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January 2002

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v9n018 31-January-2002 1. UTFORS Selects Riverstone Routers for Metro Ethernet 
2. Electric Lightwave Selects Juniper for Metro Networks 
3. Turin Networks Raises $50 Million for its Ethernet + SONET Platform 
4. Lightscape Networks Notes Customer Shipment for its Metro Optical Platform 
5. Level 3 Announces New Dial-up Agreement with SBC Internet Services 
6. Hurricane Electric Upgrades its IPv6 Tunnel Broker 
7. SBC to Deploy BroadJump’s Resolution Suite for DSL Customer Support 
8. WiFi Metro Launches 802.11b Service in SF Bay Area 
9. USA Today: Security-conscious groups ban Wi-Fi 
10. Siemens to Appoint New Head for its US Telecom Unit 
11. BroadSoft Closes $19.5 million for its Advanced Voice Applications 
12. Avian Communications Names ex-Nortel Exec as CEO 
v9n017 30-January-2002 1. Lucent Ships its LambdaUnite Multiservice Switch 
2. Nortel Networks Extends its Optical Ethernet Focus 
3. Cisco Enhances its Catalyst 4000 with Layer 2/3/4 Policy Control 
4. Infineon Develops RPR Devices, Licenses Cisco’s SRP Technology 
5. Velocita Lights Third Route in its New Nationwide Backbone 
6. Alcatel Microelectronics Licenses Paradyne's ReachDSL 
7. Paradyne Reports Strong Q4, Ahead of Expectations 
8. Corvis to Acquire Dorsal Networks for $90 Million 
9. BellSouth Tests JetStream’s VoDSL 
10. Western Multiplex Offers Unlicensed OC-3 Wireless System 
11. Qwest Q4 Results: Optical Down, Wireless and DSL Up, Further CapEx Cuts 
v9n016 29-January-2002 1. Global Crossing Files for Bankruptcy 
2. Alcatel Outlines its Passive Optical Networking (PON) Strategy 
3. Unisphere Networks Unveils Multi-Service Edge Router 
4. NetPlane Ships OSPF High-Availability Routing Software 
5. IEEE Working Group Reaches Consensus on RPR Specification 
6. Equant Approaches 500 Customer Milestone for its MPLS-based VPN Service 
7. BellSouth Introduces Enterprise Data Backup Service over Gigabit Ethernet 
8. BellSouth to Offer Healthcare Telecom Integration Services 
9. Verizon Offers Enterprise VoIP Services 
10. Verizon Wireless Launches Mobile Packet Services 
11. NetTest Adds SIGTRAN Testing Solutions 
12. Intersil Announces IEEE 802.11g (54 Mbps) Wireless LAN Chip 
13. Cisco and IBM Collaborate on Unified Messaging for Enterprises 
14. Funk Software Acquires Trilogy for its IPSec Software Aimed at WLANs 
15. Vernier Enhances its Wireless LAN Security 
16. Foundry Enhances BigIron Layer 3 Switches for Metro Ethernet
v9n015 28-January-2002 1. CEOs Push for National Broadband Policy 
2. UK Regulator Orders BT to Cut Charges for Loop Unbundling 
3. Tekelec Forms Packet Telephony Alliances with Telica and Broadsoft 
4. Funk Software Announces 802.1x Security Solution for Wireless LANs 
5. Mapletree Networks to Supply Voice/Data Module for Alcatel’s Litespan DLC 
6. Picolight and Emcore Sign MSA for Compatible Parallel Optics Modules 
Tutorial: MPLS Traffic Engineering 
v9n014 25-January-2002 1. SBC Reports Slower DSL Growth, Increased Data Revenues 
2. BellSouth Signs $2.4 Billion in Wholesale Services
3. China Telecom Activates 10 Gbps Optical Backbone with Nortel Networks 
4. Compaq to Bundle Earthlink DSL Service in the US 
5. Acterna Debuts Optical Spectrum Analyzer for C and L Bands 
6. KPNQwest Builds 20-Site IP-VPN for Andritz 
7. Marvell Introduces All-CMOS 802.11b Baseband and RF Chipset 
8. Broadcom Announces Two-chip All-CMOS 802.11b Solution
