| v8n125 |
29-June-2001 |
1. Bell Labs Estimates Theoretical Capacity of Fiber at 100 Tbps
2. 360networks Files for Bankruptcy Protection
3. KPNQwest Completes Euro Rings on Schedule
4. DirecTV Reaches 10 Millionth Customer, 10% of all US Households
5. White Rock Networks Offers Gigabit Ethernet in Mini SONET ADM
6. West Bay Launches Highest Density OC-3/STM-1 Framing Processor
7. Lucent Names Six Strategic Semiconductor Suppliers
8. D-Link Offers 802.11b Wireless Cable/DSL Router
9. World Wide Packets Signs California Housing Developer for Ethernet/Fiber
10. TollBridge Secures $22 Million in Fourth Round Funding for its Voice/Broadband
11. Spirent Communications Reports Robust Outlook
12. Redback Attributes 30% Drop in Q2 Revenues to Delayed Carrier Purchases |
| v8n124 |
28-June-2001 |
1. Korea Telecom Selects Riverstone for Metro MPLS Networks
2. Sprint Awards $1 Billion Contracts to Lucent, Nortel for 3G Base Station Upgrades
3. Yahoo! Expands Use of Akamai Content Delivery Network
4. ViaSat to Build Satellite Modem Termination Systems
5. Unisphere Networks and BroadSoft Cancel Planned Merger
6. Vernier Networks Raises $8.5 Million, Names CEO, Targets Wireless LANs
7. Bell Canada Chooses BroadJump's Virtual Truck to Speed DSL Activations
8. Lucent Selects Marvell's Switch Chip for Metro ADM System
9. Vendors to Host Terabit Networking Forum on August 21st |
| v8n123 |
27-June-2001 |
1. BellSouth Lights Up Multimedia Internet Exchange
2. Cable & Wireless Selects Alcatel’s 7670 RSP for Converged ATM/IP/MPLS Core
3. Cable & Wireless Deploys XACCT’s Usage-based Billing Platform
4. MSN Chooses Level 3 for IP Backbone Services
5. Exario Networks Offers Users a Virtual Network Operations Center
6. BrightLinks Tests Optical Switch in Valiant Networks’ Lab
7. Cielo Releases Parallel VCSEL-based 1310 nm array modules
8. Wind River and Agere Announce Network Processor Collaboration
9. DigiLens Obtains $14.5 Million Loan for Active Optical Component Manufacturing
10. Agilent Invests in Lambda Crossing for its Silicon-Based Optical Components
11. Earthlink Raises its Monthly Dial-up Prices to $21.95
12. Cisco Outlines Sales Strategy for Broadband Access in Hotels, Apartments and Campuses |
| v8n122 |
26-June-2001 |
1. Teleglobe Moves to 100% MPLS-Enabled Global IP Network
2. Worldwide AOL Membership Tops 30 Million
3. Williams to Acquire 49% of iBEAM for its Content Delivery Network
4. Foundry Networks Readies its 3rd Generation Chipsets
5. Level 3 Signs Earthlink for its Internet Access Service
6. IBM Builds Fastest Transistor in Silicon Germanium (SiGe)
7. BT Extends Reach of ADSL Service to 5.5 km, Subscriptions at 65,000
8. Sprint Expands DSL Footprint, Targets Small Businesses
9. Siemens Offers Tool for DSL Service Activation
10. International Softswitch Consortium (ISC) Opens Interoperability Test Lab
11. UNH Completes MPLS RSVP-TE Test Event
12. MessageMachines Introduces Message Switch for Cross-Device Routing, Alert and Notification
13. Shoreline Closes $30 Million in New Funding for its Enterprise IP Voice
14. Sockeye Networks Raises $28 Million for Routing Based on Real Time Traffic
15. LeftHand Networks Raises $13 Million for its Network Unified Storage
16. CloudShield Targets Wire-speed Packet Processors |
| v8n121 |
25-June-2001 |
1. Polaris Networks Outlines Optical Transport-Switch for Metro Core
2. Caspian Signs Partners for Components, Software and Manufacturing
