| v7n210 |
31-Oct-00 |
1. Gotham Unveils its “Switchless Switch” for the Network Edge
2. Ocular Networks Builds Metro Optical Platform for TDM and Data
3. Quarry Introduces Optical-Speed Encrypted Traffic Engineering
4. Vivace Networks Closes $83 Million for its MPLS Switches
5. Picolight Raises $38.9 Million for its VCSELs
6. MetroPhotonics Secures CDN$62.5 Million for its Passive Optical
7. Qwest Wireless Implements Voice-Browsing Internet Access
8. Cable & Wireless Invests US$1.4 Billion for Fiber in Japan
9. Marconi Selected for New City Network Design in UAE
10. Verizon Reports 350,000 DSL Accounts, up 59% over Q2 |
| v7n209 |
30-Oct-00 |
1. DCL Releases Stream Control Transmission Protocol Source Code
2. Avail Networks Unveils Integrated Concentrator Combining DSLAMs, IADs and ATM Switching
3. Virata Releases OpenDSL Software for Autoconfiguring CPE
4. Korea Telecom Expands Deployment of Unisphere’s Edge Routing
5. AFC Signs New Agreements with SBC, Verizon
6. HarmonyCom Raises $25 Million for its Management Software
7. Accelerated Networks Unveils ISDN Voice over Broadband Solution
8. Brocade Introduces 64-port Fibre Channel Switches |
| v7n208 |
27-Oct-00 |
1. Broadwing Tests DSL Entertainment-on-Demand to Consumer TVs
2. Oracle Transfers Interactive TV Business to nCUBE, thirdspace
3. Alcatel & Oracle Invest in thirdspace to Accelerate iTV Race
4. BT Selects Alcatel's 7670 Routing Switch Platform
5. Europe's 160 Gbps Pangea Undersea Cable Ready for Service
6. NorthPoint Reports 87,000 DSL Accounts
7. edgeflow Inc. Targets Optical Networking |
| v7n207 |
26-Oct-00 |
1. AT&T Confirms Break-up into 4 Companies
2. ITXC Posts 270 million minutes of Internet Telephony Traffic in
Q3
3. Excite@Home Reaches 2.3 Million Cable Modem Subscribers, Peak Backbone Traffic Approaches 7.0 Gbps
4. Road Runner Reports 1.1 Million Cable Modem Users
5. InfiniBand v1.0 Released – Delivers High-Performance Switched
I/O
6. Banderacom Introduces InfiniBand Chips
7. Storm Telecommunications Leases European Fiber From MFN
8. Telia Signs US Applications Infrastructure Provider in $89 Million Deal
9. Kymata Hires Lucent Exec for Optical Component Sales
10. VxTel Secures $62 Million for its Voice/Packet Silicon
11. LiquidLight Raises $9 Million for its Optical Edge Plans
12. WaterCove Networks Garners $10 Million for Mobile Wireless Data |
| v7n206 |
25-Oct-00 |
1. SBC Announces Roadmap for IP Telephony Business Solutions
2. Santera Systems Introduces its SuperClass Switching Platform
3. Jetstream Partners with Sylantro Systems
4. New Zealand Government Implements IP Telephony to 8,000 Desks
5. Telewest (UK) Selects Marconi and Motorola for Cable VoIP
6. Highest Capacity Cable to Link India and Singapore: 8.4 Tbps
7. Giant Loop Network Targets Managed Enterprise Optical Services
8. Qwest Reports 213,000 DSL subscribers
9. Sprint Launches MMDS Service in Silicon Valley
10. Avici Adds MPLS Capabilities to its Terabit Switch Router
11. Nortel Networks Reports Revenue of US$7.3 Billion, up 42% |
| v7n205 |
24-Oct-00 |
1. Raza Foundries Signs Top Tier Investors, Valuation Exceeds $1 Billion
2. PMC-Sierra Introduces Highest Density Silicon for Metro Optical Access Equipment
3. Network Photonics Raises $106 Million for its All-Optical DWDM
4. Coriolis Outlines Plans for Optical Spatial Division Multiplexing
5. Level 3 and Corning Develop New Fiber Technologies
6. LARA Networks Secures $40 Million for Application Processors
7. CoManage Raises $36 Million for its Customer-Aware Telecom Service
