KPN Selects Alcatel for DSL Expansion

KPN selected Alcatel for the expansion of its national broadband infrastructure. Under the deal, Alcatel will supply its 7300 Advanced Services Manager (ASAM) for expansions at 300 Central Office (CO) locations and Alcatel will replace third party equipment on another 140 locations. Alcatel has already equipped over 500 switch locations for KPN with the Alcatel 7300 ASAM. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.alcatel....

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Deutsche Telekom Predicts Growth in 2004

Deutsche Telekom delivered on its financial restructuring promises in 2003, said Kai-Uwe Ricke, the company's CEO, speaking at Smith Barney Citigroup's Entertainment, Media and Telecommunications Conference in Phoenix. While reducing debt, DT has once again become a "profitable growth" company. Ricke noted the considerable differences in the wireline environment of the U.S. and Germany, where core wireline revenues are stable, line losses to competitors are moderate, fixed-to-mobile substitution is not noticeable, there is no threat from cable...

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Intel Creates $200 Million Digital Home Fund

Intel plans to invest $200 million in companies developing hardware and software, as well as connectivity and supporting technologies, for the digital home. The company said its new Digital Home Fund represents a significant step in its strategy to enable people to enjoy digital content -- including music, photos and video -- on multiple devices in the home and beyond. It also builds upon Intel's existing programs to deliver core technologies for new computing devices, networking products and consumer electronics. Prior to the fund's formation,...

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Motorola Ventures Invests in Magic4

Motorola has made a strategic minority investment in Magic4, a start-up based in Basingstoke, England that is developing mobile messaging software. Magic4 delivers interoperability between EMS, MMS, IM, video and email applications. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.magic4....

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Scintera Raises $9.5 Million for Signal Processing

Scintera Networks, a start-up based in San Jose, California, raised $9.5 million in a second-round funding for its high-speed signal processing technology. Scintera's Advanced Signal-Processing Platform enables very high-speed signal processing at 10 Gbps and above. Based on the technology, the company is shipping and electronic dispersion compensation device for enterprise and storage applications. It also offers an electronic dispersion compensation engine for metro optical applications. The new funding round was led by Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield...

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iBasis Posts Record VoIP Call Volume During New Year's Day

iBasis carried a record volume of approximately 19 million minutes of international VoIP phone calls on New Year's Day. This represents a 32% increase over the traffic from New Year's Day 2003. "In addition to setting an overall record for traffic, we are experiencing a record volume of traffic that enters or exits the iBasis Network as IP traffic," said Ofer Gneezy, president and CEO of iBasis. More than 70% of iBasis traffic either originates or terminates through direct VoIP interconnects with service providers. http://www.ibasis....

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Broadcom Enters Consumer Television Market with HDTV/PVR Chip

Broadcom Corporation made its entrance into the consumer television market by introducing a single-chip, dual-channel HD video/audio/graphics and personal video recording (PVR) solution for digital televisions, as well as for cable set-top boxes, satellite receivers and HD-DVD players. Broadcast predicts its chipset, priced at $60 in volume, will enable consumer electronics manufacturers to deliver HDTV solutions at consumer price values. Additionally, the dual audio and video channels and PVR features in the solution offer advanced capabilities...

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Verizon Selects Nortel Networks to Accelerate VoIP

Verizon Communications will accelerate the evolution of its nationwide wireline network to packet-switching technology and has selected Nortel Networks as its VoIP equipment provider. Verizon will begin deployment of the new Nortel Networks equipment in its local and long-distance voice wireline networks later this year, tying the VoIP capabilities into its Enterprise Advance and FTTP initiatives. Verizon's initial service deployment is scheduled for mid-2004 and is expected to include hosted VoIP and multimedia services for business and consumers....

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Covad Announces 2004 Network Expansion Initiative

Covad Communications plans to expand its nationwide coverage area and customer reach for DSL, Frame Relay access, and T1 broadband services by installing additional equipment in approximately 200 central offices across the nation around the middle of 2004. This will increase the company's nationwide broadband network to more than 2,000 central offices. Central office locations were selected by utilizing several key factors including market demographics, partner need, neighboring central office performance, and potential for growth. Covad also...

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T-Com Completes Software-based Optical Node Switchover

T-Com, the fixed line business unit of Deutsche Telekom, performed a software-based optical network node switchover for the first time on 13-December-2003. The switchover, which was part of the SDH2000 project, involved the replacement of an existing Lucent WaveStar Bandwidth Manager in T-Com's Networking Center in Cologne with Lucent's LambdaUnite MultiService Switch. During the procedure, Lucent and T-Com engineers virtually switched 10,000 transmission paths to the more powerful LambdaUnite network node. Normally, the paths running over a...

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America Online Ties Into D-Link's Wireless Media Players

America Online has formed an alliance with D-Link to offer entertainment options for the digital home. The companies are collaborating to develop and deliver products and services that will allow broadband consumers to access secure, high-quality video, music and photo content, on-demand, from any room in the home. In the first step, a new line of D-Link Wireless Media Players will enable AOL users to listen to over 175 CD-quality Radio@AOL stations on any TV or stereo in the home. D-Link and AOL are also working together to extend AOL's popular...

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China Telecom Orders UTStarcom DSLAMs

China Telecom Corporation (CTC) awarded a contract to UTStarcom to supply 220,000 lines of its AN-2000 IB IP-DSLAM. This contract follows a recent contract with CTC for a deployment of 200,000 lines in select provinces throughout China. Financial terms were not disclosed.UTStarcom said the deployment of these IP-DSLAM lines highlights a shift for China from ATM-based to IP-based DSLAM networks and a movement from narrowband to broadband. According to figures cited by the company, the number of IP-DSLAM lines as a percentage of total DSLAM lines...

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China's Wenzhou Telecom Awards Optical Contract to Lucent

Wenzhou Telecom, a subsidiary of China's Zhejiang Telecom, selected Lucent Technologies to supply its LambdaUnite MultiService Switch (MSS), Metropolis ADM MultiService Mux, WaveStar TDM 10G and the WaveStar ADM 16/1 platforms. The WaveStar TDM 10G (STM-64) will enable Wenzhou Telecom to deliver optical services at rates up to 10 Gbps per wavelength and support currently commercialized and next generation planned services. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.lucent....

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