9. 3Com Expands Wireless LAN Portfolio 
10. PMC-Sierra Reports Q4 Revenue of $47.2 Million, Down 23% from Q3 
v9n013 24-January-2002 1. SUPERnet: Service Provider Expectations for Future Networks 
2. FCC Commissioner Kevin Martin Pushes for Regulatory Change 
3. AT&T Debuts Two Global VPN Services based on MPLS and IPSec 
4. AT&T Expands High Availability And Security Services 
5. ADC to Provide Integration for Packet Light’s Metro Optical Platform 
6. TELUS Selects Alcatel ADSL for Network Buildout 
7. Nokia Announces Multiservice Broadband Access Platform 
8. VINA Wins Contract from BellSouth for Access Devices 
9. Alcatel to Resell Netopia's IAD for Voice Over Broadband 
10. Convergent Networks Completes OSMINE Process 
11. Catena Networks Raises $75 Million for Converged Access Architecture 
12. Big Bear Raises $40 Million for its “Photronic” Signal Processing 
13. Broadcom Reports Q4 Revenue of $226.8 Million, Up 6.2% over Q3 
14. Agere Systems Reports Quarterly Revenue of $537 Million, Down 10% Sequentially
v9n012 23-January-2002 1. Alcatel to Acquire Astral Point for its SONET Metro Optical Platform 
2. Turin Networks Unveils its Optical Edge Platform for Ethernet + SONET 
3. Sycamore Adds Metro Product to Optical Switch Portfolio 
4. Agilent Releases Real-Time, End to End Optical Network Analysis OSS 
5. Spirent Offers Integrated Voice Quality Testing for Packet-Based Equipment 
6. Spirent Upgrades Cable Modem Testing Product 
7. Williams Communications Deploys Narus’ Usage-Based Billing for IP 
8. Network Instruments and Cisco to Develop WLAN Analysis Tools 
9. France Telecom Wanadoo Reaches 545,000 Broadband Users 
10. Earthlink Reports $327 Million in Q4 Revenues, Growth in Broadband Subscribers 
11. Lucent Reports Quarterly Results, Predicts Revenue Growth 
12. AMCC Reports Q4 Revenue of $40.2 million, Down 72% from Prior Year 
13. Vitesse Reports Q4 Revenue of $39.1 million, Down 76% From Prior Year 
v9n011 22-January-2002 1. Laurel Networks Introduces Multiservice-over-MPLS Provisioning System 
2. FCC Proposes $6 Million Fine Against SBC 
3. McLeodUSA Sells its Directory Business for $600 Million 
4. Alcatel Launches Multi-layer Ethernet Switch 
5. Alcatel Enhances Its Optical Transmission with Digital Matrix Crossconnect Chip 
6. AMCC Debuts Terabit Class Switch Fabric 
7. Zarlink Announces PLL SONET/SDH Chip 
8. HyperChip Closes US$43.4 Million for its Petabit Router 
9. Taqua Attracts $18.5 Million in New Funding, Announces Customers 
10. Alacritech Secures $13 million for Network Accelerators 
11. S(2)IO Raises US$8.7 Million for 10 Gbps Storage I/O 
v9n010 18-January-2002 1. Deutsche Telekom Reports 2.2 Million DSL Sales, ISDN Continues to Rise 
2. ATM and MPLS Forums to Collaborate on Interworking Standards 
3. Williams Communications Launches International ATM and Frame Relay Services 
4. AT&T Broadband Offers Linksys Home Networking Kits to its Users 
5. Cisco Announces IP+Optical Contracts in China 
6. Proxim and Western Multiplex to Merge 
7. Amphion Develops Dual Mode 802.11a and HiperLAN2 PHY Cores 
8. FCC Moves Forward with Reorganization 
9. Nortel Networks Reports Quarterly Revenue of US$3.46 Billion 
10. Bankruptcy Court Approves Sale of Exodus to Cable & Wireless 
v9n009 17-January-2002 1. CableLabs Completes DOCSIS 2.0 Specs 
2. US Supreme Court Ruling on Utility Poles Favors Cable Companies 
3. Level 3 Signs Network Services Agreements with Cox 
4. TeleGlobe and China Telecom Agree to MPLS-VPN Interconnections 
