports Q4 Revenues of $84.8 million

AFC reported Q4 revenues of $84.8 million, compared to $85.2 million in Q3 2003 and $85.7 million in Q4 2002. Net income for the fourth quarter of 2003 was $5.7 million, or $0.06 per share, compared with $9.3 million, or $0.11 per share, in Q3 2003. Net income for Q4 2002 was $17.6 million, or $0.21 per share. "In spite of the modest decline in annual revenues due to a challenging industry environment, we increased core business net income by 39% to $34.0 million in 2003 from $24.4 million in 2002," said John Schofield, chairman, president and...

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Broadcom Reports Q4 Revenue fo $479 Million, up 13% Sequentially

Broadcom reported record Q4 revenue of $479.1 million, an increase of 12.6% from the $425.6 million reported for the third quarter of 2003 and an increase of 61.9% from the $295.9 million for Q4 2002. Net income (GAAP) was $6.1 million, or $.02 per share (diluted). Broadcom said the strong financial results were driven by gains across all its business groups. http://www.broadcom....

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TiVo Acquires Strangeberry for Broadband TV Technology

TiVo has acquired Strangeberry, a start-up based in Palo Alto, California specializing in using home network and broadband technologies to create new entertainment experiences on television. TiVo said the acquisition would help it extend the TiVo service beyond digital video recording to include a much broader, richer entertainment experience for subscribers. The deal includes Strangeberry's intellectual property assets and engineering staff in exchange for equity. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.tivo.comAt the Consumer Electronics...

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Avaya Reports Revenues of $971 Million, up 3%

Avaya reported quarterly revenues of $971 million, up 3% over the year ago period. Income from continuing operations was $30 million, o $0.07 per diluted share. These results compare to a loss of $125 million or a loss of $0.34 per share for the same period last year. Avaya said the quarterly revenues were essentially unchanged from revenues in the preceding quarter, which reflected a seasonal revenue ramp-up associated with the end of the company's fiscal year. Avaya noted IP line shipments and IP revenues increased globally from the fourth...

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Terayon Sees Q4 Revenue Rise 14% Sequentially, Announces Restructuring

Terayon Communication Systems reported $43.0 million, a 70% increase compared to $25.3 million for the same quarter a year ago, and a 14% increase compared to $37.6 million for Q3 2004. Net loss for the quarter was $6.0 million, or $0.08 per share. Terayon also announced a corporate restructuring that involves a reduction in workforce of approximately 17%, or 70 employees; the consolidation of certain facilities; a write-off of certain assets; and a reduction in spending. Terayon said it is targeting profitability beginning in Q2 2004. http...

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Procket Selected by Australia's National Research and Education Network

Australia's Research and Education Network (AARNet) selected Procket Networks' PRO/8812 and PRO/8801 routers for a backbone build-out supporting 37 Australian universities and Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO). AARNet offers core internet transport as well as Voice and Video services over IP. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.procket.comhttp://www.aarnet.edu...

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Zhone Introduces Line-Powered DSLAM

Zhone Technologies introduced a line powered DSLAM that enables carriers to extend ADSL services up to 38,000 feet from a central office using power supplied over the uplink's twisted pair. Zhone's compact Raptor 100 LP provides support for central office, remote terminal and non-powered wiring cabinet deployments. It is offered in a range of environmentally hardened shelf sizes including 7U, 3U and 1U, with a variety of line interfaces and uplinks from 10/100baseT to DS1 IMA and OC-12. http://www.zhone....

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EarthLink Adds 248,000 Subscribers in Q4

EarthLink added 248,000 net subscribers in Q4 2003 and ended the year with approximately 5.2 million paying subscribers, an increase of 219,000 subscribers, or 4.4%, from a year ago. During the quarter, the company added 108,000 broadband subscribers, giving it a total of approximately 1.1 million broadband customers, up 36.2% from a year ago. EarthLink also added 143,000 total narrowband subscribers in the quarter, which included 129,000 net new subscribers from PeoplePC Online, the company's value-priced narrowband service. EarthLink ended...

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Agere Posts Quarterly Revenue of $516 Million, up 2% Sequentially

Agere Systems reported quarterly revenue of $516 million, up 18% from revenues in the year-ago quarter, and up 2% sequentially, exceeding the company's guidance. The company reported a GAAP net loss of $39 million, or $0.02 per share, which included a restructuring charge of $47 million, a majority of which was related to the decommissioning of Agere's former manufacturing facilities, and a purchased in-process R&D charge of $13 million related to the company's recent acquisition of TeraBlaze. The company was profitable on a pro forma net...

