| v8n040 |
28-Feb-01 |
1. TyCom Plans 7.6 Tbps South East Asia Cable Network
2. Asia Global Crossing and Korea's DACOM Form Joint Venture
3. Alcatel Launches Voice Gateway for its DSL Access Platform
4. Efficient Signs DSL Modem Contract with SBC Communications
5. Equipment Vendors Form IP Storage Forum
6. IETF Advances Two IP Storage Specifications to Standards Track
7. Optisphere Networks Names Management Team
8. YottaYotta Acquires Adaptive RAID Technology
9. CODEON Supplies 10 Gbps & 40 Gbps Optical Modulators
10. Network Photonics Chooses Agility's Tunable Lasers
11. Tropic Secures $60 Million for Packet-based Optical Platform |
| v8n039 |
27-Feb-01 |
1. Intel to Acquire VxTel for Voice over Packet Silicon
2. 360networks Provides OC-48 Optical VPN to Verio
3. Broadwing Enhances IP VPNs with Customer Tools
4. Motorola to Use Convergent Networks' Softswitch for VoIP over HFC
5. Intel Develops Gigabit Ethernet Chip for Embedding on Motherboards
6. Agere Unveils 64x64 3D MEMS-Based Optical Switch Component
7. Tektronix Introduces Optical Analyzer Measuring Fiber Dispersion
8. Iolon Receives $53 million for Tunable Optical Devices
9. Onetta Secures $56 Million for Long-haul Optical Amplifiers
10. Oplink's Passive Raman Amplifier Used in Xtera's Ultra Long Haul
11. SkyStream Receives $44 Million
12. Virata Boots its Helium DSL Chip for Gateway Applications
13. Navic Networks Secures $23 Million for Set-top Box Data Measurement Tools
14. Terabeam Announces First Customers for Free Space Optical Service |
| v8n038 |
26-Feb-01 |
1. WaveSmith Networks Targets Next Generation MultiService Switching
2. Sigma Networks Raises $435 Million for Metropolitan Area Interconnect Networks
3. TyCom to Increase Capacity of Forthcoming TransAtlantic Network
4. NTT DoCoMo and SEGA to Combine I-mode and Video Games
5. Deutsche Telekom to Sell Six Remaining Cable Networks
6. Lucent Technologies Secures $6.5 billion in Credit Facilities
7. Metricom CEO and Chairman Resigns, Company Seeks Funding for Wireless Data Net |
| v8n037 |
23-Feb-01 |
1. Siemens to Acquire Efficient Networks for its DSL CPE
2. 360Networks Lights Major Segments of its European Fiber Network
3. Korea's DACOM Deploys Ericsson/Juniper Backbone Routers
4. Touch America Selects Cisco 12000 Backbone Routers for OC-192
5. Grande Orders Alcatel Fiber for Residential Network Project
6. Marconi Lands 10 Gbps SDH Transmission Contract in China
7. Virata Enhances Its MPLS Source Code
8. InnoWave Broadband Introduces 155Mbps ATM/SONET Radios
9. OFDM Forum Adds Members, Targets Vehicle-to-Vehicle Links
10. Former Lucent Optoelectronic Execs Found CENiX |
| v8n036 |
22-Feb-01 |
1. El Paso Global Networks Selects Cisco IP+Optical
2. Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom to Sell Sprint Stake
3. China's Henan Telecom to Deploy Cisco's Dynamic Packet Transport
4. Deutsche Telekom Aims for 2.6 Million T-DSL Customers
5. OFTEL Sets Terms for Local Loop Unbundling in the UK
6. Motorola to Acquire Blue Wave Systems for Telecom DSPs
7. Intel Enhances its Network Processor Family
8. Alcatel's Optical Gateway Cross-Connect to Use I-Cube Switch IC
9. 3Com Supplies 150,000 ADSL Devices to Telefonica
10. Get2Net Launches Infrared Internet Access for PDAs
11. Ericsson Signs $325 Million GSM/GPRS with Taiwan's FarEasTone
12. Solinet Systems Names Ex-Cisco, Newbridge Exec as CEO
13. Vmanage Raises Seed Funding for Broadband Network Management |
| v8n035 |
21-Feb-01 |
1. Cisco Systems Introduces Optical Service Router for Network Edge
2. Cisco Introduces Long-Reach Ethernet over Voice Grade Copper
3. 360networks to Acquire NetRail, a Wholesale ISP
4. Broadcom Ships Single-Chip Solution for OC-48 Line Cards
5. GTRAN Develops Indium Phosphide (InP) Process for 40 Gbps Silicon
6. Aura Networks Extends its Metro Ethernet Platform to 200km
7. Riverstone Adds Burst-Safe Rate Limiting to Metro Optical Platform
8. Cable & Wireless to Resell ART's Fixed Wireless Access
9. IBM and Cisco Alliance Targets Campus Mobile Wireless Solutions
10. Hybrid Introduces System for Near Line of Sight MMDS
11. Nortel Networks' CTO Steps Down
12. BigBangwidth Develops Nanomachining Technology for Optical Networking |
