| v7n083 |
28-Apr-00 |
1. MCI WorldCom’s Revenue Growth Rates: Internet 46%, Data 26%, Voice 3%
2. AT&T Wireless Makes IPO Debut Amidst Tepid Demand
3. Williams Communications Aligns Into 4 Business Units
4. Infineon Acquires Savan for VDSL
5. SwitchCore Introduces 16-port Gigabit Ethernet Chip
6. Philips Introduces USB 2.0 Transceiver with 480 Mbps Target Speed
7. Boeing Plans Airborne Satellite Internet Service
8. Equant Outlines DSL Plans for the Hospitality Industry
9. GTE Reports 88,000 DSL Subscribers
10. Broadwing's Cincinnatti Bell Now at 24,000 DSL Customers
11. Rhythms NetConnections Reaches 20,000 DSL Subscribers
12. Covad and US WEST Announce Line Sharing Deal
13. Hughes Plans 2-Way DirectPC Satellite Internet Service by Q4 |
| v7n082 |
27-Apr-00 |
1. Alcatel Debuts its Next Generation DSLAM
2. NorthPoint Now at 41,300 DSL Subscribers
3. Telcordia Selects ADC's CALEAserver for Legal Packet Call Interception/Tapping
4. ITXC and iBASIS Report Jumps In Internet Telephony Traffic for Q1
5. Tundo Raises $30 Million for its Open IP Telephony PBX Systems
6. Time Warner Names Motorola as Preferred Cable Modem Supplier
7. Agilent Acquires American Holographic for Fiber Test Capabilities
8. Finisar Offers New Optical Transceivers for Extending GE or Fibre Channel to 80km
9. MCI WorldCom Expands MMDS Trials, Offers MMDS Connectivity to Rural Schools
10. Iaxis Launches Venture Capital Division Leveraging its European Hosting Centers
11. Vitesse Establishes Venture Fund for Network Edge Start-ups
12. Cidera to Multicast 100 GB of Usenet Traffic to Telenor via Satellite |
| v7n081 |
26-Apr-00 |
1. SBC Reports 301,000 DSL Subscribers, Installation Rate Reaches 3,000 per day
2. Bell Atlantic Reaches 62,000 DSL Subscribers
3. U S WEST Signs Lines Sharing Agreement with 13 CLECs
4. GlobeSpan Pushes G.lite DSL to 4 Mbps
5. Broadcom Announces Gigabit Ethernet Switch-on-chip, Forecasts GE at $200 per port
6. Williams Signs $215 Million Deal with Cogent -- a CLEC Focused on Fast Ethernet Access
7. Chiaro Networks Raises $18 Million for Optical Data Switching Developments
8. VIPswitch Secures $15 Million for its Terabit Optical Switch Development
9. Light Management Group Develops Compression to Increase DWDM Density
10. Atheros Communications Targets 100 Mbps+ Wireless Home LANs
11. Oppenheimer Launches New Fund for Optical Networking
12. PSINet Ventures' $1 billion fund Completes 50th Investment
13. EMC to Resell Fibre Channel Switches from Ancor
14. Nortel Reports Revenue of US$6.32 billion, up 48%
15. JDS Uniphase Reports Sales of $394.6 million, up 155% |
| v7n080 |
25-Apr-00 |
1. PMC-Sierra Introduces CHESS Chip Set Architecture for the Optical Edge
2. GlobeSpan Acquires T.sqware for Network Processors
3. Corning to Acquire NZ Applied Tech. for OptoCeramic Devices
4. Nortel Networks to Resell AirFiber's Wireless Optical Systems
5. Global Crossing Offers OC-48 Optical Wavelength Service for ISPs
6. NARUS and Convergys Claim Usage IP Billing Scaling to 50 Million Users
7. RiverDelta Networks Debuts its Broadband Services Router
8. Scientific-Atlanta Invests in Luminous Networks, Signs OEM Agreement
9. Bell Atlantic to Offer ADVA's Optical Service Platform in Metro Networks
10. Cbeyond Raises $141 Million to Launch IP Broadband Networks
11. Matsushita and Quantum Introduce 1394 Disk Drive for Video Appliances
12. 2Wire Secures $53 Million for Residential DSL Gateway Box
13. Copper Mountain Introduces Turbo-charged G.lite ADSL
14. Lucent Introduces 3 Mbps G.lite ADSL Cards for Stinger DSLAM |
| v7n079 |
24-Apr-00 |
1. Juniper and Ciena Test 10 Gbps IP-to-Optics Interoperability
