| v8n145 |
31-July-2001 |
1. Motorola to Acquire RiverDelta Networks for $300 Million
2. Alcatel Optronics to Acquire Kymata for its Passive Optical Planar Technology
3. Telecom Italia Lab Launches IPv6 Service
4. Heavy Storm Causes Break in Southern Cross Cable Network
5. Infineon Introduces Octal 10BaseS Chips for Ethernet over VDSL
6. Data Connection Offers Portable LMP Software for Core Optical Networks
7. Paxonet Introduces 10 GigE Transport Device and OC-48 Framer
8. BroadJump Raises $22 Million from SBC, BellSouth, Nortel
9. VDSL Systems Appoints CEO, Closes $12 Million in New Funding
10. Overture Networks Raises $3.4 Million in Seed Funding for Metro IP |
| v8n144 |
30-July-2001 |
1. OMM Drops Plans for 3D Analog MEMs Switches, Citing Market for Large Photonic Switches
2. Vpacket Raises $40 Million for Converged Voice/Data Broadband Platform
3. Cisco to Acquire Allegro Systems for VPN Acceleration Technology
4. Groupe Cegetel Selects Nokia for 3G Core and Radio Access Network
5. Light Management Group Names CEO, targets Acoustic-Optical Switching
6. Nortel Wins US$250 Million in GSM Awards from Taiwan’s Chunghwa Telecom |
| v8n143 |
27-July-2001 |
1. Qwest and AOL Time Warner Announce DSL, Network and Advertising Deal
2. Competisys Carries TV/Voice/IP over Home Gigabit Ethernet Connections
3. ITXC Passes 2 Billion Paid Minutes Internet Telephony Milestone
4. iBasis Carries 337.6 million minutes of Internet Telephony in Q2, up 9% over Q1
5. MSN Internet Access Reaches 6.5 Million Subscriber Milestone
6. France Telecom Reports 177,000 ADSL Customers
7. Corvis Announces First International Contract with Telefónica
8. Storm Raises $35 Million for Continued Rollouts of Optically Switched Services
9. KPNQwest Turns Up Sycamore’s SN 10000 Ultra Long Haul Transport Platform
10. Sycamore Networks Adds Enhancements to SN 10000 Platform
11. 360networks Delisted from Nasdaq |
| v8n142 |
26-July-2001 |
1. Nokia to Acquire Amber Networks for $421 Million
2. Yipes Acquires Building Access Rights from Broadband Office in Bankruptcy Court
3. SBC Reports Slower Growth in DSL Accounts, 28% Growth in Data Revenues
4. XO Reports 11% Sequential Revenue Growth, Key Network Operating Statistics
5. PMC-Sierra Introduces High Density, Single Channel OC-3 ATM/POS-PHY
6. Global Crossing to Become a Prime IP Carrier for NATO
7. France Telecom Deploys Cisco 12416 Routers in North American Backbone
8. New Zealand’s CLEAR Communications Deploys Juniper Routers
9. Nortel Networks Launches Enterprise VoIP PBX |
| v8n141 |
25-July-2001 |
1. AT&T Outlines Growth Plans for its Broadband Business
2. XO Signs Multi-Year $100+ Million LD Deal with Nextel
3. Qwest Reaches 360,000 DSL Customers, Reports 41% Data Revenue Growth
4. Europe’s ATRIUM Project Activates Alcatel 7770 Routing Core Platforms
5. Telefonica Data Selects Juniper’s M160 Core Routers
6. ONI Systems Adds Tunable Gain Amplifier And Dispersion Compensation to Platform
7. QUALCOMM Withdraws Plan to Spin Off its Semiconductor Business
8. Furukawa Electric to Acquire Majority of Lucent’s Fiber Business
9. Lucent Reports Loss, Expects 15K to 20K Further Job Cuts
Guest Column: Getting Back to Basics - Can New Carriers Ever Get to Profitability in Today’s Environment? |
| v8n140 |
24-July-2001 |
1. Cogent to Carry deltathree’s VoIP Services
2. Ebone Lights 10 Gbps Transatlantic IP Link
