EXTREME
NETWORKS ADDS PROVISIONING TOOLS FOR ISPS
Extreme Networks added a
series of service provisioning software tools to its Summit and
BlackDiamond switches designed for ISPs and web content providers.
New capabilities include:
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VLAN aggregation,
which maximizes the efficiency of IP address usage in server
co-location environments by isolating customer traffic to sub-VLANs
in separate broadcast domains.
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Wire-Speed Layer
1-4 Access lists, which can be used to restrict or perform bandwidth
management on a per packet basis for Layer 1-4 information,
including physical port, MAC address, VLAN, IP subnet and mask, TCP/UDP
port range
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Layer 4 wire-speed
server load balancing, which uses technology from F5 Networks
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Transparent web
cache redirection, which operates at wire speed based on any Layer 4
criteria, such as HTTP traffic, to a single or set of web cache
devices
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Extreme Standby Router
Protocol (ESRP), which combines Layer 2 redundancy with additional
Layer 3 capabilities
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Policy-Based QoS
extended to DiffServ (IP TOS):
minimum and maximum bandwidth parameters of each queue can be
mapped to DiffServ.
http://www.extremenetworks.com/
Extreme Networks, November 17, 1999
Earlier this month,
Ericsson announced plans to resell Extreme Networks' switches and to
integrate the technology into its PBX systems
TERRA
NETWORKS, A SPINOFF FROM SPAIN'S TELEFONICA, SOARS IN IPO
Terra Networks, S.A., the
Internet subsidiary of Telefonica, rose 194% in their first day of
trading on the Madrid Stock Exchange (or Nasdaq under TRRA).
Terra currently provides Internet access services in
Spain, Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Peru, USA and Guatemala.
It also operates leading portal sites in Spanish and Portuguese.
http://www.terra.es/
ATM News Digest, November 17, 1999
DEUTSCHE
TELEKOM ACQUIRES SIRIS, A FRENCH TELECOM CARRIER
Deutsche Telekom will acquire
Siris S.A.S., the second largest fixed network operator in France, for
EUR 700 million (US$728 million) from Unisource N.V.
Siris has more than 2,000 km of intercity fiber and more than 80
POPs across France. Unisource
N.V founded Siris S.A.S. in 1993. http://www.dtag.de/english/news/journal/index.htm
http://www.siris.fr/
Deutsche Telekom, November 17, 1999
BT
UPGRADES ITS IP BACKBONE
BT announced plans to upgrade
its IP backbone network from 14 to 103 POP, seven of which will be
"super node" sites with gigabit switch/routers connected by
DWDM. The routers will
support initial transmission speeds of up to 5 Gbps per fiber strand,
with scope to increase bandwidth to 40 Gbps within two years.
BT will also deploy 100,000 extra IP dial ports and add the
capability to separate Internet calls from voice calls at its local
exchanges.
http://www.bt.com
BT, November 17, 1999
MCI
WORLDCOM AND SPRINT ARGUE THAT MERGER WOULD BOOST BROADBAND WIRELESS
In a filing to the FCC
seeking approval for their proposed merger, MCI WorldCom and Sprint
argue that the combined company would offer a third choice for
residential broadband access. The
companies stated that with "AT&T blocking access to its
monopoly cable plant and the Bells trying to limit competitive access to
digital subscriber loop facilities," they would combine their
complementary MMDS wireless assets in order to provide a national
broadband service.
http://www.wcom.com/about_the_company/press_releases/display.phtml?cr/19991117
MCI WorldCom, November 17, 1999
In April, MCI WorldCom
acquired CAI Wireless Systems for its MMDS licenses in Boston, New York
City, Long Island, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Rochester, Albany,
Baltimore, Buffalo, Hartford, Norfolk/Virginia Beach, Pittsburgh,
Providence and Syracuse.
Earlier this
year, Sprint purchased Videotron USA (a subsidiary of Montreal's Le
Groupe Videotron), People's Choice Television and American Telecasting
Inc. for their MMDS broadband wireless licenses.
The acquisitions were expected to provide Sprint ION with a
geographic footprint covering 24.2 million US households.
The acquired licenses covered the following cities: Albuquerque,
Chicago, Cincinnati, Columbus, Denver, Detroit, Greenville (SC),
Houston, Indianapolis, Las Vegas, Milwaukee, Phoenix, Portland, Salt
Lake City, San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle, Spokane, St. Louis, the
Tampa Bay area, Toledo and Tucson.
SWEDEN'S
NATIONAL RAILWAY SELECTS ECI TELECOM'S SDH/DWDM
Banverket Telecom, the
Telecommunications Division of Banverket (Sweden's National Railway
Operator) awarded a US$30 million contract to ECI Telecom for an
SDH/DWDM network using the company's newly launched Optical Add/Drop
Multiplexers (OADM) in 16-channel rings (upgradeable to 32 channels at
10 Gbps). The agreement also includes ECI Telecom's SDM-1, 155 Mbps
miniature Add/Drop Multiplexers and BroadGate broadband access
solutions. http://www.ecitele.com/rbanverket.htm
ECI Telecom, November 17, 1999
VIRATA
COMPLETES IPO
Shares of Virata Corporation.
(Nasdaq: VRTA) rose 90% on their first day of public trading to close at
26 9/16. The
company designs silicon and software solutions for DSL, cable modem and
set-top equipment vendors. Virata's
third generation ATOM chip family features
an on-board RISC processor and multi-layer protocol stack support.
The company traces its roots to Cambridge University, the
Olivetti Research Laboratories (ORL), and later ATML (renamed to Virata
in 1997). http://www.virata.com
ATM News Digest, November 17, 1999
FICON'S
MPLS SELECTED BY BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS & TELECOM
The ATM R&D Center of
Beijing University of Posts & Telecom will integrate Ficon's MPLS
source code into its BTC-9500 ATM switch platform.
The BTC-9500 is a 10 Gbps ATM switch now being deployed by
Shanghai Bell. Ficon's
Label Switching (FiLS) solution enables the switch to support MPLS-based
traffic engineering, load balancing and VPN support for IP traffic. The
MPLS software supports LDP, CR-LDP, RSVP and IP Routing Protocols.
http://www.ficon-tech.com
Ficon, November 17, 1999
