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April 2002

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v9n079 30-April-2002 1. CANARIE Outlines Plans for Canada’s Next Gen Research Network 
2. Cable & Wireless Enhances Service Level Agreements for Dedicated Internet Access 
3. BellSouth Offers Subscription-based Security Scanning Service 
4. EMC Introduces Content-addressed Storage 
5. Ethernet in the First Mile Alliance Cites Momentum 
6. Nortel Debuts New BayStack Ethernet Switches for Enterprises 
7. NetTest Introduces Automated Test Suites for VoIP 
8. Telseon Adds 2,200 Buildings to its Network 
9. Bluesocket Raises $16 Million for WLAN Solutions 
10. Intel Develops Ethernet MACs with Dynamic Phase Alignment 
11. Solidum Introduces OC-48 Content Classification Processors 
12. Funk Ships 802.1X Security for Wireless LANs 
13. GlobespanVirata Reports Q1 Revenue of $86.6 Million 
v9n078 29-April-2002 1. NTT Com to Launch Hundreds of 802.11a/b Hotspots 
2. Japan Telecom Deploys Riverstone Routers 
3. Motorola Introduces C-Port Network Processors for Access Equipment 
4. SBC’s Whitacre Says Focus Remains on Managing Operating Expenses 
5. BT offers “No-Frills” ADSL Access with MicroPayments for Additional Broadband Content 
6. Jedai Releases its GigE Access Switch/Router 
7. SMC Introduces DOCSIS 1.1 USB Cable Modem 
v9n077 26-April-2002 1. NGN Ventures: Next Generation Routers 
2. NGN Ventures: Voice, Leveraging the Broadband Infrastructure 
3. NGN Ventures: Data Center Networking – Carrier Class Content Services 
4. NGN Ventures: Operation Support Systems (OSS) Tools 
5. Riverstone Offers ATM PVC Tunneling for Metro MPLS VLANs 
6. Mitel Networks and Data Connection Partner on SIP Solutions 
7. AT&T Reports Q1 Revenue of $12.02 Billion, Leading Revenue Trends 
8. WorldCom Records Q1 Revenue of $5.1 Billion, Declines in Data, Internet and Voice Revenue 
9. France Telecom Reaches Nearly 700,000 broadband subscribers across Europe 
10. Alcatel Reports Q1 in Line with Expectations, 1.9 million DSL Sold in Q1 
11. Sales at Alcatel Optronics Fall 78% Compared to Q1 Last Year 
12. Marconi Reports Quarterly Results 
13. Enterasys to Resell Tut Systems’ VDSL Products 
14. Corning’s Chairman Believes Industry Has Hit Bottom, Slow Recovery Foreseen 
15. France Telecom Upgrades Undersea Link with Corvis WDM 
16. D-Link Announces Integrated 802.11a/b Access Point for $499 
17. Asia Global Crossing and Marubeni Announce Restructuring 
v9n076 25-April-2002 1. NGN Ventures: First Mile Solutions 
2. NGN Ventures: Emerging Metro Optical Architectures 
3. NGN Ventures: Metro Ethernet 
4. Lucent Offers Enhancements for Core Multiservice Switches 
5. Spirent Debuts Scalable Test System For 10GbE LAN And Metro Networks 
6. Cisco and Cable & Wireless Announce Strategic Relationship 
7. Airpath Wireless Announces Hot-Spot-In-A-Box 
8. Clark McLeod Steps Down, New Management Takes over at McLeodUSA 
9. AOL Ends Q1 with 34.6 million Subscribers, Up by 1.4 Million 
10. BellSouth Launches Metro Ethernet Service in North Carolina and Florida 
11. BCE to Drop Funding of Teleglobe, Monty Resigns 
12. Beijing Telecom Deploys Alcatel’s 7770 Terabit Router 
13. Andrew Corp. Acquires Quasar Microwave for its Components 
14. Finisar to Acquire New Focus’ Passive Optical Component Line 
