| v7n146 |
31-Jul-00 |
1. Nortel Networks Acquires Alteon WebSystems for its Web Switches
2. Terawave Introduces Passive Optical Planning Tools
3. Bell Labs Develops Cheaper, Organic Lasers with Storage Potential
4. MeshNetworks Names CEO, Licenses Military Tech. f
5. Friday IPOs: Avici Systems up 212%, Terabit Switch/Routing
6. Friday IPOs: Corvis up 135%, Long-haul Optical Transport
7. Friday IPOs: Webex up 136%, Web-based Meeting Services
Hot Start-up Directory: 14 New Listings This Week
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| v7n145 |
28-Jul-00 |
1. Alcatel to Offer Tracking Stock for Optical Components
2. Nortel and Corning End Talks on Optical Components Merger
3. Cisco to Acquire NuSpeed Internet Systems for IP-Enabled SANs
4. Shaw Creates Big Pipe Inc. for Trans-Canada Backbone
5. FiberNet Extends $200 million Metro DWDM Contract with Nortel
6. BroadStreet Selects Lucent to Build Integrated DSL Networks
7. Nokia Estimates Global Mobile Phone Users Now at 570 Million |
| v7n144 |
27-Jul-00 |
1. AT&T Launches Broadband VPN Services, Accelerates DSL Rollout
2. Genuity Expands its Internet Service Level Guarantee
3. Bell Labs' Geometric Compression Algorithm Promises 12X Gain
4. Germany's VIAG Interkom Awards $475 Million Contract to Marconi
5. Covad Reaches 138,000 DSL Subscribers, up 48% in Q2
6. PMC-Sierra Migrates CPE Silicon from T1/E1 rates to T3/E3
7. Trillium Introduces Voice-over-ATM Source Code for 3G Wireless
8. Turin Networks Raises $60 Million for its Optical Gateway Designs
9. JDS Uniphase Reports Quarterly Revenue of $524 Million, 33% Sequential Growth
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| v7n143 |
26-Jul-00 |
1. Lucent Acquires Spring Tide for its IP Services Switch
2. Cisco to Acquire Komodo Technology for VoIP Devices
3. ITXC Acquires eFusion for its Voice-enabled Applications
4. Virata Acquires Agranat Systems for its embedded HTTP Server
5. Cypress to Acquire Silicon Light Machines for MEMs Optical Devices
6. Altra Develops Spin Polarized DWDM Targeting 12.8 Tbps per Fiber
7. Troika Networks Raises $41 Million for its IP-Enabled Fibre Channel
8. Rhythms Reaches 31K DSL Subscribers
9. Nortel Networks' Revenue Rises 48% to US$7.8 Billion |
| v7n142 |
25-Jul-00 |
1. Nortel Networks Invests $1.9 Billion to Double Optical Production
2. Rhythms Selects Net2Phone's IP Telephony for its DSL Access
3. BT Selects Marconi's SmartPhotoniX DWDM Platform
4. Marconi Releases New Enterprise Gigabit Ethernet Switches
5. NEXTLINK Deploys Ciena's Long Haul MultiWave CoreStream
6. Amber Networks Attracts $91 Million in New Funding
7. Sycamore Builds Partnership Program for Optical Provisioning
8. AccessLan Enhances its in-Building DSLAM with Layer-3 routing
9. Siemens Invests in Optical Micro-Machines
10. Akamai's Network Grows to 4,250 servers in 225 Networks |
| v7n141 |
24-Jul-00 |
1. Western Integrated Networks Raises $830 Million for
FTTH
2. Verizon Reaches 221,000 DSL Customers
3. RoadRunner Cable Modem Service Reaches 912,000
4. CopperCom Secures $90 Million in Fifth Round Venture Financing
5. Alliance Fiber Optic Nets $27 Million in New Venture Funding
6. Israel's Redux Communications Targets Net Silicon
7. Digital Microwave Becomes Stratex Networks
Hot Start-up Directory: 24 New Listings This Week
Conference Announcement: MPLS Next Generation Networking, Sept 25-28, London |
| v7n140 |
21-Jul-00 |
1. Lucent to Spin off Microelectronics Group, Warns of Slower Sales
2. Microsoft & Net2Phone Announce Free PC-to-Phone Calling via MSN
3. SBC Communications Reports 399,000 DSL Subscribers
4. BellSouth Reaches 74,000 DSL Customers
5. AOL Counts 23.2 Million Members, CompuServe at 2.8 Million
6. AT&T Launches Low-cost, Ad-subsidized Internet Service
7. BlueLight Free Internet Service Signs Up 3 Million Users in 7 Months
8. Alteon WebSystems to Acquire Pharsalia Technologies
9. AT&T Integrates Packeteer QoS Tools in its Internet Data Centers
