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v7n127 30-Jun-00 1. UUNET's Forecast: Traffic Growth Rates will Accelerate 
2. Nortel Networks to Resell Juniper's Routers 
3. Adtech Adds BGP-4 Routing Emulation for Core Router Testing 
4. ECI Telecom Divests its PBX Business 
5. ARCOS1 Undersea Cable to Add Terabit Capacity to the Caribbean 
6. Sprint Expands its MMDS Residential Service to Tucson 
7. Centillium Acquires Avio Digital for Home Networking ASICs 
v7n126 29-Jun-00 1. Global Crossing's CEO Sees 3G Wireless as Major Driver for Growth 
2. PMC-Sierra Acquires Datum Telegraphic for its 3G Wireless 
3. Nokia to Implement RealPlayer Video in its Future Mobile Devices 
4. Cisco Signs New Fixed Wireless Partners 
5. Centillium Introduces Octal ADSL Chipset 
6. KPNQwest Lights its German Optical Network 
7. Alloptic Targets TDM/TDMA Passive Optical (PON) 
8. Ennovate Networks Expands R&D Efforts 
9. Netformx Secures $15 Million for its Network Design Tools 
v7n125 28-Jun-00 1. Conexant to Acquire HotRail for its Scalable Switching Fabric 
2. Lucent's Enterprise Spin-off to be Called "Avaya" 
3. Regulators Block MCI WorldCom/Sprint Merger, Companies Withdraw 
4. 3Com Acquires Kerbango for Internet Radio Appliance 
5. Yipes to Offer Gigabit Ethernet in Equinix's IBX centers 
6. BroadBand Office Tests Juniper and Zaffire Platforms 
7. Argus Builds Video-over-IP Network with UnisphereSolutions 
8. Samsung Corning to Expand its DWDM Manufacturing Facility 
9. Agilent Delivers Long reach 155 Mbps Optical Transceivers 
10. HarvardNet's DSL Now Reaches 200 Central Offices 
11. Excess Bandwidth Pushes HDSL2 Distance to 18,000 feet 
v7n124 27-Jun-00 1. NARUS Introduces "Content Metering" for its IP Usage-based Billing 
2. Williams Increases Spending to Accelerate Network Rollout
3. Aeerie Orders 8.9 million miles of Corning's LEAF fiber f
4. Global Crossing Selects Lucent's 80-Channel DWDM and 10 Gbps 
5. Broadwing Deploys Corvis' Long-haul Optical Platform 
6. NetRail Raises $50 Million to Expand Its Network 
7. WaveSplitter Names New CEO 
8. Solinet Raises Seed Funding for New Optical Transmission Systems 
9. Lucent Invests in ISPSoft for Provisioning Tools 
10. Broadsoft Raises $23 Million for its Converged Service Management 
11. Brix Networks Develops Tools for High Value IP services
v7n123 22-Jun-00 1. Texas Instruments Acquires Alantro for its Wireless LAN Silicon 
2. Prodigy Takes Over Management of SBC’s Dial-up and DSL 
3. Microsoft Promises 1394 Support, including IP over “Firewire” 
4. Hitachi Establishes 10 Billion Yen Venture Fund 
5. Accelerated Networks Soars 219% in IPO 
6. Vivity Secures $4.5 Million for its Enterprise Video over IP 
v7n122 23-Jun-00 1. Microsoft Plans ASP Role in its Vision of Next Generation Internet
2. Ditech to Acquire Atmosphere Networks for $88.5 Million 
3. Metromedia Fiber Network Provides Gigabit Ethernet to Colos 
4. AT&T Wins Court Ruling on Cable Network Access 
5. SprintPCS to Test Lucent's 2.4 Mbps 3G Wireless Data 
6. Miami to Host Internet NAP for the Americas 
7. Allied Riser to Raise $150 Million to Extend Net Rollout 
8. Turin Networks Targets Optical Access 
v7n121 22-Jun-00 1. TI to Acquire Burr-Brown for High Performance Data Converters 
2. Virata Acquires Excess Bandwidth for SDSL Silicon 
3. SBC Leases Nationwide Fiber and Colocation Facilities from Williams 
4. iBasis Signs China's third largest carrier for IP Telephony 
5. CiDRA Raises $100 Million for Tunable Photonics 
