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January 2003

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v10n019 31-Jan-2003 1. AT&T's David Dorman Urges Caution to FCC Policymakers 
2. European Commission Launches Investigation into France Telecom 
3. European Commission Presses Microsoft to Alter its .NET Passport system 
4. Broadband Sign-ups Reach 30,000 per Week in the UK 
5. Connex Deploys Nortel Networks’ Passport 20000 Core Switch 
6. Canada Launches Agile Photonic Network Research Project 
7. Kansas City School District Moves to IP Convergence with Siemens 
8. 8x8 Announces Unlimited Calling over SIP Phone Service 
9. BT Installs its First 80 Wi-Fi Hotspots 
10. Australia’s Optus Selects Lucent for Multiservice Switching and VoDSL 
11. Marconi to Supply Broadband Payphones in Australia 
12. Acterna Adds Lawful Intercept and Intrusion Detection to Analyzer 
13. GIGA STREAM Raises Euro 10 million for UMTS Broadband Switch 
14. TigerJet Implements 802.11b in Native / Host based Architecture 
15. TNT Systems to Market dynamicsoft SIP Stack in North America 
16. WSJ: Sprint’s Willam Esrey to Step Down 
v10n018 30-Jan-2003 1. MPLS and Frame Relay Forums to Merge 
2. Verizon Reports Revenue Growth, Profitability and Wireless Strength 
3. France Telecom Revenues increase 8.4% in 2002, 531K ADSL Lines Added in Q4 
4. UTStarcom Announces $45 Million in New Contracts with Shaanxi China Telecom 
5. Movaz Lands $14 Million Contract from Taiwan’s Chunghwa Telecom 
6. BELNET Selects Alcatel 7770 for IP/MPLS Core 
7. Sheppard Air Force Base to Deploy New Network with Avaya 
8. CommWorks and Kagoor Partner on VoIP Security 
9. Riverstone Introduces Loop Protection System 
10. OPNET Models Cisco Mobile IP Networks for Defense Networks 
11. Looking Glass Adds NetCracker Outside Plant Inventory to its OSS 
12. BellSouth Files Lawsuits over “One Number” Service Offering 
13. Foundry Networks Reports Revenue of $86.7 Million, Increased Profitability 
14. Polycom Sells Network Access Product Line to Verilink 
15. Atheros Enables Multimode Wi-Fi in Top Notebook Brands 
16. Acterna Securities Trading Moves to OTC Board 
v10n017 29-Jan-2003 1. SBC Adds 245,000 DSL Accounts, but Loses 1.2 Million Access Lines in Q4 
2. Defense Experts Investigate Collateral Damage from Microsoft Slammer Worm 
3. China Netcom Selects Nortel Networks for National Optical Backbone 
4. Deutsche Telekom Reports High Customer Growth for Mobiles and DSL 
5. Sify Builds Tier-1 Backbone in India with Cisco 
6. Foundry Debuts 2nd Generation 10 GigE Interfaces, 36% Price Reduction Per Port 
7. Foundry Networks Debuts Two Layer 2 Edge Switches 
8. Marconi Adds Gigabit Ethernet Functionality to DSLAM 
9. Alcatel Announces Reseller Deal with Axiom for DSL Management 
10. Brazil's Second Largest International Carrier Connects to ITXC 
11. AT&T Wireless Signs Wi-Fi Roaming with Wayport 
12. AT&T Launches Video Relay Service for Hearing Impaired 
13. Gigabit Optics Launches Four Micro Devices for CWDM 
14. Ixia Enhances Test Suite for L2/L3 VPNs, IPv6, MPLS Signaling and Multicast 
15. HelloSoft Raises $11 Million for Networking Protocol Layer Software 
16. Australia’s RBN Raises $11 Million for its WDM Equipment 
17. Topio Secures $10 Million for Disaster Recovery Solution 
v10n016 28-Jan-2003 1. Sprint Debuts Layer 2 Services over IP 
