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December 2002

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v9n240 20-Dec-2002 1. Philips Acquires Systemonic for its WLAN Silicon 
2. Cable Companies and Consumer Electronics Firms Reach Agreement 
3. DOCSIS 2.0 Approved as International Standard 
4. CableLabs Awards DOCSIS 2.0 Certifications 
5. FCC Approves SBC Long Distance Service for California 
6. BellSouth is First RBOC to Gain Approval to Offer Long-Distance in All its Territory 
7. Alcatel Announces Reorganization Along Three Market Segments 
8. LDCOM Tests Alcatel for Television and Video over DSL 
9. Sun Embraces InfiniBand for Next-Generation Data Centers 
10. Sun Awarded DARPA Contract for High Productivity Computing Systems 
11. Beyond the Network and Speedera Announce Multi-Site Agreement 
12. Israel’s Pelephone Chooses Enavis T::Dax for 3G Migration 
13. U.S. Cellular Installs Ericsson’s CDMA 1XRTT Authentication Solution 
14. Comverse Offers SMS Solution for Wireline Operators 
15. Comverse Releases Multimedia Messaging Service Center 2.0 
16. U.S. Department of State Awards WorldCom 10-Year Contract 
17. Occam Networks Announces Private Offering of Series A Preferred Stock 
18. Orange to Withdraw from Swedish Market 
v9n239 19-Dec-2002 1. Telia International Carrier Deploys Ericsson’s Softswitch for Wholesale Voice Service 
2. Marconi Tests its MPLS Platform 
3. Hong Kong’s New World Telecom Deploys Nortel’s Softswitch 
4. Korea Thrunet Readies On-TV Broadband Service 
5. Interoute Emerges from Bankruptcy 
6. Riverstone to Acquire Pipal Systems for its Ethernet/MPLS 
7. White Rock Networks Raises $42 Million for its Optical Transport 
8. Intel Invests in Two More Wi-Fi Companies – STSN and TeleSym 
9. SiberCore Closes CDN$20 Million for its Packet Forwarding Silicon 
10. Teraxion Acquires Phaethon for Optical Dispersion Technology 
11. Texas Instruments Announces Eight-Port Gigabit Ethernet Transceiver 
12. Japan’s Fusion Communications Selects LongBoard for IP Centrex 
13. Lucent Introduces 3G CDMA2000 ASIC with Intelligent Antenna Processing 
14. DoD Extends Contract With Iridium Satellite 
15. New Skies Satellites Successfully Launches its Sixth Satellite (NSS-6) 
16. Riverstone Reports Quarterly Revenue of $13.8 Million 
v9n238 18-Dec-2002 1. Broadband Access in the U.S. Rises 27% in First Half of 2002 
2. SBC and Cisco Announce Outsourcing Partnership 
3. Tyco Completes its Transpacific Network 
4. Lucent Wins $100 Million Contract with U.S. Cellular 
5. Multiservice Switching Forum Outlines 2003 Roadmap 
6. Touch America Selects Tellabs Digital Cross-Connect 
7. HP and Convergys Form Telecom Billing and Customer Care Alliance 
8. TELUS to Test iMagicTV’s Television over DSL 
9. 360networks Supplies Dark Fiber and Capacity to Videotron Telecom 
10. Bankruptcy Court Confirms Global Crossing Reorganization Plan 
11. WorldCom’s Board of Directors Resigns 
12. MPLS Forum Names Vivace Networks Executive as its New Chairman and President 
v9n237 17-Dec-2002 1. AT&T Expands Ethernet Services with RPR Offering 
2. TELUS Increases its Financial Guidance 
3. AT&T Wins 10-Year Contract with U.S. Department of State 
4. BtN Completes Global MPLS Upgrade 
5. Level 3 Supplies Two 2.5 Gbps IP Ports to NorduNet 
6. Enterasys Delivers Standards-Based 10-Gigabit Ethernet Modules 
7. Infineon Ships XPAK Modules for both Short-Reach and Long-Reach Optical 
8. Intel Delivers Software for Emerging Network Processing Specifications 
9. UTStarcom Selected for China’s National Softswitch Research 
10. SONICBlue Introduces Ethernet or Wi-Fi Networked DVD / Streaming Media Player 
