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| v8n243 |
21-Dec-2001 |
1. KDDI Launches GPS Navigation and ezmovie Mobile Services in Japan
2. Boingo Wireless Targets 802.11 Access Services
3. CableLabs Certifies 7 More DOCSIS 1.1 Modems
4. German DSL Provider Reaches Line Sharing Agreement with Deutsche Telekom
5. Spirent Enhances IPv6 Performance Analysis for SmartBits
6. NTT Develops HDTV over ATM Transmission Technology
7. KPNQwest Cites Progress in IP VPN Sales
8. Acterna Receives $75 Million Investment
9. Juniper Networks Cuts Q4 Forecast |
| v8n242 |
20-Dec-2001 |
1. AT&T Broadband to Merge with Comcast
2. SBC Proposes National Broadband Policy
3. JDS Uniphase to Acquire IBM Optical Transceiver Business
4. Reach to Acquire Level 3’s Asian Network at a Fraction of the Cost for Construction
5. Velocita Activates Second Route of its New Nationwide Fiber Network
6. Tiscali to Deploy Cisco MPLS for UK Network
7. Indian Power Utility Selects Juniper Routers for Ethernet Access Network
8. Con Edison and GiantLoop Partner on Enterprise Bandwidth Services
9. Agilent Introduces Voltage Controlled Oscillators for 40 Gbps Systems
10. Broadcom Expands its Line of SiByte Processors
11. PMC-Sierra and TSMC Collaborate on 0.13-micron Networking Chips
12. Shanghai Bell Chooses RADVISION's SIP, MGCP and MEGACO Toolkits
13. Seven Companies Bid for Taiwan 3G Licenses
14. EarthLink and Circuit City Announce Retail-Level Broadband Partnership
15. Com21 Awarded $7 Million Cable Equipment Contract in Holland
16. Riverstone Reports Revenue of $60M, up 8.7% over Previous Quarter |
| v8n241 |
19-Dec-2001 |
1. Chunghwa Telecom Selects SGI Servers for Major VOD Project in Taipei
2. Thomson and Alcatel Showcase TV-over-DSL
3. Verizon Details its Network Upgrade Expenditures in Florida this Year
4. Verizon Online to Provide DSL Customers with Self-Diagnostic Software
5. Sprint and Cisco Enter Strategic Marketing/Sales Alliance
6. Korea Telecom Selects Cisco for new Internet Data Centers
7. CopperMountain Upgrades its DSL Concentrator Line
8. ADC Adds Fast Ethernet Uplinks to its Avidia DSLAM
9. Vpacket Teams with CommWorks for Enterprise Converged Networking
10. IBM Uses Intersil's PRISM for Embedded Wireless PCI Card
11. Actiontec Releases 802.11a Card Priced at $149
12. Lucent Names Four More Strategic Suppliers: AVX, FCI, JDSU and TI
13. Sonus Opens Regional Office in Beijing, Hires Juniper Exec
14. Alpha and Conexant's Wireless Businesses to Merge |
| v8n240 |
18-Dec-2001 |
1. Level 3 Launches MPLS-based Ethernet Private Line Service in US and Europe
2. Telseon Launches National Channel Program for its Metro Ethernet
3. Marconi Sells Optical Components Business to Bookham Technology
4. Agere Announces 10 Gigabit Ethernet Serial Transceiver
5. PMC-Sierra and Xilinx Announce OC-192 Hardware Interoperability
6. China Netcom Selects Unisphere’s ERX Edge Router
7. Nortel Networks Names Greg Mumford as CTO
8. NEC FiberOptech Targets Optical Device Business in North America
9. Net2Phone Carries 341 million VoIP minutes, Continues Migration to Cable |
| v8n239 |
17-Dec-2001 |
1. Vitesse Readies its Latest Network Processor for Edge Applications
2. Vivendi to Invest $1.5 Billion in EchoStar, Combining Content and Satellite Delivery
3. Wherify Develops GPS Personal Locator Service with Satellite Aerial Images
4. Thomson to Acquire Grass Valley Group for Digital Broadcast Solutions
5. China Telecom to be Split into Two Regional Companies
Tutorial: MPLS Network Reliance and Recovery (part 4 in a series) |
| v8n238 |
14-Dec-2001 |
1. Vote on Tauzin-Dingell Broadband Legislation Delayed Until Next Year
2. Marconi Forms GMPLS Partnership with Pisa Research Centre
3. Foundry’s Core Router Delivers L2 VPNs using MPLS Draft Martini
4. Internet Photonics Targets Metro Optical Ethernet, Raises $31 Million
5. BellSouth to Outsource Full Range of Applications Software to Accenture
6. Qwest Cuts Earnings Guidance, CAPEX Plans for 2002
7. Covad Receives Bankruptcy Court Approval for Restructuring