2. Supreme Court Rules Against FCC in NextWave Case 
3. SBC Expands Managed Services, Targets Medium Sized Businesses 
4. Cogent Offers 500 Kbps Fiber Service to Compete with DSL 
5. New Edge Networks Offers Layer 2 VPNs to Small Cities and Rural Areas 
6. Verizon Offers Flat-rate Local - Long Distance Calling 
7. Half of Consumers Dissatisfied with Quality of Their Internet Service 
8. Cisco Offers Automated QoS Solution for LANs and WANs 
9. Cisco Rolls Enhanced IP PBX for Mid-Sized Businesses 
10. China Railcom Deploys Riverstone 
11. Telica and VocalData Expand Alliance 
12. Spirent and Juniper Team for Router-OSS Interoperability 
13. EANTC Lab Certifies Alcatel 7770 IP/MPLS Router 
14. Broadcom Sues Microtune Alleging Patent Infringement 
15. Siemens Offers New SHDSL Business Gateway 
16. Nokia Confirms Readiness for CDMA2000 1xEV-DV Operator Trials in 2003 
17. P-Com to Acquire Procera Networks 
v10n015 27-Jan-2003 1. Microsoft SQL Slammer Worm Disrupts Internet Traffic 
2. European Regulators Meet to Set EU Telecom Agenda for 2003 
3. Cisco Systems to Acquire Okena for Network Security Software 
4. Korea Telecom Tests ArrayComm’s Wireless Broadband System 
5. STMicroelectronics Offers High-output Op Amps for xDSL 
6. Marconi Reports Slightly Lower Sales, Progress in its Restructuring 
7. Level 3 Gains Court Approval for Acquisition of Genuity 
8. Key3Media Sells Voice-on-Net (VON) Conference Back to Pulver.com 
v10n014 24-Jan-2003 1. Cisco Files Lawsuit Against Huawei Technologies
2. AT&T Sees Continued Decline in LD, No Turn Around Yet 
3. BellSouth Passes 1 Million DSL Subscribers, But Reports 3.2% Access Line Loss in 2002
4. Microsoft to Acquire PlaceWare, a Web Conferencing Service Provider 
5. Nortel Networks and CIENA Reach Settlement 
6. 3Com and Infineon Settle Ethernet-over-DSL Dispute
7. Vonage Signs its 10,000th Digital Telephone Subscriber 
8. MFN Sells its Operations in France and the Netherlands 
9. MFN Sells Single Phoenix Conduit to AGL Networks 
10. Broadcom Announces Resignation of Nicholas as CEO 
11. Broadcom Reports Sixth Quarter of Revenue Growth 
12. Nortel Networks Says Business has Stabilized, Expensing of Stock Options to Begin
13. Agere Reports Flat Revenues and Flat Outlook for 2003 
14. PMC-Sierra Reports Q4 Revenue of $52.6 million, Cost Cuts 
15. India’s VSNL to Deploy Alcatel 1000 MM Switching Systems 
16. Mexico’s Iusacell Launches CDMA2000 1X Voice/Data Service with Lucent
17. Wind River and Motion Media Develop Internet Videophone 
18. Alcatel Optronics Launches SDH/SONET DWDM Receiver 
v10n013 23-Jan-2003 1. WilTel Provides SBC with Optical Capacity for National Network 
2. Court Orders Verizon to Disclose File Swapper’s Identity 
3. Birch Telecom and Ionex to Merge, $40 Million in New Funding 
4. Digital Teleport Expects Multiple Bids for its Regional Fiber Network 
5. UK Opens 5 GHz Spectrum for WLAN Use 
6. GlobespanVirata Supports 16 Mbps ADSL Rates 
7. Cox Installs SupportSoft to Remotely Diagnose Customer Broadband Trouble 
8. MetaSwitch Converges Telco and Cable VoIP for Rural Incumbent 
9. Neralink Networks Develops Ethernet over SONET/SDH System 
10. RAD and Axerra Work Toward TDM over IP 
11. Telia's Viking Network transmits Polish TV to USA 
12. Cisco Supplies Converged Network to Canadian City 