6. Yipes Deploys Equipment with COLO.com in Major US Cities 
7. Granite Systems Secures $20 Million for its Network Management 
8. Adelphia Begins Cable IP Telephony Trial 
v7n120 21-Jun-00 1. Vivendi-Seagram Combine Media Content and Communications 
2. Enron and SAVVIS Cooperate on Broadband Content Delivery 
3. Storage Vendors Develop Direct Access File System (DAFS) Protocol 
4. InfiniBand Specification Expected by October 
5. IBM Shows InfiniBand Chip Designs to System Designers 
6. Lucent's Enterprise Networks Group Files for Spin-off 
7. Ocean Optics Introduces High-precision Optical Filters 
8. Corning Supplies Fiber for CoreComm's FTTH Networks 
9. Tellabs Establishes Boston Center for Optical Networking 
10. Intel Invests in Braxton for its Software based Call Center 
v7n119 20-Jun-00 1. Lucent Acquires Hermann Tech. for DWDM Filters 
2. Nortel Networks Promotes "Wings of Light" Campaign 
3. Into Networks and US West Offer Software OnDemand to DSL 
4. Into Networks Raises $36 Million for its OnDemand Software Service 
5. US West Passes 150K DSL Customer Milestone,
6. Alcatel to Triple its Fiber Production Capacity 
7. Corning to Increase Fiber Manufacturing 
8. Astral Point Announces First Customer for its SONET-like Optical 
9. Equipe Communications Previews its Optical Software Architecture 
10. Germany's tesion Builds National Optical Network 
11. Netergy Networks Inks VoDSL Agreement with Alcatel 
12. ECI Telecom Acquires WinNet for Fixed Wireless Technology 
13. NASA to Double Bandwidth Access to Space Shuttles 
14. Gadzoox to Miss Earnings Expectations 
v7n118 19-Jun-00 1. Covad Pursues DSL Direct Sales Model Through BlueStar Acquisition 
2. Network Plus Acquires Fiber Across New England 
3. Excite@Home, Jupiter and Sumitomo Launch @ Home Japan 
4. Ericsson Forms Start-up Incubator; Hot Areas: FTTH, Content Aggregation and Automotive Communications 
5. Emperative Raises $20 Million for Service Provisioning Platform 
v7n117 16-Jun-00 1. Road Runner Activates OC-192 Backbone 
2. Dialpad Claims 7.5 million Registered Users 
3. Telseon to Base its Metro Ethernet Services from COLO.COM's 
4. Equinix Secures Additional $95 million 
5. Exbit and Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe Develop 10 Gig Ethernet 
6. Global Crossing Europe Selects Nortel's OPTera Metro DWDM 
7. Lucent Named Primary 3G Supplier to Verizon Wireless 
8. Sweden's Teracom to Deploy More than 80 Lucent CBX500 ATM 
9. SDL to Supply Optical Modulators to Siemens through 2001 
v7n116 13-Jun-00 1. PMC-Sierra Acquires Malleable Technologies 
2. Nortel Networks Acquires EPiCON, Launches ASP Platform 
3. Alcatel and THOMSON Join Forces for Video Networks 
4. Sun and Metromedia Form Alliance for Outsourced Storage Services 
5. Allied Riser Tests AirFiber's "Wireless Optical" for Last Mile Access 
6. Alcatel Creates Nextenso Internet Portal Software House 
7. Corvis Acquires Baylight Networks 
v7n115 13-Jun-00 1. CoreExpress Secures $573 Million for its Multi-ISP Extranet Service 
2. Alteon to "Akamaize" Web Content On-The-Fly 
3. Akamai Monitors Global Traffic Management For Optimized Content 
4. Broadcom to Acquire Innovent for Bluetooth Technologies 
5. Cisco and Brocade to Interconnect SANs via IP 
6. More on SAN Extensions from Data Centers into Metro Networks 
7. Motorola Invests in Xybridge for its Softswitch Platform 
8. Conexant Develops DS3 Network Processor Chipset for Line Cards 
9. F5 Networks Builds its BIG-IP Switch with Intel's Net Processors 
