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| v9n101 |
31-May-2002 |
1. ITU Approves Internet Telephone Numbering System
(ENUM)
2. SBC to Add Cingular Wireless Option to its Service Bundles
3. Edison Carrier Solutions Deploys Lucent’s LambdaUnite Multiservice Switch
4. Equant Expands its Equipment Contracts with Nortel Networks
5. Tellabs Wins Broadwing Contract for Optical Grooming Platform
6. Broadwing to Connect Ford Dealerships Nationwide
7. China Unicom Selects Inktomi for Content Delivery Network
8. NTT Communications Deploys Check Point for Managed Security Service
9. Redback Adds BGP/MPLS VPN support to its Edge Router
10. Redback Updates its SMS Platform
11. Santur Announces 25 GHz Channel Spacing for Tunable Lasers
12. Polaris and Carrier Access Team on Metro Optical
13. Axerra Introduces its Metro Multiservice IP Concentrators
14. BellSouth Signs First Large Business Long Distance Customers
15. Lockheed Martin to Divest Majority Stake in Comsat International
16. All Optical Networks Raises $6 Million for its Components |
| v9n100 |
30-May-2002 |
1. Alcatel to Acquire Telera for its VoiceXML Software
2. Nortel Networks to Realign Optical Long Haul Business
3. NEC America Releases Metro Core and Edge Platforms
4. Spirent Delivers Metro Routing Test Set Supporting MPLS and VLANs
5. Spirent Enhances its 3G Broadband Test Solutions
6. Salira Introduces its Ethernet PON for Business
7. Cisco Announces IP Voice and Video-Enabled IPSec VPNs
8. Network Photonics Reduces Insertion Loss for MEMS Wavelength Switch
9. Lucent Equips 25,000 Base Stations for 3G Support
10. Alcatel Selects Infineon’s GEMINAX Chipset for Integrated ADSL/POTS Platform
11. Quantum Bridge and Carrier Access Team on PON Solution
12. AirFiber Combines its Free Space Optics with 60 GHz Radio
13. Manitoba Telecom Provider Plans RPR Deployment with Nortel
14. Avail Networks Announces Metro Services Platform
15. Xtend Networks Trials its 3 GHz Broadband Cable TV System
16. Finisar And BaySpec Cancel Merger
17. Qwest to File Long-Distance Applications With the FCC in Mid-June |
| v9n099 |
29-May-2002 |
1. SBC to Launch IP Centrex Services using Lucent Platform
2. Appian Enables Virtual Ethernet Rings over Multiple SONET Rings
3. Nortel Networks Unveils its Next generation Metro SONET Solution
4. Tellium Releases Optical VPN Enhancements
5. Meriton Networks Introduces its Optical Add/Drop Switch
6. Hyperchip Previews Algorithms for IP QoS
7. AFC Refines its Telliant 5000 with SMS Features, OSPF Capabilities
8. ADC Launches D3LX Fiber Optic Loop Extender
9. Network Elements Releases 10 Gbps Multi-Protocol Processor
10. West Bay Launches 48-Channel Multi-Protocol Virtual Concatenation Data Framer
11. Transwitch Offers Four-channel Gigabit Ethernet Mapper for SONET/SDH
12. Exar Expands its SONET/SDH Data Aggregation Chip Family
13. Aurora Networks Introduces Optical Node for Passive HFC Architectures
14. Iamba Networks Introduces its Optical Access System
15. Alcatel Shanghai Bell is Officially Launched
16. France’s Telecom Developpement Selects CIENA’s CoreDirector |
| v9n098 |
28-May-2002 |
1. U.S. Court of Appeals Vacates FCC's Local Competition Order
2. NetPlane Extends its OptiRoute Code for Layer 3, Service Provider Provisioned VPNs
3. NEC Licenses Data Connection Limited’s Optical Control Plane Software
4. MetaSwitch Introduces Class-5 Softswitch with VoATM, VoIP and TDM
5. Polychromix Develops Wavelength Management in CMOS
6. Photuris Builds New Metro Optical Transport System
7. NetTest Introduces Multi-Layer Data/Optical Test Solution
8. OPNET Updates its Intelligent Network Management
9. AT&T Wins Global MPLS Network Contract
10. StarBand Files Suit Against EchoStar, its Billing Agent and Largest Investor |
| v9n097 |
24-May-2002 |
1. Intel Acquires Tunable Laser Technology from New Focus
