E2O's Long Reach Transceiver Extends GigE over Single Mode Fiber to 120 Km

E2O Communications introduced an SFP long wavelength transceiver capable of supporting Gigabit Ethernet on a single mode fiber of up to 120 km with more than 30dB link budget. The technology leverages an uncooled 1550 nm DFB laser for the transmitter and an InGaAs APD for the receiver. A CWDM option for this product is also available. E2O long wavelength transceiver portfolio also includes SFF/SFP products for 10km, 25 km, 40 km and 80 km. http://www.e2oinc....

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Lightpointe Raises $17 Million for Free Space Optics

LightPointe, a start-up based in San Diego, raised $17 million in new funding for its optical wireless products based on free-space optics (FSO) technology. LightPointe currently sells its optical wireless products in more than 60 countries, with existing revenue split equally between global service providers and enterprise customers. The company said it has experienced strong market demand for its product despite the downturn in the overall telecom market. During 2003, LightPointe's sales grew at the fastest pace in China where Huawei markets...

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Hifn Completes $33 Million Private Placement

Hifn completed a private placement of approximately 2.2 million shares of common stock for aggregate proceeds of approximately $33 million with a group of institutional investors, including existing stockholders of Hifn. The company intends to apply the net proceeds for working capital and general corporate purposes, as well as for strategic purposes in connection with selected acquisitions that may be considered in the future to expand its product and service offerings. http://www.hifn....

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Navtel Offers Performance Benchmarking for VoIP

Navtel Communications introduced a performance benchmarking application for VoIP control, data and transport planes. Navtel's InterWatch can be used by network equipment manufacturers or service providers to measuring the scalability of a next generation converged network based on IP/MPLS standards. The latest InterWatch release is built around three major features.The first feature of release 5.3.2 for VoIP is the level of control plane performance and scalability available from one InterWatch system. Depending on the protocol, one InterWatch...

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Corning Sees Growth Opportunity in FTTP

Corning has identified three near-term growth initiatives as part of its strategy to improve profitability and invest in the company's future, said Wendell P. Weeks, Corning's president and COO. These are Fiber in the local access network or FTTP, emission control products for heavy-duty and light-duty diesel engines and the growing market for LCD glass. In the FTTP arena, Weeks believes the RBOCs' deployment of FTTP networks will present a two-phased market opportunity for Corning. "First, the RBOCs will pass homes, creating the basic infrastructure...

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Venture Firms Acquire BBN from Verizon

Two prominent venture capital firms will acquire the legendary BBN development labs from Verizon. General Catalyst Partners, a private equity firm based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Accel Partners, a venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, California, said the deal would allow BBN to continue its legacy of innovation and technology leadership. Financial terms were not disclosed.BBN was founded in 1948 by MIT professors Richard Bolt and Leo Beranek, along with Robert Newman, with a vision of starting a small, acoustical consulting firm. The...

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Turin Networks Reaches 75 Customer Milestone

Turin Networks, a start-up based in Petaluma, California recently reached the 75th customer milestone. The company said it is gaining momentum with Independent Operating Company (IOC) customers and other service providers due to its ability to provide SONET transport, multi-bandwidth management as well as Ethernet capabilities a compact, highly integrated system. http://www.turinnetworks.comTurin's Traverse platform integrates scalable OC-3 to OC-192 SONET transport, multi-ring bandwidth management, wideband and broadband DCS, and Ethernet over...

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Nextel Testing Flarion's FLASH-OFDM

Nextel Communications will trial a wireless broadband service in the Raleigh-Durham, N.C. market using Flarion Technologies' FLASH-OFDM technology. Participants in the trial will include employees from select Nextel enterprise customers, including Cisco Systems, Nortel Networks and IBM. The trial will offer average downlink speeds of up to 1.5 Mbps with burst rates of up to 3.0 Mbps.The announcement of this market trial follows recent news that Nextel is deploying WiDEN, which will increase its current packet data speed up to four times for the...

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Vonage Raises $40 Million in New Funding

Vonage closed a $40.0 million series C financing round led by 3i and co-led by Meritech Capital Partners, bringing total investment in the company over the past three months to $75 million. Vonage said it plans to use the new financing to accelerate the expansion of service both in the United States and abroad, including Canada, the UK, and Switzerland and to support the development of new offerings. Existing investors New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and Vonage senior management also participated in the round; bringing the capital raised to $103.0...

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SES AMERICOM Launches First of 2 Satellites for HD PRIME

SES AMERICOM successfully launched AMC-10, an all C-band satellite, that will operate from 135 degrees W.L., replacing its Satcom C-4 spacecraft. The just-launched AMC-10 is the first of two state-of-the-art satellites that will make up SES AMERICOM's HD PRIME neighborhood. The second satellite, AMC-11, is scheduled for launch in May and will reside at 131 degrees W.L., replacing Satcom C-3. The two A2100 spacecraft have been optimized for high definition channels. Each of the 24 transponders is supported by at least one 20 watt SSPA, delivering...

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