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XACCT Releases Fifth-Generation Mediation Platform

XACCT released its fifth-generation mediation platform.Key features of XACCTusage 5.0 include:support for real-time and file-based modes of operations for traditional circuit-switch voice as well as packet data networks. support for Concurrent File-based and Real-time processing modes on the same system enhanced integrated Error Management System, which streamlines the recovery of the rejected and suspended CDRs to ensure the accuracy of billable data while minimizing manual processing and delays. new User configurable, generic CDR Parser and Formatter....

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AT&T Selects Intrado's 9-1-1 for Residential VoIP

AT&T selected Intrado to develop an emergency calling solution for its soon-to-be-launched residential broadband VoIP service. Intrado's 9-1-1 infrastructure will provide AT&T's VoIP customers access to emergency services, will be available when AT&T launches its new residential VoIP service this spring. The Intrado solution allows AT&T to route 9-1-1-dialed calls from the AT&T IP network to public safety answering points (PSAPs), which handle emergency calls and dispatch services such as police, fire or medical personnel....

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New York's WRNN-TV Carrier Broadcast Video over IP Trunks

WRNN-TV, an independent regional television station and news network reaching approximately 5 million cable and satellite subscribers in the New York, has deployed Tut Systems' M2-400 video trunking system to encode and distribute video broadcast footage between its studio and broadcast TV facilities. The station is transporting MPEG-2 4:2:2 broadcast video between multiple locations. At the same time, it required the capability to utilize MPEG-2 4:2:0 in a low-latency mode for real-time interview capabilities between the studio anchors and reporters...

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Riverstone Unveils New VPLS / MPLS Solutions

Riverstone Networks introduced a new hardware module, upgraded MPLS routers and a software release all aimed at helping carrier's transition toward MPLS/VPLS-based Ethernet networks. The rollout includes three new access routers -- the RS 1100, 3100 and 3200 -- that are positioned as small, cost-effective VPLS platforms that build upon Riverstone's existing RS 1000 and 3000 routers. The new platforms offer additional intelligence to deliver granular QoS with rate limiting and shaping. Available interfaces including ATM, Packet over SONET/SDH...

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Overture Networks Introduces Edge Platform

Overture Networks, a start-up based in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina introduced a network edge platform designed for carrier Ethernet and TDM services. Like Overture's flagship ISG 5000 platform, the new ISG 2200 is a packet-based multi-service access platform for Ethernet-based private line, high-speed Internet access, virtual private LAN service (VPLS) and legacy T1/E1 voice/data/video. In addition to Ethernet services and transport, key features of the platform include "TDM pseudowire" and "Frame Relay pseudowire" capabilities over...

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Cable & Wireless Selects LayerOne to Maintain U.S. Links

Cable and Wireless plc will maintain its U.S. and international connections via an international point of presence (POP) with LayerOne. Cable & Wireless, which announced its intention to exit the U.S. domestic market last year, is also using LayerOne's services to maintain certain traffic flows to and from the United States and other international markets. LayerOne operates International Gateway POPs in Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami and New York. http://www.layerone....

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SiGe Semiconductor Targets Cellular and Wi-Fi Modules

SiGe Semiconductor announced a product roadmap to build chip-scale RF front-end modules for multi-mode, dual-band Wi-Fi systems, and cellular handsets compliant to the GSM, CDMA, CDMA2000, GPRS and EDGE standards. Using its silicon germanium technology, the Ottawa-based company plans to build the world's smallest GSM RF front-end, and the industry's highest performance module for dual-band, multi-mode 802.11a/b/g WLAN systems. The roadmap also includes chip-scale solutions for 802.11b/g WLAN systems, quad-band CDMA handsets, and dual-mode GSM/WCDMA...

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Atheros Introduces Single-Chip 802.11g Solution

Atheros Communications introduced a single-chip 802.11g WLAN solution that integrates a Media Access Controller (MAC), baseband processor, and 2.4 GHz radio in a low-cost CMOS package. The new chip represents the company's third-generation 802.11g silicon. It was preceded by a three-chip solution launched in February 2003, and a two-chip solution launched in June 2003. Like the earlier designs, the new chip uses a multi-phase approach to signal processing, which extends the battery life of mobile devices by controlling the power of different sections...