8. Lucent Issues Profit Warning
9. CIENA Reports Quarterly Revenue of $368 Million, Sees Future Losses
10. Philips Semi Announces Delivery of More Than Three Million Bluetooth Units
11. TI Ships 1.5 Million Bluetooth Chips, Offers New Bluetooth Processor
12. SiGe Develops Power Amplifier for Dual-Mode Bluetooth and 802.11b
13. Pico Promotes Bluetooth LAN and Internet Access for Mobile Devices
14. Motorola Outlines its Third Generation Bluetooth Platform
15. Sunrise Telecom Announces DSL Troubleshooting Tools |
| v8n237 |
13-Dec-2001 |
1. EU Adopts Telecom Reform Initiatives
2. FCC to Examine Regulations for Incumbent Broadband Services, Loop Unbundling
3. BT Chooses Marconi For Largest Public Network Of Multimedia Terminals In Payphones
4. Marconi Celebrates 100 Year Anniversary of First Transatlantic Wireless Signal
5. Qwest to Upgrade Abilene Internet2 Capacity to 10 Gbps
6. Packeteer Adds its Bandwidth Shaping for MPLS
7. Mitsubishi Introduces 10 Gbps Lasers with 50 KM Reach
8. Acterna Introduces 10 Gbps Test Modules
9. NexVerse Secures $15 Million in Funding, Acquires ipVerse ControlSwitch
10. Storigen Systems Raises $15 Million for Distributed Storage
11. Netscreen Completes IPO, Up 48% from Offer Price
12. BT Selects Lucent Exec as New CEO |
| v8n236 |
12-Dec-2001 |
1. Microsoft Previews Corona Media Technologies for Broadband Users
2. Nielsen//NetRatings Puts US Broadband Residential Market at 21M Users, Up 90%
3. Nortel Enhances its Shasta 5000 for Symantec Network-based Security, BroadJump, XACCT
4. BroadJump Signs Online Gaming Partner
5. Cable & Wireless Upgrades Global IP Network to OC-192 Using MPLS
6. AT&T Launches Custom Security Service based on RSA Token Authentication
7. AT&T Adds Speech Recognition to its Dial-up Internet Service
8. Alidian Enhances its DWDM Platform with New ATM Functionality
9. Looking Glass Networks Deploys Sorrento’s DWDM
10. Bandwidth9 Reports High Yields of 1550nm and 1600nm Fixed Wavelength VCSELs
11. Cypress Unveils Parallel Optics Module for System Interconnects
12. Zarlink Launches High Capacity VoIP Processing Chips
13. TI Introduces Higher Density ADSL Chipset
14. DVD Chip Developers to Support Windows Media Format
15. Corning Acquires Siemens’ Share in Indonesian Fiber Maker |
| v8n235 |
11-Dec-2001 |
1. The Ethernet in the First Mile Alliance to Support IEEE 802.3ah Standards Effort
2. Cisco Positions Catalyst 4000 for Optical Ethernet in the First Mile (EFM) Services
3. Lattice to Acquire Agere’s FPGA Business for $250 Million
4. Marconi Awarded $80 Million Contract for Deep Fiber Deployment in Texas
5. ChinaNet Upgrades to 10 Gbps on Cisco 12000 Routers
6. China Mobile Selects Alcatel for Optical Backbone
7. PMC-Sierra Maps Gigabit Ethernet Frames in SONET/SDH
8. OPNET and NetScout Announce Integration of Net Management Systems
9. RouteScience Raises $30.5 million, Releases Second RouteControl Platform
10. Sandburst Closes $27.5 Million for 10 Gbps Chipset
11. Sabeus Photonics Raises $16 Million for Mode-Coupled Photonic Devices
12. Cavium Networks and AMCC Enter Security Partnership
13. Siemens ICN-U.S. Appoints Greg Langdon as CTO |
| v8n234 |
10-Dec-2001 |
1. Tauzin-Dingell Bill Expected to Reach House Floor this Week
2. New IEEE 802.16 Standard Targets Metro Area Broadband Wireless Networks
3. NTT Communications to Offer IPv6 ADSL Access Service
4. RealNetworks Adds Support for MPEG-4, Targets GPRS Media
5. Spirent Expands Routing Conformance Test Suites
6. Level3 to Acquire McLeodUSA’s Wholesale Dial-up Business (Splitrock)
7. Lockheed Martin Exits Global Telecom Business, Consolidates COMSAT
8. Aramiska Launches 2-Way Broadband Satellite Service in the UK using DVB-RCS
9. Earthlink to Acquire Bankrupt OmniSky and its 32,000 Wireless Data Subscribers
10. D-Link Introduces 802.11a Wireless Products
11. Bergana Secures $12 Million for its 802.11a and 802.16 Wireless Chips
Tutorial: Advanced MPLS Signaling, by Rick Gallaher, Global Knowledge |
| v8n233 |
07-Dec-2001 |
1. Verizon Readies Out of Region Metro Fiber Network to Compete with Qwest