8. SAVVIS to Deliver Digital Cinema Network to US Movie Theaters
9. Agilent Introduces Optical Routing and Switching Test System
10. Intersil Rolls Out New Silicon for Wireless Home Networking
11. SBC Reports 516,000 DSL Users, Data Revenues Up 41%
12. Malibu Networks Names Adative Broadband Exec as CEO
13. Hybrid to Integrate Intel's Chip into Broadband Wireless Equipment
14. Sprint PCS and Vendors Complete cdma2000 1x Field Trial
15. Lucent Replaces CEO, Launches Restructuring |
| v7n204 |
23-Oct-00 |
1. Velio Debuts Silicon Designs for Optical
Cores
2. NEC & Himeji Raise Optical Luminescent Efficiency 40%
3. Cisco Acquires CAIS Software for In-Building Broadband
4. Unisphere to Acquire Broadsoft for its Service Creation Platform
5. Alcatel's Optronics Tracking Stock Makes Market Debut
6. Thuraya-1 Satellite Enters Orbit
7. Massana Raises $16.5 Million for its Gigabit Ethernet DSP Cores
8. BellSouth Reports 134K DSL Customers, up 81% over Q2 |
| v7n203 |
20-Oct-00 |
1. Sycamore Networks Introduces Optical Access and Edge Switches
2. LDCOM Selects Sycamore for its European Optical Networks
3. FiberNet Provides 360networks with Local Fiber in NYC
4. Vanion Selects CopperCom’s Local Exchange Softswitch and VoDSL
5. NetVoice Carries 328 Million Minutes of Internet Telephony in Q3
6. Ultra Fast Optical Systems Names CEO,
7. Egenera Raises $20 Million for New Internet Data Center Computing
8. net.com Divests is Federal Services Business |
| v7n202 |
19-Oct-00 |
1. Jamcracker Receives $100 Million
for Web-based Services
2. Extreme Reports Two Metro Networks Operational with 10G Ethernet
3. Industry Association Advances Spec for 10 Gbps Fibre Channel
4. Nortel Networks, HP Cooperate on 10 Gbps Ethernet Server NICs
5. Nova Crystals Garners $31.25 Million for its VCSEL Optical Devices
6. Tellaire Announces Free-Space Optical Service
7. Consolidated Edison Plans Extensive Fiber Services in NYC
8. EZChip Receives $22 Million Funding for its 10/40 Gbps Processor
9. iBasis Reports 40% Sequential Growth in Internet Telephony Traffic
10. AOL Reaches 24.6 million Members, Up by 1.4 million for Q3
11. New Edge Networks Brings In Additional $140 Million Funding
12. Vendors Form Internet Home Alliance |
| v7n201 |
18-Oct-00 |
1. Aerie Networks Selects Nortel Networks for $1 Billion Optical Contract
2. WinFirst Selects Lucent for $800 Million FTTH Residential Network
3. Edgix Introduces Prioritized Network Caching Service
4. Genuity Upgrades its European Backbone to IP/DWDM
5. Convergent Adds New Optical Interfaces to Broadband Voice Switch
6. Broadcom to Acquire Allayer for its 10 Gbps Silicon Designs
7. Spirent Acquires Net-HOPPER for its Network Test Access Systems
8. Marconi Completes Nasdaq Listing: MONI
9. Shaw@Home Reports 282,000 Cable Modem, 16% Penetration Rate
10. NetOctave Raises $15.6 Million for its Silicon-based Internet Security
11. MDV Invests $12 Million in Quake Technologies
12. Hyperchip Selects Virata's MPLS and OSPF Software
13. QUALCOMM Invests in Skybridge for Two-Way Satellite Broadband |
| v7n200 |
17-Oct-00 |
1. Time Warner Telecom Selects Astral Point's Metro Optical
2. Winstar Deploys in-Building VoDSL with CopperCom, Lucent
3. Telia Implements Ericsson's Packet Telephony
4. Village Networks Outlines its Optical Flow Networking,
5. Trellis Photonics Raises $25 Million for its Optical Switching
6. AT&T Provides ATM Backbone for the Tribune Company
7. Genuity Deploys Redback's SmartEdge optical platform
8. Broadwing Signs StorageProvider for its Data Centers
9. Lucent to Resell Ensemble's LMDS Broadband Wireless Network