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Foundry Adds 40-port GigE Module to Switching Line

Foundry Networks released a new 40-port high density Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) fiber module and introduced two new modules for its flagship, terabit-capacity BigIron MG8 and NetIron 40G switches. The BigIron MG8 is Foundry's non-blocking 1.28 Tbps switch for enterprise applications requiring high-density Gigabit Ethernet and 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE). The NetIron 40G is Foundry's non-blocking 1.28 Tbps Ethernet router designed for service providers. Foundry is introducing the following new modules for each switch to complement the currently shipping...

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Occam and Minerva Test IP TV

SureWest Communications, a provider of advanced communications products and services in the Sacramento, California region, has selected and successfully tested a combined IP television delivery platform from Occam Networks and Minerva Networks.Minerva provides IP television headend equipment and middleware, as well as consulting and integration services. Occam offers an IP-based loop carrier platform that delivers both traditional and packetized broadband services from a single access network. Minerva is a member of the Occam Packet Access Network...

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AMCC Offers Quad SONET/SDH Phys for System "Face-lifts"

Applied Micro Circuits Corp. (AMCC) introduced two new quad SONET/SDH physical layer devices designed for new high density line cards as well as the remodeling of legacy line cards. For reworking earlier system designs, the new quad OC3/12 SONET/SDH 8-bit transceiver requires only that customers update the optical front-end of the design, while the rest of the system, such as the framers, pointer-processors and software, can remain intact. The first device (S1213) operates in either SONET/SDH OC-12 or OC-3 with a CDR feature, and can also be provisioned...

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voiceglo Deploys Acme Packet Session Border Controllers

voiceglo, a provider of consumer and business VoIP services based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, is using Acme Packet's Net-Net session border controllers for both hosted IP service delivery and peering to IP-based PSTN termination networks. The Net-Net session border controllers enable voiceglo to interconnect with other IP networks. http://www.acmepacket.comvoiceglo was founded by Michael Egan and Edward Cespedes. Egan is the Founder and former CEO of Alamo Rent A Car, which he directed to become one of the nation's largest car rental firms before...

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Slovenian Carrier Selects Juniper for TV-over-ADSL

SiOL, the leading Slovenian ISP, has deployed Juniper Networks' M-series routing platforms and E- series broadband aggregation platforms with the Juniper Networks SDX service deployment system to offer new advanced IP services such as broadband TV over ADSL. Smart Com, Juniper Networks' partner in the Slovenian market, serves as systems integrator. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.juniper....

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Orthogon Extends its Broadband Wireless to 130 km

Orthogon Systems, a start-up based in Ashburton, UK introduced a new wireless Ethernet bridge with high-gain external antennae that enable the system to span greater distances, even over large bodies of water, and overcome more challenging obstacles in its path. The company said its new OS-Gemini C product with external antennae provides a 400x increase in signal gain over its existing OS-Gemini I product (integrated antennae), connecting distances of up to 130 km (81 miles). Orthogon noted that sending wireless signals across water has long posed...

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Boingo Wireless Adds First Wi-Fi Mesh Roaming Partner

Boingo Wireless signed a roaming agreement with Verge Wireless, which operates Wi-Fi mesh networks in key cities in the southern U.S. The agreement is the first for Boingo with a broadband Wi-Fi mesh- networking operator. An example of Verge's mesh network capabilities is its recent announcement of New Orleans' first mesh network in the Warehouse District. The company has also deployed service in Baton Rouge, LA. http://www.boingo.comhttp://www.vergewireless....

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Canada's Allstream Launches Ethernet Private Line Service

Allstream (formerly AT&T Canada) introduced an Ethernet Private Line service that provides up to 1 Gbps connectivity within and between Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver. The Ethernet Private Line is carried over a private connection on Allstream's optical network. Allstream said its new service is designed for applications such as server aggregation, synchronous database mirroring, VoIP, corporate data centre connectivity, multi-campus workgroups and data warehousing. The carrier will offer a 99.999% uptime availability option....