15. Cogent Acquires Select Assets from OnSite Access in Chapter 11 Case 
16. Qwest Amends Corvis Contract 
17. Broadwing to Test Corvis Optical Convergence Switch 
18. Foundry Networks Reports Q1 Revenue of $62.4 Million 
19. Cavium Networks Raises $16 Million for its Security Processors 
20. IP Infusion Raises $15 Million for its Intelligent Network Software
v9n075 24-April-2002 1. NGN Ventures Conference: Overview of Next Generation Technology, Markets and Trends 
2. NGN Ventures: IP Mobility - The Internet Any Time, Any Place 
3. NGN Ventures: Emerging Wireless Alternatives - The Broadband Frontier 
4. AT&T CEO Testifies that Proposed Comcast Merger will Boost Competition 
5. Williams Files for Chapter 11, Seeking to Restructure $6 Billion in Debt 
6. Verizon Ends Q1 with 1.35 million DSL Accounts 
7. Metromedia Fiber Network Restates its 2001 Numbers 
8. Juniper Networks Introduces its T-series Core Internet Routing Node 
9. Marconi Outlines IP/MPLS Strategy 
10. Ixia Debuts Wire-Speed Test Simulating DDoS Attack 
11. Alcatel Awarded $33 Million Contract to Upgrade SAT-3/WASC Cable 
12. FCC Issues Ultrawideband Transmission Report 
13. Acterna Offers Outsourced Fiber Characterization Service 
14. Zarlink Develops TDM-to-IP Network Access Processor 
v9n074 23-April-2002 1. XO Offers Unprotected Ethernet Services at 30-50% Discount 
2. ITXC Carries 658 million Internet Telephony Minutes in Q1, up 9% Sequentially 
3. Equant Signs its 500th IP VPN Customer 
4. Nokia and IBM Join Forces for Public Wireless LAN Roll Outs 
5. Intersil And Silicon Wave Develop Wi-Fi + Bluetooth Chip 
6. Lucent Named Exclusive Provider of Ring DWDM Equipment for Verizon 
7. Fujitsu Doubles Long Haul DWDM Reach to 1,500 km without Regeneration 
8. Broadcom Develops 10-Gigabit Serial End-to-End Transmission over Copper 
9. AirFiber Introduces “Hit-less” Free Space Optics Platform 
10. AOL Purchases Additional Dial-Up Access Service From Level 3 
11. EarthLink Tops 500,000 Broadband Subscribers, Narrowband Subscribers Decline 
12. Hughes Offers Direcway Satellite Terminal with 4-port Hub 
13. Korea Telecom Selects CoSine Service Delivery Platform 
14. Marconi Supplies Miami Airport with Multiservice Net Supporting Video Surveillance 
15. Acterna Announces Data Analysis Solution for Ethernet, ATM And VoIP 
16. T-Networks Raises $31 Million for its InP OptoElectronics 
17. EZChip Releases its 10 Gbps Network Processor 
18. Lucent Reports Quarterly Results, Meets Conditions to Spin off Agere
v9n073 22-April-2002 1. NetPlane Develops Key Link Between IP and Dynamic Optical Nets (GMPLS) 
2. NTT Group Outlines its Three-Year Business Plan 
3. BellSouth Adds 108K DSL Accounts in Q1, Data Revenues Grow 23% 
4. WorldCom Cuts its 2002 Financial Guidance 
5. Oresis Announces First Deployment of its Multiservice Switch 
6. Echostar and Earthlink Enter DSS + DSL Marketing Alliance 
7. World Wide Packets Integrates Vpacket CPE into its Ethernet Access
8. Nokia Introduces Entry-Level Network Intrusion Detection System 
9. Azanda Raises Additional $7 Million for Traffic Mgt Coprocessors 
10. Guest Column: Improving Carrier Profitability with Packet Voice 
v9n072 19-April-2002 1. SBC Reports Growth in DSL, Long Distance, Data 
2. Qwest Lowers its 2002 Financial Guidance 