10. Read-Rite Corp. Backs Scion Photonics for Optical Components |
| v7n199 |
16-Oct-00 |
1. Akamai Expands into Managed Data
Storage
2. Content Bridge Alliance to Address Distribution and Management
3. Net2Phone Reports 30,000 Web Site Customers for its Click2Talk
4. Flexion Partners with Tachion to Deliver Broadband Voice And Data
5. US Auctions for 3G Licenses Now Expected in September 2002
6. Level 3 to provide France Telecom with Transport for US Network
7. Ericsson to Acquire Microwave Power Devices
8. Thailand Launches Public IP Telephone Network |
| v7n198 |
13-Oct-00 |
1. BellSouth Selects Sycamore's Optical Switches for FloridaMIX
2. Motorola Outlines its Switched IP Architecture for HFC Telephony
3. FCC Allocates Additional Spectrum for Wireless Services
4. Ciena Increases Channel Densities in its DWDM
5. NEC and Hitachi Agree to Jointly Develop Optical Transport Systems
6. Lantern Secures $59 Million for its 10 Gbps Ethernet Rings
7. Fiberworks Orders 175,000 km of Corning Fiber
8. Beijing Telecommunications Activates 10 Gbps Optical Net
9. Agilent Adds Gigabit Ethernet and OC-192c to Test Platform
10. Juniper Networks Reports Revenue of $201 Million, up 78% over Q2 |
| v7n197 |
12-Oct-00 |
1. Nortel Networks Outlines its 3G IP Core Solution
2. 360networks Lights 10,000 miles of North American network
3. Level 3 Activates Softswitch-Based Service in Europe
4. Sprint Launches Consumer ION Services with VoDSL
5. Compaq to Bundle Net2Phone’s USB-port Telephone Handset
6. Cox Selects Sorrento’s Metro DWDM Platform
7. Sphera Optical Networks Plans Metro DWDM Services in 14 Cities
8. Agilent Samples 10 Gbps Ethernet Transceiver
9. Agilent Forms Networking Solutions Division
10. Scientific Atlanta Invests in BridgeWave for Broadband Wireless
11. Global Crossing Names New CEO
12. StarBand Files for IPO, Upcoming Launch of 2-Way Satellite |
| v7n196 |
11-Oct-00 |
1. Yahoo! Introduces Free Voice Services
2. Yahoo! Reports 185 Million Users, Traffic up 15% over June
3. Optical Internetworking Forum Completes First 10Gbps Specifications
4. GTS, Compaq and Microsoft Launch European Streaming Media
5. MFN to Acquire SiteSmith for Outsourced Web Design Services
6. CacheFlow to Acquire Entera for its Streaming Content Distribution
7. OnePath Networks Secures $40 Million for its FTTH Architecture
8. TrueSAN Outlines Massively Scalable, Modular Storage Architecture
9. Qusion Technologies Targets Integrated Optical Devices
10. Intel Invests in Accordion Networks for its MTU Service Delivery
11. Broadband Users in Singapore Reach 250K
12. NEC Introduces New IP Telephony Exchange Platform
13. 2Wire Signs Residential Gateway Agreement with Dell
14. Lucent to Miss Revenue Targets Again |
| v7n195 |
10-Oct-00 |
1. Marconi Outlines its Optical Portfolio for North
America
2. Four Optical Start-Ups Form Alliance, Seek $100 Million in Funding
3. Yipes Raises $139 million for Network Expansion
4. Global Crossing Completes Mexican Fiber Network
5. Equinix Signs Charles Schwab for its Internet Business Exchange
6. Excite@Home Offers Online Personal Video Editing and Storage
7. IBM Introduces its Next Generation, Thin Web Server
8. Telstra Awards A$100 Million DOCSIS Contract to Cisco
9. Cisco Scales its 6400 Broadband Aggregation Platform
10. AT&T Italia to deploy net.com's SCREAM Service Creation Manager
11. Cisco Introduces IPsec VPN Solution for Service Providers
12. Ericsson Rolls Out Wireless LAN Products
13. Wind River to Acquire Rapid Logic for Embedded Device Software