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AFC Launches Marketing Campaign Focused on "Pure-Play Access"

AFC launched a marketing and advertising campaign to articulate the company's strategy as a "Pure-Play Access" supplier . The "AFC-The Acronym for Access" campaign touts the company's heritage in voice and broadband solutions and highlights the importance of the access portion of the network as the primary arena for differentiation and competition among carriers. Marketing initiatives include a redesigned web site and advertising. http://www.afc.comEarlier this month, AFC agreed to acquire Marconi's North American Access (NAA) business for $240...

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Hammerhead Secures $25M for Next Gen Edge Migration Switch

Hammerhead Systems, a start-up based in Mountain View, California, raised $25 million in Series B financing, bringing its total funding to $43 million. Hammerhead Systems is developing a next generation "edge migration switch" to help service providers transition Frame Relay/ATM services to an MPLS backbone. Hammerhead's platform is currently in trials with a Tier 1 RBOC and a leading U.S.-based network service provider. Product details have not yet been announced.Pequot Ventures led the round with new equity participation and Pequot General Partner...

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Telstra Launches DVD Delivery Service by Mail

Telstra introduced a new "fetchmemovies" service that enables Australians to browse through an online catalog of more than 8,000 titles and then have the DVD delivered by the convential postal service. As DVDs are returned, more are mailed out. Telstra said the DVD rental service helps it build marketing relationships with strategic partners. Telstra will source content from a variety of Australia's largest distributors including Warner Home Video, Fox Home Entertainment, Paramount, Columbia Tristar, Universal, AV Channel, Shock/Kaleidoscope,...

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Telstra Connects 500,000th broadband customer

Telstra activated its 500,000th ADSL customer. Over 1,000 of Telstra's central office exchanges in Australia have now been ADSL enabled. Telstra has set a target of one million broadband subscribers by the end of 2005 and $1 billion in revenue from broadband by the end of 2006http://www.telstra....

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BT's ADSL Rollout Reaches 1,000 Central Offices

BT has now equipped over 1,000 of its central office exchanges with ADSL. More than 85% of UK homes and businesses can now get ADSL and this figure is expected to reach 90% by the summer. Since July 2002, BT has relied on a "trigger" scheme whereby a certain number of requests for broadband in a given community causes the company to install the required DSL equipment in the local exchange. More than 700,000 of these service requests have been received since July 2002.On 23-January-2004, Prime Minister Tony Blair visited his local telephone exchange...

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Time Warner Telecom Acquires Enron Net in Oregon

Time Warner Telecom was the successful bidder to acquire the fiber assets of Enron Broadband Services in the Portland, Oregon area. The asset purchase extends the Time Warner Telecom local fiber network to 158 route miles in Portland and the neighboring communities of Beaverton, Hillsboro, Tigard, and Vancouver, Washington. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.twtelecom....

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Savvis to Acquire Cable & Wireless America

SAVVIS Communications was the winning bidder in a court-supervised sale of the network assets of Cable & Wireless USA and Cable & Wireless Internet Services (together CWA). Under the deal SAVVIS will acquire substantially all of the CWA assets for $155 million in cash and assume liabilities of approximately $12.4 million, subject to certain regulatory approvals. The U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Phoenix, Arizona approved the proposed sale on 23-Jan-2004.SAVVIS was chosen as the winner among seven bidders at a two-day auction concluded on 22-Jan-2004,...

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ATS and Verio Offer IPv6 Capabilities to Government Customers

Advanced Technology Systems, Inc. (ATS) and Verio began offering an IPv6 Gateway Service in the U.S. targeted at federal, state, and local government agencies through the General Services Administration's (GSA) Millennia Lite Contract Vehicle. Additionally, ATS is offering new bundled communications products and services, called ATS PowerHouse Hosting Solutions for government clients. The IPv6 offering from ATS and Verio currently delivers service on the NTT/VERIO Global IPv6 Backbone network to customers in North America, as well as many countries...

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Netopia Announces Certification for Wi-Fi Phones

Netopia launched a certification program for Wi-Fi cordless phones. The company said its certification program is open to any Wi-Fi cordless phone manufacturer or developer that uses the 802.11b or 802.11g standards. The certification process seeks to verify Wi-Fi cordless phone interoperability and VoIP transmission with QoS through Netopia's 3-D Reach wireless DSL and broadband gateways. http://www.netopia....

