LUCENT'S
2.4 GHZ ENTERPRISE NETWORKING SYSTEM TO SPAN 10 MILE RANGES
Lucent Technologies announced a
point-to-point and point-to-multipoint outdoor wireless networking system
that operates in the unlicensed 2.4 GHz band and is capable of spanning
distances of up to 10 miles (16 km) with various levels of security
encryption (64-bit WEP and 128 bit RC4).
The new WaveACCESS system supports 11 Mbps links.
The point-to-multipoint WaveACCESS system consists of a Central
Office (CO) Router that can connect up to 16 WaveACCESS Remote Office
Routers and associated networks, or 32 WaveACCESS PC Card radios per
channel, each running the Internet Client software (up to 3 separate 11
Mbps channels are possible). The
point-to-point WaveACCESS system consists of WaveACCESS Remote Office
Routers for links between campus buildings and their interior networks.
Lucent said that in addition to campus network applications, the
2.4 GHz WaveAccess products could be used by ISPs for wireless services.
http://www.lucent.com/press/0100/000103.mea.html
Lucent Technologies, January 3, 2000
BEIJING
PTT SELECTS ADC'S CELLWORX ATM VIRTUAL PATH RING SOLUTION
The Beijing province of China's PTT selected ADC's Cellworx
Service Transport Node (STN) to provide a bandwidth optimized ATM virtual
path ring solution for its voice, frame relay, and ATM transport services.
The Cellworx STN ATM virtual path ring solution frees up stranded
bandwidth to support more subscribers, without significant infrastructure
investments. The initial
deployment covers 13 Cellworx nodes, as well as ADC's ATM Access
Concentrators, for three STM-4c rings.
ADC's partner Gaohong Telecom Co. Ltd. will customize the platform
for the specific needs of the Chinese market.
ADC said the deployment represents the first international ATM
virtual path ring deployment for any PTT.
http://www.adc.com/
http://www.gaohong.com.cn
ADC, January 3, 2000
ALLEGIANCE
TELECOM ACQUIRES METRO DARK FIBER FROM LEVEL 3, METROMEDIA
Allegiance
Telecom signed a $20 million to acquire the use of dark fiber on Level 3
rings in Denver, Detroit and San Diego.
Level 3 will also provide Allegiance Telecom with fiber route
connecting Boston, New York and Washington, D.C.
Separately, Allegiance Telecom agreed to acquire dark fiber
capacity from Metromedia Fiber Network in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Los
Angeles, New York (including Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island and White
Plains), Northern New Jersey, Oakland, Orange County, Philadelphia, San
Francisco, San Jose, Seattle and Washington, D.C.
Allegiance Telecom also announced plans to offer $500 million in
new bonds. http://www.allegiancetele.com/
Allegiance Telecom, January 3, 2000
Allegiance
Telecom is led by Royce Holland, who was one of several co-founders of MFS
Communications. Dan
Yost, the current president of Allegiance Telecom, was formerly president
and chief operating officer of NETCOM On-Line Communication Services (a
leading ISP acquired by MindSpring).
CALIFORNIA
ISP PROMISES FREE DSL SERVICE WITH AD-DRIVEN BROWSER
Broadband
Digital Group, an ISP based in Newport Beach, California announced plans
to launch a free DSL service for consumers willing to accept an always-on,
advertising-driven "FreeDSL Browser Assistant."
Broadband Digital Group describes the service as an extension of
the free dial-up ISP market and said it will be able to offer advertisers
direct access to a large high-speed Internet audience supporting general
network advertising, content affinity and demographic targeting.
The company has received $3 million in initial funding from IMI IV,
an Orange County venture fund. http://www.freedsl.com/press1_3_2000.asp
Broadband Digital Group, January 3, 2000
CONVERGENT
NETWORKS LICENSES OPENCON SYSTEMS' BILLING PLATFORM
Convergent
Networks, which offers next-generation, packet-based, telephony grade
switching and signaling solutions, licensed OpenCon Systems' (OCS) Billing
Mediation Platform. The
combined solution will offer carriers an open, customizable billing
mediation between next-generation networks and the traditional PSTN based
on standard Bellcore AMA format Call Detail Records (CDRs).
Convergent Networks Integrated Convergence Switches (ICSs)
provide interworking and adaptation between traditional TDM and packet
switched networks.
http://www.opencon.com http://www.convergentnet.com/
Convergent Networks, January 3, 2000
ALTEON
WEBSYSTEMS SHIPS THE FIRST GIGABIT ETHERNET COPPER ADAPTERS
Alteon
WebSystems announced availability of 10/100/1000BASE-T copper adapters at
roughly one-third to one-half the price of current Gigabit Ethernet fiber
adapters. The NICs are based
on Alteon's ASICs, which integrate dual DMA channels, a PCI bus interface,
a 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet MAC and two embedded 32-bit RISC processors
into a single chip.
http://www.alteonwebsystems.com/press/010300.shtml
Alteon WebSystems, January 3, 2000
The IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA)
Standards Board approved the final 1000BASE-T specification for Gigabit
Ethernet over copper (also known as IEEE Std 802.3ab) in June 1999. The
specification defines Gigabit Ethernet operation over distances of up to
100 meters using four pairs of CAT-5 balanced copper cabling. The
specification also enables auto-negotiation between 100 and 1000 Mbps
systems. The earlier Gigabit Ethernet standard (IEEE 802.3z), which was
ratified in June 1998, defined transceivers for multimode and single mode
fiber.
JDS
UNIPHASE ANNOUNCES 2-FOR-1 STOCK SPLIT FOLLOWING 4 RECENT ACQUISITIONS
JDS Uniphase, a leading supplier of optical components, announced
a 2-for-1 stock split.
http://www.jdsunph.com/
JDS Uniphase, January 3, 2000
In
the past two months, JDS Uniphase has announced plans to acquire four
other optical component suppliers: Optical
Coating Laboratory, a leading manufacturer of optical thin film
coatings and components used to control and enhance light propagation; EPITAXX,
a supplier of optical detectors and receivers for optic telecommunications
and CATV networks;
Ramar Corp., a
developer of lithium niobate modulator components; and SIFAM,
a supplier of fused fiber components such as couplers, wavelength division
multiplexers (WDMs) and gain flattening filters.
In December, JDS Uniphase also announced plans to invest $125
million to expand its production facilities.