11. EarthLink Launches Small Office DSL Service 
12. Motive and BroadJump Software Reaches 10 Million Broadband User Milestone 
13. Ixia Adds NetIQ Chariot Software to its Real World Traffic Product Line 
14. IPWireless Raises Additional $27 Million 
15. EZchip Announces New Funding for its 10G Network Processor 
16. Meriton Networks Raises $17 Million for its Optical Add/Drop Switch 
17. MPLS Forum and Metro Ethernet Forum to Collaborate 
18. 2Wire Rolls Out its Latest HomePortal Residential Gateway 
19. Verso Agrees to Acquire Bankrupt Clarent for $9.8 Million 
v9n236 16-Dec-2002 1. FCC Adopts Measure to Maintain Universal Service Fund 
2. DIRECTV to Close its DSL Division 
3. PMC-Sierra Introduces 2.5G Device for Grooming Traffic in Metro Access Equipment 
4. CloudShield Uses OMM’s Optical Switch as a Core Network Tap 
5. Marconi Announces First Sale of its Softswitch to Jersey Telecom 
6. Canadian Electrical Utility Selects Alcatel 7470 Multiservice Platform 
7. Germany’s QSC Acquires Ventelo GmbH 
8. Aperto Networks Captures $22 Million for Fixed Wireless 
9. Intel Invests in Passave for its Ethernet PON Chipset 
10. Inkra Announces Investment from Japanese Distributors 
11. PingTel Appoints New CEO 
v9n235 13-Dec-2002 1. Equant Adds Modular IP VPN and Application Tracking Capabilities 
2. Sprint Updates Financial Guidance 
3. ST and TI Team Up on Open Standard for Wireless Applications 
4. Global Crossing Enhances its On-Demand Audio Conferencing Service 
5. Siemens Supplies VoIP Solution for MA Town 
6. China’s Suzhou Telecom Deploys Redback's SmartEdge 800 Router 
7. Nielsen/NetRatings Reports Rapid Rise in Time Spent Online 
8. Level 3 Supports Cablevision’s Cable Modem Service 
9. Avici Delivers Quarter-rack Scalable Router, High Density Interfaces 
10. OneAccess and Cirpack Announce VoDSL Interoperability 
11. P-Com and Telaxis Re-Evaluate Merger Terms 
12. HP to Provide Customer Billing Environment for DIRECTV 
13. Sunrise Telecom Introduces DWDM Tester 
14. Eutelsat Loses Hotbird 7 DBS Satellite in Launch Failure of Ariane 5 Rocket 
v9n234 12-Dec-2002 1. Lucent Introduces Next Generation 5E-XC for Migrating to IP 
2. SBC Selects Lucent’s New 5E-XC switch for Tandem Role 
3. Sprint Consolidates Network, IT, Billing Groups 
4. Vermont Telephone Selects Turin Networks For Optical Backbone Upgrade 
5. IBM Launches New Integration Services for IP Telephony Networks 
6. Riverstone Routers Deployed in Pentagon Network Upgrade 
7. NASA Awards Networking Contract to Qwest and TKC 
8. IP Unity Supplies Media Server to Telverse 
9. Infineon Launches Digital Phone Handset IC 
10. Siemens Selects Infineon Silicon for its DSLAM 
11. GlobeSpanVirata’s Viking Chip Targets Low-Cost ADSL CPE 
12. OPNET Introduces Network Storage Planning Software 
13. Belgacom Chooses Lucent’s Metro DWDM 
14. Nortel Networks and Bell West Supply Optical Backbone for Alberta SuperNet 
15. Nortel Claims Growing Momentum with Rural Telcos on DMS-10 Upgrades 
16. Mexico's Cablemas Selects Motorola CMTS for DOCSIS 1.1 Upgrade 
17. Brix Networks Adds ATM Capabilities to Service Assurance Appliance 
18. Zarlink Rolls Out TDM Switching Platform 
19. Acme Packet Signs Distributor in Japan 
20. Empirix Announces VoIP Application-Aware Protocol Analyzer 
21. ADC to Reprice Employee Stock Options 
v9n233 11-Dec-2002 1. Global DSL Rollouts Accelerate to over 31 Million Subscribers 
2. Deutsche Telekom Reaches 3 Million DSL Subscribers 
3. Comcast Outlines Network Upgrade Plans 
4. SBC Moves to a Single National Brand 
5. Global Crossing Carries One Billion Minutes/Month on VoIP 
6. Yotta-Yotta Demos Long-haul, 5 Terabyte Disk Transfer at 11.1 Gbps 