3. FCC Ruling Allows New Ku-band Broadband Satellite Services 
4. IP Communications Raises New Funding, Restructures Debt 
5. Cisco to Supply 10 Gbps Backbone for China Railcom 
6. Tdsoft Announces Deployment of its Access Concentrator in Qwest Network 
7. Scientific Atlanta Releases Interactive Set-tops, Home PVR Servers 
8. The Westin Taipei Deploys VDSL to its Hotel Rooms 
9. Portal Software Provides Billing for Boingo’s Wi-Fi Services 
10. Covad Ends Q1 with 359,000 Lines in Service 
11. PMC-Sierra Reports Q1 Revenues of $51.4 million, up 9% Sequentially 
12. Nokia Sales Decline 12% to EUR 7.014 Billion, Lower Mobile Phone Forecast 
13. Nortel Networks Reports Q1 Revenue of US$2.91 billion 
v9n071 18-April-2002 1. SBC and Echostar to Offer Bundled DSL and Satellite TV Services 
2. Telia Cranks up ADSL Connection Rates to 2048/512 kbps in Denmark 
3. Cisco to Offer 802.11a/b/g Compatibility in WLAN Products 
4. Vendors Complete 3GIO Specification for High Speed Serial Interconnections
5. Microsoft Unveils its .NET strategy for Mobile Devices 
6. Alcatel Introduces FTTU Outside Plant Equipment
7. Fujitsu to Resell ADVA’s Metro Optical Platforms in North America 
8. OFS Releases Tunable Dispersion Compensator for 40 Gbps 
9. WorldCom Offers Universal Remote Access Client for its IP VPNs 
10. Comcast Cable Selects Motorola for Switched VoIP Trial 
11. McLeodUSA Emerges from Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
12. Tellabs Announces Q1 Revenues of $371 million, Further Layoffs 
13. Broadcom Reports Q1 Revenues of $239 Million, up 5.3% Sequentially 
14. Conexant Announces Revenues of $241 million, up 5% Sequentially 
15. Extreme Reports Quarterly Revenues of $111 Million, up 2% Sequentially 
v9n070 17-April-2002 1. AT&T Wireless Launches mMode Services 
2. NTT DoCoMo Offers 3G Router/Hub with Bluetooth Handset 
3. Vendors Propose High Definition Multimedia Interface Specification 
4. U.S. Robotics Introduces 22 Mbps WLAN Products with 802.11b Compliance 
5. Motorola Tests Codec for Doubling Nextel’s Wireless Voice Capacity 
6. Emerson Selects WorldCom for 800 Site IP VPN 
7. mmO2 Selects Nortel and Nokia for 3G Upgrades 
8. Deutsche Telekom Launches IPv6 Pilot Project 
9. BTexact Tests Marconi’s Core BXR-48000 Switch/Router 
10. Cisco Supplies Core Routers for South Korea's Powercomm 
11. MetaSwitch Announces Commercial Deployment of its Softswitch 
12. EgyptSat to Use DIRECWAY for 2-Way Satellite Broadband Services 
13. TI Acquires Ditech’s Echo Cancellation Software Unit for $27 Million 
14. Avici Targets Aggregation and Peering Router Market 
15. AT&T Wireless Completes $3 Billion Bond Offering 
16. NTL Announces Recapitalization Deal, Converting $10.6 billion Debt into Equity
v9n069 16-April-2002 1. STMicroelectronics to Acquire Alcatel's Microelectronics Business 
2. NetScreen Aims its Latest Security Platform at Core Networks 
3. Crossbeam Systems Ships its Open Security Appliance 
4. Andes Networks Unveils ASIC-Based SSL Acceleration Appliances 
5. Xilinx Proposes “Aurora” Protocol for Serial Links Between Chips, Boards, Boxes 
6. Lucent Develops 3G Unified Voice and Data Processor 
7. National Semi and Vitesse Partnership Targets Gigabit Ethernet Chipsets 
8. Southampton Photonics Names Marconi Exec as its New CEO 