10. The First Cable Modem PCI Cards Receive CableLabs Certification
11. Israel's Giganet Files for IPO – A Supplier of Broadband Wireless |
| v7n139 |
20-Jul-00 |
1. Conexant Systems to Acquire NetPlane Systems, Combining Merchant Silicon and Software
2. Conexant to Acquire Israel's Novanet Semiconductor for OC-48
3. Blockbuster to Launch Video Rental Service Via Enron and DSL
4. Excite@Home's Cable Modem Subscriber Base Reaches 1.8 Million, Up 21% Sequentially
5. Qwest's Internet/Data Revenues Grow 150%
6. Apple's new Power Mac G4 to Ship with Standard Gigabit Ethernet
7. 360networks and Global Crossing Enter Bandwidth Exchange
8. AT&T Selects Lucent, Springtide for Fixed Wireless Data Backbone
9. Ciena Files Lawsuit Against Corvis
10. Net2Phone Acquires Aplio for its VoIP Phones
11. iBasis Records 40% Sequential Growth in Internet Telephony Traffic
12. Centillium Reports 106% Sequential Increase in DSL Silicon Revenue |
| v7n138 |
19-Jul-00 |
1. Excite@Home and UPC to Merge International Broadband Operations
2. Equant Begins Corporate VoIP Service to 54 Countries
3. China Telecom Turns Up Domestic VoIP Network
4. Lucent Introduces Passive Optical Networking (PON) Chips
5. Nortel Networks Extends Optical Contract with Williams
6. FirstMark Selects Alcatel for LMDS Network in France
7. Astral Point Raises $80 Million for its Optical Access
8. Flarion Develops OFDM for Mobile Data Access
9. Voyan Develops physical layer optimization Technique for Last Mile
10. Efficient Networks Reports 65% Jump in Revenues over Preceding Quarter |
| v7n137 |
18-Jul-00 |
1. 10 Gigabit Ethernet Standard On-Track for 2002 Ratification
2. Alteon WebSystems Introduces Webworking Framework
3. WorldCom Outlines Expansion of its Global Data Network
4. Cogent Raises Additional $90 Million for its IP/DWDM Network
5. Comcast Cable Selects Cisco for its Broadband Cable Network
6. Korea's Hanaro DSL Growth Reported at 8KSubscribers/Day.
7. iSKY Secures $137 million for Satellite Broadband Services
8. airBand Raises $45 Million for 10 Mbps Wireless Services
9. AccessLine Brings in $55 Million for its Outsourced Enterprise Voice
10. Vivace Networks Names Former Lucent Researcher as its Chief Technologist |
| v7n136 |
15-Jul-00 |
1. Microsoft Outlines its Partnership Strategy for ASPs
2. Broadwing Adds IP multicasting capabilities to National Backbone
3. AFC Signs Multiyear Cable Telephony Agreement with Tellabs
4. Nortel Networks Tunes Spectral Efficiency of its Reunion Wireless
5. NTT DoCoMo Announces IP Trials with Motorola, Cisco and Xybridge
6. "BOPS" Raises $40 Million for Communications DSP Cores
Conference Announcement: NGN 2000, Where the Net is Going Next |
| v7n135 |
14-Jul-00 |
1. Motorola and AT&T to Sell "Project Angel" Fixed Wireless
2. Telstra Selects Nortel Networks for Next Generation Telephony
3. CoreExpress Awards $100 Million Optical Contract to Nortel Networks
4. Triton Network Systems Rises 156% In IPO – Broadband Wireless
5. Broadwing Begins Offering 10 Gbps Optical Wavelengths
6. Electric Lightwave Completes its 10 Gbps SONET/DWDM Network
7. Peak XV Networks to Offer Outsourced Infrastructure Design
8. RHK Raises $6 Million to Expand its Coverage
9. Juniper Networks Reports 77% Sequential Growth, Beating Estimates
10. Sonus Reports Growing Revenue Deployments of its Packet Voice Products |
| v7n134 |
13-Jul-00 |
1. PMC-Sierra Acquires QED, Adding MIPS Processing to its Networking Silicon
2. Global Crossing Divests is Local Exchange Business
3. Exodus Selects Alteon's Content Web Switches for Managed Hosting
4. Juniper Announces New IP Backbone Customers in Europe, Korea
5. Investors Continue to Fund CLECs: KMC Telecom Raises $182 Million
6. Comstellar Launches a New Business Model for Networking Start-ups
7. Celox Networks Receives $68 Million for its Deep IP Services Switch
8. NextNet Wireless Secures $10 Million for its MMDS System |
| v7n133 |
12-Jul-00 |