2. Alcatel and KDDI Demonstrate 10 Gbps Data-to-Optical Interworking
3. Microsoft and Verizon Wireless Alliance to Offer Wireless Data Services
4. KPNQwest Files for Bankruptcy Protection
5. Viatel Cites Progress in its Bankruptcy Case, to Emerge Debt Free
6. DirecTV Tests Subscription video-on-demand with TiVo
7. Future Communications Releases IS-IS Routing Code
8. Telica and Syndeo Combine Voice Packet Switch with SIP-based Class 5 services
9. eTesting Labs Offers 802.11a Interoperability Testing
10. Acterna Introduces Handheld DSL Copper and Service Tester
11. Tahoe Networks Forms Alliance with Oki Electric
12. WorldCom Secures $1.5 Billion Loan
13. CIENA Reports Q2 Revenue of $87.1 million |
| v9n096 |
23-May-2002 |
1. NTT Communications Signs Juniper Networks as Global Supplier
2. Korea Telecom Selects Riverstone for Metro Core Buildout
3. Telia Supplies Wavelength Capacity to GEANT, the EU Research Network
4. Williams Communications Launches New Streaming Media Services
5. Sun’s Solaris 9.0 OS Adds Application Server and Identity Server Support
6. Sockeye Tunes Accuracy of its Global IP Router Optimizer Service
7. Nokia Makes Equity Investment in Redback Networks
8. Alcatel’s Access Management System Currently Supporting 2.5 Million DSL Customers
9. Envivio Secures $14 Million for its MPEG4 Software
10. Xytrans Raises $8 Million for its Millimeter Wave Transceivers
11. Deutsche Telekom Reports 15%Rise in Q1 Revenue
12. ADC Reports Q2 Sales of $298 Million, Strong Sales of CMTS Equipment |
| v9n095 |
22-May-2002 |
1. NEC and Tellium Launch Integrated Wavelength Transport Switch
2. Microsoft’s Xbox Live Network to Provide Voice and Instant Messaging Capabilities
3. KDDI Signs 334,000 3G Subscribers in First Month
4. FLAG Nears Completion of its North Asian Loop Cable System
5. KPN Deploys the Cisco 10000 Series Router for Broadband Access VPNs
6. Brix Networks Offer SIP Performance Test Suite
7. TI Introduces POTS Voice Over Broadband Solution
8. Tektronix Announces Wavelength Selectable 10 Gbps Transmission Test System
9. Infineon Announces 10 Gbps MAC for Resilient Packet Ring
10. Essex and Fiberspace Develop 6.25 GHz Ultra-Dense WDM
11. GlobeSpanVirata Debuts Line Aggregation and Packet Processing DSL Chip
12. Digiquant Secures $8 Million for its Convergent Billing Software
13. Partners Agree to Proposed Restructuring of Astrolink
14. WorldCom Will Eliminate MCI Tracking Stock
15. Sycamore’s Quarterly Revenues Drop to $13.6 million |
| v9n094 |
21-May-2002 |
1. Juniper Networks Acquires Unisphere for $740 Million
2. Qwest to Provide Capacity for MSN Broadband Internet Access
3. Laurel Networks Adds MPLS VPN Support to its Service Edge Router
4. Packet Design Looks Into IP Network “Clouds” to Reveal Hidden Routing-Path Dynamics
5. Riverstone Offers MPLS Over SONET/SDH
6. Nielsen//NetRatings Ranks Broadband Penetration in Top 20 US Markets
7. Luminous Announces RPR Platform for Customer Premises
8. Hong Kong-based Beyond the Network (BtN) Acquires Ardent Communications
9. Paradyne Acquires Jetstream’s VoDSL Assets
10. Lucent Deploys Agere’s Network Processors for Stinger DSLAMs
11. ITU To Adopt DSL Forum's TR-048 ADSL Specification
12. Metromedia Fiber Network Files for Chapter 11
13. Occam Networks Names New President and CEO |
| v9n093 |
20-May-2002 |
1. Vivace Networks Introduces its MultiService Switches
2. MPLS Forum Completes Multivendor MPLS Interoperability Test
3. Convergent Networks Offers Softswitch Module for Delivering SIP Services
4. Big Bear Networks Announces Photronic Signal Processing
5. Telia Provides NEXION with Network Capacity in North America
6. P-Cube Raises $35 Million in New Funding for its IP Service Switches
7. BellSouth Announces Further Job Cuts |
| v9n092 |
17-May-2002 |
1. Redback Tunes its SMS Platform for Wi-Fi Subscribers
2. Avaya Builds Converged Network for FIFA World Cup