13. AOMEMS Announces New 8 X 8 Optical Broadcast Switch 
14. Shoreline Secures $10.75 Million for its IP-PBXs 
15. Lucent Reports $2.08 Billion in Quarterly Revenue 
16. Tellabs Reports Q4 Sales Of $313 Million, Up 9% 
17. Sonus Networks Reports Q4 Revenue of $12.7 Million 
v10n012 22-Jan-2003 1. Lucent to Resell Cisco Products to Mobile Service Providers 
2. Japan Telecom Deploys Cisco for MPLS Internet Exchange (IX) 
3. Telehouse Launches IPv6 Peering Exchange in NYC 
4. WorldCom Expands Traffic Management for Network-Based MPLS VPN 
5. Marconi Announces First Sale of 10 Gbps ATM Interface to US Military 
6. AT&T and Partner Build Global VPN for China Ocean Shipping 
7. Aruba Wireless Networks Unveils Wi-Fi Switch 
8. RSA Develops Software Token for NTT DoCoMo Phones 
9. Ubiquity Moves to Version 2.0 of SIP Conferencing 
10. General Bandwidth Expands Packet Telephony with Gigabit Ethernet 
11. Marvell Introduces Single-Chip Integrated SOHO Gateway Router 
12. Taiwan’s Chunghwa Telecom Selects RADCOM's VoIP and VoDSL Testing 
13. U.S. State Department Awards Contract to Qwest 
14. Adelphia Deploys BigBand’s Broadband Multimedia-Service-Router (BMR) 
15. Voyant Acquires Octave Communications for Conferencing Solutions 
16. Axiowave Secures $45 Million for Core and Metro Networking Gear 
17. Taqua Secures $20 Million for Next-Gen Class 5 Switch, Rich McGinn Joins Board 
18. Cable & Wireless Announces Management Changes, Wallace Steps Down 
19. Syndeo Names New CEO 
v10n011 21-Jan-2003 1. Force10 Networks Cuts 10G Ethernet Prices by 44% 
2. Senators Propose Broadband Expensing Act of 2003 
3. ITU Develops Modem over IP Standard (V.150.0 and V.151.1) 
4. Infineon Ships 40 Gbps (OC-768) Chip 
5. JDS Uniphase Launches 2.5 Gbps Transceiver 
6. LSI Logic Introduces its RapidChip Configurable Silicon Slice Strategy 
7. LSI Logic Delivers PCI Express Link and Physical Layer Cores 
8. Vitesse Introduces Advanced Serial ATA Products 
9. NuVox Communications Selects Sonus Networks 
10. Orange UK Boosts ATM Access Network with Lucent 
11. China’s Anhui Province Deploys Riverstone Routers 
12. Laurel Offers Business Case Analysis for Migrating to Multiservice Edge 
13. Peribit Networks Tunes its Bandwidth Management Solution 
14. Veraz Networks Gains NextGen Telephony Certification for Indian Market 
15. BT Awarded Broadband Contract with National Health Service (NHS) 
16. Alcatel Tests New Optical Micro Cabling Technology 
17. AT&T Canada to Relaunch Under New Name, Notes Progress in Capital Restructuring 
18. Lucent Reaches Agreement with Unions 
v10n010 17-Jan-2003 1. XO Emerges from Chapter 11, Eliminating $4.6 Billion in Debt 
2. Hanaro Telecom Terminates Agreement to Acquire Korea Thrunet 
3. BT Ignite Launches 2.5 Gbps Enterprise Service 
4. Metromedia Fiber Network Launches GigE over Fiber Service 
5. telcoBlue Launches Dial Tone Via the Internet to Corporate Accounts 
6. Bell Canada Orders Lucent’s AnyMedia Access for DSL Expansion 
7. Level 3 Supplies Wholesale IP Transit to Claranet 
8. LDCOM Builds Momentum for DSL in France 
9. Spain’s Retecal Upgrades its IP/Optical Backbone with Nortel Networks 
10. Hotsip and i3 Collaborate on SIP and Presence-based Services 
11. Connexion by Boeing Selects XACCT Software for InFlight Service 
12. Wi-Fi Alliance Certifies First 5 GHz IEEE 802.11a and Dual Band Products 