9. Alcatel Optronics and Multilink Develop Long-haul DWDM Transceivers 
10. Cox Tests TeraBurst’s Optical Switch 
11. World Wide Packets Supplies Municipal Network in Provo, Utah 
12. Movaz Signs Flextronics for Outsourced Manufacturing of Optical Platform 
13. Syndeo Closes $75 Million C Round Funding for its VoIP 
14. Alcatel Confirms Q1 Results in Line with Expectations 
15. Corning Plans Further Restructuring, Sees Improved Results 
16. Asia Global Crossing Withholds Interest Payment, Negotiates with Bond Holders 
17. Global Crossing Protests Military Contract Ruling
v9n068 15-April-2002 1. Alcatel Targets Fives Nines IP Reliability with Non-Stop Routing Enhancements
2. Spirent Introduces New Router Testing Tool 
3. France Telecom Slashes ADSL Prices to Boost Demand 
4. FLAG Telecom Files for Chapter 11 
5. Bay Microsystems Ships its Single Chip 10 Gbps Processor And Traffic Manager 
6. Nokia Signs DSL Contract in China’s Heilongjiang Province 
v9n067 12-April-2002 1. BT Announces Plans for UK's first Public Access Wireless LAN network 
2. Telia Promotes its Wireless LAN Service 
3. Philips Offers 802.11a (Wi-Fi5) PC Card for European Markets 
4. IBM, Microsoft and VeriSign Announce Security Spec for Advanced Web Services 
5. Global IP Sound Develops VoIP Processing for Better-than-PSTN Sound 
6. Dominion Telecom Acquires Telergy’s Fiber Network for $7.4 Million in Chapter 11 Case 
7. i2i Undersea Cable Links India and Singapore with Record Capacity 
8. Tata Teleservices and Gilat Plan Satellite Telephony Network in Rural India 
9. Level 3 Supplies 1 Gbps Access Service to Belgian Research Net 
10. Juniper Reports Q1 Revenue of $122 Million, Down 63% 
11. Sabeus Photonics Closes Additional Funding for its Optical Devices 
v9n066 11-April-2002 1. Lucent Introduces IP Video Over DSL Solution based on Stinger 
2. Cable & Wireless/Exodus to Support Microsoft .NET 
3. Global Crossing Actives MultiGigabit IP Transit for Europe’s GÉANT 
4. Marvell Delivers 10 Gigabit Ethernet over 15m Using Copper Cable 
5. Jasomi Networks Unveils SIP-to-SIP Gateway 
6. Jasomi Introduces CALEA VoIP Legal Intercept Solutions 
7. SingNet BroadBand First To Offer Filtering Service in Singapore 
8. Juniper and Cisco both Announce Deployments by SingTel 
9. TI Bundles RADVISION's SIP for VoIP Gateways and IP Phones 
10. TollBridge Passes Comcast Trial for Cable Telephony Service 
11. Avail Networks Adds Multiservice Enterprise Gateway 
12. FLAG Seeks Debt Reduction in Exchange for New Equity 
13. Lancope Raises $5.5 Million for Network Intrusion Detection Appliance
v9n065 10-April-2002 1. AT&T Expands its VoIP On-Net Connectivity and Hop-Off Capability 
2. Williams Enhances its Compressed Video Transport Services 
3. SBC, Yahoo! Expand Alliance to Target Small Business Services 
4. BT Extends ADSL Deployment, Cites Rising Demand following Price Cut 
5. Siemens and Partners Complete SIP Interoperability 
6. Spirent Adds SIP Load and Feature Testing 
7. CIRPACK and IBM Build SoftSwitch Platform 
8. France Telecom Group Selects Alcatel's LMDS Technology 
9. CoSine Announces Contract with Korea’s DACOM 
10. Pingtel Introduces a SIP-based softphone for Windows 
11. Sonus Posts Q1 Revenue of $21.2 Million, in line with Revised Estimates 
12. Verizon Sees Q1 in Line with Expectations, Plans Asset Writedown on $2.5B 