5. Caspian Networks Sees Continued Growth in Internet Traffic 
6. Telseon Raises $20 Million in New Financing, Expects Profitability in 2003 
7. Global Crossing Provides Worldwide ATM Network to Jabil Circuit 
8. Alcatel Announces High Density DSLAM Enhancements 
9. Spirent Delivers OIF UNI Emulation to Test Optical Signaling 
10. Lucent Increases Call Capacity for Cable Telephony 
11. Lucent and Qualcomm Test 3G UMTS Calls 
12. Oki Semiconductor Releases 10 Gbps Optical Receiver 
13. Oplink Delivers Its First Acousto-Optic Tunable Filter 
14. Metro-Optix Names Dave Orr as New CEO 
15. XO Reaches Agreement With Forstmann Little and Telmex 
16. Yahoo! Reports Customer and Traffic Metrics
v9n008 16-January-2002 1. Tech Net Calls for 100 Million US Broadband Connections at 100 Mbps by 2010 
2. Looking Glass Activates Nine Metro Networks with Cisco Gear 
3. Vendors Form 40G Collaborative Alliance 
4. Flarion Establishes Flash OFDM Alliance 
5. Riverstone Reports 2,000 Metro MPLS Ports Deployed 
6. Corvis and Clear Partner on Optical Network Management Solutions 
7. GiGX Communications Selects ADVA’s FSP 3000 
8. ANDA Networks Tunes its Access Platform for Apartment Buildings 
9. Tektronix Awarded Patent for Optical Communications Test Technology 
10. Sprint Offers SLAs for its Business DSL Services 
11. Microsoft Claims 7.7 million MSN Subscribers, Tops AOL Growth Rate 
12. Trillium Photonics Secures $29 Million for Intelligent Optical Amplifiers 
13. LaserComm Raises $21 Million for Chromatic Dispersion Devices 
14. Maximum Throughput Raises $7 Million for NAS Software 
15. Marconi Says Outlook Remains Difficult, Plans 4,000 Further Job Cuts 
16. Juniper Reports Q4 Revenue of $151M, Down 25% from Q3
v9n007 15-January-2002 1. SBC Continues Drive for Regulatory Changes 
2. Aleron Debuts its All-MPLS IP Backbone 
3. Foundry Networks Introduces Enterprise Layer 2/3 Modular Switches 
4. Foundry Networks’ Latest ASICs Offer Monitoring and Accounting Capabilities 
5. Telica Secures $60 Million for its Voice Packet Switches 
6. Telia International Carrier completes US Viking Network with Lucent 
7. Magis Networks Signs 802.11a Agreement with Motorola Broadband 
8. Unisphere Develops its Second-Generation Edge-Optimized ASICs 
9. Octillion Targets 10 Gbps Transceivers Built with 0.13 Micron CMOS 
10. Litchfield Secures $10 Million for MultiService Silicon Designs 
v9n006 14-January-2002 1. Path 1 Announces VOD Multiplexers for IP Video 
2. Samsung Develops ADSL Core Chipsets 
3. Samsung Licenses Ericsson’s 2G and 3G Patent Portfolio 
4. Study Estimates One Billion SMS Text Messages Sent per Day 
5. NTT DoCoMo Offers Java-based Billing Info for i-Mode 
6. Global Communication Semiconductors Secures $17.5 Million 
7. Z-force Targets Storage Networking with File-Switch 
8. MeshNetworks Receives Experimental License for its 802.11 P2P Access Networks 
v9n005 11-January-2002 1. Cox Deploys Sorrento Networks' Metro and Regional DWDM 
2. Global Crossing Releases Free IP Addressing Software Tool 
3. Sprint to Launch Mobile Data Services at 144Kbps this Summer 
4. Singapore’s DenseLight Raises US$30 Million for InP Technology 
5. Asia Global Crossing Lands in Singapore 
6. Cirrus Logic Carries Multiple High-Quality Video Streams over 802.11b 
7. Cirrus Logic to Supply its Whitecap 802.11b Technology to Motorola 
8. Verizon to Build FTTH Network in Virginia 
9. Marconi to Sell Data Systems subsidiary for $400 Million 
10. USAF Ready to Launch Milstar II Communications Satellite 
