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LUCENT
TO ACQUIRE EXCEL SWITCHING FOR PROGRAMMABLE SYSTEMS
Lucent Technologies will acquire Excel Switching Corp., a
developer of programmable switches, for about $1.7 billion in stock
(equivalent to $37 per Excel share). Excel's open,
programmable switching platforms are used to provide enhanced
voice services, such as prepaid calling cards, follow-me features and
unified messaging. Infrastructure applications for the Excel switches
could include gateways for international networks, IP
networks, VPNs and tandem switches that link multiple local office
switches. Excel's platforms also support wireless local loop and remote
access applications. The Excel programmable switch, which is scalable from
100 to 30,000 ports, is targeted at new service
providers and established service providers entering new markets. About 4,300 of the switches are currently installed in 70
countries (50% outside the US). The company's revenues for 1998 totaled a record $123.3 million, up 39% over 1997. Lucent
said the Excel switch would complement its 7R/E Packet Solutions
portfolio, 5ESS Switching portfolio and recently announced Softswitch IP
system. Excel is based in Hyannis, Mass. and has 460 employees. http://www.xl.com/
http://www.lucent.com/press/0899/990818.coa.html
Lucent Technologies, August 18, 1999
Last year, Ascend Communications acquired Stratus Computer,
which also produces programmable switches used for caller
identification, call screening, personal numbers, prepaid calling cards,
voice activated dialing, number portability and other such carrier telephony features. The Ascend-Stratus deal was
valued at $822 million, based on the companies' stock prices at the
time.
CISCO
SYSTEMS TO ACQUIRE MAXCOMM FOR HOME VOICE LAN/GATEWAYS
Cisco Systems will acquire privately held MaxComm Technologies, a
developer of a Virtual Loop Carrier (VLC) System, for
approximately $143 million in stock. MaxComm's technology will allow
service providers to offer multiple data and voice lines to consumers using xDSL access networks. MaxComm's Virtual
Loop Carrier (VLC) System consists of two major components: a Voice LAN to
be installed in the home premises, and an ATM Gateway - a combination of
hardware and software - residing in the service provider's end office that manages the POTS service.
MaxComm was founded in 1998 with funding primarily by Cisco Systems and
Sequoia Ventures. The company is led by Dr. Dev Gupta, who previously served as President of Dagaz Technologies, a DSL
developer acquired by Cisco Systems in 1997. http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/146/august99/21.html
http://www.maxcommtech.com/
Cisco Systems, August 18, 1999
1999 ACQUISITIONS:
LUCENT 10, CISCO 8
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Lucent's 1999 Acquisitions
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| Excel Switching Corp,
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programmable
switches,
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August
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| Xedia Corp
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Internet access
routers,
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August
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| International Network
Services (INS)
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network consulting
and integration
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August
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| SpecTran Corporation
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specialty optical
fibers,
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July
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| Nexabit Networks
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Terabit class
Internet switch/router
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Jun 99
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| Mosaix
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Customer relationship
management and call center software and systems
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Apr 99
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| The Ethernet LAN
component business of Enable Semiconductor
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Fast Ethernet ICs
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Mar 99
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| Sybarus Technologies
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SONET/SDH chips
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Feb 99
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| Ascend Communications
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WAN switching and
access
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Jan 99
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| Kenan Systems
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billing software
systems
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Jan 99
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Cisco's 1999 Acquisitions |
| MaxComm Technologies
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home LAN and gateway
product
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August
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| Calista
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PBX-over-IP extension
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August
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| TransMedia
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voice-data signalling
switch
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June
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| StratumOne
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silicon for high-end
routers
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June
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| Amteva Technologies
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IP-based middleware
for voicemail, e-mail and fax |
April
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| GeoTel
Communications
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IP solutions for
integrated data and voice to call centers |
April
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| Sentient Networks |
high density ATM
circuit emulation services (CES) gateway
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April
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| Fibex Systems
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Integrated Access
Digital Loop Carrier (IADLC) products
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April
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A running list of mergers/acquisitions across the industry is
available on our website
http://www.atmdigest.com
CISCO INVEST $49
MILLION IN AKAMAI
Cisco Systems has made a $49 million investment in Akamai, which
is building a global Internet content delivery service for
customers such as CNN, GO Network and Yahoo! The investment represents a
4% stake in the firm. Akamai plans to have 1,200 servers in place in more than 90 data centers worldwide
within the next 60 days. The network will be used for the NetAid concerts
on October 9 to help end the growing problems of extreme poverty around the world. Researchers at MIT's Computer Science
Laboratory founded Akamai in 1998. The company is based in
Cambridge, Mass. http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/146/august99/20.html
http://www.akamai.com/
Cisco Systems, August 18, 1999
ACTEL TO DEPLOY
LUCENT'S VOICE/DSL
Actel Integrated Communications, a CLEC based in Mobile, Alabama
signed a three-year, $35 million agreement with Lucent
Technologies covering the deployment of Voice over DSL equipment 5ESS
voice switches, CBX 500 ATM switching equipment, PacketStar AX 100 and 600 access concentrators and other platforms.
Actel will offer its integrated services in nine markets in Alabama,
Louisiana, Florida and Mississippi. http://www.actel.net
http://www.lucent.com/press/0899/990818.nsa.html
Lucent Technologies, August 18, 1999
BLAZE
NETWORK'S WDM EXTENDS GIGABIT ETHERNET OVER MULTIMODE FIBER
Blaze Network Products, a start-up based in Dublin, California, is
a developing a WDM transceiver designed to divide a
single-Gigabit input into eight channels for transport up to two
kilometers over multimode fiber. The maximum distance allowed by the IEEE
802.3z Gigabit Ethernet Standard is 550 meters. Corning is
evaluating the Blaze technology for use with its InfiniCor fiber line. The
companies expect to support 10-Gigabit data rates over 300-meter distances, and even greater distances with InfiniCor CL
fiber. http://www.blazenp.com/
Blaze Networks, August 18, 1999
INVERNESS
SYSTEMS ANNOUNCES MPLS SOFTWARE SOLUTION
Inverness Systems announced availability of Multiprotocol Label
Switching (MPLS) software source code, including support
for RSVP (Resource Reservation Protocol), LDP (Label Distribution
Protocol) and CR-LDP (Constrain-Based Routing Label Distribution
Protocol). The solution consists of core MPLS Controller and the MPLS Forwarder modules, as well as a Stack Management Module, a
Traffic Management Interface, a Routing Table Interface, a Routing Engine Module (including modules for Routing Protocols such as
RIP, OSPF and MOSPF), a Reservations Request Module (including
support for extensions to RSVP, LDP and LDP-CR), a Forwarding
Information Base and a Flow Qualifier Module. Inverness said its Contoured
System Architecture allows equipment designers to choose which
functional modules should be done at the hardware level or the
software level. http://www.invernessinc.com/
Inverness Systems, August 18, 1999
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