| v8n034 |
20-Feb-01 |
1. Dynegy Launches Wholesale Bandwidth Services Over Optical Mesh
2. PMC-Sierra Introduces Packet Content Classification Chip for
OC-48
3. Sprint Expands Wholesale Data Service Offerings
4. BellSouth Commits to Wholesale Services
5. NTT Communications Launches GigE Access Service in Data Centers
6. Airslide Systems Presents IP Solution for SMS and SS7 Networks
7. Nokia Readies its RoofTop Wireless Routing Residential Access
8. BridgeWave Develops Transparent Wireless Modulation
9. ClickArray Networks Brings in $31 Million for Web Traffic Appliance
10. Charles River Ventures Closes New $1.2 Billion Venture Fund
11. Switzerland's Opto Speed Opens Automated Manufacturing Facility
12. Riverstone Completes IPO
13. Terry Matthews Launches Mitel Networks |
| v8n033 |
16-Feb-01 |
1. ONI Systems Introduces Management Portal for
VPN Optical
2. Ceragon Networks Unveils Gigabit Ethernet Wireless Platform
3. Comstellar Signs UMC as Strategic Fab for its Silicon Start-ups
4. Silicon Access Networks Offers Tools for 10 Gbps System Architects
5. BTI Photonics Secures CDN$9.5 Million in Funding
6. Andes Networks Targets SSL Acceleration Platforms
7. Ex-Prominet/Lucent Execs Form Nauticus Networks
8. CIENA Beats Earnings Expectations, Sees Strong Growth Ahead
9. Nortel Networks Trims Growth Forecasts, Cites US Slowdown
10. Global Crossing Completes 85% of Fiber Miles
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| v8n032 |
15-Feb-01 |
1. Sprint Selects Telia to Expand Internet Backbone to Europe
2. KPNQwest and Wicom to Offer IP-Based Call Centers in Europe
3. MFN Lights Up North American Long-haul Optical Backbone
4. AT&T And Excite@Home Tune Services for Content Providers
5. New Focus Introduces Widely Tunable Laser for Long-Haul And Ultra-Long-Haul Systems
6. Quantum Bridge and Corning Forge Fiber-to-Business Alliance
7. ATG Builds Next Gen Test Lab with Spirent Equipment
8. Sierra Monolithics Raises $14.2 Million for 40 Gbps Chip Designs
9. Hughes Adds TiVo Service to DIRECTV Set-Top Boxes |
| v8n031 |
14-Feb-01 |
1. GiantLoop Raises $120 Million for its Optical Enterprise Services
2. Williams Projects Revenue Growth Exceeding 60% through 2005
3. Williams Lights 6,400 km Optical Link with Corvis Platform
4. ITXC Internet Telephony Traffic Rises 31% Sequentially in Q4
5. Finisar Announces 10-GigE Serial Optical Transceivers
6. Xtera Demos 10 Gbps with Raman Amplifiers in the S-band
7. Southampton Photonics Ships 25GHZ Fiber Bragg Gratings
8. Finisar Sells Service Grooming and Coarse WDM Technology to ONI
9. China Telecom Selects Nortel Networks for Optical Backbone
10. JDS Uniphase and SDL Complete Merger
11. Nanovation Technologies Names New CEO
12. Accelerated Networks Replaces CEO
13. Sycamore Reports Revenue of $149 Million, up 24% over Q3 |
| v8n030 |
13-Feb-01 |
1. Verizon Chooses Lucent for Global Optical-Data Network
2. Global NAPs Completes Migration to All-Packet
3. Telseon Deploys Riverstone Switch Routers in 20 US Markets
4. BT Ignite Selects ADVA for "MetroWave" DWDM Service
5. CacheFlow Moves to New Content-Smart Delivery Architecture
6. SS8 Networks Introduces its SignalingSwitch for SS7, SIP and H.323
7. 3Com's newest IP PBX Offers Palm Dialing, Expands to 600 Users
8. Compaq to Promote Cisco's Enterprise IP Telephony
9. Spirent Announces Channelized Bit Error Rate Testing Capability
10. W. L. Gore, Agilent and Mitel Seek Standard for Parallel Optics
11. Massana Signs TSMC for its GigE-over-copper Silicon |
| v8n029 |
12-Feb-01 |
1. ITU Approves Optical Transport Network (OTN) Standards
2. ITU Approves DSL Standards
3. Accordion Announces Multi-Service Activation Platform
4. Bandwidth9 to Develop Tunable Optical Filters for DWDM
5. Optical Solutions Selected for FTTH in South Carolina
6. GE, Microsoft to Form New Company Targeting Home Networking
7. Time Warner Cable Deploys AP Engine’s Service Creation and Usage
8. Bell Labs Tests Quantum Mechanical Effects in MEMS Developments
9. Canadian Researchers to Build Wavelength Disk Drive
10. Procket Networks Names Randall Kruep as CEO |
| v8n028 |
09-Feb-01 |
1. Optical Internetworking Forum Outlines its Progress