3. Alcatel Supplies Softswitch & Gateways to Telenor’s Nextra
4. PowerNet Acquires Aleron, a Tier-1 IP Backbone
5. Alcatel Renews $1.1 Billion Vendor Finance Program
6. Momentum Grows for XFP, a 10 Gbps Small Form Factor Module
7. OpenVoB Completes Softswitch-derived CallFest
8. MRV offers Free Space Optics System
9. Nokia and Siemens Collaborate on Mobile Terminal Software
10. Marconi to Float its Strategic Communications Business
11. Red-M Integrates 802.11 and Bluetooth |
| v9n091 |
16-May-2002 |
1. WorldCom Launches Ethernet Services
2. Qwest Selected for DoD’s Advanced Technology Demonstration Network
3. KPNQwest Reports Deteriorating Financial Predicament
4. Teleglobe Files for Bankruptcy, Returns Focus to Wholesale Voice
5. WorldCom to Draw Down its Credit Facilities
6. McLeodUSA Sells Some of its Non-Core ILEC operations
7. Korea’s Hanaro Reaches 2.4 Million Broadband Subscribers, Cable Outpaces DSL
8. BellSouth Granted Long Distance Approval for Georgia and Louisiana
9. ONI Systems Adds SONET/SDH Framed Data ADM for Metro Fibre Channel/GigE
10. IP Infusion Signs Ericsson for its Advanced Routing Code
11. NetScreen Signs OEM Agreement with Ericsson
12. CableLabs Issues Request for Royalty-free Audio Codec for PacketCable
13. Zarlink’s VDSL Chipset Delivers 56 Mbps over 200m of Copper Lines
14. Occam Completes Merger with Accelerated Networks
15. Sorrento Networks Warns of Revenue Drop, Plans Layoffs |
| v9n090 |
15-May-2002 |
1. Cisco Adds IP Resiliency Features
2. AT&T Improves Performance Measurement Capabilities for MPLS VPNs
3. Citing Bad Economy and Regulatory Environment, SBC Announces 5,000 More Job Cuts
4. Agilent Introduces Integrated OSS Assurance Solution
5. Cambrian Lights New Metro Networks in 4 US Cities
6. Telia Selects Marconi’s 40 Gbps Capable SDH Systems
7. Progress Telecom provides 10 Gbps Metro Ring for Telefonica’s Emergia
8. Nortel Networks and Brocade Extend Partnership in Enterprise Optical Storage
9. Axcera to Resell IP Wireless MMDS Systems
10. Verizon and Alcatel’s Genesys Team on Contact Centers
11. White Rock Networks Introduces 8 Channel CDWDM Transport
12. COLT Telecom and ADVA Optical Extend Contract
13. Data Connection Releases Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) Software Suite
14. Oresis Offers Multiservice Voice/Data Package
15. D-Link and Texas Instruments Announce WLAN Alliance
16. Cisco Introduces Storage Router for IP and Fibre Channel
17. ITC DeltaCom to Miss Interest Payments While Seeking Debt Restructuring
18. AFC Completes Acquisition of AccessLan |
| v9n089 |
14-May-2002 |
1. Supreme Court Upholds FCC’s Network Element Pricing Rules
2. Cisco Updates its ATM Multiservice Portfolio
3. Fujitsu Debuts New FLASHWAVE Metro DWDM Products
4. OFS Introduces its Latest Generation of All-Wave Fiber
5. Sempra Tests Fiber-In-Gas Pipelines
6. Telseon and Williams Communications Announce Interconnect Agreements
7. NTL and Freeserve Sign First Wholesale Cable Deal in the UK
8. Microsoft and SmartPipes Announce .NET Alliance
9. Alcatel Announces Another DSL Contract with China Telecom, 400,000 Sign-ups in First Year
10. Metro Ethernet Forum Grows to 77 member companies
11. Exar Releases Four New Physical Layer Chips
12. RPR Alliance Maps Out Technical and Marketing Initiatives
13. Lucent Sets Ratio for Spin-off of Agere Shares
14. Gluon Attracts $11 Million for its Converged Switching/Access System
15. Riverhead Networks Raises $9 Million for its DDoS Protection |
| v9n088 |
13-May-2002 |
1. Ikanos Signs Hyundai and Sumitomo for VDSL-DMT Chipsets
2. Avaya Expands Services Business, Offers VoIP Assessment Tool
3. NetPlane Expands its Distributed Computing Middleware
4. Optical Solutions Secures $22 Million for its PON Solutions
5. PacketLight Adds RHK Strategist to its Team
6. Guest Column: Intelligent Routing Boosts IP VPN Performance |
| v9n087 |
