| v6n209 |
29-Oct-99 |
1. Splitrock Plans Major
Expansion with Nortel Access + Optical
2. MCI WorldCom's Growth: Internet +57%, Data +28%, Voice
+6%
3. Verio Hosts 305,000 sites, 40% of DSL Users Purchase Web Hosting
4. RCN's Fiber Network Rollout Now Passes 500K Homes
5. NTT Licenses Fantastic's Media Software for Satellite
Service
6. Network Plus Opens Data Center for Web Hosting, VoDSL
7. XACCT Raises $21 Million for its IP Mediation Technologies
8. France Telecom Moves to Flat-Rate Internet Access |
| v6n208 |
27-Oct-99 |
1. TeraBridge Routes
Internet Data & Call Center Traffic Over ATM
2. TeraBridge Shows ATM Local Telephony Interoperability
3. AFC and Atmosphere Partner for Packet-Aware Optical Access
4. StorageNetworks Acquires $96 Million in Dark Fiber from MFN
5. Teleglobe Provides ATM Connectivity for STAR-TAP Networks
6. Harmonic Acquires DiviCom for MPEG2 Encoders + DWDM
7. Ramp Introduces Small Office ADSL Router with 4-port 10/100 Hub
8. SBC Reaches 100K DSL Subscriber Lines
9. NorthPoint Expands its DSL Network Deployment
10. Marconi Selected for 2.5 Gbps SDH core network in Brazil
11. Microsoft and NTT DoCoMo Joint Venture Targets Mobile Data
12. Liberty Media Invests $425 Million in Astrolink Satellite
Venture |
| v6n207 |
27-Oct-99 |
1. Cisco and Partners Push
for RF Wireless Internet Standards
2. MMC Networks and PMC-Sierra Collaborate on Optical Networking
3. Cisco Acquires Tasmania Network Systems for Caching Software
4. IXC and Conxion Announce IP Backup
Agreement
5. PAIX to Expand its Internet Peering, Moves to Gig Ethernet Fabric
6. Network Plus Activates Fiber Rings in NYC
7. Cabletron Adds Load Balancing to its SmartSwitch Router
8. Lucent Reports Revenue of $10.575 Billion, up 23%
9. Nortel Networks Reports Revenue of US$5.39 Billion, up 30%
10. Alteon WebSystems Issues First Quarterly Report |
| v6n206 |
26-Oct-99 |
1. Quantum Bridge Announces
"Dynamic Wavelength Slicing"
2. NEC to Boost its DWDM Platform to 160 Wavelengths
3. Bell Labs Develops Bidirectional Semiconductor Laser
4. Digital Island Acquires Sandpiper, Expanding Content Delivery
5. Brazil's Embratel Selects Lucent for Nationwide ATM Network
6. Puerto Rico Telephone Selects PairGain for World's First HDSL2
7. The Fantastic Corp. Integrates IP Broadcast Software with
Inktomi
8. EXAR Debuts Single-chip, Two-channel DS3/E3/STS-1 Transceiver
9. Celotek Joins FORE Systems' Partner Program |
| v6n205 |
25-Oct-99 |
1. Sycamore Networks
Skyrockets in IPO
2. Nokia Acquires Telekol for LAN and Internet-enabled Call Servers
3. WORLDxCHANGE Plans New European Fiber Network Build
4. US West Reports 80,000 DSL Subscribers
5. Cincinnati Bell Reaches 12,000 DSL Lines, 768/384k for
$29.95/month
6. Jtec teams with Nortel Networks
7. GDC Forms Alliance with TODD Communications for MPEG2/ATM
8. Cisco 7200 Router Reaches the 50,000 Shipment Milestone |
| v6n204 |
22-Oct-99 |
1. Zhone Technologies Makes
its Debut, Acquires Premisys
2. Cisco Claims Minimal Packet Loss for NetAid's Internet2 IP
Multicast
3. Qwest Plans its Local Broadband Access Service in California
4. Network Plus Expands its Fiber Reach in Southeastern US
5. America OnLine Selects Level 3 for Managed Modem Services
6. UPC's Chello Broadband Reports 80K Cable Modem Subscribers
7. GTE Reports 35K ADSL Lines in Service
8. Ericsson Builds 3G Wireless Lab in Montreal, Offers Wireless
Tools
9. SONERA to Resell Equant's Global Bandwidth Services |
| v6n203 |
21-Oct-99 |
1. AT&T Canada to Build
Nationwide ATM SVC Network
2. Network Element Control Protocol for Web Switching &
Caching
3. 3G Partner Project Approves Specs for IMT-2000, Proposes IP Core
4. Texas Instruments Introduces DSP-based VDSL Chipset
5. Alcatel and Texas Instruments Promise Interoperable VDSL in 2000
6. GlobalOne Expands its ATM Service
7. Williams Offers Dedicated Internet Access at T1 and T3
8. Newbridge and JetStream Collaborate on VoDSL
9. Covad Reaches 31,000 DSL lines, 880 Central Offices
10. N.E.T. and Ericsson Sign Global Service Agreement |
| v6n202 |
20-Oct-99 |