2. BT Cellnet Selects Cisco IP+ATM for its 3G IP Backbone
3. Level 3 Reaches 1,200 Customers for its Wholesale IP Transit
4. Siemens Plans Twenty-fold Production Increase in DSL Ports
5. SolidSpeed Networks Launches Peer-to-Peer Web Probe
6. Astracon Raises $25 Million for OSS Software
7. Efficient Networks Introduces DSL Gateway with Firewall
8. Corona Optical Systems Sets Sights on High-speed Optoelectronics
9. Lane15 Software Targets InfiniBand Management Software
10. Corning Invests $650 Million to Increase Optical Supply Capabilities |
| v8n027 |
08-Feb-01 |
1. Verizon to Build Global Voice and Data Network
2. CIENA Wins $200 Million Core Switch Contract from McLeodUSA
3. Telecom Italia Deploys Alcatel’s 10 Gbps SDH
4. XStream Logic Secures $30 Million for its 10 Gbps Chips
5. Narad Networks Raises $41 Million for its HFC “Virtual Fiber” Platform
6. Communicant Semiconductor Technologies To Build Foundry
7. Network Robots to Develop Programmable Networking Platform
8. Boca Photonics Develops Service Control Solution
9. RealNetworks Partners with Wavefly for Streaming Media
10. CoManage and Telution Develop Customer-aware OSS for Broadband
11. Ceragon Introduces 3 x DS-3 Broadband Wireless |
| v8n026 |
07-Feb-01 |
1. Nortel Networks to Acquire JDS-Uniphase’s 980
nm Business
2. Cisco Expects Flat or Declining Revenues in Next Two Quarters
3. CIENA Raises $1.5 Billion in Stock and Debt
4. Telseon Receives $175 Million in New Funding for Metro Ethernet
5. Genuity and Yipes Announce Nationwide Partnership
6. Sycamore Completes Etheroptic Testing with Foundry and Riverstone
7. Level 3 Signs $45 Million in Large Private Line Transport Contracts
8. Sprint to Build 10 Gbps Global IP Backbone
9. BT Selects Apogee Networks' NetCountant for its own Intranet
10. Spirent Introduces Noise Impairment Systems for testing VDSL
11. ADC to Acquire CommTech for its Telco Service Order Software
12. National Semiconductor to Acquire innoCOMM
13. Agilent Creates $100 Million Venture Group |
| v8n025 |
06-Feb-01 |
1. Yipes Attracts $200 Million in Funding
2. Conexant’s Mindspeed Technologies Debuts Silicon for RPR
3. Nishan Systems Releases its Native IP Storage Switches
4. Emperative Introduces Multivendor Optical Service Provisioning
5. Quantum Bridge Adds ATM to its Passive Optical Access System
6. Aperto Networks Unveils its Fixed Broadband Wireless Access
7. Marconi Signs $100 Million Equipment/Service Deal With Media.net
8. Peak XV Opens Interoperability Labs for Next-Gen IP Engineering
9. Coree Raises $30 Million for Core Packet Switching Systems
10. Kestrel Acquires Net Monitor Ltd., a Developer of EMS
11. Motorola/Cisco Joint Venture Names General Manager |
| v8n024 |
05-Feb-01 |
1. Qwest Wins $100 Million Contract For Networks in Arizona Schools
2. Entridia Introduces Dual OC-48c Packet Forwarding ASICs
3. Blue Sky Research Enters Electro-Optical Components Market
4. PMC Sierra Introduces ATM Inverse Mux Chips
5. Chameleon Raises $47 Million for Reconfigurable Processors
6. Tdsoft Receives $20 Million for its Voice over Next Generation Access
7. Copper Mountain Expects 80% Drop in Q1 Revenues |
| v8n023 |
02-Feb-01 |
1. Storm Expands Deployment of Sycamore Optical Mesh Network
2. Fibernet and IntelliSpace Partner for Metro Ethernet Service
3. Worldcom Selects Ericsson ENGINE Network Platform
4. NetScreen and Riptech Offer Managed Security Outsourcing
5. Centerpoint to Adapt Multiplexing for Broadband Wireless
6. Agere Develops ASICS for Native Networks’ Optical Access Box
7. Nortel Awarded $30 Million Wireless Contract in China
8. COMNET Announces Product Award Winners |
| v8n022 |
01-Feb-01 |
1. Cisco Moves Core Routers to OC-192, Outlines IP+Optical Strategy
2. Qwest Extends OC-192c capacity Across North American Network
3. Nortel Networks and AOL TW Announce VoIP Marketing Alliance
4. Sprint Deploys Lucent's Stinger DSL in 1,000 Central Offices
5. Zhone Secures $300 Million for Carrier Financing Through CIT
6. Digital Island Trims Capital Expenditures to Reduce Funding Needs
7. Convergent to Extend Softswitching to Packet Cable Telephony
8. Orchestream to Acquire Crosskeys
9. Orckit Forms Corrigent Systems for Packetized Voice Transport |