13. BTI Photonics Raises $10.4 Million for its Optical Link System 
14. Alcatel Integrates Cramer into OSS 
15. Juniper Reports Quarterly Revenue of $155 Million, up 3% 
v10n009 16-Jan-2003 1. Nielsen//NetRatings Report Shows Solid Growth in US Broadband, Decline in Dial-up 
2. Senator Burns Outlines NexGenTen Agenda For Communications Reform 
3. CLECs Lobby for Pro-Competition UNE-P Rules 
4. Telefónica Deploys IP/MPLS Backbone in Brazil with Juniper/Nortel 
5. Convedia Delivers IP Media Servers With Native VoiceXML 2.0 Support 
6. SBC Signs 3 Year Supplier Agreement Extension with ADC 
7. Lufthansa Begins Trial of In-flight Wireless and Wired LAN Service 
8. ECI Telecom's NGTS Subsidiary and NexVerse Merge into Veraz Networks 
9. Deutsche Telekom Expands SDSL Deployment with Siemens 
10. Rogers AT&T Wireless Renews Supply Agreement with Ericsson for 3 Years 
11. Marconi Selects Xilinx Virtex-II Platform FPGAs 
12. FLAG Telecom Opens Internet Exchange in Egypt 
13. Latvia’s Capitol City Deploys net.com’s Service Creation Manager 
14. Novilit Signs NTT-AT as Distributor in Japan 
15. Ceragon Networks Signs OEM Agreement with China’s Datang for Wireless Equipment 
16. Catapult Introduces Linux-Based Telecom Test System 
17. France Telecom Launches EUR5.5 Billion Bond Issue 
v10n008 15-Jan-2003 1. Senate Grills FCC on Telecom Policy 
2. France Telecom’s Wanadoo Approaches 1.4 Million Broadband Customers 
3. Equant to Build MPLS-based IP VPN for Hanjin Shipping 
4. ArrayComm Demonstrates Seamless Handoffs for its iBurst Wireless Broadband System 
5. City of Adelaide Plans One of the Largest Public Wi-Fi Networks 
6. Motorola, Avaya and Proxim to Collaborate on Converged Wireless LANs 
7. Cirpack Introduces Carrier-Class SIP Gateway for Public Telephony over IP 
8. BT Deploys Nortel Networks’ Contivity Secure IP Services Gateways 
9. China's Jiangsu Unicom Selects Lucent’s Ethernet/SDH Metro Gear 
10. Taiwan’s HiNet Deploys Juniper’s M-series Routers 
11. SingTel Introduces Singapore's First Public 3G Video Calls 
12. Fujitsu Microelectronics Delivers ASICs to Chiaro Networks 
13. WorldCom Plans New Business and Consumer Telecom Services 
14. SiGe Semiconductor Secures $43 Million in New Funding 
15. SolarFlare Raises $17.5 Million for Physical Layer Silicon 
16. Megisto Systems Appoints Joel Halpern as CTO 
17. inCode Telecom Transforming Payphones into Wi-Fi Hot Spots 
18. Covad Adds 23K Lines in Q4 
v10n007 14-Jan-2003 1. Consumer Group Lobbies Against Powell Plan for Local Access
2. Cisco to Provide Metro Ethernet for China’s Zhejiang Telecom
3. India’s Reliance Infocomm Selects Nortel Networks for Optical Backbone 
4. Broadwing to Write Down Value of its Broadband Unit, Considers Sale 
5. NTL Emerges from Chapter 11 -- $11 Billion in Debt Converted to New Equity 
6. Motorola Bids to Acquire Next Level Communications’ Outstanding Stock 
7. Monaco Telecom Deploys Alcatel for Video over DSL 
8. BellSouth Trials Navini’s Broadband Wireless in Daytona 
9. AT&T Enhances Dial-up Internet Service 
10. XO Extends Hosting Contract for Microsoft’s bCentral 
11. fSONA Introduces New Longer Range Free Space Optical System 
12. Aventail Introduces Clientless SSL VPN Appliance
13. DataPower Delivers XML Web Services Security Gateway 
14. ARRIS Receives Additional CMTS Orders from Comcast 
