Alcatel 7750 Updates IP/MPLS Edge

Alcatel is rolling out a number of hardware and software enhancements to its Alcatel 7750 IP/MPLS edge routing platform, including a new hierarchical QoS model, greater scalability and support for VPLS, new traffic engineering capabilities, channelized DS3 and OC-12 interfaces, new CALEA capabilities, a new mid-range chassis, CWDM capabilities, and support for 1000BaseTX SFP. The Alcatel 7750 Service Router, which is based on technology acquired from TiMetra Networks a year ago, is carrier-class routing platform currently deployed by over 19 service...

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Spirent Rolls Out Enhanced Avalanche Test Platform

Spirent Communications announced a new version of its Avalanche platform featuring improved enterprise network testing tools. Avalanche 6.1 provides greater flexibility to develop custom load profile descriptions that match actual traffic. It also offers expanded security tests -- adding Evasive UDP, Land Attack, Ping of Death, Tear Drop and Unreachable Host to the 10 existing attacks available with Avalanche Enterprise Edition. In addition to the new attacks, an extensible API is now provided that can be used to script custom DDoS attacks. In...

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UTStarcom : China Telecom Adds One Million New Subscribers in Q1

UTStarcom announced a new contract valued at approximately $40 million with China Telecom to expand and optimize its IP-based PAS (Personal Access System) network in Jiangsu province. China Telecom's iPAS networks will be expanded in seven cities in the province. UTStarcom will also extend its mSwitch-based iPAS core network in two cities and the value-added services (VAS) platform for the entire province. UTStarcom claims more than 60% of the market share for both PAS handsets and infrastructure in Jiangsu province. The company said more...

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Adelphia Deploys Terayon's DOCSIS 2.0 CMTS

Adelphia Communications, the fifth largest cable television operator in the U.S., has deployed 200 Terayon DOCSIS 2.0 Cable Modem Termination Systems (CMTSs) to date. The equipment is being used to provide added bandwidth for faster upload and download speeds on Adelphia's Power Link and Power Link Premier cable modem services. Terayon said Adelphia is now accelerating deployments of the Terayon DOCSIS 2.0 end-to-end solution in several of its markets nationwide. Financial terms were not disclosed. Terayon was selected as one of Adelphia's primary...

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Cortina Raises $20 Million for Optimized ICs for Line Cards

Cortina Systems, a start-up based in Mountain View, California, raised $20 million in new venture funding for its analog and digital integrated circuits for the networking and communications equipment. Cortina's technology enables very high-speed analog and digital capabilities to be combined on the same CMOS device while meeting stringent SONET jitter requirements. The company is currently shipping chips that support multiple protocols, which include RPR and Ethernet MACs, SONET/SDH/Ethernet framers, and high speed SERDES, running at multiple...

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ClearSight Introduces 10 Gigabit Analyzer

ClearSight Networks, a start-up based in San Mateo, California, introduced its 10 Gigabit Analyzer, a combined hardware and software platform that supports monitoring, post-capture decode, testing and analysis. ClearSight said its test platform supports key multimedia oriented protocols and advanced initiatives, including VoIP and IPv6. Additionally, the Analyzer provides physical layer analysis and statistics at full line-rate capture with a 1GB buffer. List pricing for 10 Gigabit begins at $145,995. http://www.clearsightnet.comClearSight Networks...

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Vendors Test 10 GigE over Copper Interoperability

The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) completed the industry's first full-scale multi-vendor interoperability test of the newly ratified IEEE standard for 10 Gigabit Ethernet over copper (10GBASE-CX4). The event, which was held last month at the UNH-IOL, included products from: BitBlitz Communications, Broadcom, Cisco Systems, Fujitsu, LEONI High Speed Cables, Molex Connector, Mysticom Semiconductor, PMC-Sierra, Quake Technologies, Spirent Communications, and W.L. Gore. http://www.iol.unh.edu/consortiums/10gec/...

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Modulus Video Raises $8 Million for MPEG-4 Compression

Modulus Video, a start-up based in Sunnyvale, California, an $8.5 million Series A financing for its digital video solutions utilizing AVC compression, formerly called H.264 or MPEG-4.10. Modulus solutions include encoders and professional decoders/analyzers, for cable, satellite, telecom and broadcast networks. The funding was led by Trinity Ventures. The company also announced the appointment of Robert L. Wilson as CEO and Chairman. Wilson previously was president of the Broadcast Solutions Division at Pinnacle Systems. Before joining Pinnacle,...

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Netopia Offers Pocket-size DSL diagnostics tool

Netopia introduced a pocket-size diagnostics tool for DSL installation technicians. The small device uses a USB interface that directly connects to the technician's laptop eliminating the need for an external power source. A Web-based interface on the laptop provides the technician with information about the ADSL line and service, including: current line rate and maximum line rate, signal to noise ratio, percent of line usage, line attenuation, output power, modulation type, WAN status, error counters, unit software version and serial number,...

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Telution's OSS Adds VoIP Service Capabilities for MSOs

Telution announced new enhancements to its COMX Cable operations support software to help cable operators add voice (VoIP) to their service mix. Telution's COMX Cable platform, which is designed to complement a cable operator's existing cable subscriber management and billing systems. The company said new enhancements to its platform enable cable operators to better manage the intricacies of adding voice to their service portfolio and better manage complex triple play bundling and discounting, an essential capability for attracting and retaining...

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Telefonica Selects Juniper's E-series for Secure Broadband in Brazil

Telefonica has selected Juniper Networks' E-series edge routing platform to deliver a new VPN service over its DSL network in Brazil. Siemens is providing systems integration for the project. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.juniper.netIn December 2003, Juniper Networks announced that Telefónica de España is using the E-series platforms to deliver entertainment services across its broadband IP over ADSL network. Telefónica is developing an "Imagenio" service that is aimed at integrating the television and Internet worlds. Content...

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Intel Introduces Next Gen Processors for Phone and PDAs

Intel introduced a new family of processors designed for wireless broadband access in cell phones and PDAs. The Intel PXA27x processors, formerly code-named "Bulverde," will be offered in multiple configurations of clock speeds running from 312 up to 624 MHz, and with as much as 64 megabytes of stacked Intel StrataFlash memory. The new processors will be the first products to integrate the Intel Wireless MMX technology, providing additional performance for 3-D games and advanced video while improving battery-life. The new chip also utilizes...

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Chantry Raises $11 Million for Wireless Routing

Chantry Networks, a start-up based in Boston and, secured an additional $11 million in a Series B round of private equity financing for its routed wireless networking technology. The company offers a scalable IP-based WLAN routing solution for enterprises and service providers. Its design offers network virtualization features that enable differentiated provisioning and policing between different types of user groups, over one physical network. The round was led by Ventures West and included Flagship Ventures, Primaxis Technology Ventures and...

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Pedestal Boosts its Line-Powered DSLAM

Pedestal Networks is boosting its line-powered DSLAM to enable the small, environmentally hardened unit to deliver 3 Mbps ADSL at distances of up to 50,000 feet from a central office. Release 2 of Pedestal's Universal Broadband Server DSLAM also provides support for all standard ATM Quality of Service (QoS) classifications (CBR, VBR-rt, VBR-nrt, UBR, and UBR+). Each UBS line supports up to four Permanent Virtual Circuits (PVCs), enabling up to four different QoS contracts per line. Carriers can provision independent data streams offering different...

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