1. PSINet Outlines its
Network Strategy
2. Excite@Home Reaches 840,000 Cable Modem Subscribers
3. Road Runner Reports 420,000 Cable Modem Subscribers
4. Pacific Bell to Resell NorthPoint's IDSL Service
5. Diginet Activates Fixed Wireless ATM Networks in Latin America
6. LD COM Selects Alcatel Fiber for its French and European Networks
7. Telecom Italia Selects Marconi's SDH and DWDM Platforms
8. Canadian Pacific Railway Selects Newbridge's 36170
9. Blaze Raises $10 Million In Funding for DWDM Transceivers
10. NTT DoCoMo. Forms Venture Fund for Mobile Internet
11. Covad Uses Efficient Networks' CPE for its TeleSurfer Service |
| v6n201 |
19-Oct-99 |
1. SBC Launches $6 Billion,
DSL "Pronto" Initiative
2. SBC Signs Major DSL Service Agreements with IBM, E*TRADE
3. Sonoma Systems Enhances ATM Integrated Access with Full PBX
4. Nortel Networks to Acquire Clarify Inc for eBusiness Solutions
5. JDS Uniphase Acquires Ramar Corp. for Optical Modulator
6. Sprint Upgrades its NEC ATM Switches to 40 Gbps Capacity
7. UPC to Purchase 250K Set-top Boxes from GI, Microsoft
8. Lara Introduces Memories for Gigabit to Terabit Switching/Routing
9. Millennium Optical Networks Activates NYC Network
10. MCI WorldCom and Vulcan Ventures Invest in Metricom's Wireless
Net |
| v6n200 |
18-Oct-99 |
1. Ericsson Integrates Mgt for its IP Core, Edge, Access Routers
2. Ericsson Demonstrates MPLS Interoperability
3. Global Crossing Combines Pirelli DWDM with Hitachi SONET OC-192
4. Alcatel's LMDS Platform Enters First Commercial Deployments
5. ECI Telecom's VDSL Delivers 26Mbps Downlink Speeds
6. Telesens GmbH Introduces IP and ATM Billing System
7. Siara Names Key Developers for its IP-over-SONET ASIC
Effort
|
| v6n199 |
15-Oct-99 |
1. Intel to Acquire DSP
Communications for $1.6 Billion
2. ITF Builds DWDM Optical Components with Fused Fiber Technology
3. iBEAM Raises $42 Million for Satellite based Web Streaming
4. IEEE 1394 "FireWire" Moves to 800 Mbps, Boost to 1.6
Gbps Planned
5. Pontio Signs $90 Million ATM/DSL Contract with Lucent
6. Choice One Communications Initiates 3 Trials of Voice Over DSL
7. N.E.T. Announces New Global Partnerships, Promina 800 Contracts
8. NextWave Chooses AirSpan's CDMA for Last Miles Fixed Wireless
9. 3Com Plans Wireless Ethernet for SOHO Markets
10. China's Guangdong PTA Extends its Network with FORE Systems
11. PMC Sierra Reports Sales of $71.6 Million, Networking up 83% |
| v6n198 |
14-Oct-99 |
1. Sun Organizes Industry
Effort for Architecture, Application SLAs
2. TeleGlobe to Offer Wavelength Services, Expand Web Data Centers
3. FLAG Atlantic-1 Doubles Capacity to 2.4 Tbps Amid Strong Bookings
4. NEC Develops Photonic Packet Processing and Routing Technologies
5. Convergent Communications Activates Multiservice IP+ATM Network
6. Conexant and CopperCom Develop Voice-over-DSL Silicon
7. Alcatel to Resell ArrowPoint's Content Smart Web Switches
8. Alcatel Files DSL Patent Lawsuit Against Orckit Communications
9. Redstone Telecom plc announces First Commercial Centrex over IP
10. Universal Serial Bus 2.0 to Connect PC Peripherals at 480 Mbps
11. Nokia Licenses Palm OS for Smartphones
12. Ericsson Delivers GPRS to 45 Operators, Aggressive 3G Forecast
13. Inmarsat to Offer 64 Kbps Internet Access to Commercial Airlines |
| v6n197 |
13-Oct-99 |
1. Nortel Pushes Optical
Transport Record to 6.4 Tbps
2. BT Deploys Ericsson's hybrid broadband/narrowband Platform
3. Marconi Showcases Wavelength Tunable DWDM System
4. Marconi and Ericsson Extend SDH Partnership
5. GTS Deploys Cisco GSRs across Europe for IP/DWDM
6. NTL Selects ECI Telecom for Optical Network
7. Intel and Nokia develop Internet-enhanced TV
8. Terayon Acquires Telegate for Broadband Telephony
9. Terayon Acquires Radwiz for Voice over DSL Products
10. PairGain Completes Interoperability Tests with CopperCom
11. Narus and Groupe Bull Team on Billing Mediation for IP
12. HarvardNet and COLT in Web Hosting Alliance
13. AMCC Expands its 10 Gbps SiGe Product Portfolio |
| v6n196 |
12-Oct-99 |
1. Global Crossing to
Acquire Racal Telecom