7. ARRIS and Net2Phone to Offer Managed Telephony Service for Cable Operators 
8. Spirent Delivers Two New Solutions for Integrated Voice, Fax and Data Modem Testing 
9. Spirent Adds Megaco and H.323 Functionality to Abacus2 
10. OpenVoB Transitions its Efforts to DSL and Multiservice Switching Forums 
11. Level 3 Signs Colocation Deal with United Online, a Low-Cost Dial ISP 
12. China Telecom Deploys Juniper Networks T-series Platforms 
13. Bureau Veritas Chooses Infonet for MPLS VPN 
14. Alcatel Introduces New Core and Edge Enterprise Switches 
15. Brasil Telecom Selects Syndesis for Multivendor Network Inventory 
16. Snowshore and Openwave Partner on Converged Messaging 
17. EchoStar pays Hughes $600 Million, Merger Plans Cancelled 
18. Charter Communications Announces Major Restructuring 
19. Broadwing Receives $200 Million Financing Commitment from Goldman Sachs 
v9n232 10-Dec-2002 1. FCC Reports Data On Local Telephone Competition 
2. TeliaSonera Completes Merger 
3. Venture Firms Take Control of Teleglobe’s Network 
4. MetaSolv Bids to Acquire Orchestream for $12 Million 
5. VeriSign Adds Toll Bypass to its Mediated Softswitch Service 
6. Agilent Introduces Channelized DS3 Interface for Testing Metro/Edge IP Services 
7. Oki Develops Speech Codec with Telephony Functions 
8. Nortel Networks Enhances its Enterprise Convergence Solution 
9. Juniper Networks Announces Tiered Global Alliance Program 
10. FootLoose Networks Plans National Wi-Fi Network 
11. Eagle Broadband to Offer Global Satellite System using the Iridium Constellation 
12. Telecom Ottawa Deploys DragonWave’s Broadband Wireless 
13. Acme Packet Receives Level 3’s SIP Certification 
14. DSL.net Expands Network Footprint Through Deal with New Edge Networks 
15. Seranoa Networks Names CEO, Plans IP Edge Concentrator 
16. Litchfield Names Former Vitesse Exec as CEO 
v9n231 09-Dec-2002 1. FCC Considers Measures to Safeguard Telecom Networks 
2. NTT Develops 100 Gbps TDM Optical IC 
3. Broadband Rollout Accelerates in the UK 
4. Marconi Announces First European Customer for BXR-48000 Switch-Router 
5. Vonage Completes Four Million Calls over SIP Network
6. Tacit Networks Introduces Storage Caching Concept to Address WAN File Sharing 
7. Alcatel Optronics, Hitachi Cable & NEL Announce Arrayed Waveguide Grating MSA 
8. Huawei Selects SwitchCore for Enterprise GigE Routing Switch 
9. Emulex Uses Xilinx FPGAs for 10 Gbps Fibre Channel 
10. Acterna Introduces Handheld VoIP Tester 
11. Spirea Announces New WLAN Transceivers
v9n230 06-Dec-2002 1. France Telecom Unveils 15+15+15 Rescue Plan 
2. Verizon to Expense Stock Options 
3. Cometa Networks Targets National Wi-Fi Access 
4. Navini and Pronto Networks Partner on Wide-area Wireless Access 
5. RCN Offers 3 Mbps Cable Modem Access Rates 
6. Motorola Extends Cable Modem Chip Supply Deal with Broadcom 
7. Broadcom Shows 54 Mbps Wireless Cable Modem Residential Gateway 
8. Qwest Streamlines Web Hosting Operations 
9. Mahi Networks Hires Tellabs Sales Executive 
10. EPIK Communications Sold to Odyssey Telecorp 
11. Corning to Take Goodwill and Impairment Charges of $800 to $825 Million 
v9n229 05-Dec-2002 1. SBC to Deploy Cisco’s 12000 Series Routers in National OC-192 IP/MPLS Network 
2. ITU Assists Afghanistan in Rebuilding Telecom Infrastructure from Scratch 
3. Laurel Networks Announces Edge Router Service Restoration Features 
4. BullDog TeleWorks to Leverage Broadsoft for Voice Services in Vertical Markets 
5. RealNetworks and Starz Launch Subscription VOD 
6. Motorola Announces Key Customer Wins for its HD Set-tops 
7. Motorola Unveils End-To-End VOD Solutions 
