Juniper Reports Q4 Revenue of $207 Million, up 33%

Juniper Networks reported Q4 revenue of $207.0 million, compared with $155.3 million for the same period last year, an increase of 33%. GAAP net income for the fourth quarter was $14.7 million or $0.04 per share, compared with a GAAP net income of $8.5 million or $0.02 per share in the fourth quarter of 2002.



"The fourth quarter was exceptionally strong, and the value Juniper brings to market is clearly reflected in all aspects of our financial results," said Scott Kriens, chairman and CEO of Juniper Networks. http://www.juniper.net

• For Q3 2003, Juniper Networks reported net revenue of $172.1 million, compared with $152.0 million for Q3 2002, an increase of 13%.

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Sentivision Develops H.264 Decoders for IP Set-top Boxes

Sentivision K.K., an equipment developer based in Tokyo, announced the availability of an H.264 decoder technology platform for IP set-top boxes on Texas Instruments' DM64x digital media processors. The company has a reference STB (set-top box) hardware/software platform that incorporates TI's DM64x processors for delivering DVD-quality video on-demand (VOD) over DSL. http://sentivision.com

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Charter Activates All Digital Service over HFC Network

Charter Communications activated an all-digital service delivered without an analog set-top box over an existing HFC (hybrid fiber-coaxial) network. Basic analog cable programming is delivered simultaneously with the digital service. Charter claims to be the first MSO in the U.S. using both a digital compression system and a digital program insertion system. The digital compression system, which is central to the service, is powered by Harmonic's DiviCom MV 50 variable bit-rate encoders and third-generation DiviTrackXE closed loop statistical multiplexing system. The company said that converting from analog to digital recovers valuable bandwidth capacity, which can be used to provide more high definition television as well as targeted services such video-on-demand and specialized subscription packages. The all-digital service was activated in the company's Long Beach, California system.



Charter Communications also noted that an all-digital service makes it possible to realize significant capital savings by using lower cost digital only set-top boxes. Charter calculates that entry-level digital set-tops that support broadcast, interactive and on-demand services cost approximately 50% less than comparable analog/digital set-tops. At the high-end, removing both the analog receiver and internal digital video compression subsystem from set-tops with a digital video recorder (DVR) yields a cost reduction. Furthermore, the highly compressed MPEG-2 video distributed from the headend makes it possible for the DVR to store more content per gigabyte than in a mixed analog/digital service environment. Charter believes that when serving hundreds of thousands or millions of subscribers the aggregate savings will be substantial. http://www.charter.com

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Intel Boosts Centrino Mobile for 802.11g

Intel introduced a new Centrino mobile connector supporting both 802.11b and 802.11g standards. The company said its new Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG network connection is designed to maintain high throughput at longer ranges in office or home environments, along with efficient use of power to enable longer system battery life. The Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG network connection is also software upgradeable, allowing it to support future security and other service enhancements.



The Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG network connection consists of a communications and radio chip, both designed and developed by Intel at its wireless networking facilities in Haifa, Israel and San Diego. It comes in an embedded mini-PCI adapter. http://www.intel.com

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NuVio Launches Residential VoIP in 7 U.S. Cities

NuVio, a start-up based in Kansas City, launched residential VoIP service over broadband connections in seven U.S. cities -- Atlanta, Colorado Springs, Dallas, Houston, Kansas City, Joplin, and Springfield.


Residential service starts at $14.99 per month and includes 500 long distance minutes and an unlimited local and long distance plan is available at $34.99 per month for those who seek a flat rate monthly fee. Monthly business service starts at $39.99 per month or $49.99 per month for flat rate unlimited local and long distance. NuVio does not provide the broadband connection.

