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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