T-Com, the fixed network division of Deutsche Telekom, selected Siemens to upgrade its core Internet backbone using Juniper Networks' T640 platform. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.siemens.com/networks
Sunday, January 18, 2004
Alvarion Cites Growing Momentum for Broadband Wireless Access
Sunday, January 18, 2004
Mobile
The total geographic area covered by the deployment of Alvarion's broadband wireless access systems so far is over 1 million square miles or roughly the size of Western Europe, according to new sales numbers disclosed by the company. The company said its systems now provide service to millions of users in 130 countries with over 1.5 million CPEs deployed to date. http://www.alvarion.com
Marconi Signs Distribution Deal for its Web Kiosks
Sunday, January 18, 2004
Packet Systems
Marconi signed a distribution agreement with Instruments & Equipment Company (I&E) that creates a new channel to market throughout North America for its Neptune range of web phones and interactive kiosks.
The Neptune 800 offers pay- per-use access to services such as Internet browsing, e-mail and Short Messaging Service (SMS) or text messaging. The Neptune 1000 is a highly modular kiosk range that is suitable to indoor or semi-supervised locations. http://www.marconi.com
The Neptune 800 offers pay- per-use access to services such as Internet browsing, e-mail and Short Messaging Service (SMS) or text messaging. The Neptune 1000 is a highly modular kiosk range that is suitable to indoor or semi-supervised locations. http://www.marconi.com
Rocksteady Networks Raises $4 Million for QoS Software
Sunday, January 18, 2004
Start-ups
Rocksteady Networks, a start-up based in Austin, Texas closed a $4 million Series A funding round led by Centennial Ventures. Rocksteady Networks develops software that enables user specific dynamic bandwidth management, security enforcement and differentiated services at the edge of the network. http://www.rocksteady.com
Telekom Srbija Upgrades Network with Alcatel
Sunday, January 18, 2004
Service Providers
Telekom Srbija, Serbia's largest telecommunications operator, selected Alcatel to deploy an additional 500,000 telephone lines in its national network. The contract covers the deployment of next generation Alcatel 1000 voice switching systems in the regions of Belgrade, Novi Sad and Nis. http://www.alcatel.com
Texas Instruments Ships Industry's First DSP at 1 GHz
Sunday, January 18, 2004
Silicon
Texas Instruments announced shipment of the industry's first 1 GHz digital signal processor (DSP). The device, which leverages new 90 nm process technology, provides eight GigaMACs on 8-bit data for video and imaging applications or four GigaMACs on the 16-bit data common to speech and audio applications. TI said its new performance benchmark opens the way to applications ranging from adaptive antenna arrays to smart cars to artificial vision, while increasing the bandwidth and channel capacity of existing real- time applications, such as wireless base stations, IP-based video, high-speed broadband networking, medical diagnostics and radar. For example, a single 1 GHz device can process eight channels of MPEG-2 video transrating, real-time D1 (720x480) resolution or 55 channels of GSM Adaptive Multi Rate (AMR) speech coding in a wireless infrastructure application. http://www.ti.com
Quintum Names PSINet Executive as New President
Sunday, January 18, 2004
Start-ups
Quintum Technologies, a start-up based in Eatontown, New Jersey, named Kurt Baumann as its new president. Baumann previously served with PSInet and as a consultant at AT&T Information Systems, where he helped build one of the first TCP/IP intranets in the U.S. http://www.quintum.com