2. Verizon Advances its Efforts to Put DSL Concentrators in Apartment Buildings
3. Vendors Form Service Availability Forum
4. US Department of Commerce Approves Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)
5. Zarlink Introduces DMT Transceiver Chip for VDSL Modems
6. Metalink Demonstrates VDSL Chipset
7. Ericsson to Provide Core Backbone for Inmarsat’s Global Area Network
8. SkyPilot Raises $24 Million for 802.11 Access Services
9. Philips Ships Six Million 802.11b Radio Chipsets
10. Avici and Williams Amend Procurement Agreement
11. NEC Eluminant Names Robert Richmond as CTO |
| v8n232 |
06-Dec-2001 |
1. Sigma Networks Completes First Phase of its Optical Network Rollout
2. OMNInet Tests Optical Access for High-Resolution 3D Visualization
3. Hitachi Supplies IPv6 Routers for Sweden’s Skanova
4. Taiwan’s Chunghwa Selects Alcatel for $110 Million SDH Network
5. Motorola Chosen for Broadband Residential Network in Moscow
6. Lucent Offers DNS Monitoring Software
7. KSARIA Raises $20 Million for Automated Optical Component Assembly
8. Paragon Networks Secures $12.5 Million for its Cell Site Backhaul Solutions
9. Cypress and SiGe Collaborate on Silicon Germanium Communication Chips
10. Agere Announces Further Layoffs
11. Kestrel Solutions Names Woodrow Cannon as CEO
12. WorldCom Closes Rhythms DSL Purchase for $31 Million, a 20% Discount |
| v8n231 |
05-Dec-2001 |
1. Communications Workers of America Endorses Tauzin-Dingell Broadband Bill
2. Second Annual Report for UK Online Highlights Plan for Broadband
3. Cisco Outlines its COMET Strategy for IP + Optical
4. Cisco Chosen as Primary Vendor for Europe’s 6NET Project, the largest IPv6 Network to Date
5. Lucent Enhances Stinger DSL Platform with High Density Trunk Aggregation
6. Equipe Unveils its ATM/MPLS Core Interworking Strategy
7. Sprint to Lease MFN's Fiber in Ten US Cities
8. Equant Reaches 445 Customers for its MPLS-based IP VPN
9. Level 3 to Expand its European Presence
10. LIGHTCONNECT Introduces Digital VOA Based on Diffractive MEMS
11. Sorrento Networks Introduces Entry-Level, CDWDM Optical Access Platform
12. NetTest Offers Media Gateway Controller Performance Testing
13. Sun Updates Software for Five 9’s Reliability on Netra Telecom Servers
14. Spirent and RADVISION Develop VoIP Test Solutions for SIP, MEGACO, MGCP and H.323
15. Intel Rolls Out First Chip in Line Specifically for Embedded Communications
16. AT&T Cancels Offers to Acquire @Home, Services Now Restored
17. Comcast and Cox Agree to Pay $160 Million Each to @Home for Continued Service |
| v8n230 |
04-Dec-2001 |
1. AT&T Updates Status Following Cable Modem Service Shutdown
2. XO Launches Inter-City Wavelength and Ethernet Services
3. McLeodUSA Plans Recapitalization to Retire 95% of its Bond Debt
4. Enron Broadband Services Files for Chapter 11
5. Global Crossing Tests IPv6 Service
6. Cisco Delivers Second Phase of IPv6 Functionality
7. Cisco Introduces New Mid-range Catalyst Switches for Layer 3/4 Services
8. Alloptic Unveils its Ethernet Passive Optical Network Platform
9. Lucent Introduces PacketStar 4500 Multiservice Media Gateway
10. Sockeye Networks Unveils GlobalRoute BGP Service
11. Centerpoint Provides its Zaffire DWDM to FLAG Telecom
12. Accton Ships 802.11a Wireless Products
13. Developers Target Wireless 1394 Connectivity
14. PMC-Sierra Ships ClassiPI Packet Classification Processor
15. PMC-Sierra Hires Agere Exec |
| v8n229 |
03-Dec-2001 |
1. Excite@Home Cuts Off Service to 764,000 AT&T Cable Modem Users
2. AT&T Broadband Moves to Migrate Cable Modem Customers
3. FCC Urged Bankruptcy Court to Consider Public Interest in Excite@Home Shutdown
4. ITU Agrees on Nine New and Revised Optical Standards
5. Tellabs to Acquire Ocular Networks for its Ethernet/SONET Crossconnect
6. Cable & Wireless Agrees to Acquire Exodus for $850 Million
7. NanoOpto Secures $16-million for Nano-scale Optical Components
8. Vitesse Announces Availability of 10GbE MAC Chip
9. Bandwidth9 Supplies Tunable Optics for Metro-Optix |