14. OptCom Raises $23.8 Million for its Optical Filter Technology
15. Zenfinity Garners $9 million from Comstellar
16. iPhotonics Secures $23.9 Million for Optical Integration Services |
| v7n194 |
06-Oct-00 |
1. SBC Selects Lucent's 7R/E Packet Telephony for National Expansion
2. ONI Systems Introduces a Longer Reach Optical Transport System
3. Net2Phone's Minutes of use Grows to 167 million, up 38% over Q2
4. Broadwing Introduces Phone-to-Phone VoIP Service
5. Corning Innovation Ventures Forms $50 Million Venture
6. WaveSplitter Files for IPO
7. Peregrine Attracts $21 Million Investment for 10 Gbps CMOS Devices
8. Sci-worx Acquires Sican for System-on-Chip Solutions
9. SBC and BellSouth Name Their Joint Venture "Cingular Wireless"
10. France Telecom's Wanadoo Reports 1.5 million Customers
11. Jtec Appoints Former Nortel Networks Executives as New CEO
Note: Converge! Network Digest will not be published on Monday, October 9th
in observance of Columbus Day |
| v7n193 |
05-Oct-00 |
1. Agilent Develops CMOS Chip with 50 Channels at 2.5 Gbps
2. Broadcom to Acquire Element 14 for its DSL Silicon
3. NetSpeak Adds Billing Capabilities to Its IP Telephony Software
4. iBasis Announces Major VoIP Network Expansion in Europe
5. PSINet Invests in Reelplay – 1.3 Terabytes of Online Video Storage
6. AT&T Licenses Key Optical Switching Technology to Tellium
7. Siemens' Optisphere Tops DWDM Record at 7.04 Tbps per Fiber
8. Cyoptics Raises $57 Million from Cisco, Corning, Intel & Vitesse
9. Maple Optical Systems Secures $50 Million for its MPLS Platform
10. NetScaler Brings in $35 Million Investment for its Web Server Scaling
11. Adva Optical Networking Acquires R&D Team of Siemens Norway
12. Oplink Rises 87% in IPO |
| v7n192 |
04-Oct-00 |
1. Comcast Selects Quantum Bridge's Optical Access System
2. NEC Sets New DWDM Record – 6.4 Tbps (160 Channels at 40 Gbps)
3. Qwest to Deploy Avici's Terabit Switch Router
4. Global Crossing Signs $500 Million Fiber Lease with Telecom Italia
5. Cisco Outlines Optical Manufacturing Strategy
6. PMC-Sierra Announces Dual Port Gigabit Ethernet Chip for Carrier Services
7. Silicon Access Networks Raises $56 Million for 10 Gbps Processors
8. Astral Point Adds OC 192 to its Metro SONET/ATM/IP/TDM Platform
9. Xilinx to Acquire RocketChips for its ultra-high-speed CMOS Transceivers
10. WaveSplitter Raises $51 Million for its Optical Amplifiers |
| v7n191 |
03-Oct-00 |
1. Broadwing's Rick Ellenberger on the Potential for Liquid Bandwidth
2. Cable & Wireless Selects Nortel Networks for US$1.4 Billion VoIP
3. 360Networks Raises $1.2 Billion for Network Rollouts
4. Telecom Italia Selects Marconi’s Optical Platform
5. Level 3 to Co-Locate in LevelOne’s Optical Distribution Exchanges
6. CopperCom Releases its Local Exchange Softswitch
7. Ellacoya Networks Outlines its Service Generation System
8. Kymata Acquires Total Micro Products for its MEMs Technology
9. Infineon to Acquire Ardent Technologies for its Ethernet Switching
10. SOLID Raises $50 Million for its Smart Network Software
11. Crescent Networks Raises $37 million f
12. Lucent’s Avaya Communication Makes NYSE Market Debut
Conference Announcement: Telecoms Transmission Networking 2000,
27 - 30 November, Barcelona, Spain |
| v7n190 |
02-Oct-00 |
1. KDDI Completes 3-Way Merger, Japan’s Second Largest Carrier
2. Switzerland’s diAx Activates Commercial GPRS Mobile Network
3. Dominion Telecom and Williams Sign $41 Million Fiber Lease
4. Convergent Networks Files for IPO
5. GN Nettest to Acquire Photonetics for DWDM Testing
6. N+I Atlanta: Best of Show Winners |
