Cisco Upgrades Catalyst Portfolio

Cisco Systems rolled out more Than 20 new Catalyst switch offerings to address higher levels of security, availability, performance and investment protection. The additions to the Cisco Catalyst switch portfolio include Cisco Catalyst 6500 and 4500 Series supervisor engines with enhanced security, availability and integrated 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) and/or GbE uplinks, as well as the Cisco Catalyst 6500, 3750 and 3560 10/100/1000 Power Over Ethernet (PoE) products. Also announced were high availability (HA) offerings and the industry's first...

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EU Selects BT for Network Services

BT was awarded a framework contract for the provision of external network services to various EU institutions, including the European Commission, the European Parliament, the Secretariat of the Council of the European Union, among others. The total order value for the initial duration of the agreement (4 years) is estimated by the European Commission DG Informatics at approximately EUR 72 million, with a potential of four additional years, bringing the market volume to approximately EUR 162 million. http://www.btplc....

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BT to Offer Microsoft .NET-based Business Services

BT will implement a Microsoft .NET-based solution to offer e-mail, shared calendar and contacts, as well as other software applications, to smaller businesses. The first new service BT plans to launch is an enhanced e-mail service for smaller businesses based on Microsoft Hosted Exchange. The contract between the two companies is valued at approximately $7 million. The solution being deployed by BT comprises a suite of Microsoft .NET-based software and service packages. The project follows extensive trials by BT and Microsoft Consulting Services...

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Tellabs Closes AFC Merger, Announces Executive Team

Tellabs closed its $1.5 billion merger with AFC, creating a leading global supplier of access, transport and data solutions for telecom service providers worldwide. "The new Tellabs is a strategic telecom equipment supplier that will lead the industry's shift to reliable broadband services around the world," said Krish Prabhu, president and CEO of Tellabs. " The company also announced three new members of its executive team:Carl DeWilde joins Tellabs as executive vice president-access products, with global responsibility for developing access...

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Verizon to Sell its 20% Ownership Interest in TELUS

Verizon Communications plans to sell its 20.5% minority ownership interest in TELUS, the largest telecommunications company in Western Canada and the second largest in Canada. Verizon has engaged Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley and RBC Capital Markets as managing underwriters. http://www.verizon....

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AirTight Networks Launches Wi-Fi Firewall

AirTight Networks, a start-up based in Mountain View, California, announced the availability of a Wi-Fi firewall designed to automatically protect enterprise networks from wireless security threats. The SpectraGuard 2.0 product detects and protects against Wi-Fi security threats, including rogue access points (APs), misconfigured APs, client mis-association (clients connecting to a neighbor's Wi-Fi network), and ad-hoc networks (clients connecting to other clients on the network to create an unsecured Wi-Fi bridge). The product detects all RF...

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Terayon Appoints ex-Covad Exec as CFO

Terayon Communication Systems announced the appointment of Mark A. Richman as CFO. Most recently Richman served as executive vice president and CFO at Covad Communications Group, where he was part of the executive team brought in to lead the development and execution of the company's strategic vision post- restructuring. Richman joined Covad in 2001 from MainStreet Networks, where he was vice president and CFOhttp://www.terayon.c...

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D-Link Offers Intelligent AP with Administration Features

D-Link introduced an intelligent 802.11g access point that allows simultaneous management of up to eight adaptive access points as a single unified system allowing configuration information and administration policy to be automatically distributed and shared. D-Link said its AirPremier Access Point enables small and medium-sized businesses with limited budgets and minimal I.T. expertise to deploy and oversee self-managing wireless LANs with no additional administrative expenses. Advanced features include Power over Ethernet (PoE) for remote placements...

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SOFTBANK Expands Deployment of UTStarcom Optical Products

SOFTBANK is expanding its deployment of UTStarcom's NetRing 10000 STM-64 multiservice optical transport solution to build the operator's new nationwide fixed-line network. Japan Telecom, a unit of SOFTBANK, is using the new network to deliver high-speed broadband, voice and video services to its subscribers. The network ultimately will serve all of Japan, from Hokkaido in the north to Kyushu in the south. The expansion contract is valued at approximately $9 million. http://www.utstar.comUTStarcom also provides its IP-DSLAM and GEPON transport solutions...