13. Nortel Networks Cuts its Financial Outlook, Draws Down Loan 
14. Lumentis Raises $19 Million in New Funding for its Metro DWDM 
15. Redline Closes $10 Million for its OFDM Wireless Platform 
16. Alcatel Closes Euro 2.1 billion Credit Facility
v9n064 09-April-2002 1. Williams Communications Announces Broadcast-Quality Video-over-IP 
2. Microsoft Cites Growing Industry Support for its Corona Windows Media Codec 
3. Broadwing Provides Nationwide Private Line Network for Atlantic Mutual 
4. AT&T Canada to Build Ottawa DWDM Network for Government 
5. Laurel Networks Adds T1/E1 interfaces to its ST200 Service Edge Router 
6. Telica Announces Another Customer Win (Penn Telecom), Secures Investment from TELUS 
7. Broadcom to Acquire Mobilink Telecom for GSM/GPRS Capabilities 
8. Spirent and Brix Networks Team on End-to-end IP Service Assurance Management 
9. Empirix Secures $29 Million for its Application SLA Solutions 
10. Quarry and Spirent Test Service Edge Switch VPNs 
11. Sycamore Networks Enhances its Network Planning Tools 
12. ipDialog Offers $150 SIP/Ethernet Phone 
13. Cavium Networks Samples its Security Macro Processors 
14. Conexant Unveils Single-Chip USB ADSL Modem 
v9n063 08-April-2002 1. SBC Calls On FCC to Amend Network Unbundling Requirements 
2. WorldCom Urges FCC to Preserve Unbundling Requirements 
3. Pirelli Develops Single Mode Fiber for 850nm, 1310nm and 1550nm Operation 
4. Sun Microsystems Invests in Kasenna for its VOD Software 
5. Department of Defense Awards Key DREN Contract to WorldCom 
6. McLeodUSA Gains Bankruptcy Court Approval, Eliminating $3 Billion in Debt 
7. Verizon and Genuity Terminate Fiber Leases with MFN 
v9n062 05-April-2002 1. Australia’s OPTUS Awards $175 Million Contract to Nortel Networks 
2. US Navy Uses Avaya ATM to link 12 San Diego-area Bases 
3. Sprint Repackages its Managed Hosting Services 
4. Telia Introduces Caller Line Identification for Mobile Roaming Connections 
5. Enterasys and Siemens Join Forces on Enterprise Convergence Solutions 
6. SkyCross and Magis Develop Antennas for 5 GHz WLANs 
7. TI has Shipped 14 Million VoIP Ports to date 
8. Toshiba Adds High Data Rate LED Transmitter/Receiver 
9. Apple Acquires Zayante for its 1394 Developments 
10. Santera Signs TDS TELECOM for its SanteraOne Switch 
11. RADCOM Offers Stress Testing SIP-based Systems 
12. SaskTel Selects Pace for DSL IPTV Home Gateways 
13. Sorrento Networks to Reprice Employee Stock Options 
14. Alcatel Establishes Optical Fiber Joint Venture in Russia
v9n061 04-April-2002 1. ITU Creates IP-Based Framework for Multimedia Networks 
2. High Tech Broadband Coalition Lobbies FCC Against New Unbundling 
3. Teleglobe Launches MPLS-based VPN Services 
4. Japan Cablenet Selects Asia Global Crossing's 1 Gbps IP Transit Service
5. Interoute Activates Metro Fiber Networks in Seven European Cities 
6. BellSouth to Provide Some Customers with “Info by Voice” Service 
7. GRIC to Add Wayport Wi-Fi to its Global Roaming Network 
8. USC Implements Foundry’s 10GigE for "Globus" Grid Computing Project 
9. Tahoe Networks and XACCT Partnership Targets Differentiated Mobile Data Services 
10. Effnet Pitches IP Header Compression for 2.5 and 3G Mobile Networks 
11. Taqua and ADTRAN Enter Alliance 
12. Cincinnati Bell to Offer 3Com's Networked Telephony Products 
