AT&T AGREES IN PRINCIPLE TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO ITS CABLE NETWORK
AT&T agreed in principle to provide MindSpring Enterprises with access to its cable network, according to reports published by the Washington Post and other sources.  A formal contract still needs to be negotiated between the firms.  The framework could be extended to other Internet companies, according to the reports.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/business/A13851-1999Dec3.html

Currently, Excite@Home is the exclusive provider of broadband Internet access over the AT&T's cable modem network.  AT&T is one of the major shareholders in Excite@Home.  As of September 30, Excite@Home had 840,000 cable modem subscribers.

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.

  In September, 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.
December 5, 1999

CONVERGENT NETWORKS WINS $50 MILLON CONTRACT FROM GLOBAL NAPS
Convergent Networks announced the second major commercial deployment for its voice/data convergence platform.  Global NAPs, a CLEC focused on providing high volume services for companies such as WebTV, Mindspring, MSN, Netcom and Ziplink, awarded a $50 million contract to Convergent Networks to purchase up to 75 of its Integrated Convergence Switches (ICSs) over a two-year period.  The switches provide interworking and adaptation between traditional TDM and packet switched networks.  Global NAPs' initial application for the ICS platform will be to offer outsourced dial-up remote access and high-speed digital services for ISPs.  The convergence switches enable Global NAPs to deliver ISDN PRIs much more cost effectively than via traditional circuit switches.  Global NAPs also plans to extend the use of Convergent Networks’ solution to provision other business services, such as VoDSL.  Convergent Networks' first customer win was a $30 million deal with 2^nd Century Communications.   http://www.convergentnetworks.com
Convergent Networks, December 3, 1999

DATA CONNECTION ANNOUNCES SS7-OVER-ATM SOFTWARE
Data Connection Limited (DCL) announced support for SS7-over-ATM for its DC-MetaSwitch multiprotocol multiservice software suite. The new release will add support Q.765 and VTOA SS7-over-ATM voice standards voice circuits from TDM trunks are mapped to and from ATM SVCs and AAL1 or AAL2 cell streams at the originating and terminating switches.  It supports interworking between SS7 signalling and SS7-over-ATM signalling, with full management of media terminations for both TDM trunks and ATM virtual circuits.  The SS7-over-ATM feature will be available in Q2 2000.  Data Connection said its source code could be used for a range of devices from carrier-class multiservice backbone switches, to IP telephony gateways and access switches, through to enterprise IP telephony gateways.  http://www.datcon.co.uk/switch/switchidx.htm
Data Connection, December 3, 1999

ACCELERATED NETWORKS JOINS LUCENT'S WIRED FOR DSL PROGRAM
Accelerated Networks completed interoperability testing of its voice-over-DSL (VoDSL) solution under Lucent Technologies' "Wired for DSL" program. Testing between Accelerated's voice-over-DSL (VoDSL) integrated access devices (IADs) and voice gateways and Lucent's Stinger DSL concentrator included both analog and digital voice calls using echo cancellation and silence suppression.  Both companies' platforms use ATM for ensuring QoS.  Accelerated's voice services gateway supports both GR-303 and T1 trunking for voice termination across Class 3, 4, and 5 switches at the carrier's regional switching center or POP.  http://www.acceleratednetworks.com/
Accelerated Networks, December 6, 1999

ANALOG DEVICES REPORTS ITS LARGEST ADSL ORDER IN KOREA
Analog Devices is supplying chipsets to Hyundai to support the deployment of 90,000 ADSL lines in Korea by February 2000.  The Korea Telecom deployment of Hyundai's SpeedXess system represents an additional 180,000 ADI chipsets to be installed by February at both the central office (CO) and customer premise equipment (CPE) ends of the lines. The companies expect that Korea Telecom will deploy an additional 1 million ADSL lines by the end of 2000.  http://www.analog.com  
Analog Devices, December 2, 1999

SYCAMORE NETWORKS GAINS LUCENT EXECUTIVE
Sycamore Networks named Kevin Oye to be its vice president of business development. Oye previously served as vice president for strategy and business development at Lucent Technologies, where he played a key role in Lucent's corporate acquisitions strategy.  http://www.sycamorenet.com/
Sycamore Networks, December 5, 1999

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