AGERE UNVEILS ROUTING SWITCH PROCESSOR
Agere, a start-up based in Austin, Texas, unveiled a programmable Routing Switch Processor for multi-protocol routers, switches and network management equipment operating at OC-48. The device incorporates advanced packet/cell manipulation and queuing functions, including programmable ATM QoS parameters per queue for UBR, CBR, VBR, and programmable IP CoS with 16 priority levels that can be set using Weighted Fair Queuing. Agere's programmable processor can provide additional traffic management, traffic shaping, and packet modification routing/switching techniques. Agere said it is now providing multi-protocol processing devices to 20 customers worldwide. The company also disclosed a partnership program with Inverness Systems and PowerX. Agere will work with Inverness to develop device specific networking software solutions and PowerX to link to switch fabrics (see below). http://www.agere.com/home.htm
Agere, September 9, 1999

POWERX DEVELOPS TERABIT CLASS FABRIC FOR LINKING NETWORK PROCESSORS
PowerX, a venture-backed start-up based in Manchester, UK, unveiled plans for a protocol-independent switch fabric subsystem in 0.35 CMOS and capable of scaling into the Terabit range. PowerX is working with Agere, C-Port, SiTera and Vitesse as part of a Common Switch Interface Consortium (CSIX) to create a simple-to-use interconnect sub-system for their next generation network processors. The PowerX TeraChannel chips will provide connectivity between CSIX-compliant network processors.  http://www.px.uk.com/
PowerX, September 9, 1999

SOLIDUM INTRODUCES A CORE GIGABIT PACKET PROCESSOR
Solidum Systems, a Silicon Valley start-up, introduced a network processor designed for on-the-fly packet classification of gigabit speed streams. The device implements a highly programmable state machine engine processor for both simple and complex packet parsing and field lookups. http://www.solidum.com/
Solidum Systems, September 9, 1999

ART CLOSES $251 MILLION QWEST FUNDING FOR WIRELESS DEPLOYMENTS
Advanced Radio Telecom Corp. (ART) closed a $251 million equity investment from Qwest Communications International and other high tech investors to fund its construction of a broadband wireless/fiber network. Last month, ART began offering commercial 100Mbps wireless Internet network services to businesses in San Jose, California. The network uses consecutive point radios from Triton Network Systems and IP equipment from Cisco Systems. ART owns a nationwide footprint of 38GHz spectrum licenses in the US, as well as 26GHz and/or 38GHz spectrum licenses in the US and several Scandinavian countries. http://www.art-net.net
ART, September 9, 1999

DEUTSCHE TELEKOM OUTLINES GROWTH PLAN, LAUNCHES $100 M VENTURE FUND
Deutsche Telekom will focus its attention on four areas that promise its greatest future growth: Pan-European Mobile; Consumer Internet; Data Communications and IP and Access. Deutsche Telekom has formed a new $100 million T-Venture of America fund focused on financing early stage communications companies in the US. In the mobile telephony, Deutsche Telekom said its GSM-based T-D1 digital mobile network experienced a 64% increase in customers (and a 21% increase in revenues) in the first six months of 1999 over the 1H 1998. DT recently announced plans to acquire One 2 One, a British mobile communications provider, for 6.7 billion pounds ($10.7 billion). The company's T-Online Consumer Internet service now has 3.3 million subscribers, up by 600,000 since January. For network access, Deutsche Telekom's ISDN service continues to grow -- 12 million channels are now in service, or every fourth telephone connection in Germany. Deutsche Telekom plans to launch its first T-DSL services in 54 cities in 1999 and in approximately 200 German cities in the year 2000.  http://www.dtag.de/english/news/journal/index.htm
Deutsche Telekom, September 9, 1999

DEUTSCHE TELEKOM SELECTS ECI-TELECOM'S ADSL PLATFORM
Deutsche Telekom plans to use ECI Telecom's ADSL-based Hi-FOCuS equipment to serve up to 84,000 DSL subscribers in the year 2000.  ECI Telecom's platform features an ATM to the subscriber architecture and ATM-OAM (Operation, Administration and Maintenance) capabilities.  Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.ecitele.com/rdt_hifocus.htm
ECI Telecom, September 9, 1999

H&J RELEASES SIGNALLING SOFTWARE FOR ISDN TO ATM INTERWORKING
Harris & Jeffries announced a new ITU-compliant Soft-ATM Signalling Software Subsystem (SSS) supporting ITU-T Q.2931 point-to-point and Q.2971 point-to-multipoint signalling capabilities. This enables interworking between narrowband ISDN and ATM networks. Additionally, Soft-ATM SSS supports overlapping send and receive, enabling pipelined call establishment. The software release provides backwards compatibility and pre-integration of all subsystems utilizing H&J's Layered Environment for Accelerated Portability. http://www.hjinc.com/
H&J, September 9, 1999

NCUBE SCALES VIDEO SERVER TO 132 GBPS OF SUSTAINED DELIVERY
nCUBE released its forth generation video server designed to provide broadband network operators with scalable capacity from 
under 500 Mbps to 132 Gbps of sustained video delivery. Up to 256 of the new MediaCUBE 4 servers can be interconnected. nCUBE rates the capacity at up to 44,000 simultaneous broadcast-quality video streams at 3-Mbps with no content replication. The MediaCUBE 4 server supports standard codecs and file/transport formats. Input/Output options include DVB-ASI, QAM 64/256, ATM OC-3 and OC-12, and Fast Ethernet. Time Warner is testing the MediaCUBE video server 
on one of its cable systems. http://www.ncube.com/ncube.html
nCUBE, September 9, 1999

CORNING OFFERS EDFA SPECIALTY FIBER
Corning will begin selling erbium (Er) doped optical fiber for use in fiber amplifiers optimized for the conventional band (C-band) 
transmission window. The company plans to introduce several new specialty fibers during the next 18 months for use with DWDM equipment. http://www.corningphotonics.com/
Corning, September 9, 1999

ADAPTIVE BROADBAND DEMOS WIRELESS VOIP
Adaptive Broadband demonstrated wireless transmission involving simultaneous, point-to-multipoint IP voice and data traffic at a research lab at the University of Kansas. The demonstration used Adaptive Broadband's AB-Access and Cisco 3620 routers at either end of the links. The point-to-multipoint radios are being developed for both licensed (MMDS) and unlicensed (U-NII) bands. Adaptive Broadband was formerly known as California Microwave. http://www.shareholder.com/adap/news/19990909-10697.htm
Adaptive Broadband, September 9, 1999

ALCATEL REPORTS FIRST HALF SALES OF EUR 10.09 BILLION, UP 7.5%
Alcatel reported first half 1999 sales of EUR 10.09 billion (US$10.62 billion), up 7.5% over the first half of 1998. Net income amounted to EUR 0.22 billion, representing an EPS of EUR 1.20. Alcatel's sales growth over 1H 1998 by major segment includes: 

Networking: EUR 3.087 billion, up 7.5%, representing 31% of overall income

Internet & Optics: EUR 2.354 billion, up 27.6%, or 31% of overall income

Enterprise & Consumer: EUR 1.548 billion, up 12.7%, representing 15% of total

Telecom Components: EUR 1.540 billion, down 0.3%, representing 15% of total

Energy Cables: EUR 1.759 billion, down 7.0%, representing 17% of total

The company noted faster than expected market growth in its ADSL business. Alcatel cited acquisition costs and significant R&D investments in core networking solutions, next generation optical transport products as contributing to its lower profits. 
http://www.alcatel.com/press/current/1999/09_09.htm
Alcatel, September 9, 1999