3. Dorado Software Enables Dynamic Service Provisioning based on Real-Time Data
4. WaveSmith Raises $31 Million for its MultiService Switches
5. Baynet Optics Introduces Design for Automated Optical Manufacturing |
| v8n120 |
22-June-2001 |
1. Global Crossing Completes its Core Network
2. FCC Issues Annual Report on US Wireless Competition
3. Hughes Launches Marketing Campaign for DIRECWAY Broadband-by-Satellite Services
4. Norlight Deploys Hitachi’s DWDM
5. El Paso Global Networks Chooses Clarity for Inventory Management
6. Wind Selects Juniper’s M160 Routers for MPLS Services
7. NetTest and OPNET Integrate PNNI Testing and Network Planning Tools |
| v8n119 |
21-June-2001 |
1. Williams Tightens Service Level Agreement for Dedicated Internet Access
2. Williams Communications CEO Refutes Bandwidth Glut
3. Yahoo! Broadband Selects Asia Global Crossing IP Transit Service
4. DIRECTV Selects Global Crossing to Link Broadcast Centers
5. Infonet Builds Inter-Provider MPLS VPNs
6. Verizon Trims its Share in FLAG Telecom to 19%
7. France’s Télécom Développement Selects CIENA DWDM
8. Cielo Announces 10 Gbps VCSEL-Based 1310 nm Serial Transponder
9. Wayport Gains Traction with its Wi-Fi Internet Access in Hotels
10. Covad Adds 45K DSL Accounts in Q1, Drops Lines from Distressed ISPs
11. Vyyo Announces Non-Line-of-Sight Wireless Strategy
12. Riverstone Reports Revenue of $44.2 Million, up 26% Sequentially
13. Exodus Sees Drop in Managed Hosting Sales |
| v8n118 |
20-June-2001 |
1. Verizon Invests $480 Million Into its California Network This Year
2. Microsoft Seeks Shared Development Process for “HailStorm” Web Services
3. Qwest Continues To See Strong Demand for Network Services
4. Intersil Announces 5 GHz Wireless LAN Chipset
5. Excite@Home Renegotiates Optical Fiber Capacity Lease with AT&T
6. Intel to Break $100 Barrier With New Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
7. RAD Expands its ATM Access Business as Others Exit the Business
8. Luminous Networks Secures $80 Million for its Metro Optical Ethernet
9. BrightLink Networks Raises $36 Million for its Optical Switching Systems
10. Australia’s Bandspeed Raises $15 Million for Broadband Signal Processing
11. PetaSwitch Raises Seed Funding for Terabit Switch Fabrics
12. Tellabs Cuts Q2 Financial Guidance |
| v8n117 |
19-June-2001 |
1. Telseon and Nishan Team on Fibre Channel SANs over Gigabit Ethernet MANs
2. Level 3 Reduces Revenue Projections, Cuts Costs, Capital Expenditures Employees
3. Metromedia Fiber Network Trims Financial Forecasts
4. 360networks Drops Plans to Acquire NetRail, an ISP
5. net.com Adds SIP and H.323 Support on ShoutIP Platform
6. AMCC Introduces Switching, Network Processing and Traffic Management Chip
7. Broadcom Introduces Single-Chip DWDM Transport Processor
8. ZettaCom Raises $47.5 Million for its Optical Silicon
9. Starband Offers New Satellite Modem, Switches to Wholesale Business Model
10. France Telecom's Etrali and Cisco Test IP-Based Virtual Trading Room
11. NEC USA Spins Off Permeo Technologies for Security Software
12. Pactolus Secures $6M for SIP-enabled Software |
| v8n116 |
18-June-2001 |
1. Sprint Offers Video-over-IP Conferencing with Polycom and Ridgeway
2. Tdsoft Acquires Cisco’s HyNEX ATM Access Product Line
3. Digital Island Deploys NARUS Usage-based Tracking
4. SkyBridge Demos Video Content Delivery to DSLAMs
5. FLAG Atlantic-1 Enters Commercial Service