2. Equant Adds Frame Relay-to-ATM, rt-VBR to Global Network
3. Global NAPs Scales its Backbone with Sycamore’s Optical Switches
4. Choice One Selects Lucent for $100 million Converged Network
5. Marconi Acquires MSI for OSS for Wireless Networks
6. Broadwing Provides its DSL Users with Premium Media On-Demand Services
7. BellSouth Reports 49,000 DSL Customers
8. Harris Acquires Lucent’s Point-to-Point Microwave Business
9. Internet2 Launches Abilene QoS Test Program
10. Netcom Systems Donates $1 Million in Test Solutions to Internet2 |
| v7n078 |
20-Apr-00 |
1. SBC Communications Names Cisco as Preferred Supplier
2. Vitesse Acquires Sitera for its OC-48 Network Processors
3. AMCC Acquires 3 Silicon Designers: YuniNetworks, pBaud Logic and Chameleon Tech.
4. Nortel Acquires Architel for $395 Million – OSS for IP
5. Asia Pacific Cable Network 2 to offer 2.56 Tbps Capacity
6. Sorrento Networks Scales its Metro DWDM Platform to 64 Lambdas
7. Excite@Home Now Reaches 1.5 Million Cable Modem Users, Cites Growing Traffic
8. RoadRunner Reports 730,000 Cable Modem Users
9. Network Plus Raises $256 Million for East Coast VoDSL Rollouts
10. Lucent Introduces New CellPipe Devices for Integrated Access
11. Germany's EINSTEINet Acquires Computer Partners AG
12. N.E.T. Demonstrates Next Gen Broadband Network Architecture with France Telecom
13. Extreme Networks Reports 22% Quarterly Sales Rise
14. HolonTech Changes Name to CyberIQ, Focuses on High Availability Sites |
| v7n077 |
19-Apr-00 |
1. Cisco Announces Global DSL Strategy Based on IP DSL Switching with MPLS
2. Juniper Upgrades to Internet Processor II ASIC with 2.5 Million Gates, Updates OS
3. Quantum Bridge Secures $102 Million for its Optical Access
4. Fujitsu Reports Growing Sales for SONET
5. Siemens to Invest $500 Million in US Wireless Efforts
6. Com21 to Acquire GADline for Cable Telephony
7. Cable & Wireless Acquires IPERGY, an ISP based in Brussels
8. Excess Bandwidth Raises $20.5 Million for DSL Silicon Designs
9. DialPad.com Secures $16.5 Million for its Free Internet Telephony Service
10. AOL Adds 1.7 Million Members for Total of 22.2 Million
11. Covad Now Reaches 93,000 DSL Customers
12. Canada’s Shaw Communications Selects Extreme Networks |
| v7n076 |
18-Apr-00 |
1. Sirocco Unveils its MultiService, MultiWavelength Optical Platform
2. Lucent Promises 320-Channel DWDM System by Q1 2001
3. Global Crossing to Deploy Lucent's LambaRouter, 320-Channel DWDM
4. Extreme Networks Outlines its Metropolitan Strategy
5. Foundry Networks' NetIron Internet Router Scales to 480 Gbps
6. MRV Forms Optical Crossing to Develop All-Optical Switch
7. Force10 Raises $50 Million for 10 Gbps Ethernet Systems
8. CTC Communications Acquires Dark Fiber from Williams, Optics from Cisco
9. Germany's Star One Selects Nortel for Broadband Wireless Access Network
10. LightPath Acquires Horizon Photonics for PON Components
11. Radiata Leverages OFDM for 54 Mbps Wireless LANs
12. First 7 Vendors Certified for Wi-Fi Wireless Ethernet Interoperability
13. Intel Announces Gigabit Ethernet Switches for Copper
14. FastForward Networks Secures $30 million for Internet Broadcasting Platform
15. AudioCodes Reports Fast Growth for Voice over Packet
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| v7n075 |
17-Apr-00 |
1. UPC’s Priority Telecom Acquires Cignal Global Communications
2. Netergy Develops IP-based PBX for Hosted Service, Part of Cisco’s EcoSystem
3. ITU Approves X.509 for Securing Connection between Browsers and Servers
4. Cabletron Seeks Buyer for DIGITAL Network Products Group
5. LSI Logic Acquires mixed-signal design Expertise From NeoMagic
