LUCENT TO RESELL SPRING TIDE'S IP SERVICE SWITCH
Lucent Technologies will resell Spring Tide Networks' IP Service Switch 5000 on an OEM basis.  The Spring Tide switch delivers high-density session aggregation and network-based service intelligence required for IP VPNs and other value-added IP services.  The Spring Tide switch is capable of applying a unique set of bitstream processing functions for each flow (either packet or cell) at wire speed, including encryption, compression, filtering, classification, tagging, queuing, and address translation.  The switch uses MMC Networks' AnyFlow 5500 network processors, Hi/fn's 7711 encryption/compression processors, and IRE's SafeNet DSP cryptographic processors. Wholesale service providers could use the Spring Tide platform for tunnel termination and for the aggregation of DSL, cable modem and wireless traffic.  Spring Tide is based in Boxborough, Mass.  http://www.lucent.com/press/1299/991216.nsb.html
http://www.springtidenet.com  
Lucent Technologies, December 16, 1999

CISCO TO COLLABORATE WITH NARUS ON IP SEMANTIC TRAFFIC ANALYSIS
Cisco Systems announced a broad alliance with NARUS covering collaborative efforts in application usage analysis, network service monitoring and network management for service providers.  Narus is developing an IP traffic analysis solution that measures usage of IP services in real time and then integrates the data into third party IP billing applications.  NARUS Semantics Analyzers are unique hardware appliances that install in any network and capture application-level usage information in real time directly from the network.  The companies will test and certify the NARUS technology in a Cisco 12000 Gigabit Switch Router environment.  Cisco said the NARUS relationship adds a real-time usage dimension to its own mediation strategy, complimenting its Netflow, RADIUS, Call Detail Record (CDR) and voice billing solutions.  Cisco will also increase its participation in the IP Detail Record (IPDR) standards process, which was initially established by NARUS.
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/146/december99/sp_121699b.html  
http://www.narus.com  
Cisco Systems, December 16, 1999

The IP detail record (IPDR) initiative aims to define the essential elements of data exchange between network elements, operation support systems and business support systems.  http://www.ipdr.org

THE ATM FORUM ADVANCES VODSL, FATE AND DCP SPECIFICATIONS
At a technical committee meeting last week in Beverly Hills, California, the ATM Forum made progress on several fronts, including Voice over DSL (VoDSL), Frame-based ATM Transport over Ethernet (FATE) and Device Control Protocol (DCP).  Highlights include:

• For addressing the VoDSL market, the ATM Forum's Local Loop Emulation Service (LLES) over AAL2 specification (phase one) is now expected to reach straw ballot status in February 2000  
  
• The ATM Forum is finalizing work on Frame-based ATM Transport over Ethernet (FATE), in which ATM data is encapsulated in variable-length Ethernet frames  
  
• The Device Control Protocol (DCP) specification was sent to final ballot.  The protocol is useful for intra-equipment communications, such as between port cards on an ATM switch.

The next ATM Forum Technical Committee Meeting will take place in Yokohama, Japan, February 20th - 25th, 2000.  http://www.atmforum.com  
The ATM Forum, December 16, 1999

KPN (HOLLAND) TARGETS 100,000 ADSL LINES NEXT YEAR
KPN of the Netherlands predicts that it will have 100,000 subscribers using ADSL lines by the end of the year 2000.  For 2001 KPN foresees a further growth to 300.000 to 500.000 subscribers. The company will use Alcatel's DSL platform.  http://www.alcatel.com/press/current/1999/12_16a.htm  
Alcatel, December 16, 1999

Earlier this week, KPNQwest (the company's joint venture with Qwest Communications) announced plans for local DSL services in over 25 cities in nine European countries.  The planned deployment involves the co-location of DSL equipment in over 1,400 central offices, beginning in Germany.  http://www.kpnqwest.com

COPPERCOM CLOSES $30 MILLION ROUND OF FUNDING FOR VODSL
CopperCom, a start-up developing Voice over DSL (VoDSL solutions, secured $30 million in a fourth round of financing, bringing total funding to $64.1 million since its inception in June 1997.  CopperCom's Voice over DSL solution enables up to 16 voice lines over a single copper pair in the local loop.  CopperCom's first commercial deployments are underway.  The new funding was led by Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV), and included the participation of Pequot Capital Management, Crescendo, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Venture Partners, Advent International, Hambrecht & Quist, Intel Corporation, C.E. Unterberg Towbin, Patcricof & Co. Ventures, Inc., JK&B Capital, Kettle Partners, and Charlie Bass.  http://www.coppercom.com
CopperCom, December 16, 1999