11. COMSAT Introduces Mobile Packet Data Service 
v9n004 10-January-2002 1. Verizon Releases Key Operating Results for 2001 
2. AT&T Latin America Secures $298 Million in Vendor Financing 
3. MFN Supplies Fiber to RealNetworks 
4. CableLabs Publishes OpenCable Application Spec for Set-tops 
5. China Unicom to Deploy Nortel Networks’ Long Haul Optical Line Systems 
6. Kodak’s Appairent Technologies Targets Wireless Communications 
7. Tahoe Networks Adds $10 Million in Funding, Builds Executive Team 
8. Proximion Samples its Optical Layer Monitoring Products 
9. Nortel Networks Expands OEM Presence for Optical Components 
10. Palm to Use Broadcom’s Bluetooth Transceivers 
11. Verizon Offers 30-Day Business DSL Installation Guarantee 
12. DIRECWAY Reaches 100K Broadband Satellite Subscribers 
13. Avaya Cuts Q1 Revenue Forecast 
v9n003 09-January-2002 1. Cypress Acquires Silicon Packets for OC-192 and 10 Gbps Ethernet Silicon 
2. Quake Samples 10 Gbps Ethernet Chip, Priced at $500 
3. NTT Activates All-Switched Intelligent Optical Network with Sycamore 
4. China Netcom Chooses Sonus Networks for Packet Voice Buildout 
5. Bell Canada to Trial Nortel Networks VoIP 
6. BrightLink Tests its Optical Grooming Switch System 
7. Celiant Acquires Fujant for its Power Amplifiers 
8. Primarion Secures $47 Million for Power and Optical Processors 
9. Zarlink Introduces RF Chipset for Cable Set Top Boxes 
10. DIRECTV Ends 2001 with 10.7 Million Subscribers 
v9n002 08-January-2002 1. Korea's PowerComm Selects Riverstone for Metro Ethernet 
2. Telseon Introduces Point-to-Multipoint Ethernet Service for Remote Backup And Restore 
3. Telia International Carrier Selects Lightscape Metro DWDM 
4. Alcatel DWDM Carries 125 wavelengths at 40 Gbps 
5. Cox Selects Cisco for New National IP Backbone 
6. Moxi Digital (Rearden Steel) Unveils Plans for a Networked Home Media Center 
7. StarBand Ends 2001 with 40,000 Satellite Broadband Subscribers 
8. Inari to Supply its Powerline ICs to Mitsubishi 
9. Actel Develops 1-Million Gate, Single-Chip Flash FPGA 
10. EZChip Samples its 10Gbps/OC-192 7 Layer Network Processor 
11. Gluon Networks Raises $50 Million for Converged Switching Platform 
12. AmberWave Secures $25 Million for Silicon Process Innovations 
13. Voltaire Secures $13.2 Million for its TCP/IP to InfiniBand Router 
14. Lucent Names Patricia Russo as CEO 
15. Convergent Networks Names Surya Panditi as CEO 
16. Qwest’s Joseph Nacchio to Head FCC’s Network Reliability and Interoperability Council
v9n001 07-January-2002 1. BellSouth DSL Reaches 620,500 Customers, 8,600 Remote Terminals 
2. France Telecom Selects Alcatel and Lucent for ADSL Equipment 
3. AT&T to Take $1 Billion Restructuring Charge, Plans Additional Layoffs 
4. McLeodUSA Misses Scheduled Interest Payments 
5. FCC Transfers Additional Spectrum For New Wireless Services 
6. TI Showcases 1394b for Home Entertainment Networks 
7. Lucent Sells 80% Stake in its New Ventures Group to Coller Capital 
8. Covad Purchases Bankrupt ISP 
9. SBC Acquires 3% Stake in Yahoo! From SOFTBANK 
10. OPNET Acquires Optical Network Design Firm, Expands Internationally 
11. Deshpande Donates $20 Million to M.I.T. for Research Center 
12. Avaya Names Michael Thurk to Lead Converged Business 
13. Verizon Certifies 5 Test Labs for Ensuring NEBS Compliance 
Guest Column: New Silicon Technologies Drive Next-Generation Switching & Routing

 

 

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