6. 360networks Misses Key Interest Payment, Retains Lazard Freres
7. STMicroelectronics Introduces “Stradivarius” VoIP Chip
8. Atheros Gains Approval for its 5-GHz Wireless LAN in Japan
9. Zarlink Chooses IBM's Silicon Germanium for Low-Power Communications Chips
10. Wu-Fu Chen joins Crimson Ventures
11. Santur Secures Funding for Tunable Laser Development
12. Nortel Networks Exits Access Businesses, Announces Further Layoffs, Losses |
| v8n115 |
15-June-2001 |
1. Cognigine Outlines its Programmable Network Processor Architecture
2. Lexra Offers Reference Chip for OC192/OC768 Network Processing
3. Virata Adds Auto-configuration, Security and Traffic management to Silicon/Software Solution
4. Big Pipe Receives Delivery of Dark Fiber from 360networks
5. Florida Digital Network Raises $130 Million in New Financing
6. Net2Phone Eliminates Free Minutes, Signs Liberty Media for Cable Telephony
7. IDT and Liberty Media Form Cable Telephony Joint Venture
8. Sony Debuts its e Villa Network Entertainment Center
9. Verizon to Resell Activis Managed Security Services
10. CeLight Raises $45 Million for its Optical Transport Technology
11. InfoLibria Secures $41 Million for its Content Caches
12. Rappore Secures Funding for its Bluetooth Protocol Stacks
13. JDS Uniphase Trims its Financial Outlook, Cites Continued Weakness |
| v8n114 |
14-June-2001 |
1. House Judiciary Committee Votes Down Tauzin-Dingell Broadband Legislation
2. Internap Introduces Service Level Guarantee for its Internet Overlay
3. Verizon Regroups Managed Enterprise Services into Nationwide Offering
4. Boeing and Partners to Launch Broadband Inflight Connectivity Venture
5. Mobile Services Initiative Targets Mobile Internet Applications
6. FastVibe Builds Canadian Media Distribution Network with Juniper M20 Routers
7. Native Networks Names Cisco Exec as CEO, Targets Add Drop Statistical Multiplexers
8. Kestrel to Acquire TeON Optical Networks, CEO Steps Down
9. Tellabs and TollBridge Team on Cable Telephony
10. TollBridge Secures $25 Million in Fourth Round Funding
11. Quallaby Closes $14.5 Million for its Service Assurance Software |
| v8n113 |
13-June-2001 |
1. Metro Ethernet Forum Announces Marketing Charter
2. Nortel Networks Unveils 10 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter for Servers
3. Storm Telecommunications Debuts Flat Rate Optical Access Service
4. Looking Glass Networks Selects NetCracker’s OSS for its New Metro Nets
5. Verizon Lawsuit Charges Covad Falsified DSL Trouble Reports
6. Comcast to Trial Intel’s Residential Broadband Gateway, Wireless LANs
7. Alcatel Positions OmniSwitch/Router for TV over DSL
8. Philips Semiconductors Spins-Out DSP Group into Adelante Technologies
9. IBM and Lucent Technologies Sign Products and Services Contract
10. NTL Purchases Private Line and IP Services from Level 3
11. TI Introduces DOCSIS-1.1 Cable Modem Chipset
12. ADIR VoIP Technologies to Acquire NetSpeak for VoIP Software
13. Nokia Sees Slower Mobile Market Growth |
| v8n112 |
12-June-2001 |
1. Broadcom Introduces Cable Headend Chips, Tripling DOCSIS/EuroDOCSIS Capacity
2. Broadcom Launches its Sixth-Generation Cable Modem Chip
3. Motorola Ships 15 Millionth Digital Set-Top, 5 Millionth Cable Modem
4. Motorola Outlines the Strategic Direction for its Set-top Boxes
5. ADC’s Open Access Cable Platform Leverages MPLS for Ensuring SLAs
6. Narad Develops “Virtual Fiber” for Fast Ethernet Services over HFC Networks