10. Metricom Selects Redback for its National Wireless Network 
11. AT&T Canada to Launch Cisco-based Enterprise IP Service 
12. Inari Gets Backing of Thomson Multimedia for In-Home Powerline 
v7n114 13-Jun-00 1. Adtech Introduces Core Network Monitoring and Analysis Solution 
2. Quallaby Receives New Funding for Network Performance Database 
3. China Mobile, the World's Largest Wireless Carrier, Selects iBasis f
4. Global Crossing Deploys Nortel's Qtera Long Haul Transport Platform 
5. France Telecom's GlobeCast Selects GDC's APEX Packet Switches 
6. Lucent Introduces High Channel Density, Modular DSPs 
7. Southampton Photonics Targets Optical Components 
8. Orchid Lightwave Raises $4.4 Million in Seed Funding 
9 . Lucent and Siros Develop Very Small Aperture Lasers 
10. Ares, Global Crossing, Intel and QuestMark Invest in Tornado 
11. TRW Invests in SpaceBridge Networks 
v7n113 12-Jun-00 1. ADC to Acquire Centigram Communications 
2. Lucent Develops Plastic Fiber for Short Reach Applications 
3. Tellium's Next Optical Switch to Combine All-Optical + OptoElectronic 
4. Optical Micro-Machines Raises $75 Million for MEMS
5. VCities Builds New Nationwide Network with Lucent's Nexabit Terabit 
6. Qwest Tests Nortel's OC-768 (40 Gbps) 
7. TdSoft Announces Partners for its Voice over Next Generation Access 
8. Three CLECs Consolidate to Build Super-Regional Network 
v7n112 09-Jun-00 1. Canoga Perkins Extends DWDM Spectrum Through 1400nm Window 
2. CopperCom to Integrate VoDSL with Softswitching 
3. Convergent Networks to Add VoDSL Capabilities via DSP Modules 
4. ipVerse and Tollbridge Develop Voice over Broadband 
5. Integral Access and ipVerse combine MPLS-based multi-service platform with Softswitch 
6. NEC America to Market Mockingbird's Softswitch 
7. Nortel Networks to Resell Tollbridge's VoIP Cable Gateway 
8. AccessLan Raises $35 Million in New Financing 
9. Nx Networks Debuts Is Softswitch Application Environment 
10. Ericsson Adds Core Juniper Routers to its Portfolio 
11. Ericsson Shows First Bluetooth Phone, PCMCIA Card 
12. Global Photon Systems Plans 4 Tbps Cable Off California Coast 
13. SuperComm's SUPERQuest Awards 
v7n111 08-Jun-00 1. Alcatel Outlines its Optical Roadmap 
2. Alcatel Reports DWDM Distance/Capacity Achievements 
3. Avanex Develops "Wavelength to the Desktop" Application 
4. Sirocco Introduces Wavelength Switch for Regional Core Networks 
5. Amber Networks' Optical Aggregation Router Encapsulates Traffic
6. AT&T Cable Services to Test ISP Choice 
7. Vitesse Taps IBM SiGe for Optical Chips 
8. AstroTerra Tests 1 Gbps Satellite to Earth Laser 
9. PSINet Acquires Extensive European Dark Fiber from Viatel 
10. Zaffire Raises $85 Million in 3rd Round Funding 
v7n110 07-Jun-00 1. Sycamore Networks Acquires Sirocco Systems for Metro Access 
2. Optical Mergers/Acquisitions 
3. Marconi Integrates Optical Crossconnect, SONET ADM and Switch/Router 
4. Lucent Introduces its FTTH Access Solution 
5. Lucent Introduces Smaller Nexabit Switch/Router,
6. Nortel Networks Outlines "Virtualized Network" Vision 
7. Intel Introduces 7 Optical Silicon Chips 
8. Nortel Networks and AT&T to Begin GPRS Trials in Major US Cities 
9. Marconi to OEM Copper Mountain DSL Equipment 
v7n109 06-Jun-00 1. Marconi Launches Fiber-to-the-Home Challenge to DSL, Cable Modem 
2. OnePath Networks Introduces FTTH Platform 
3. Optical Solutions Nets $66 Million for its FTTH Architecture 
4. Alidian and Gadzoox Target Metro SAN Wavelength Services 