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Edward H. Kennedy to Resign from Tellabs

Edward H. Kennedy, president of Tellabs North America, has withdrawn his candidacy for the CEO position at the company for personal reasons. Michael J. Birck, Tellabs chairman and CEO, will resume direct leadership of Tellabs' North American operations. http://www.tellabs.com

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Nokia Introduces EDGE-Capable Smartphone for the Americas

Nokia introduced its first imaging "smartphone" for the Americas market optimized for use on new high-speed EDGE networks. The Nokia 6620 imaging phone employs a 65,000 color TFT screen for viewing still images and video clips captured by the integrated VGA camera and real-time video streaming over the EDGE network using the built-in RealOne mobile player. While taking pictures, users have the ability to use the 2X digital zoom and a self-timer feature. It uses Symbian OS and includes tools for PDA synchronization over-the-air. Between the on-board memory and the included MMC memory card, the Nokia 6620 imaging phone has over 40MB of memory in its standard configuration. Commercial availability is expected in Q2. http://www.nokia.com

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Zhone Adds VoATM to Broadband Local Loop Platform

Zhone Technologies announced support for the ELCP (Emulated Loop Control Protocol) signaling standard for Voice over ATM (VoATM). ELCP is a message-based protocol that was approved by the ATM Forum in June 2000 (AF-VMOA-0145) and is based on the ETSI V5.2 standard.



Zhone said it has completed integration of standards-based BLES-CCS/ELCP signaling software and carried out ISDN and POTS over DSL interoperability using its multi-service access voice gateways. http://www.zhone.com

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Embratel Upgrades its SDH Network with Tellabs

Brazil's Embratel is deploying the Tellabs 6300 managed SDH transport system to provide differentiated voice and data services to its corporate customers. The Tellabs platform supports Ethernet Private Networks and Ethernet Private Lines. Installation of Embratel's Ethernet-over-SDH solutions will initially comprise the Tellabs) 6350 switch node, which is a dense digital cross-connect with 4/4/1 connectivity. The second phase will see the deployment of the Tellabs) 6345 switch node. The upgrades will occur in major cities across Brazil. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.tellabs.com

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Extreme Networks Posts Quarterly Revenue of $83.4 Million

Extreme Networks reported quarterly revenue of $83.4 million for the period ending 28-Dec-2003, compared to $90.2 million in the preceding quarter. Net loss was $5.6 million and loss per share was $0.05 compared to the net loss of $19.0 million and a loss per share of $0.17 in the preceding quarter.



Extreme Network said the results were in line with the preliminary expectations disclosed on 16-Dec-2003 and reflect the product transition to its new fourth generation BlackDiamond switches. http://www.extremenetworks.com

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Alcatel to Build Pacific Satellite for SES Americom

Alcatel was selected to build and deliver, in orbit, a new high-powered hybrid C/Ku-band satellite, satellite for WORLDSAT, LLC, an SES GLOBAL company. The satellite's Ku-band payload has been designed to meet the particular requirements of Connexion by Boeing, WORLDSAT's key strategic customer. In addition, the C-band payload will be available to broadcasters, cable programmers, ISPs, government agencies and telecom carriers. Scheduled for launch by the end of 2005, WORLDSAT-3 will provide Connexion by Boeing with satellite capacity over a region stretching as far west as Singapore and Korea, above the Arctic Circle, south below New Zealand and as far east as the western coast of the U.S.



WORLDSAT-3 will feature an 18 transponder C-band payload and a 20 channel Ku-band payloadhttp://www.alcatel.com/space

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Connexion by Boeing Signs ANA

ANA (All Nippon Airways) will deploy Connexion by Boeing's broadband Internet service on long-haul fleet of aircraft. The announcement was augmented by an agreement with SES AMERICOM for satellite coverage over the North Pacific region, to be used by ANA and other global air carriers. http://www.connexionbyboeing.com

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Shandong Netcom Selects Alcatel's IP Router

Shandong Netcom, a subsidiary of China Netcom, selected Alcatel Shanghai Bell to supply IP routers for an e-government provincial backbone. Under the contract, Alcatel will provide Shandong Netcom with the carrier- class Alcatel 7750 Service Router for a network covering 17 cities in the province. Shandong Netcom also will deploy the Alcatel 5620 Service Router Manager. The new backbone network will enable the Shandong provincial government to integrate the existing networks of different government bureaus in different locations into consolidated VPNs. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.alcatel.com

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