Bay Microsystems Wins 40 Gbps Federal Contract

Bay Microsystems was awarded a follow-on contract with the U.S. federal government to provide 40 Gbps technology used in the government's global mission-critical secure broadband network. Bay has been delivering full-line rate 10 Gbps system solutions to the U.S. Government for more than two years and is continuing its Advanced Network Projects for device technology and network element development. This new business is expected to generate several times more revenue than the previous multi-million dollar contract announced last year.Chuck Gershman,...

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Optical Internetworking Forum Conducts Global Interoperability Event

The Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) confirmed the participation of 13 leading equipment vendors in its second OIF Worldwide Interoperability Demonstration. This year's optical interoperability event began last month at seven carrier host locations. Preliminary testing of a wide spectrum of devices includes routers, multi-service provisioning platforms, SONET/SDH cross-connects, optical switches, optical add-drop multiplexers (OADMs) and reconfigurable...

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Toshiba's Triple-layer HD DVD-ROM Offers 45 GB

Toshiba is developing a triple-layer HD DVD-ROM with a data capacity of 45 gigabytes, 50% more than the 30-gigabyte dual-layer HD DVD-ROM disc already announced. A single disc could record up to twelve hours of high-definition movies.Toshiba also announced a double-sided, dual-layer hybrid ROM disc comprised of dual-layer HD DVD-ROM side and dual-layer DVD-ROM side. The hybrid disc can store 30GB of high-definition content on the HD DVD-ROM side and 8.5GB of standard-definition content on the DVD-ROM dual layer side. Memory-Tech Corporation, Japan's...

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Tiscali Italia Deploys Nortel's Metro Optical

Tiscali Italia has completed an extensive deployment of metro optical networking gear from Nortel across Italy. The first phase deployment, covering more than 300 Italian cities, began in October 2004 and is now complete. The second phase deployment is expected to be complete in 2006. The optical network aggregates the IP-DSLAMs that are being used over unbundled local loops to deliver ADSL2-based services to consumers and businesses. Key components of the new optical network deployed by Tiscali include Nortel's Optical Metro 5000 series and Optical...

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Yahoo! Launches its Music Subscription Service

Yahoo! announced the beta availability of its new music subscription service. The company will charge 4$.99 per month for an annual subscription, or $6.99 on a monthly basis, to allow consumers to play tunes from a catalog of more than one million songs, transfer tracks to portable devices, as well as share music with friends through Yahoo! Messenger. Users can also download, purchase and permanently own songs for $0.99 per track. Yahoo! Music Unlimited uses the WMA format and Windows Media Digital Rights Management 10 (WM DRM 10).http://musi...

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CyOptics Raises $24 Million, Closes TriQuint Acquisition

CyOptics, a supplier of optical chips and components, raised an additional $24 million in equity and debt financing in its Series F funding round. Major equity participants in the latest round include JVP (Jerusalem Venture Partners), Sprout Group, TowerBrook Capital Partners (formerly Soros Private Equity Partners), and EURfund. This announcement comes just eight months after CyOptics closed its Series E round, which totaled $10.3 million. CyOptics also announced the closure of its acquisition of TriQuint's optoelectronics operations in Pennsylvania...

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Swisscom Selects Cisco CRS-1 Carrier Routing System

Swisscom will deploy Cisco Systems' CRS-1 carrier routing systems Cisco IOS(XR software at all core and aggregation PoPs throughout Switzerland interconnected by 10 Gigabit Ethernet WAN links. The new core network will support Swisscom's launch of triple-play services in 2005. Swisscom aims to achieve an eight-times increase in traffic handling capacity to create a platform capable of handling both fixed and mobile services in the future, as well as scaling to meet the company's growth targets over the next five years. "Even if future services...

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Fiberlink to Integrate Skype into Enterprise Mobile Access Software

Fiberlink Communications plans to bundle Skype's telephony with its Extend360 mobile access software and offer it as a value-added service to its enterprise customers. In addition to this new service offering, Extend360 will ensure higher levels of security during Skype peer-to-peer transactions, protecting against security threats. Fiberlink offers trusted and secure mobile solutions for enterprise users seeking access to network-based resources from anywhere in the world. http://www.fiberlink.com http://www.skype....