8. Cox Provisions One-Millionth Subscriber with ADC’s Broadband Provisioning 
9. ADC Wins Cuda 12000 Orders from Six Cox Networks 
10. Scientific Atlanta Introduces DOCSIS 1.1 Prisma G1 CMTS 
11. Broadcom Unveils Two-Line VoIP Broadband Telephony Solution 
12. Cedar Point Adds Reverse Gateway Functionality to its PacketCable Media Switching System 
13. Com21 Announced DOCSIS 2.0 Modems 
14. Cable & Wireless Supplies Network Services to Connexion by Boeing 
15. Pioneer Offers New Cable Home Networking Gateway Device 
16. Telecom Italia Mobile Selects Portal’s Billing Software 
17. Optinel Lands $22 Million in Second Round Funding for Cable Systems 
v9n228 04-Dec-2002 1. Juniper Outlines Vision to Migrate from Commodity Transport to Advanced Services 
2. Cisco Enhances its 15454 MSPP with Ethernet/IP Multipoint Services Card 
3. Cisco Announces CMTS Enhancements for Cable Operators 
4. Cisco Supplies Metro Ethernet for Hanaro’s High-BAN Service 
5. Nortel Networks Extends its Metro Optical Portfolio 
6. Nokia IP Multimedia Pilot System Test SIP-based Services 
7. China Unicom Awards Major Fiber Contract to Corning 
8. Spirent’s WebAvalanche Adds Windows Media Support 
9. ARRIS Releases Version 3.0 of its CMTS 
10. Innomedia Launches IP Videophone for SIP, MGCP and H.323 
11. Scientific Atlanta’s HD Set-top Home Gateway Features Built-in Cable Modem 
12. Catena Networks Completes Telcordia GR-303 Testing 
13. Bluesocket and SpectraLink Address Wireless VoIP Interoperability 
14. Wi-Fi Smart Card Consortium to Specify Secure Wi-Fi Mobility Management 
15. Nortel Networks Teams with Mobility Networks on WLAN Integration 
16. Inphi Releases its 10 Gbps Transimpedance Amplifier 
17. ADC Reports Quarterly Sales of $221 Million, Highlights Cable Telephony Growth 
18. 2Wire Raises $27.5 million for its Home Gateways 
v9n227 03-Dec-2002 1. WorldCom Proposes Model for Transitioning from UNE-P to Facilities Competition 
2. Lucent Introduces Ethernet over SDH Access Multiplexer 
3. Lucent Shows AnyMedia Line Access Gateway 
4. Cisco Upgrades Catalyst 8500 Multiservice Switch Routers 
5. Conexant Delivers Single-Chip DOCSIS 2.0 Cable Modem 
6. Agere Unveils 10 Gbps Single Physical Layer Device 
7. picoChip Designs Unveils 3G Baseband Technology 
8. Japan’s Next Generation Internet Exchange Deploys Juniper 
9. Ericsson Wins DSL Expansion Contract From China Telecom 
10. Movaz Announces Metro Optical Contract in Japan 
11. Cogent Offers 2 Mbps Service Through PSINet 
12. 8x8 Introduces SIP-based Telephone Adapter for $130 
13. Micromuse Acquires Lumos Technologies 
14. Spirent and Remedy Form OSS Alliance 
15. WaveSmith Multiservice Switch Completes OSMINE Process 
16. Canada’s Nimiq 2 Satellite Readies for Launch 
17. Nielsen Media Research to Build Tracking Software into PVR Set-tops 
18. Airvana and Winphoria Demo SIP-based Push-to-Talk over CDMA2000 1xEV-DO 
19. Infineon and Metalink Show Interoperable QAM-Based VDSL Chipsets 
v9n226 02-Dec-2002 1. Convergent Networks Introduces PacketCable Call Management Server 
2. Marconi Signs VoDSL Reseller Agreement with Paradyne 
3. Genuity to Be Acquired By Level 3 
4. DSL.net Bids to Acquire Assets of Bankrupt NAS 
5. WP: Echostar, Hughes Offer to Sell Assets 
6. Partners Plan Undersea Southeast Asian Cable 
7. BCE Closes Sales of its Directories Business for Cdn $3 Billion 
8. mm02 Selects Cisco for IP Equipment 
9. Korea Electric Power Sells Stake in PowerComm to Dacom 
10. BT Signs Up 500,000th Broadband Customer 
11. NEC Shows FTTx Access Switch 
12. Guest Column: HyperTransport Gains Momentum 

 

 

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