CHORUM OUTLINES DWDM SWITCHING/ROUTING COMPONENT PLANS
Chorum Technologies, a start-up based in Richardson, Texas, outlined plans for its line of optical components, including
"Optical Slicers," DWDM routers, optical switches, optical signal processors, and integrated optical systems. Chorum's Optical
Slicers are "ultra dense" optical interleave filters for use in either long-haul or metro networks. Its DWDM router components,
which will use the Optical Slicers, are being designed for passive optical multiplexing and demultiplexing systems that support
hundreds of channels at data rates of 10 Gbps and higher. Chorum's line of Optical Switches will use liquid crystal technology for
higher reliability and performance. Chorum said it is also developing a line of optical processors to provide the signal
conditioning needed for longer transmission distances. The company received venture funding from Sevin-Rosen, CenterPoint Ventures,
STARTech and InterWest Partners. Scott Grout, Chorum's CEO, previously served as vice president of Lucent's optical networking
group. http://www.chorumtech.com/
Chorum Technologies, September 23, 1999
FRANCE TELECOM SELECTS NEWBRIDGE FOR NATIONAL ATM NETWORK
France Telecom selected Newbridge Network's MainStreetXpress platform for its national, broadband multiservice ATM network. The
contract covers deployment of hundreds of 36170 switches in the initial three years. France Telecom will also use Newbridge's
MainStreetXpress 46020 Network Manager to support its voice, data, IP and multimedia services, including VPNs, Frame Relay, PVC and
SVC-based native cell relay services. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.newbridge.com/news/
Newbridge Networks, September 23, 1999
MOVICOM SELECTS NEWBRIDGE FOR MULTISERVICE NETWORK IN ARGENTINA
Movicom, a BellSouth affiliated company serving 1 million mobile phone subscribers in Buenos Aires, selected Newbridge Networks'
MainStreetXpress 36170 Multiservices Switch and 46020 Network Manager for a national network across Argentina. Movicom was
recently granted a license by the Argentine government to offer local and long distance
telecommunications services. These will include broadcast quality video, Frame Relay and ATM, high-speed
Internet access, and IP-VPNs. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.newbridge.com/news/
Newbridge Networks, September 23, 1999
NEWBRIDGE AND TOSHIBA SIGN 5 YEAR LMDS DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
Toshiba signed a five-year agreement covering distribution of Newbridge Networks' LMDS equipment in Japan. The estimated value
of the agreement is $350 million over five years Newbridge's platform is based on high-speed time division multiple
access (TDMA) technology. Its solution includes a base station, consisting of the 36170 Multiservices switch and point-to-multipoint transmitters and receivers, and customer premise
transceivers and network interface units (NIUs). http://www.newbridge.com/news/
Newbridge Networks, September 23, 1999
In June, Newbridge Network announced plans to acquire Stanford Telecommunications, the developer of the LMDS platform. This week,
Newbridge and Stanford Telecom announced that they have satisfied a major conditional requirement of their pending merger by agreeing
to sell Stanford Telecom's defense communications business to ITT Industries, a leading manufacturer of military defense systems.
INTEL TO ACQUIRE TELECOM COMPONENT DIVISION OF STANFORD TELECOM
Intel will acquire the Telecom Component Products (TCP) division of Stanford Telecommunications for an undisclosed amount of cash. The
Sunnyvale, California based group develops silicon components for cable modems and head-end equipment. The division will be
integrated into Intel's Network Communications Group. Newbridge will retain Stanford's Wireless Broadband Products (WBP) and
Satellite Personal Communications (SPC) groups, under a corporate acquisition announced in June.
http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/Cn092399.htm
http://www.stelhq.com/
Intel, September 23, 1999
FORMUS POLSKA AWARDS LMDS CONTRACT TO ALCATEL
Alcatel is supplying its 28 GHz LMDS platform to Formus Polska, an affiliate of Formus Communications, for a broadband wireless access
network in Poland. The first network, serving the Warsaw area, began operations in May. The contract is valued at EUR 120
million (US$125m) over 4 years. Alcatel is helping to provide financing for the deployment.
http://www.alcatel.com/press/current/1999/09_23.htm
Alcatel, September 23, 1999
LUCENT AND QUALCOMM FORM CDMA2000 ALLIANCE
Lucent Technologies and QUALCOMM formed an alliance to develop third generation (3G) wireless systems, specifically cdma2000 1XRTT
-- which is the first phase of the industry-approved IS-2000 3G standard. , QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies will provide the core chip
and software for new channel cards for Lucent's CDMA base station equipment. Trial terminals will be based on QUALCOMM CDMA
Technologies' latest Mobile Station Modem handset circuitry. The companies said QUALCOMM's new CSM5000 chip exceeds
the ITU's 144 kbps mobile data rate requirement for 3G systems by supporting 307.2 kbps on both the forward and reverse links. The device
integrates up to 32 simultaneous users, a four-fold increase over the previous generation CSM. Field trials are anticipated in the
first half of next year. http://www.lucent.com/press/0999/990923.nsa.html
http://www.qualcomm.com/
Lucent Technologies, September 23, 1999
EARTHLINK+MINDSPRING MERGER TO CREATE 2ND LARGEST US ISP
EarthLink and MindSpring announced a merger agreement that would create the second largest provider of Internet access in the US
after America Online, with an estimated combined base of over three million members. The new merged company would keep the
EarthLink name. As of June 30, EarthLink had 1,335,000 members and a monthly
average churn rate of 3.5%. EarthLink also has a broad business relationship with Sprint. The 1998 deal provided EarthLink with
significant network infrastructure, nearly $24m in cash, a $100m
credit line, approximately 130,000 new members initially and commitments from Sprint to deliver a minimum of 750,000 new members
to EarthLink over the next 5 years. Sprint acquired a 28% minority interest in EarthLink.
As of June 30, MindSpring had approximately 1,228,000 customers. MindSpring has previously announced DSL resale agreements with
BellSouth and Covad. In February, MindSpring acquired Netcom's 400,000 individual Internet access accounts.
http://www.earthlink.net
EarthLink, September 23, 1999