13. Optical Solutions Awarded FTTH Overbuild Contract in Kansas 
14. Wind River and Atheros Develop 802.11a Access Point Solutions 
15. UC San Diego Adds WiFi + CDMA2000 1xEV to Campus Bus 
16. Attendance at OFC 2002 Reaches 32,000 
17. WorldCom Announces More Layoffs, MCI Uses Cash to Retire Notes 
v9n060 03-April-2002 1. Fujitsu Enhances its Optical Network Element Monitoring Capacity 
2. London Internet Exchange Deploys Foundry’s 10 GigE Switches 
3. Broadwing Uses Keynote Systems to Measure New SLA Suite 
4. NTT America Builds Singapore-US ATM Network 
5. Greenfield Communications Signs Alloptic for FTTH Deployment 
6. DirecTV DSL to Offer Voice-Enabled Residential Gateways 
7. WebEx Unveils its 3rd Generation Web-based Meeting service 
8. China Telecom Selects Alcatel VoIP for Major Network Route 
9. Unisphere Enhances VPN Capabilities of its Edge Routers 
10. Nauticus Networks Unveils Plans for Data Center Application Switches, Closes $25 Million in Funding 
11. Canadian Wireless Carriers Launch Inter-Carrier Mobile Text Messaging Network 
12. sentitO Announces SIP-based Softswitching Platform 
13. Adelphia Deploys ARRIS’ DOCSIS 1.1 CMTS 
14. Tornado Secures $20 Million for its Enhanced IP Messaging Systems 
15. Magnolia Broadband Closes $6 Million for its Radio Chips 
16. Qwest Plans $20 - 30 Billion Write Down of Network Assets 
17. FLAG Telecom Skips Interest Payments 
18. Cogent Completes Acquisition of Bankrupt PSINet for only $10 million 
v9n059 02-April-2002 1. Bank of America Selects Broadwing's Lightwave Services 
2. MFN Defaults on Loan, Announces Senior Management Change 
3. Global Crossing and SWIFT Restructure Network Services Agreement 
4. AT&T Latin America's $298 Million Vendor Financing Becomes Effective 
5. New Edge Networks Launches Services in 13 Metro Areas 
6. AT&T Files Joint Appeal Seeking Over $1 Billion from Puerto Rican Telecom Incumbent 
7. XM Satellite Radio Ends Q1 with 76,000 subscribers, Ahead of Expectations 
8. Conexant Develops Single-Chip Set-top Box Solution, 522 MIPS Performance for $40 
9. Comcast Cable Selects the ARRIS CMTS for PacketCable Trial 
10. ARRIS and Nortel Networks Announce New IP Telephony Agreement 
11. Proxim Increases Range of its 802.11a Access Point with New Antennas 
12. RadioFrame Networks Raises $15 Million for Combining Voice with Wireless LANs 
13. Pelago Networks Raises $32 Million for its Service Creation Platform 
14. Xtera Secures $8 Million Note from Comerica 
15. BTexact Tests Quantum Bridge’s PON Access 
v9n058 01-April-2002 1. Digeo and Moxi Merge, Target Consumer Media Platforms and Services 
2. Convedia Introduces Entry-Level IP Media Server for Packet Voice Nets 
3. Paceon Announces Fiber to the Business BPON Platform 
4. CableLabs Certifies More DOCSIS 1.1 Equipment 
5. Korea’s Hanaro Reaches 2 Million Broadband Users, Cable Modems Outpacing ADSL 
6. Cox to Expand Deployments of ADC’s CMTS 
7. Qwest and Japan Telecom Offer Joint Services 
8. Adelphia Business Solutions Files for Chapter 11 
9. Velocita Announces Temporary Bank Waiver 
10. McLeodUSA Cites Progress in its Chapter 11 Case 
11. Solectron Acquires Lucent’s Optical Manufacturing Facility 
12. CEON Raises $10 Million for its Provisioning Software

 

 

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