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ARRIS Cadant CMTS Passes One Million Line Milestone

ARRIS announced that its Cadant C4 cable modem termination system (CMTS) has now over one million live subscriber lines passing through its hardware and software. The Cadant C4 was launched in January 2002. Just under 400 C4s have been sold throughout the world to date. http://www.arrisi.comThe ARRIS Cadant C4 CMTS is a PacketCable, DOCSIS 1.1 and Euro-DOCSIS 1.1 qualified carrier-grade edge router/CM...

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Lockheed Martin/Northrop Selected for Next-Gen Satellite System

A Lockheed Martin /Northrop Grumman team was awarded one of two industry contracts valued at approximately $472 million to enter the Risk Reduction and System Definition phase of the U.S. Air Force's Transformational Communications MILSATCOM (TCM) Space Segment. The two competing teams will conduct risk reduction demonstrations and system trade studies over a 27-month period. A single contractor is expected to be chosen in 2006 to build the next generation military satellite system.The Lockheed Martin/Northrop Grumman team also includes Rockwell...

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Boeing Team Selected for Next-Gen Military Satellite System

Boeing was awarded a $472 million contract by the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center tp develop a system design and demonstrate critical technologies for a secure, high-capacity global communications network serving the U.S. Department of Defense, NASA and the intelligence community. The Transformational Communications MILSATCOM Space Segment incorporates laser communications, next-generation processors and routers, internet protocol, information assurance, network management, and other advanced technologies into an architecture that is...

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French ISP Selects IBM/Cirpack for Consumer VoIP

Free, a subsidiary of the Iliad Group, the second largest French ISP, is using a joint solution from IBM and Cirpack to deliver a consumer VoIP service over unbundled DSL lines. The residential VoIP is provided as an add-on to the company's ADSL service in the areas where Free has deployed its own DSL infrastructure. The service is available in about 20 metropolitan areas in France (Paris, Lyon, Grenoble, Aix, Nice, Marseille, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Nantes, Rennes, Caen, Rouen, Lille, Nancy, Strasbourg, and to be added soon Dijon, Besançon, Montpellier).Subscribers...

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Data Connection Enhances MeetingServer Web Conferencing

Data Connection released a new version of its MeetingServer web conferencing solution, which enables service providers to host their own self-branded web conferencing service, rather than reselling the services of a third-party provider. MeetingServer uses a reservationless scheduling model, where participants are invited to the meeting using a click-to-invite function. The latest release includes voting and polling functions and high-performance presentation up/download. It can be integrated with audio bridges, and the user interface is fully...

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Trapeze Names Ex-Nortel Exec as CEO

Trapeze Networks, a start-up based in Pleasanton, California named James W. Vogt as its new president and CEO. Prior to joining Trapeze, Vogt was president and CEO at Ingrian Networks, where he led the privately held secure appliance firm through two rounds of funding. He also was president of the Nortel Networks small business solutions group, and before that, served as vice president of product management for Bay Networks' desktop products group. Trapeze Networks offers a wireless LAN Mobility System. http://www.trapezenetworks.comTrapeze Networks...

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Marconi Supplies Access Hub to Versatel Deutschland

Versatel Deutschland is deploying Marconi's Access Hub Multi Service Access Node (MSAN) platform to support its rollout of broadband access services to private customers. Specifically, Marconi is supplying its AXH600 and AXH2500 platforms, alongside its Distributed Multiservice Platform (DMP). The combined platforms will enable Versatel to offer broadband access services, including ISDN and xDSL. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.marconi....

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Rogers Cable to Launch 5 Mbps Home Service

Canada's Rogers Cable is planning to launch a new, 5 Mps Internet service in Ontario and New Brunswick. This new service will be in addition to the current offering with speeds up to 3Mbps (already faster than the DSL competitor) provided to existing Rogers Hi-Speed Internet customers. http://www.rogers.c...

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BellSouth Adds 127,000 DSL Subs in Q4

Long distance and DSL revenue growth offset access line declines at BellSouth during 2003, holding the company's communications revenues nearly flat at $18.4 billion compared to 2002. For Q4, BellSouth reported consolidated Q4 revenues of $5.7 billion, an increase of 0.9% compared to the same quarter of the previous year. Net income was $787 million compared to $574 million in the same quarter a year ago. Operating free cash flow totaled $5.3 billion for the full year. Over the last seven quarters, the company has increased its quarterly dividend...