3. Excite@Home Reaches 3,674,000 Broadband Subscribers
4. BellSouth Reaches 381,000 DSL Subscribers
5. Envara Develops Dual Mode, 802.11a and b Wireless Chipset
6. ONEX Outlines Multiservice Silicon Plans
7. Broadview Networks Selects CopperCom’s Voice Over Broadband Gateway
8. Boca Photonics Targets Optical Mesh Network Provisioning and Protection
9. Metro-Optix Raises $50 Million for its Optical System
10. Trebia Secures $30 Million for its Storage Network Processor
11. BayPackets Secures $19.5 Million for its OSS and Service Introduction Platforms
12. METRObility Extends GigE Reach to 70 km
13. Agere to Supply 980nm Undersea Pump Lasers to TyCom
14. Atrica Names Vivek Ragavan as President and CEO
Correction: Taiwan’s Chung Hwa Telecom Selects Avici + Riverstone for Research Network |
| v8n139 |
23-July-2001 |
1. CableLabs Outlines Home Network Architecture supporting QoS
2. Sprint Tightens Packet-loss Service Level Agreement (SLA) to 0.3%
3. Ericsson to OEM Bridgewater’s IP Access Management Software
4. Taiwan’s Chung Hwa Telecom Selects Avici + Riverstone for Research Network
5. Velio Raises $45 Million for its Switching Silicon
6. Clarent Refocuses its IP Telephony Strategy on the Last Mile, Cuts 27% of Staff |
| v8n138 |
20-July-2001 |
1. XO Launches Metro Wavelength Services
2. Broadwing Revenue Increase Driven by 91% Data Growth
3. Sempra Communications Targets Fiber-through-Gas Lines
4. Sprint’s MMDS Broadband Direct Wireless Reaches 40,000 Customers
5. Alcatel Announces Contracts with Telemar, Deutsche Telekom, E-Plus
6. France Telecom Opens R&D Lab in Japan
7. Trillium Photonics Names New CEO
8. Nortel Networks Reports Q2 Revenue of $4.61 Billion, Down 25% Sequentially and 36% from 2000
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| v8n137 |
19-July-2001 |
1. Teleglobe Accelerates European Build-out, Purchasing Wavelengths Rather Than Dark Fiber
2. Accel Partners and Leveraged Buyout Firm Target Telecom Opportunities
3. FCC Issues 8 More Licenses for Satellite Services
4. OPNET Technologies Releases Update for its Network Planning Tools
5. AOL Time Warner Selects Samsung for Set-top Box, Samsung Signs Advertising Campaign
6. Convergent Networks Positions its Switch for RBOC Deployments
7. CopperCom Adds GR-303 Support to Media Gateway and Softswitch
8. Avian Secures $22 Million for Mobile Infrastructure Equipment
9. Textron Continues Move Into Data-Signal-Voice Test Equipment Market
10. Broadcom Delivers 64-Bit MIPS-Based, Multi-Processor for Networking
11. TyCom Global Network Recognizes Capacity Sales, Increases Earnings Outlook |
| v8n136 |
18-July-2001 |
1. IEEE Begins Standards Process for Ethernet-in the First Mile
2. Windows XP to Support Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) Internet Gateways
3. AT&T Wireless Activates GPRS Network in Seattle
4. Extreme Provides Ethernet Switching for Korea Telecom’s ADSL Net
5. Exario to Deploy Sonus Infrastructure to Deliver Packet Voice Services
6. ProactiveNet Secures $15 Million for its Web Application Performance Assurance
7. Xilinx Begins Shipping World's Highest Density FPGA
8. Valiant Networks Adds 20th Customer for Net Design/Testing/Evaluation
9. Centillium Reports Q2 Revenue of $46.4 million, up 46% over Q1 |
| v8n135 |
17-July-2001 |
1. Verizon's Global Network to Use Level 3's Centers
2. Yipes Integrates Extreme and LuxN Equipment into Metro Net