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Zetera Outlines Vision for Personal Network Drives

Zetera, a start-up based in Irvine, California, outlined its vision for "Personal Network Drives" that will be needed in home multimedia networks to meet the storage needs of the digital lifestyle. As the digital revolution continues, Zetera believes storage will take center stage. With a single MP3-encoded song occupying about 4 Megabytes (MB) and a typical DVD-video occupying almost 5 Gigabytes (GB), consumers require more storage than ever. High definition (HD) video will stretch the envelope much further. Zetera's vision of the Personal Network...

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BroadLight Signs Asian Distributors for PON

BroadLight announced an extensive network of distributors in China, India, Japan, Korea, Singapore and Taiwan for its PON solutions. The companies that have been selected include Cytech Technology Ltd. in China, Rikei in Japan, ILDO Technology in Korea, EDOM Technology Co., Ltd. in Taiwan and Maxmega Electronics Pte., Ltd in Singapore and India. "The PON market in Asia is expected to grow dramatically over the next few years as fiber becomes the broadband technology of choice," said Andy Vought, CEO of BroadLight. "http://www.broadlight.comHuawei...

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Occam Rolls Out ADSL2Plus Features, Bonding Supports 48 Mbps Downstream Rates

Occam Networks enhanced its BLC 6000 System with a software upgrade that adds support for several new ADSL2Plus features, including bonding, Annex M, Annex L and Seamless Rate Adaptation (SRA). The new ADSL2Plus software features are based on the Broadcom BladeRunner chipset and include the following: ADSL2Plus bonding: Bonding provides the ability to bond or combine two ADSL2Plus channels to deliver a single high-speed data stream over a DSL line. This data stream provides an aggregate data rate of more than 48 Mbps. Bonding increases the number...

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Boingo Signs Roaming Deal with Connexion by Boeing

Boingo has signed a Wi-Fi roaming agreement with Connexion by Boeing that provides access on all of the flights equipped with the company's high-speed Internet and data service. Boingo now provides roaming access more than 17,000 hot spots at restaurants, hotels and airports as well as an expanding number of international -- and soon U.S. domestic -- flights.http://www.boingo.com/http://www.connexionbyboeing.com/...

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Philips' Nexperia ICs to Support Windows Media and DRM

Philips plans to support Microsoft Windows Media Audio and Video and Windows Media Digital Rights Management 10 (DRM) technology in its Nexperia family of multimedia semiconductors for use in digital media receivers, personal video recorders, portable audio players, IP set-top boxes and video phones. Support of Windows Media in Nexperia solutions for in-car entertainment as well as next-generation digital TV systems will follow later in the year. In addition, Philips will add Windows Media to currently supported formats in its Mobile Infotainment...

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Seagate Forecasts Demand from "Terabyte Lifestyle"

Seagate Technology, which claims the leading market share position among hard disc drive manufacturers in key market segments, issued a report predicting increased shipments to satisfy the demands of the "Terabyte" Lifestyle. The disc drive industry is projected to exceed $30 billion and 550 million units annually by 2008, according to Gartner Research, up from $21.4 billion in 2004. Seagate alone is shipping almost 10 million more drives per quarter than it did just two years ago. Seagate has driven product innovation and reliability to new heights....

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NextiraOne Launches Enterprise VoIP Security Practice

NextiraOne, a provider of enterprise network integration services, is launching an IP telephony information security practice. The practice will address end-to-end security needs for converged networks through education, consulting and managed security services. The initial launch will include two distinct security education courses targeted at key technology stakeholders within the client organization. Future service offerings will be centered on security planning and design, vulnerability assessment and management, and compliance testing.htt...

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Russia's Sistema Launches Video over DSL

Sistema, the largest private sector consumer services company in Russia and the CIS, has deployed an end-to-end video solution from Alcatel for the delivery of triple play services over its ADSL network. In addition to equipment, Alcatel provided integration, customization and installation services. Financial terms were not disclosed. Starting this month, Sistema is launching "Stream TV", providing access to more than 80 local and international digital TV channels, including the company's own channels ("Drive", "Health", "Hunting and Fishing")...

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Iceland Telecom Selects Alcatel Access for IPTV

Iceland Telecom awarded a contract to Alcatel to upgrade its broadband access network to cope with increased demand for Triple Play services, including IPTV. Iceland Telecom has signed thousands of subscribers for IPTV since announcing the service four months ago. The contract covers deployment of the Alcatel 7302 Intelligent Services Access Manager (ISAM) and the Alcatel 5530 Network Analyzer, an advanced diagnostic software tool designed to analyze the DSL network conditions to ensure the successful deployment of value-added broadband services....

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