15. Aperto Networks Introduces Point-to-Point Wireless Bridge 
16. Fujitsu Ships its FLASHWAVE 4010 Remote Extension Platform 
17. Legerity Launches High Performance Analog Business Targeting DSL Drivers 
18. Polaris Networks Appoints Surya Panditi as CEO 
19. Ellacoya Raises $14 Million for IP Service Control System 
v10n006 13-Jan-2003 1. Song Networks Reports Progress in Financial Restructuring 
2. UTStarcom Announces $114 Million in New Contracts with China Netcom 
3. STMicroelectronics and SpaceBridge to Develop ICs for Two-Way Satellite Services 
4. SyChip and SanDisk to Offer Secure Digital (SD) WLAN Card for PDAs, Digital Cameras 
5. NetScaler Secures $13 Million for its Web App. Control 
6. Switzerland’s BridgeCo Raises $13 Million for its 1394-to-Ethernet Home Net Bridge 
7. Sirenza Introduces 40 Gbps Transimpedance Amplifier 
8. Cable & Wireless Appoints New Chairman 
v10n005 10-Jan-2003 1. Agreements Reached on Ethernet in the First Mile (EFM)
2. Vendors Publish Web Services Reliability Specification based on SOAP
3. Isocore Announces GMPLS - Phase 1 Interoperability Testing
4. Wi-Fi Alliance Announces Wi-Fi ZONE Global Brand for Pubic Hotspots 
5. Tahoe RF Semiconductor Targets Wireless Designs 
6. D-Link Debuts VideoPhone That Operates on a TV 
7. DISH Network Builds Interactivity into DBS Service 
8. NETGEAR Wireless ADSL Modem Gateway 
9. Microsoft and Thompson Expand Digital TV Agreement 
10. 3Com Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit against D-Link 
11. Avaya Issues Preliminary Financial Results 
12. Jordan Telecom Selects Alcatel DSL platform and Multiservice Switch 
13. klocwork Raises $9 Million for Software Intelligence
v10n004 09-Jan-2003 1. UTStarcom Inks $100 Million Additional Contracts with Yahoo! BB in Japan 
2. Telecom Italia Selects Marconi Optical Switch 
3. LDCOM Names Marconi as Broadband Access Partner 
4. Alcatel, BT, HP and Brocade Establish 300 km City-to-City SAN Link 
5. Cox Joins Equinix’s Internet Business Exchange 
6. AT&T Latin America Considers its Options 
7. Mpower Reshapes its Business by Exiting Certain Markets 
8. Extend America, a New Carrier, Enters Market for Rural Telecom Services 
9. Intel Plans Centrino Brand for its Wireless Mobile Initiative 
10. Philips and Accton Merge Wireless Activities into New Joint Venture 
11. CompactTCA Announces New Telecom Computing Architecture 
12. TranSwitch and RAD Data Partner on TDM over IP Silicon 
13. Agere Announces $150 Million Agreement to Supply Samsung With Chipsets 
14. EZchip Releases 10 Gbps Traffic Manager, Matching its 10 Gbps Network Processor 
15. Foundry Networks Supplies 10 GigE for Japan's Largest Internet Exchange 
16. Spirent to Provide Service Quality Management for Zhone’s Local Access Architecture 
17. OEpic Offers Front-end Chipset for 10 Gbps Transceivers 
18. Wintegra Cites 50 Design Wins for its Access Packet Processor 
19. Foundry Announces Preliminary Q4 Financials, Increased Revenue and Profits 
20. Comcast Issues $1.5 Billion in Notes 
21. Andrew Closes $160 million Bank Credit Agreement 
v10n003 08-Jan-2003 1. Verizon Claims Third Largest Market Share in Long Distance Voice 
2. IBM and Cisco Team on Storage Networking 
3. SOFTBANK Selects Harmonic for TV over DSL 
4. India’s Data Access Plans Aggressive VoIP Network Expansion 