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Tellabs' Q4 Revenue Up 14% to $279 Million

Tellabs reported Q4 revenue of $279 million up 14% from $245 million in Q3 2003, marking the fourth increase in sequential revenue in the past five quarters. Tellabs International generated 40% of the quarter's overall revenue. The company recorded a net loss of $23 million or 6 cents per share. Excluding previously announced restructuring charges of $44 million, Tellabs earned 3 cents a share or $12 million in Q4 2003. Some highlights:Optical Networking -- Sales of optical networking systems, which include Tellabs' strategic North American products,...

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IBM Releases Linux Platform for Telecom Applications

IBM released a new Linux-based Carrier Grade Open Framework (CGOF) Reference Implementation platform for telecom service providers. The platform includes CGOF compliant hardware and middleware components and services. The Carrier Grade Open Framework (CGOF) Reference Implementation is available through IBM Global Services. The Linux framework is being supported by various network equipment manufacturers and IBM business partners, including Cirpack, jNETx, Lucent, Snowshore, Sylantro, and Ubiquity.IBM said its Carrier Grade Open Framework would...

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Global Crossing Stock Begins Trading on NASDAQ

Global Crossing's new common stock began trading on the NASDAQ National Market on 22-January-2004, under the trading symbol GLBC. The company's stock had been trading in the over-the-counter market under the symbol GLBCF since Global Crossing's emergence from Chapter 11 on 09-December-2003. http://www.globalcrossing....

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Nortel Networks/Flextronics to Evolve Supply Chain

Nortel Networks will divest substantially all of its remaining manufacturing activities, including product integration, testing, and repair operations carried out at its facilities in Calgary and Montreal (Canada), Campinas (Brazil), Monkstown (Northern Ireland), and Chateaudun (France). It will also divest itself of certain related activities, including the management of the supply chain and related suppliers for these locations. Nortel Networks is in discussions with Flextronics about the activities being considered for divestiture. The company...

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Vitesse Returns to Profitability

Vitesse Semiconductor reported quarterly revenues of $50.3 million, compared to $35.7 million in the same period last year and $42.8 million in the preceding quarter. On a GAAP basis, net loss for the first quarter of fiscal 2004 was $8.0 million or $0.04 loss per share. Pro-forma net income for the first quarter of fiscal 2004 was $172,000 or $0.00 income per share. http://www.vitesse....

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UTStarcom Reports 16th Consecutive Quarter of Revenue Growth

UTStarcom reported Q4 net sales of $643.6 million, an increase of 114% over net sales of $301.1 million reported in the fourth quarter of 2002. Full-year net sales increased to $1.96 billion, an increase of 100% over net sales of $981.8 million reported in 2002. Net income for the fourth quarter of 2003 was $66.4 million, or $0.52 per share. The period marked the 16th quarter of record revenues and profitability since the company's IPO in March 2000.Backlog at the end of 2003 was $1.06 billion, an increase of 75% over the $605.4 million backlog...

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MCI Provides 2004 Guidance.

MCI is on-track to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in February 2004. The company issued the following financial guidance for full-year 2004:revenue is expected to be between $21 billion and $22 billion, a decline of approximately 10 to 12% versus expected 2003 results, primarily reflecting overall industry conditions and continued declining trends in the consumer market. operating income is expected to be between $1.1 billion and $1.3 billion, which includes depreciation and amortization of $1.7 billion and restructuring charges of...

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AT&T Wireless Evaluates Acquisition Bids

AT&T Wireless confirmed market reports that it is currently entertaining acquisition bids from several industry players. The company postponed its annual analyst meeting and said there can be no assurance that a transaction will occur.Separately, AT&T Wireless posted Q4 services revenue of $3.904 billion, up 4.4% from the year-ago quarter. For the fourth quarter, net loss per share (EPS), was ($0.03) per share. ARPU for Q4 was $58.70, down 2.2% from the same period last year. Steady ARPU was supported by data revenues, international...

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AT&T Posts Double Digit Revenue Decline

AT&T cited increasing pricing pressures and predicted declining overall revenues for 2004. The company reported Q4 2003 consolidated revenue of $8.1 billion, which included $5.9 billion from AT&T Business and $2.2 billion from AT&T Consumer. This represented a consolidated revenue decline of 12.8% versus Q4 2002, primarily due to continued declines in long distance (LD) voice revenue, partially offset by the continued success of AT&T Consumer's bundled local and LD offering, as well as growth in several key markets of AT&T...

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