LUCENT TO RESELL TELLIUM’S OPTICAL CROSSCONNECT SWITCHES
Lucent Technologies will resell Tellium's optical switching products StarNet Restoration Software, and other software modules under a two-year OEM agreement.  Tellium’s Aurora optical switch provides wavelength grooming and wavelength interchange, as well as optical restoration in the event of a fiber cut.  Lucent said the Tellium product would expand its optical portfolio, allowing carriers to choose the optical switching solutions that best suits their need. http://www.tellium.com  http://www.lucent.com
Lucent Technologies, December 14, 1999

Earlier this week, Tellium announced the coupling of its open StarNet optical signaling protocol to Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) based routing and Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) based signaling.  Tellium said the combination of OSPF, and MPLS StarNet would make the optical layer act like a dynamic Internet with competitive Optical Service Level Agreements (OSLAs) backed by millisecond re-routing, protection and restoration capabilities.  The Tellium platform allows service providers to cross-connect optical signals up to OC-48 while bypassing the SONET/DCS layer.  Tellium recently disclosed plans for larger optical cross connect with the capacity of 512 OC-48s -- a total switching capacity of 1.28 Tbps.   The platform features a fully redundant switch architecture with I/O port protection (1:N user programmable), dynamic wavelength management, optical line protection switching of less than 50 msec, SONET performance monitoring, optical ring restoration and optical mesh restoration software.

Last month, Lucent Technologies announced an all-optical WaveStar LambdaRouter that uses an array of micro-mirrors to direct and route individual wavelengths from fiber to fiber.  Lucent said the micro-mirrors are tilted so that an individual wavelength can be passed to any of 256 input and output fibers. All 256 mirrors are fabricated on less than one square inch of silicon. This switching fabric provides more than 32 times greater density than electronic fabrics.  Commercial availability was forecast for December 2000

CIENA UNVEILS ITS PLANS FOR 10 GBPS METRO DWDM
Ciena announced plans to support 10 Gbps services, including 10 Gbps Ethernet and protected SONET OC-192, over its MultiWave Metro intelligent optical transport system by the end of the first half of calendar 2000.  The system will scale to support up to 24 wavelengths of 10 Gbps traffic per fiber, over linear, ring and mesh topologies.  Ciena expects carriers will use the MultiWave Metro platform for high-capacity traffic collection, for point-of-presence interconnections, for service overbuilds and to create new broadband networks on leased fiber.   http://www.ciena.com
Ciena, December 14, 1999

KPNQWEST BEGINS EUROPEAN DSL ROLLOUTS
KPNQwest will begin rolling out local DSL services aimed at small and medium-sized enterprises in over 25 cities in nine European countries.  The planned deployment involves the co-location of DSL equipment in over 1,400 central offices.

KPNQwest’s first DSL rollouts will be in Germany, where the company says the local loop has effectively been unbundled and the regulatory framework is in place to allow equipment co-location in Deutsche Telecom central offices. So far, KPNQwest has secured licenses in four German cities: Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Koln and Munich. The company will deploy its DSL equipment in 23 central offices in Dusseldorf, where the service will be introduced by mid-2000. http://www.kpnqwest.com
KPNQwest, December 14, 1999

CHELLO BROADBAND REACHES 106,500 CABLE MODEM SUBSCRIBERS
As of December 3, chello broadband n.v. was providing cable modem Internet service to 106,500 subscribers in Europe, up from 79,039 as of September 30.  http://www.chello.com
Chello, December 14, 1999

LUCENT ADDS ADSL-OVER-ISDN TO STINGER DSLAM
Lucent Technologies announced a new ADSL-over-ISDN interface module for its Stinger DSL access concentrator.  The new feature allows service providers to deliver ADSL over an existing ISDN infrastructure.  The ADSL-over-ISDN module for Stinger supports up to 24 ports, or 336 ports per Stinger chassis and uses the ITU standard G.992.1 Annex B for ADSL on ISDN lines. The module will be available by the end of this year.

http://www.lucent.com
Lucent Technologies, December 14, 1999

N.E.T. TO ACQUIRE FLOWWISE NETWORKS, ADDING IP TO ITS MULTISERVICE PLATFORM
N.E.T. will acquire FlowWise Networks, a developer of high-performance router acceleration products, for $16 million in cash.  Flowise’s router acceleration products include a self-configuring layer two, three and four IP switch.  The products use a custom its Xpressway routing ASIC that provides 4-Gbps non-blocking switching that is capable of routing millions of packets per second. N.E.T. plans to integrate the FlowWise technology to complement its current Promina 800 platform. FlowWise is based in San Jose, California.  The deal is expected to close this quarter.  http://www.net.com  http://www.flowise.com
N.E.T., December 14, 1999

Global Crossing Completes 7,200 km European Terrestrial Network

Global Crossing completed construction of the first phase of its Pan European Crossing (PEC) network, including three rings connecting 13 cities in the UK, Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, France and Germany. A fourth ring connecting an additional six cities in Germany is expected to be ready for service by Q2 2000.  . A fifth ring reaching an additional five cities through France, Italy and Switzerland is scheduled for Q3 2000, and additional networks for Scandinavia and Central Europe are being planned.  Global Crossing’s first dark fiber customers for PEC include Swisscom and Cable & Wireless.
Global Crossing, December 14, 1999

AT&T NAMES HEAD OF INTERNET TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT
AT&T named Shane Robison as its new President of Internet Technology and Development, accountable for the architecture, planning and development of all Internet services.  Robinson formerly served as President of the Design Productivity Group at Cadence Design Systems, and previously as the head of Apple Computer's Personal Interactive Electronics division.  http://www.att.com
AT&T, December 14, 1999

TERABRIDGE TESTS SERVICE CONVERGENCE INTEROPERABILITY WITH LEADING SWITCHES
TeraBridge Technologies, a developer of call and connection control software, completed extensive interoperability between its ATM-based service convergence platform and hardware switches from Alcatel, Cisco Systems, Newbridge, Siemens, Lucent, VINA Technologies, Mariposa, ECI Telecom ,Advanced Switching Communications and others.  TeraBridge’s software solution provides scalable bandwidth required to provision, manage and control voice, data, Internet protocol, and video calls over an ATM network.  TeraBridge is a joint venture between TeleHub Communications Corp. and Newbridge Networks.  http://www.terabridge.com
TeraBridge, December 14, 1999

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