1. Vendors Form Wireless DSL Consortium Seeking MMDS-DOCSIS Interface Standard
2. New Broadband Wireless Internet Forum Sets Charter for VOFDM
3. Convergent Networks Acquires Softswitch Vendor, Adding CLASS features to Media Gateway
4. AboveNet to Offer Optimized Connectivity to AOL Data Centers
5. deltathree.com Sees Internet Telephony Traffic Rise 37% in Q2
6.Some Yahoo! Traffic Growth Metrics
7. Oracle and Cisco Systems Team on VoIP Contact Centers
8. Quarry Technologies Names New CEO, building an Application Service Edge Switch
9. Lara Networks Names New CEO, Building Router Table Search Processors
10. LayerOne Builds Network of Neutral Colocation Facilities
11. Level3 to Build Colocation Facilities in Taiwan, Korea
12. Williams Confirms Corvis' Long-Haul, All Optical Transmission
13. VxTel Secures $12.6 million for its Voice/Packet Silicon |
| v7n132 |
11-Jun-00 |
1. JDS Uniphase & SDL Merger Sets Record Price for Network Supplier
2. AT&T to Launches Digital Media Platform Serving 10 Million
3. Road Runner Installs NARUS IP-Usage System for Insight into Trends
4. Yipes Introduces IP LAN-to-LAN Service with IPSec
5. IBM and Alcatel Extend Partnership Targeting Internet Data Centers
6. Telseon Offers Instantly Scalable Gigabit Ethernet Services
7. ITF Optical Technologies Raises $28 Million in New Venture Funding
8. World Wide Packets Closes $20 Million
9. Canon Launches its 3rd Generation Wireless Optics
10. Spectra-Physics Unit Focuses on Passive Optical
11. Lucent Adds Loop Testing to Stinger DSLAMs
12. Agilent Adds MPLS to its RouterTester platforms
13. Intelsat to Offer Broadband VSAT Service |
| v7n131 |
08-Jul-00 |
1. 360networks Pursues Optical Mesh Architecture with
Sycamore2. Cisco Systems Acquires Netiverse for Content Acceleration
3. Lucent Expands Optical Presence in China
4. GTS Ebone Connects 35 European Cites at 2.5 Gbps
5. Nortel Networks Loans $20 Million to FiberNet
6. The OFDM Forum Targets Advanced Broadband Wireless |
| v7n130 |
07-Jul-00 |
1. France Telecom Commits to Alcatel's 1000 MM Converged Access
2. Focal Communications, a CLEC, Secures $300 Million in Loans f
3. Cable & Wireless to Offer Global Wireless Hosting Service
4. Bell Atlantic Cuts Consumer DSL Prices 20% to $39.95 / Month
5. Bookham Supplies Multi-channel Optical Components for Marconi
6. Tropic Networks Targets Metro Optical Space
7. STMicroelectronics Opens Optical R&D Centre in Ottawa, Canada
8 . Siemens to Resell IP Gateways from Nx Networks |
| v7n129 |
06-Jul-00 |
1. Alcatel to Acquire Innovative Fibers for its Optical Filters
2. Vendors Test Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP)
3. ADC Teams with NightFire Software for DSL Provisioning
4. Enition Secures Key Backing for IP Payment Enhancements
5. Lucent Triples Speed and Density of its Latest FPGAs
6. LEAP Wireless Orders $900 Million in Lucent CDMA Equipment
7. SBC Begins Offering DSL Self-Install Kit to Speed Deployment Rates
8. Tollbridge and Sylantro to Combine Voice-over-Broadband with Softswitching
9. PacketLight Networks Targets Metro Optical
10. GTE Internet Deploys Alteon's Webswitches
11. France Telecom Extends its European Backbone
12. France Telecom Selects Ericsson's ENGINE Multiservice Access
13. Orckit Pre-announces Lower Revenue Citing DSL Chip Shortage |
| v7n128 |
05-Jul-00 |
1. German Research Network to Extend High Bandwidth to 700 Sites
2. Analog Devices Bids for MEMs Optical Component Vendor
3. Net2Phone and SpeechWorks Develop First Speech over IP (SoIP)
4. Sonera Expands DWDM Network from Finland to Central Europe
5. New Australia – Japan Cable to Offer 640 Gbps Capacity
6. Internet Initiative Japan Upgrades Pacific Bandwidth to 1.085 Gbps
7 Terry Matthews Appointed as New CEO of Telexis
8. NERA Signs Wireless SDH Contracts in Latin America
9. EANTC Plans New Round of MPLS Interoperability Testing
Conference Announcement: OPTICON 2000, July 31- Aug 3, San Francisco |