10-May-2002 |
1. 1394 Trade Association Sets its Sights on Large Networks
2. UK Passes 500,000 Broadband Connections, More than 20K Additions per Week
3. UK Government Publishes Draft Communications Bill
4. Intel Announces 802.11a/b Wireless Chipset, 10 GigE Adapter
5. Redback Adds Virtual Router and MPLS to its SmartEdge 800 Router
6. RiverSoft Adds Network Management Extensions for MPLS and ATM
7. Fujitsu Plans 6X Boost in HDD Capacity
8. Jungo Develops CableHome Compliant Software Suite
9. GlobespanVirata Introduces 24 Channel ADSL Chip Set
10. Qwest Receives Multiple Bids for its Yellow Pages Business
11. Lucent’s Chief Scientist Receives U.S. Medal of Technology
12. Sony’s PlayStation2 Worldwide Shipments Reach 30 Million Units
13. Cosine Announces Layoffs of 45% of Workforce |
| v9n086 |
09-May-2002 |
1. Sprint to Deploy Cisco’s Metro Routers in Europe
2. Telstra Selects Cisco Metro Ethernet Switching
3. Telecom Ottawa Chooses Foundry for 10 GigE Metro Network
4. deltathree Releases SIP-based PC-to-Phone Software
5. Alcatel Debuts OmniSwitch 7000 Enterprise Switch
6. MFN Creates Subsidiary to Focus on Government Networks
7. New Edge Networks Adds $146 Million to Its Equity Base
8. Ericsson Claims IP Header Compression Boosts 3G Capacity by 50%
9. AT&T Wireless and Sprint Complete Spectrum Exchange
10. Vitesse Announces OC-48 SAR
11. Vitesse Releases its GigaStream Switch Fabric for Metro and Access Equipment
12. Holland’s SurfNet and University of Alaska Claim Internet2 Speed Record
13. Global Crossing Provides Update on Restructuring and Ongoing Operations
14. Agere Systems Announces 802.11a Radio/Antenna for Orinoco AP
15. Agere Claims 15 Networking and Consumer Electronics Customers for 802.11b Chipsets
16. Wind River Introduces 802.1X Network Security Solution
17. QUALCOMM Reaches One Million Unit Mark for GPS-enabled Phones |
| v9n085 |
08-May-2002 |
1. Sprint to Launch IP Intelligent Frame Relay, and Network-based VPNs
2. AT&T Announces New Managed IP Capabilities for MSOs and ISPs
3. SBC Offers New Class of Managed IP VPNs
4. Telseon Expands Metro Wavelength Service Portfolio
5. Global Crossing's Voice Traffic Exceeds Four Billion Minute/Month, Rapid VoIP Growth
6. Nortel Networks Consolidates Routing, VPNs, Firewalls and QoS into IP Service Gateway
7. Agilent Introduces Optical Test Products for Metro Networks
8. Motorola Selects Texas Instruments for Cable Modem Chips
9. Motorola Announces Major Customer Wins for Its HDTV Set-top Box
10. Fast-Chip Develops OC-192 / OC-48 PolicyEdge Services Processors
11. Bermai Announces Single Chip 802.11a Solution with “Plug-In” Interface to 802.11b
12. Finisar Offers 802.11b Protocol Analyzer
13. OKI Electric Selects Solidum for Application-Aware Switches
14. Wipro Offers MPLS and Routing Protocol Stacks
15. Boeing’s Connexion Receives FAA Certification For Onboard Broadband
16. Spirent Announces Interoperability Test Solution for ADSL Equipment
17. Spirent Adds SS7 and Voice Quality Testing to Telephony Test Platform
18. Dorado Introduces Flow-Through VLAN Provisioning Solution
19. Sprint Tests Broadband Wireless from Navini Networks and IPWireless
20. Philips Electronics Signs Marketing Deal with NETGEAR
21. Cisco Systems Reports Quarterly Revenue of $4.8 billion, up 2% |
| v9n084 |
07-May-2002 |
1. Broadcom Debuts is 3rd Generation Gigabit Ethernet Switch Architecture
2. EarthLink to Peer its Traffic over the Equinix GigE Exchange service
3. Motorola to Sell Turin Networks’ Metro Optical Transport Products
4. Motorola Ships 20 Million Digital Set-top Boxes
5. Cedar Point Announces its PacketCable Media Switching System
6. Sarvega Unveils its XML Switch
7. KDDI Deploys Sonus Networks' Packet Voice Infrastructure
8. Azanda Debuts OC-48 Traffic Manager and ATM SAR
9. BigBand Claims 50% Greater Bandwidth Efficiency for its HDTV Rate Shaping