6. BrightLink Networks Adds $52 Million In Third Round VC Funding
7. Bank of America Closes $500 Million Venture Fund Focusing on Communications
8. Morgenthaler Partners Raises $570 Million for New Venture Fund
*** Conference Announcement: Next Generation Network Ventures, April 25-27 *** |
| v7n074 |
14-Apr-00 |
1. Williams Awards $200 Contract to Corvis for Long-haul Optical Transport
2. Terawave Granted 7 Patents in Passive Optical Networking
3. CyOptics Raises $16.3 million in Funding for High Power Optoelectronic Components
4. IG2 Awards $400 Million Contract to Lucent for National Broadband Network
5. Conexant Systems Acquires Applied Telecom for Software
6. PMC-Sierra Reports 27% Sequential Quarter Revenue Jump for Net Silicon
7. Juniper Networks' Sales Rise 41% Sequentially to $64 Million
8. Foundry Networks Reports 27% Sequential Increase in Quarterly Sales |
| v7n073 |
13-Apr-00 |
1. Aeerie Networks Plans Largest US InterCity Fiber Network Yet
2. TeraBeam and Lucent form Systems Company for Fiberless Optical
3. LuxN Adds Distance and Add/Drop Features to its Optical Access System
4. Metro-Optix Secures $28 Million for Hybrid Optical Bandwidth Manager
5. GlobeSpan Software Doubles Existing SDSL Speeds to 4.6 Mbps
6. Verizon Wireless Awards $500 Million Contract to Nortel Networks
7. Cisco Acquires High-Speed Silicon Expertise from Israel's Seagull Semiconductor
8. Sony Invests in ArrayComm for High Speed Wireless
9. Caly Networks Targets Advanced Wireless Transmission
10. Viatel Acquires 25% Stake in Level 3's TransAtlantic Cable |
| v7n072 |
12-Apr-00 |
1. Extant Goes Live with Tellium's Optical CrossConnect
2. Telefonica's Emergia 1.92 Tbps Fiber Network to Link the Americas
3. Bookham Technology Soars in IPO – A Developer of Optical Circuit Technology
4. Cisco Systems to Acquire Pentacom for Metro IP/Optical Technologies
5. MRV Supplies Eight-channel, Coarse WDM to Extreme Networks for Metro Ethernet
6. Cabletron's Riverstone Networks Targets 10 Gbps Ethernet
7. Equinix Opens Silicon Valley Internet Business Exchange
8. Lucent To Resell Artel's Video Optical Transport Equipment
9. Eircom Selects Ericsson's Convergence Engine
10. BBCOM Prices ATM-based Video Calls over US Network
11. SS8 Networks Targets Next-generation IP AIN Services
12. Chromatis Networks Appoints Robert Barron as CEO |
| v7n071 |
11-Apr-00 |
1. Appian Previews its Optical Service Activation Platform
2. ANDA Networks Secures $70 Million in Funding for Optical Access
3. Optical Switch Receives $58 Million for its Fiber Components
4. YAFO Networks Raises $31 Million for its Optical Dispersion Compensator
5. Accordion Networks Raises Funding for Metro Access
6. Converge! Network Digest List of 101 Optical Networking Start-ups
7. First Spec Published for Internet Protocol Detail Records
8. IronBridge Networks Completes its Terabit Router ASICs
9. Hyperchip and YottaYotta Apply Massive Scalability to Network Storage
10. Agilent Introduces Full-Time, OC-3 ATM Probe
11. Adelphia Tests Ensemble’s Broadband Wireless System
12. Yipes Launches Metro Ethernet in its Fifth US Market
13. Conexant Ramps its Manufacturing Capacity
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| v7n070 |
10-Apr-00 |
1. USC Researchers Claim Breakthrough in Opto-Electric Modulators
2. Adtech Introduces First OC-192c IP Test Solution
3. Ennovate and Ensim Partner for Hosted Applications over IP VPNs
4. Lumenon Develops WWDM for Gigabit Ethernet LAN/MAN/WAN
5. GiGA A/S Completes OC-192/STM-64 Line Card Solution
6. Mariner Networks Introduces Access Concentrator for ATM IMA
7. Internet Appliance Secures $15 Million in New Funding