2. France Telecom Activates its European Backbone Network
3. GTS Adds Hosting Centers to its European Fiber Network
4. JetStream Announces European VoDSL Strategy
5. Tellabs Shows its Next-Generation Multiservice Solutions
6. NTT Comware to Offer Lucent's Softswitch in Japan
7. Alcatel Shows 60 Mbps VDSL
8. Covad Reaches 31K Installed ADSL Lines
9. Efficient Networks and Siemens Selected by Tele Danmark for ADSL
10. BellSouth Outlines Its Broadband Network Deployments |
| v6n195 |
11-Oct-99 |
1. Alcatel and Juniper
Networks Sign Distribution Agreement
2. 3M to Compete in Market for Enterprise Optical Switches
3. Pirelli Tests Dispersion Compensating Gratings for DWDM
4. Global Crossing Chooses Alcatel to Operate its European Net
5. Alcatel to build North Sea Network for Pangea
6. CoreTek Raises $20.5 Million for Micro-Electromechanical DWDM
7. Electric Lightwave Appoints New CEO |
| v6n194 |
08-Oct-99 |
1. Bell Atlantic Invests in
Metromedia Fiber Network
2. AboveNet Opens European Exchanges, Atlantic Links at 750 Mbps
3. Ameritech Agrees to Provide IP Call Terminations from ITXC.net
4. Unisphere Solutions Ships its Voice-Data Convergence Switch
5. ECI Telecom Introduces its ATM-IP-TDM Telephony Inter-Networking
6. Cisco Systems to Show SVCs over DSL
Conference Announcement: "Advanced Networking Solutions:
Strategic Migration to Multiservice Packet Networks" |
| v6n193 |
07-Oct-99 |
1. FCC Approves
SBC-Ameritech Merger With Conditions
2. Global Crossing Connects Frontier's Fiber, Plans New Data Centers
3. WinStar Purchases Dark Fiber from Metromedia
4. Yahoo! Global Audience at 105 Million Users, Traffic up 24% vs Q2
5. Akamai's Network Rollout Ahead of Schedule:1,200 Servers Deployed
6. Lucent Announces Network Server Adapters for OC-12, OC-48
7. Nortel Claims Patents for Scaling ATM Signalling and Addressing
8. e.spire Lights its NYC- Wash DWDM Network
9. Prism Selects Nortel for $460 Million Voice/Data Network
10. BT and Microsoft Test Wireless Internet Services
11. Bell Atlantic and 3Com to Offer ADSL Modems in Retail Stores
12. RAD Group Announces its Latest Venture, IPrad for IP/SONET
13. Astral Point Garners $24 Million in Venture Funding |
| v6n192 |
06-Oct-99 |
1. MCI WorldCom + Sprint
Merger Highlights
2. MCI WorldCom and Sprint's DSL + MMDS Activities
3. FCC Describes Merger as Surrender
4. Intel Acquires IPivot for $500 Million, its 8th Recent Net Buy
5. Intel's Acquisitions and Networking Initiatives
6. Universal Serial Bus (USB 2.0) to Deliver 360 to 480 Mbps
7. Microsoft Selects Equant's ATM Network for UK, Africa, Middle
East
8. Nortel Signs OEM Deal for Promatory's ATM-DSL Access System
9. Citizens Comm. Selects PairGain's Avidia for Long Reach ADSL
10. N.E.T. Enters Into Strategic Partnership with TOYOCOM of Japan
11. Former AT&T VP Joins Intel Online Services
12. Plans Advance for 640 Gbps Australia-Japan Cable |
| v6n191 |
05-Oct-99 |
1.
Fujitsu Tests 1 Tbps DWDM transmission over 10,000 km
2. Paul G. Allen Invests $1.65 Billion in RCN
3. Lucent Signs OEM Agreement for CopperCom's Voice/DSL
4. Lucent to Integrate MPEG2 into its Optical, ATM and IP Switches
5. Lucent announces LINKRunner MPEG2/ATM Transport
6. Ficon Releases MGCP Software Stack
7. JDS Uniphase acquires EPITAXX for Optical Components
8. Deutsche Telekom Lowers its T-Online per minute rates
9. Galileo Corp. Changes Name to NetOptix |
| v6n190 |
04-Oct-99 |
1. BT
Steps Up its IPv6 Plans
2. Templex Receives Intel Funding for Lightwave CDMA
3. Williams Communications Completes IPO, 1999 Milestones
4. EUTELSAT'S HOT BIRD 6 to Combine IP and DVB Services
5. 3Com and Microsoft Ship Co-branded Home Ethernet Kits |
| v6n189 |
01-Oct-99 |
1.
WinStar Awards LMDS Contract to Siemens and P-Com
2. iaxis Signs Wavelength Contract with Deutsche Telekom
3. e.spire Selects Fujitsu DWDM for NYC Network
4. IEEE Extends 802.11 Wireless Ethernet to 5 GHz and 54 Mbps
5. Scenix Semi Releases Embedded TCP/IP Stack on a Chip
6. ASC Secures $35 Million in Venture Funding
7. NTT DoCoMo to establish Silicon Valley presence |