5. NEC to Extends its Optical Portfolio from the Core to the Edge 
6. Marconi Introduces its Intelligent Packet Network Softswitch 
7. Sedona Introduces its Intelligent Edge Products 
8. Cisco Acquires Hynex for its ATM Intelligent Access Devices 
9. Accelerated Networks Names Sprint Exec as its New CTO 
10. IPCell and Accelerated Networks Offer VoATM 
11. Intersil Acquire "No Wires Needed" For 802.11 Wireless Lans 
12. Calient Shows its MEMs-based Photonic Switching System 
13. LaserComm Raises $38 Million for its Chromatic Dispersion Solution 
14. Aurora Networks Raises Seed Funding for Optical Transport 
v7n108 05-Jun-00 1. Terawave Adds LAN-Switching to its Passive Optical Network (PON) 
2. LuxN Launches Voice and Fast Ethernet over Single Wavelength 
3. ADVA to Acquire First Fibre Ltd. for its LAN Extension Expertise 
4. ADVA Announces OEM Agreement with Siemens 
5. E-TEK Dynamics Builds its Components into Integrated Optical 
6. GDC Teams with Taqua Systems for Next Generation Packet Voice 
7. Bell Atlantic Selects GDC's MPEG2/ATM Video Solution 
8. Redback Invests in Telica for Softswitching Platform 
v7n107 03-Jun-00 1. Excite@Home Opens to Content Distribution Networks 
2. BellSouth Moves to Flat Rate Pricing for Wholesale Packet Services 
3. Vitesse and Infineon Offer OC-192 Links for Short Reach Applications 
4. Vitesse Introduces Laser Driver for 10 Gbps Ethernet, SONET/SDH 
5. Riverstone Introduces its Flagship Switch Router for MetroAggregation 
6. Marconi Launches SOLSTIS venture 
7. ONI Systems Rises 230% in IPO 
8. CoManage Adds DSL Support to its Integrated Service Management 
9. Procket Networks Raises $20 Million for Infrastructure Products 
10. Marconi's Fibreway Acquires European Dark Fiber from Viatel 
11. Broadband Gateways Raises $17.2 Million for its IADs 
12. Centillium's USB ADSL Chipset Eliminates External Modem Power
13. Nx Networks Signs OEM deal with Alcatel for DSL IADs 
14. PF.Net Appoints Former Global Crossing Exec as its Chairman 
v7n106 01-Jun-00 1. Lucent Acquires Chromatis for Metro TDM/IP/ATM over Wavelengths 
2. Cielo and Sandia National Labs Create Cheaper Laser 
3. Shaw Selects Marconi's ATM for its Broadband Internet Services 
4. Apogee and CacheFlow to Integrate Billing and Content Delivery 
5. Telecom Italia and Partners Plan a 4 Tbps Undersea Cable Network 
6. CoreComm (a CLEC) Plans to Deploy Fiber-to-the-Home 
7. LuxN Secures $50 million for its Optical Access Platform 
8. OptiMight Raises $32 Million for its Ultra-long Reach Optical
9. Maple Networks Sets Sights on MPLS Optical Switches 
10. Avici and Corvis Test Interoperability 
11. Jetstream Releases Version 2.0 of its VoDSL Platform 
v7n105 01-Jun-00 1. Redback Networks Unveils its SmartEdge SONET Solution 
2. Cyras Systems Introduces its K2 Trans-Metro Optical Platform 
3. NEC’s Latest DWDM Platform to Support 160 OC-192s 
4. N.E.T. Announces Broadband Strategy and New Identity 
5. SBC Leases Dark Fiber to Expand its Footprint in Major US Cities 
6. KPNQwest Selects Nokia for its European DSL Rollout 
7. Agilent Offers Outsourced SLA Verification for ISPs 
8. ITXC Incorporates Intel's Internet Telephony Software 
9. Tellium Expands its Optical Research Team 
10. Triton Introduces a 622 Mbps LMDS Radio 
11. Canada's Telesat Plans World's Largest Telecom Satellite 
12. Opthos Receives Seed Funding for Optical Developments 
13. Crescent Networks Names Lucent Exec as its New CE

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