*** ATM Vendors Complete P-NNI Interoperability Testing at EANTC in Berlin ***
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| v7n069 |
07-Apr-00 |
1. Alcatel Adds ADSL to Digital Loop Carriers, Extending Service Reach out of COs
2. GTE Internetworking (BBN) Spins-Off, Changes Name to Genuity
3. Level 3 Selects LogicTier to Manage High Traffic Web Sites
4. XACCT and Convergys to Integrate IP Billing an CRM Systems
5. MIND Raises $15 Million for IP Telephony Billing
6. Artel Offers Video Access Demultiplexer for MPEG to ATM
7. InterNAP Forges Bandwidth/Investment Deal with 360networks
8. Newbridge Networks Reports Stronger than Expected Sales
9. iMagicTV And Bell South Test TV over DSL
10. Hong Kong Telecom Deploys Unisphere's Edge Routers |
| v7n068 |
06-Apr-00 |
1. Broadband Content Delivery Forum (BCDF) Focuses on Services
2. AT&T, BT and Concert Plan $2 Billion Internet Data Center Expansion
3. BT Reports ADSL Deployment on Schedule, 400 Exchanges
4. PSInet Names Ciena as a Strategic Optical Supplier
5. Yipes Selects Jyra to Measure Latency in its Optical Ethernet
6. Dell Announces Internet Infrastructure Sales Strategy
7. Intel Invests in WaveSplitter for Silica-on-Silicon Planar Waveguides
8. Alopa Networks Provides Subscriber Service Mgt. to ADC
9. CopperMountain Introduces VoDSL Integrated Access Device
10. Ramp Networks Unveils VoDSL Integrated Access Device
11. Softbank Invests in Xpeed for DSL CPE Solutions
12. Intel Launches HomeRF Networking Products
13. Yahoo!'s Reports Global Audience of 145 million during March |
| v7n067 |
05-Apr-00 |
1. JDS Uniphase to Acquire Cronos for MEMs-based Optical Switching
2. Alcatel Launches Voice over ADSL, Embedding Traffic into ADSL
3. Aware Demonstrates Voice-enabled ADSL (VeDSL) Technology
4. AFC Acquires GVN Technologies for Integrated Access Devices
5. MRV Ships Wireless Optical Transceivers
6. Nu-Wave Photonics Secures $40 Million for Optical Device Fabrication Technology
7. MMC Networks Outlines its Software-Programmable OC-192c Processor Plans
8. Microcast Awards $91 million IP Contract to Cable & Wireless
9. Giganet Attracts $22M Investment for Broadband Wireless
10. Ensim Develops Application Hosting Server for ISPs |
| v7n066 |
04-Apr-00 |
1. PMC-Sierra’s Tiny Tera Delivers Terabit Scalability
2. Alidian Introduces SONET-framed Metro DWDM Solution
3. Redback Networks Scales its Subscriber Management System
4. Cisco Systems Announces Dedicated Edge Services Router
5. Cisco Releases Business DSL Router Supporting Voice
6. Centillium Introduces Multi-Mode ADSL Chipset Supporting Voice
7. Picus Rolls Out VoDSL Services with CopperCom
8. TollBridge Announces IAD for VoDSL
9. Lantern Secures $15 Million for Metro 10 Gbps Ethernet
10. IronBridge Secures $52 Million in New Financing for Terabit Router
11. RiverDelta Raises $36 Million for Cable Routing and Provisioning
12. Radix Sets Sights on Broadband Wireless Access
13. NeoSilicon Develops RF Chips for W-LANs, BlueTooth
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| v7n065 |
03-Apr-00 |
1. Net2Phone’s Internet Telephony Receives Key Endorsements
2. deltathree.com Reaches Two Million Members for its Voice/Web
3. ArrowPoint Communications Surges in IPO
4. Qeyton Systems Secures $18 Million in New Funding for its DWDM
5. Artel Offers Gigabit Ethernet Extension with 120 km Range
6. Exbit Technology Targets 10 Gbps Ethernet Silicon
7. Banter Receives Lucent Investment for Customer Management
8. ITU Approves Standard for IP Transport over ATM
Conference Announcement: OPTICON 2000, July 31- Aug 3, San Francisco
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