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Zarlink Offers Digital Timing Chip for SONET/SDH Line Cards

Zarlink Semiconductor introduced a DPLL (digital phase locked loop) for optical line cards operating at rates up to OC-3/STM-1. The DPLL device addresses dense line card "real estate" constraints and may be used in combination with Zarlink's family of analog PLLs to provide an end-to-end timing and synchronization solution for higher-speed SONET/SDH networking equipment. http://www.zarlink....

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Voiceglo Integrates IM with VoIP

Voiceglo released a beta version of a "GloConnect" application that consolidates the four most popular instant messaging platform, enabling instant messenger (IM) users to text message, voice message and phone each other across platforms. The new GloConnect application uses Voiceglo's proprietary Web- and PC-based GloPhone platform to enhance on-line communications in four ways: GloConnect empowers users to message each other across platforms such as AOL's AIM, MSN's Messenger, Yahoo's Messenger and ICQ from the user's preferred messenger application....

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SunRocket Taps Sylantro for Residential VoIP

SunRocket, a start-up phone company based in Vienna, Virginia, is using Sylantro's consumer broadband voice solution and applications feature server as the foundation for a new residential Internet phone service offering. SunRocket's Signature Service leverages the Sylantro platform and development tools, along with technologies from Convedia, TeleGea and uReach, to deliver innovative features and enhanced control for Internet-based home phone services. SunRocket has differentiated its residential VoIP services using their unique service pricing...

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CommASIC Samples Energy-efficient 802.11a/b/g Chips

CommASIC, a start-up based in San Diego, introduced its line of energy-efficient 802.11a/b/g baseband processors designed specifically for VOIP handsets, wireless PDAs, digital cameras and other high volume portable consumer applications. The company said its processors set a new industry benchmark for power consumption, drawing only 50 mA during active receive mode at 54 Mbps. Samples of both chips have been beta tested with several key Asian OEM/ODMs. http://www.CommASIC....

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Ericsson Selected by NEC As Supplier for 3G Platforms

NEC Corporation has selected Ericsson Mobile Platforms for use in the launch of their next generation global WCDMA/GPRS handsets. The first products to be made available within the 1st half of FY2005 (April 2005 - September 2005), will be based on the Ericsson U100 platform. http://www.ericsson....

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Lucent Unveils its High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA)

Lucent Technologies unveiled its high-speed downlink packet access (HSDPA) solution, a software upgrade to Lucent base stations for enabling 3G UMTS services .Lucent's end-to-end solution currently supports data speeds of up to 3.6 Mbps. Future upgrades of HSDPA will provide theoretical maximum peak data speeds of up to 14.4 Mbps. The technology also allows operators to maximize available spectrum. For example, the HSDPA will enable operators to support up to six times more users than UMTS in the same spectrum - at substantially higher average...

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United Telephone Deploys IP Triple-Play with GPON

United Telephone Company of Chapel Hill, Tennessee, has selected Optical Solutions FiberPath gigabit Ethernet PON for a triple play deployment. United is an independent telco with 16,000 access lines. The carrier will deploy FiberPath in four new subdivisions, passing more than two thousand homes. The service line-up includes IPTV, data speeds up to 50 Mbps, and multiple voice lines. Optical Solutions noted that United Telephone is its 24th IPTV customer. http://www.opticalsolutions....

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mPhase Supplies BB Loop Surveillance System for Saudi Arabia

mPhase Technologies will supply its recently released, automated network access product, Broadband Loop Watch, for the Lucent Technologies International's Saudi Arabia Telecom deployment. The Broadband Loop Watch System enables computer-controlled batch testing and maintenance procedures, thus allowing broadband network providers the ability to isolate network problems before they affect their customers. The system supports ADSL. ADSL2+, and SDSL networks. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.mPhaseTech....

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Juniper Adds VP of Channels

Juniper Networks named Donna Grothjan to the position of vice president of channels. Prior to joining Juniper Networks, Grothjan was with Ingram Micro - a leading IT distributor - where she most recently served as senior vice president of Product Management, North America. http://www.juniper....

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Cingular Wireless Announces 3G Plans

Cingular Wireless announced its plans to deploy 3G UMTS with HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) networks in a number of major urban and suburban markets across the U.S. beginning in 2005. The company expects to offer 3G in most major markets by the end of 2006. The upgraded network will offer average data speeds between 400-700 kbps, bursting to several Mbps. Currently, Cingular's EDGE nationwide wireless data network supports average data speeds up to 135 kbps. In the near future, UMTS devices will be backward compatible with EDGE. Cingular's...

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