3. Alcatel Awarded $100 Million Contract to Upgrade Southern Cross Cable Network
4. Quallaby Provides MPLS Performance Monitoring for Juniper Networks
5. Spirent Introduces Intelligent DSL Prequalification and Maintenance Solution
6. Cisco Enhances its AS5000 with Any Service, Any Port Capabilities
7. Celox Networks Closes $80 Million for IP Service Delivery Platform
8. General Bandwidth Raises $66 Million for its Voice over Broadband
9. Internet Machines Raises $41 Million for its 10 Gbps Packet Processor Plans
10. LightPointe Receives $33 Million for its Free Space Optical
11. Mindspeed Introduces OC-48 Traffic Management Chipset
12. WildBlue Selects Hyundai’s KoSPACE for Satellite Modem Transceivers |
| v8n134 |
16-July-2001 |
1. Vitesse Expands SONET/SDH Silicon Portfolio
2. Optical Solutions Announces Switched Digital Video Over Fiber-to-the-Home
3. ADVA Adds MEMs Optical Switching Module to its Metro DWDM Platform
4. Pirelli Develops 1,728-fiber Cable for Metro Networks
5. Siemens Chooses Ulticom's SS7 Network Signaling Software
6. Kontron Communications Completes Memotec Merger, Targets OEM Subsystems
7. AMCC Appoints President
8. Riverstone Adopts Share Holders Rights Program |
| v8n133 |
13-July-2001 |
1. FCC Adopts Collocation Rules for ILEC Networks
2. Home Internet Connectivity Reaches 40% in the UK, Broadband Access Limited
3. RealNames Proposes Unified Naming Architecture for Next Gen Internet
4. Zeros & Ones Targets Video Compression at 3X-10X Power of MPEG2
5. Agilent Announces 40 Gbps Test Equipment
6. Telseon Signs Partner for IP Video over its Metro GigE Network
7. Ebone Promises 24 Hour Provisioning Across its European IP/Optical Backbone
8. XO Signs Telecom Services Contract with MAXIMUS
9. NEC Supplies SDH/DWDM to Telmex
10. Juniper Networks Reports Q2 Revenue of $202.2 million, Down 39% from Q1 |
| v8n132 |
12-July-2001 |
1. Cisco Names IPv6 Partners -- IBM, Microsoft, HP, Sun, Motorola
2. PMC-Sierra Announces Narrowband Cross-Connect Silicon Architecture
3. Cisco to Acquire AuroraNetics for RPR Silicon -- its First Acquisition of 2001
4. BellSouth Selects Sonus for Internet Call Diversion
5. Alcatel to Use TI’s DSPs in its VoDSL Solutions
6. Cogent Leases Metro Fiber from Level 3
7. StorageNetworks Files Lawsuit Against MFN over Leased Fiber
8. Sprint Awards $200 Million Contract to Motorola for 3G Upgrades
9. EPIK Deploys Juniper’s M160 Routers
10. Mitel Networks Acquires e-smith for Open Source Server Software
11. EchoStar Takes Controlling Equity Stake in StarBand
12. Sonus Reports Q2 Revenue of $53 Million, up 27% over Q1
13. Yahoo! Reports Record Traffic, Flat Revenues, Net Loss
14. Covad Reaches 333,000 DSL Accounts, up 4% over Q1
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| v8n131 |
11-July-2001 |
1. FCC Chairman Begins Dialogue on CLEC Issues
2. Yipes Enhances Redundancy Options for its Metro IP Access
3. Juniper Forms IP OSS Alliance for Deployment, Billing and Management
4. VIAG Interkom Awards 3G Contract to Nokia
5. TOUCHAMERICA Expands Frame/ATM Network Across the US
6. Dominion Telecom Deploys Alcatel’s Fiber, DWDM and SONET
7. EPIK to Test Corvis’ Multiband Switch
8. Altamar to Use Velio Fabric for its Massive Optical Switch
9. Tropic Networks Garners Strategic Investment from Enron, Anschutz
10. MEMS Optical Gains $18 Million in New Funding