7. RiverDelta and Clarent Demo PacketCable IP Telephony
8. Atreus Systems Launches its Broadband Service Creation and Management Platform
9. DISH Network Passes Six Million Customer Milestone
10. Zarlink (Mitel Semiconductor) Targets Gigabit Ethernet Switching Chips
11. ClearSpeed Technology Targets Network Processing at 40 Gbps
12. Cogent to Launch Services from eXchange Colocation Facilities
13. Spirent and Quickturn Team on Packet over SONET Verification
14. FLAG Telecom and Level 3 Sign Cable Landing Agreement in Korea
15. Tellamon Changes to Peleton Photonic Systems
16. Net2Phone’s ADIR Raises $25 Million for VoIP software |
| v8n111 |
11-June-2001 |
1. Teleglobe to Purchase US$350 Million in Lit Capacity for North American Backbone
2. Broadwing Provides Teleglobe with 10 Gbps Lit Wavelengths, Option on Dark Fiber
3. PMC-Sierra Introduces its Next Gen MIPS Multiprocessor Architecture
4. Taqua Systems Unveils Class 5 Open Exchange Architecture
5. NYT: Cable Companies Refusing to Carry Adverstising for DSL Providers
6. Aurora Networks Raises $20 Million for HFC Optical Solutions
7. Juniper Trims its Q2 Sales Forecast by 30%
8. Guest Column: Packet-Based Wireless Networks Will Force Carriers to Adopt New Pricing Models
9. SUPERCOMM’s SUPERQuest Best Of Show Awards |
| v8n110 |
08-June-2001 |
1. Thomson Multimedia Acquires Alcatel’s DSL Modem Business
2. 3Com Exits Consumer DSL and Cable Modem Business
3. SuperComm Attendance Shows Slight Increase over 2000
4. CoManage Announces Partnerships for Customer-Aware Service Management
5. ADC Announces DSLAM + ATM Switch for Remote Cabinets
6. Telia Builds IPv6 Commercial Network
7. NEC to Introduce Gigabit Ethernet Multiplexer for Metro Nets
8. NEC and Tellium Enter Optical Transport & Switching Alliance
9. Coriolis Releases its Optical Spatial Division Multiplexing platform
10. Fujitsu Shows 44-Channel Tunable Laser Supporting 40, 10, 2.5 Gbps Rates
11. Fujitsu to Offer 40 Gbps on its DWDM Platform
12. Lantern Launches its 10 Gbps Resilient Packet Ring Switch
13. France Telecom Tests Terawave’s Passive Optical Networking (PON) |
| v8n109 |
07-June-2001 |
1. Hitachi Demonstrates 128-Channel DWDM System Spanning 8,000km
2. Marconi Unveils Soliton Optical Transmission Platform, DSL Aggregation Hub
3. Marconi Telecom Survey Finds Most US Carriers Believe Market is Stabilizing
4. DSL Forum Estimates Worldwide Subscribers at 7.559 million, up 34% over Q4 2000
5. SBC to Sell 2Wire Home Networking Products to DSL Subscribers
6. France Telecom Selects Juniper M160 for North American Backbone
7. MFN to Provide Optical Infrastructure to Deutsche Telekom
8. Tellabs Outlines New Optical Platform, Signs Qwest for TITAN 5500 Digital Cross-Connects
9. Cypress to Acquire Lara Networks for Packet Processors and Routing Engines
10. Net2Phone Launches Telephone over Broadband Service
11. Spirent Adds VSR Optics to Adtech AX/4000, OC-12/DS3 Optical Interface to Test Probes
12. Agilent Offers Integrated MPLS TE Over OC-192 and VPN Testing
13. BroadSoft Wins Contract with TalkingNets for Voice Services System
14. OpNext and TRW to Develop 40 Gbps Indium Phosphide Components
15. Broadcom Lowers Q2 Financial Outlook |
| v8n108 |
06-June-2001 |
1. Cisco Adds 10 Gbps, Quad OC-12 and Gigabit Ethernet to Cerent Box
2. Cisco Enhances its IP Core and Edge Routers
3. Corvis Introduces its Multiband Electronic/Photonic Switch
4. Optimight Debuts Full Spectrum DWDM with Standard EDFAs