LEVEL 3 ACTIVATES ITS FIRST FIBER SEGMENT
Level 3 Communications activated the first fiber segment of its new US network along a route from Dallas to Houston.  Level 3 expects to light the majority of its planned 16,000 mile intercity network by year-end 2000.  More than 80% of the network segments are now under construction. In the interim, Level 3 is providing service via leased fiber.  
http://www.level3.com/Content/1,1233,us|news|newsreleases|19991216,00.html
Level 3, December 16, 1999

WORLDWIDE FIBER PURCHASES $26.5 MILLION IN CAPACITY FROM WILLIAMS
WorldWide Fiber (WFI) signed a $26.5 million, 20-year dark fiber lease connecting its trans-Canada fiber network to New York City.  Earlier this month, WFI activated the first phase of its North American network on a segment extending from Vancouver to Calgary.  WFI's network uses Nortel Networks' OPTera LH optical platform.  The company plans to light all of its 22,000 fiber mile North American network by year-end 2000.  WFI is also building the terabit capacity "Hibernia" trans-Atlantic cable linking Boston, Halifax, Dublin and Liverpool.  WFI is also build a 6,000 km European fiber backbone.  http://www.wwfiber.com
WorldWide Fiber, December 16, 1999

ADC FORMS CABLE TRANSPORT DIVISION
ADC Telecommunications formed a Cable Transport Systems Division to focus on delivering premium broadband transport systems.  The group's "Optiworx" portfolio will include analog optical transport, optical node product lines, new digital HFC products, ADC's Pathworx RF amplifiers, and optical/RF products developed by ADC Phasor in Austria and newly acquired Comtec Electronica S.R.L. in Buenos Aires, Argentina.  http://www.adc.com
ADC Telecommunications, December 16, 1999

CNET/FRANCE TELECOM SELECTS JUNIPER ROUTERS FOR VTDH NETWORK
cnet, the research and development centre of France Telecom, will deploy four Juniper Networks M40 IP backbone routers as part of its VTDH (Vraiment Tres Haut Debit or very high bandwidth) project.  VTHD, which delivers the same performance as the Abiline network in the US, will operate within a 120 km radius around Paris, Rennes, Grenoble, Toulouse and Sophia-Antipolis. Extensions are planned for Nancy, Strasbourg, Caen and Rouen (and their surrounding areas) in 2000. http://www.alcatel.com/press/current/1999/12_16.htm
http://www.cnet.fr/
Alcatel, December 16, 1999

CISCO TO ACQUIRE WORLDWIDE DATA SYSTEMS, A NETWORK INTEGRATOR/CONSULTANT
Cisco Systems will acquire privately-held Worldwide Data Systems, a consultancy for converged data and voice networks, for approximately $25.5 million in stock.  Worldwide Data Systems offers consulting, engineering, network design modeling, interoperability/integration testing, training and associated support services.  The company is based in Howell, New Jersey. http://www.worldwide-systems.com/  
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/146/december99/cn_121699.html  
Cisco Systems, December 16, 1999

LUCENT INTRODUCES 3 CHIPS FOR HOME PHONELINE NETWORKING
Lucent Technologies Microelectronics Group introduced three semiconductor products targeted at home phoneline networking:

• A single chip integrating 10 Mbps home phoneline networking, a 56 Kbps modem, and 10 and 100 Mbps Ethernet  
  

• A single chip providing 10 Mbps home networking capability – the device could be added to DSL, cable modem or PC motherboard designs  
  

• A chipset consisting of a HomePNA/LAN controller chip and an analog front end chip.  The solution integrates a PCI/Cardbus system interface along with an HomePNA 2.0 digital signal processor, a 56 kbps modem, an Ethernet MAC, a HomePNA 1 mbps core, buffer memory and filter circuits to ensure compatibility with existing phone line services. http://www.lucent.com/press/1299/991216.mea.html  
  Lucent Technologies, December 16, 1999