5. VocalTec Supplies Additional VoIP Equipment to Deutsche Telekom 
6. Microsoft Xbox Live Subscriptions Reach 250,000, Heavy Use Reported 
7. Electric Lightwave Selects White Rock for OC-192c Carrier to Carrier Service 
8. Turin Networks Supplies Ethernet/SONET Transport for Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center 
9. Foundry Adds New 100BaseFX Ethernet Interface Modules 
10. IP Infusion Enhances its Routing Suite with IS-ISv6 and CSPF Extensions for IS-ISv4 
11. FatPipe Networks Awarded Router Clustering Patent 
12. Alcatel IP Core Router Chosen for National Network in Poland 
13. Acterna Delivers 40G Optical Tester to Lucent 
14. Next Level Supplies TV over DSL for Carolina-based Telcos 
15. Ecuador’s ANDINATEL Selects Zhone’s Single Line Multi-Service Architecture 
16. TI and Microsoft Show Real-Time, Broadcast-Quality, Embedded WM9 Encoding 
17. WaveSmith Networks Expands Management Team 
18. Marconi to Offer DeepNine’s Wireless Security Solutions 
19. Linksys Rolls Out Low-Cost Layer 2/3 Switches 
20. Apple Releases 802.11g Access Point 
21. Dell Configures PC for DSL from SBC, Verizon and BellSouth 
22. P-Com and Telaxis Terminate Merger Agreement 
v10n002 07-Jan-2003 1. WSJ: Powell Urges FCC to Ease Unbundling Rules 
2. TIA Lobbies for Telecom Incentives in Bush Economic Stimulus Package 
3. AT&T and Covad Extend Residential DSL Relationship 
4. AT&T Announces Restructuring and Asset Impairment Charges 
5. Telekom Austria Interconnects with iBasis for International VoIP 
6. Marvell Introduces Ethernet Crossbar Switch Fabric 
7. Agere Systems Introduces Flexmap Mappers for Access Networks 
8. Korea’s DACOM Selects Riverstone for Metro Network Expansion 
9. Intersil’s 802.11g Chip Set Selected by D-Link 
10. IDT Delivers Search Engine with Seamless Interface to Network Processors 
11. ViXS Launches Multi-Stream MPEG / 802.11a Video/Wireless Solution 
12. VividLogic and Magis Demonstrate Wireless 1394 HDTV 
13. Global Crossing Selected by Not-for-Profit Hospital Alliance 
14. Microsoft Unveils Windows Powered CDMA Smartphone 
15. S2io Raises $18 Million for 10 Gbps Ethernet I/O Data Center Technology 
16. France Names New Chairman for Telecom Regulatory Authority 
17. Extreme Networks Reports Revenue of $90.2 Million 
v10n001 06-Jan-2003 1. ITU Approves H.264/AVC Video Compression Standard 
2. FCC Reports Growing Competition in Video Markets 
3. JPMorgan Chase Awards $5 Billion Outsourcing Contract to IBM 
4. Axcel Acquires NetTest from GN Great Nordic 
5. PingTone Announces National IP Telephony Strategy 
6. Deutsche Telekom Sells EUR 1.7 billion in Real Estate to Reduce Debt 
7. LightWave Communications Exits Carrier Business, Launches Residential Phone Service 
8. Touch America Sells Switched Long-Distance-Voice Accounts to Buyers United 
9. BCE Transfers Teleglobe Shares to Ernst & Young 
10. Qwest Gains FCC Approval for Long Distance in Nine States 
11. PRIMUS Raises $42 Million in New Stock Offering 
12. Buffalo Technology Ships 802.11g Wireless Products 
13. Telesat Launches Nimiq 2 Satellite for Canadian Coverage 
14. Akerson to Step Down from XO Communications 
15. Winnick Resigns from Global Crossing 
16. CoSine Rejects Takeover Proposals by Wyndcrest to Liquidate the Company 

 

 

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