5. Sycamore Delivers 1024 X 1024 Grooming Fabric for its Optical Switch
6. CIENA to Scale its Optical Switch to 3,072+ Ports
7. Cisco Rolls Out G.SHDSL Line Cards and CPE
8. Panasonic and Jetstream Develop VoDSL Broadband Phone
9. VINA Teams With NEC Eluminant for PON Voice/Data Solution, Tests Interoperability with Luminous
10. Optium Raises $35.5 Million for its Optical Device and Packaging Technology
11. Nokia to Support Java in 50 Million Mobile Phones in 2002
12. Astracon Enhances its Service Activation OSS
13. Lucent and Foundry Announce Optical Ethernet Partnership
14. TYCOM Completes Transatlantic Network Ahead of Schedule
15. Boeing Tests LMG’s Acousto-Optic Switches
16. World Wide Packets Names David Curry as President
17. Lucent Sees Modest Sequential Sales Growth |
| v8n107 |
05-June-2001 |
1. Nortel and Juniper Expand Alliance for Packet/Optical Interworking
2. Nortel Networks to Show All-Photonic Switching, ASTN and GMPLS
3. Laurel Networks Debuts its IP/MPLS Service Edge Router
4. Riverstone Announces Aggregation Router for 10 Gigabit Ethernet
5. Pluris Demos Virtual OC-768 and Control Card Fail-Over on Terabit Routers
6. DSL Vendors Promote Standardization of Channelized Voice over DSL
7. Spirent Unveils “Pocket OSS” for Wireless Remote Testing
8. Velio Samples its Multi-Rate 3.2 Gbps Crosspoint Switch Chip
9. Agere Systems Introduces its Multi-Terabit OC-768C-Capable Switch Fabric
10. Infineon Introduces OC-768 Silicon Germanium-based MUX/DEMUX Chipset
11. Fujitsu Introduces its Tunable OC-192 Optics for SONET ADM, Selected for Australia’s Nava-1 Network
12. BellSouth Advances its Enterprise Voice Over IP with Cisco, IBM
13. Nortel Networks Reprices its Employee Stock Options |
| v8n106 |
04-June-2001 |
1. NetPlane Adds Optical Signaling Extensions to Its Carrier-Class MPLS
2. PhotonEx Demonstrates 16X Channel, 40 Gbps Transmission over 1,500 Km
3. Tellium Delivers its Aurora 128 Optical Switch to Dynegy
4. ONI Systems Selected By Dynegy/Telseon for 18 Cities
5. NTT Develops IPv6 Secure Dynamic VPN Technology
6. Hitachi Announces IPv6 Routing at OC-48c, Targets 40 Gbps IPv6 Routing
7. NEC Introduces its Next Generation Terrestrial/Submarine DWDM Mesh Design
8. Ericsson Shows Carrier VPN Solutions for Mobile and Fixed Operators
9. Fujitsu Merges its European Telecom Subsidiaries
10. Cisco Details Writedowns for Monterey, HyNEX and Clarity Wireless
11. PSINet Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection
12. TELUS Offers to Acquire PSINet’s Canadian Operations |
| v8n105 |
01-June-2001 |
1. Global Crossing Signs CNBC Europe for Media Extranet
2. Motorola Introduces DSL-Enabled TV Set-top Box
3. ViaGate and Artel Team on DSL Digital TV Broadcasting
4. mPhase Delivers MPEG Video and Internet Access over Rate Adaptive DSL
5. Alcatel, Microsoft and Intertainer Show Near DVD –Quality Video-Streaming over DSL
6. Turnstone Signs DSL Loop Qualification OEM Agreement with Alcatel
7. Corvis Boosts Capacity of its Optical Transmission and Switching Systems
8. Vodafone UK Deploys Sycamore Optical Backbone
9. Cinta Develops Wavelength Network Emulation System and Planning Tool
10. Australia’s Redfern Photonics Raises Funding for Optical Start-ups
11. Solinet Systems Raises $93 Million for its Core Optical Technology
12. Agere Systems Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Proxim
13. McLeodUSA Reaffirms 2001 Revenue Outlook, Trims Staff by 5% |
