CISCO ANNOUNCES 12000 TERABIT ROUTING SYSTEM WITH OC-192C INTERFACES
Cisco Systems unveiled its 12000 Terabit System supporting OC192c/STM64 interfaces for IP backbones. The 12000 Terabit System, which runs Cisco IOS, uses a crossbar switch fabric architecture.   Cisco's initial product in the Terabit series will be the 12016 GSR, a carrier class router supporting up to 15 OC-192c/STM64 (10Gbps) interfaces and a switching capacity that scales to 320 Gbps.  The unit also accepts the existing range of Cisco GSR interfaces, including Packet-over-SONET (PoS), ATM, Gigabit Ethernet, Fast Ethernet and Dynamic Packet Transport from speeds of DS3 and up.  Other attributes include system latency as low as 13 microseconds and Class of Service capabilities.  Pricing starts at $65,000.  Qwest Communications is already using the 12016 GSR for the first coast-to-coast OC-192c link, running production traffic between its New York and Sunnyvale, Calif. Internet POPs. During a latest Cisco test, Qwest successfully streamed 270 Mbps of video traffic over the network while at the same time handling normal Internet traffic at its two busiest hubs.  Qwest plans to upgrade its nationwide OC-48 network to OC-192c beginning in Q2 2000.  http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/146/december99/sp_121399b.html
Cisco System, December 13, 1999

NEWBRIDGE SHIPS ITS CARRIER-CLASS CORE SWITCH
Newbridge Networks began field trials of its next-generation, carrier-class core switch with major carriers in the US and Europe (unnamed).  The Newbridge 670 Routing Switch Platform (RSP) offers scalable capacity from 50 Gbps to 5 Tbps.  Newbridge said its multiservice routing switch merges ATM/MPLS protocols with IP on a single terabit-ready platform to seamlessly provide emerging voice and data services.  http://www.newbridge.com
Newbridge, December 13, 1999

GTE COMPLETES NATIONWIDE FIBER BACKBONE
GTE completed its 17,000-route mile fiber backbone across the US.  GTE has activated one of the 12 pairs of dark fiber it purchased in 1997 and deployed it with OC-192 capacity and OC-48 enabled circuits.  The network architecture features OC-192 SONET equipment, four-fiber Bi-directional Line-Switched Ring (BLSR) SONET ring protection and Automatic Protection Switching (APS). It supports private line, ATM and IP layer services.  http://www.gte.com/
GTE, December 13, 1999

LEVEL 3 INTRODUCES WHOLESALE VOIP SERVICE
Level 3 Communications introduced commercial, wholesale VoIP service aimed at enhanced service providers, fax service providers, wireless service providers and competitive local exchange carriers. Level 3 Communications said the service offers customers voice quality indistinguishable from traditional telephone networks, based on a range of metrics such as latency, jitter and packet loss.  If the quality ever drops below the quality of the traditional phone network, Level 3 said it would move traffic back onto the traditional phone network.  Level 3's Softswitch-based network architecture is also used for the companys managed modem service, which currently processes over a billion minutes of Internet connections per month.  http://www.Level3.com
Level 3 Communications, December 13, 1999

ITXC EXTENDS INTERNET TELEPHONY EXCHANGE WITH BELL ATLANTIC
Bell Atlantic will begin terminating Internet telephony calls from ITXC.net in five additional markets (Baltimore, Boston, North Jersey, Philadelphia, and Washington D.C.).  Currently, Bell Atlantic terminates Internet telephony calls from ITXC.net only via its New York gateway.  ITXC was the first Internet telephony carrier to begin terminating calls with an RBOC. http://www.itxc.com/resources/resources.html
ITXC, December 13, 1999

COMSAT PERU COMPLETES BROADBAND WIRELESS TESTS
COMSAT Peru completed a six-month commercial pilot operation of its metropolitan, broadband wireless network in Lima.  COMSAT's broadband wireless access network in Peru, which operates in the 10GHz and 26GHz frequency bands, uses Lucent Technologies OnDemand platform. Lucent integrates Netro Corp.s AirStar system under an OEM agreement.  http://www.netro-corp.com
Netro, December 13, 1999

TELSTRA ACQUIRES 20% STAKE IN EXTANT
Telstra will acquire a 20% equity stake in Extant, a US carrier specializing in wholesale national data transport.  The deal allows Telstra to secure exclusive rights to the Extant system for the Asia Pacific region. Telstra will also provide extensive service capability to the Extant Clearinghouse Community for the Asia Pacific region, and Extant will provide Telstra regional and local U.S. interconnect services through its clearinghouse of local partners.
Telstra, December 13, 1999

In September, Extant announced plans to deploy Telliums Aurora 32 optical cross connect switches in its network.  Extant, which was founded by former LCI executives, has previously disclosed plans to install of Lucent/Ascend GX 550 and CBX 500 ATM switches in 25 US cities.  http://www.extant.net

ENNOVATE NETWORKS NAMES NEW CHAIRMAN AND CEO
Ennovate Networks named Dr. John Glazik as its new chairman, president and CEO.  Glazik formerly served as vice president and general manager of the Access Products Division at ADC Telecommunications, and held executive positions at AT&T and Siemens Public Switching Systems.   http://www.ennovatenetworks.com/
Ennovate Networks, December 13, 1999

Last week, Ennovate announced that PSINet would deploy its Envoy 1600 IP Services Switch as its next-generation edge platform to aggregate hundreds of T1 and sub T1 PSINet customers with either a T3/DS3, or Packet over SONET OC-3 uplink for connection to existing Frame Relay switches and other new platforms.

RIVERDELTA NETWORKS RAISES $10 MILLION FOR CABLE PROVISIONING SYSTEMS
RiverDelta Networks, Inc. a start-up based in Tewksbury, Mass., raised $10 million from Battery Ventures and Charles River Ventures to develop switching and service provisioning products for broadband cable networks.  RiverDelta is led by Dave Callan, the former founder and CEO of XCOM Technologies, a facilities-based CLEC acquired by Level3.  XCOM also developed its own softswitching technology.  http://www.riverdelta.com/
RiverDelta, December 13, 1999

A Daily Journal For Broadband Networking
Copyright 1999 ATM News Inc.
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A Daily Journal For Broadband Networking
Copyright 1999 ATM News Inc.
All Rights Reserved. ISSN 1084-2438
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