11. Spirent Ships VSR Testing Solution, Lists on NYSE
12. Cabletron to Complete Spinoffs of Riverstone, Enterays
13. Alcatel Confirms 2,500 Further Layoffs in the US |
| v8n130 |
10-July-2001 |
1. Equinix Signs Global Crossing for its IBX Centers Nationwide
2. Global Crossing Wins $137 Million DoD Contract Covering IP, ATM, MPLS and Wavelengths
3. Equant and Global One Complete Merger
4. FTTH Council Aims to Accelerate Deployment of Fiber-to-the-Home
5. Calient and Data Connection Develop GMPLS Protocol Software
6. Lucent Lands $90 Million DWDM Contract with Tycom Global Network
7. Cisco Enhances its Long-Haul DWDM System
8. Proximion Debuts Integrated Optical Performance and Channel Monitor
9. Quantum Bridge Introduces 622 Mbps PON Solution
10. Korea Thrunet Tops One Million Broadband Internet Subscribers
11. WildBlue Targets 3 Mbps Downloads using Satellite Optimized Protocols
12. VIPswitch and Alloptic Alliance Targets Gigabit Ethernet Metro Services
13. Aura Networks Changes Name to METRObility Optical Systems
14. Luxcore Shifts Strategy to Focus on Components Rather Than Systems
15. Corning Announces Further Downsizing, $5.1 Billion in Charges |
| v8n129 |
09-July-2001 |
1. Comcast Bids $58 Billion for AT&T Broadband’s Core Assets
2. Microsoft Restores Messenger Service after Six-Day Outage
3. Centerpoint Acquires Zaffire, Combining Optical Subcarrier Optimization with Metro DWDM
4. OptiMight Develops 40 Gbps Upgrade for its Long Reach, Full Spectrum WDM
5. LIGHTCONNECT Raises $15.8 Million for its Dynamic MEMs Technology
6. Baynet Optics Introduces Programmable LCD-Based Components
7. Marconi Chief Executive Steps Down |
| v8n128 |
06-July-2001 |
1. Telia Named as Main Supplier for Europe’s Next Generation Research Net
2. NTT Forms Broadband Content Services Company
3. NTT, SHARP and DNP to Develop Applications for FTTH Networks
4. Oracle Tops Online Delivery Size with 1.5 GB Oracle91 Software Download
5. Optishere to Resell Alidian’s Metro Optical Platform
6. Germany's NetCologne Selects Alcatel's 7670 Routing Switch and 7300 DSLAMs
7. Marconi Cuts its Financial Forecast, Yearly Revenues Expected to Fall 15% |
| v8n127 |
03-July-2001 |
1. Conxion and Microsoft Prepare for Bulky Windows XP Beta Downloads
2. AT&T Broadband Sells Cable Systems to Charter for $1.75 Billion
3. Yipes Reports $45 Million in Sales So Far, 128 Fiber Rings Lit
4. Frame Relay Forum Approves IP Header Compression
5. The ATM Forum Eyes Wireless Opportunities
6. Cisco Recognizes “Cisco Powered” IP Telephony Networks
7. Lucent Awarded US$150 Million Network Expansion Contract by Saudi Telecom
8. 3PARdata Secures $100 Million for its Carrier Class Storage Servers
9. CopperCom Secures $65 Million, Announces Reorganization
10. Akara Secures $30 Million for Optical Utility Services Platform
11. Zia Laser Raises $6 Million for Quantum Dot Laser Technologies
12. Metricom Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection |
| v8n126 |
02-July-2001 |
1. LIGHTCONNECT Develops Diffractive MEMs for Dynamic Optical Applications
2. TeraBurst and Synergy Combine Wavelength Switching with Free-Space Optics
3. SpectraSwitch Introduces 2x2 LCD Optical Switch
4. UK Regulators Take Further Measures to Support Local Loop Unbundling
5. WorldCom and Intermedia Complete Merger
6. Global Crossing Completes Sale of its ILEC Business for $3B
7. Agere Systems Announces Restructuring |