10. Spirent Offers New IPv6 Conformance Solution
11. Spirent Introduces Layer 2 - 7 Performance Analysis for Web Environments
12. Ixia Adds Wire-Speed Gigabit Ethernet Testing Modules
13. SMC Offers 802.11b-Compliant Wireless USB Adapter
14. Pioneer Introduces its First WiFi Cable modem Home Gateway
15. Nokia Launches 802.11 Wireless LAN Access Point
16. Funk Cites Growing Support for its EAP-TTLS Security Protocol
17. BellSouth Enhances its Business DSL Services
18. Cisco Offers New Content Networking Solutions
19. World Wide Packets Announces Municipal FTTH Contract in Washington
20. HP Offers Layer 3/4 Enterprise Switches at $99 per Port
21. Recourse Technologies Raises $11 Million for Threat Management |
| v9n083 |
06-May-2002 |
1. Another Proposed Broadband Telecommunications Act Reaches the Senate
2. Appeals Court Issues Ruling on Carrier Compensation for ISP Calls
3. HyperTransport I/O Link Standard Refines its Networking Capabilities
4. Stargus Develops Intelligent Software for Managing DOCSIS Networks
5. Deutsche Post Selects Siemens HiPath IP Convergence for 4,500 Users
6. Deutsche Telekom Offers Broadband Satellite Internet Access
7. France Telecom invents Flexible Fiber Screen for Clothes
8. OnFiber Communications Acquires Sphera for $2.3 Million in Chapter 11 Case
9. FastComm Files for Chapter 11 |
| v9n082 |
03-May-2002 |
1. Optical Internetworking Forum Reaches Agreement on Carrier NNI
2. Siemens and Unisphere Networks Combine Next Generation Voice Businesses
3. Lufthansa to Test Wireless LANs Onboard Aircraft
4. Toshiba Ships 403K Cable Modems in North America in Q1
5. Scientific-Atlanta Develops Anything on Demand (xOD) Application for MSOs
6. Scientific-Atlanta Ships 38,000 HDTV Set-tops in Q1
7. RADVISION Releases MGCP Toolkit with ATM and IPv6 Support
8. Movaz Networks Closes $60 Million for its Metro Optical Products
9. Verizon and Genuity Expand Commercial Relationship
10. Genuity Announces Flat Q1 Revenue, Plans Layoffs of 29%
11. Level 3 to Acquire Software Spectrum
12. ITXC Acquires Nexcomm’s Wholesale Telephony Operations in Eastern Europe |
| v9n081 |
02-May-2002 |
1. Cisco to Acquire Hammerhead Networks and Navarro Networks
2. Cable Companies Outline Voluntary Transition Steps to Digital TV
3. PCI-X 2.0 Specification Aims to Facilitate 10 GigE Add-in Cards
4. Wireless ISPs and Vendors Seek Global Wi-Fi Roaming Standard
5. Fujitsu Adds Fast Ethernet and OC-12 to its FLASHWAVE 4100
6. ITXC Deploys Kagoor's VoIP Traffic Management
7. AT&T Signs GRIC to Provide Dial Internet Access with Extended Roaming
8. AT&T Broadband to Test VOD in Los Angeles
9. Paradyne Introduces Stackable IP DSLAM for in-building Deployments
10. TransSwitch Develops Single-Chip ATM Switch for Broadband Access
11. ANDO Develops OC-48c MPLS Probe
12. Intel Licenses Lucent’s TA1000 Technology for Offloading Protocol Processing
13. Paratek Raises $17 Million for its Electronically Tunable RF Components
14. TOUCHPAK Raises $3.5 Million for its WiFi Applications
15. Comcast Reports Accelerating Revenue and Operating Cash Flow Growth |
| v9n080 |
01-May-2002 |
1. Senators Propose Broadband Regulatory Parity
2. Ebbers Resigns as WorldCom’s CEO
3. Cisco Enhances Midrange Routers with Any Transport over MPLS (AToM) and IPv6
4. Cisco Debuts New Access Routers
5. Nortel Networks Announces Telcordia-Qualified Widely Tunable Laser
6. Primarion Releases its 40 Gbps Optoelectronic ICs
7. Lucent Completes First Data Calls of 3G UMTS using 1900MHz Spectrum
8. Caspian Networks Names Bill Krause as CEO
9. WiFi Metro Launches “HotZone” in Downtown San Jose
10. AirMagnet Targets WiFi Network Management Tools
11. Avail Networks Adds Support for TDM Circuit Emulation over Metro Ethernet
12. Qwest Reports Q1 Revenue of $4.37 billion, Down 13.5%
13. Centillium Reports Q1 Revenue of $22.6 Million, Notes DSL Numbers for Japan |
