ANDA NETWORKS AIMS OPTICAL ACCESS PLATFORM AT FIBER-TO-THE-HOME
Anda Networks, a start-up developing a multi-service optical access platform, announced plans to incorporate Passive Optical Network (PON) technology from Optical Solutions Inc into its platform.  Under the alliance, ANDA will provide its Universal Access Platform with T-1 and DS-3 interfaces for central offices.  Optical Solutions will provide an Fiber-To-The-Home (FTTH) card for the ANDA system, as well as a premises-located Universal Demarcation Point (UDP) device.  The combination will enable loop-side PON access to the ANDA platform for downstream optical access to users, and GR-303 interfaces for multi-service PON subscriber networks.   The ANDA product also provides integrated voice and data services.  Optical Solutions' proprietary optical Universal Demarcation Point (UDP) is designed to deliver up to six telephone lines, two-way analog/digital video (CATV), and scalable high-speed data to the home.  http://www.opticalsolutions.com
Optical Solutions, January 4, 2000

Optical Solutions is a privately held developer of Fiber-To-The-Home (FTTH) Passive Optical Network (PON) technology.  Investors include Coral Ventures, Menlo Ventures, St. Paul Venture Capital, Concord Ventures, and Stanford University.  The company is based in Minneapolis.

ANDA Networks is developing its Universal Access Platform to replace DLCs, digital cross-connects, Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexers (DSLAMs) and Fiber Optic Terminals (FOTs).  In November, ANDA Networks submitted a technical draft to the IETF for an Open Provisioning Standard (OPS) that would provide carriers with uniform remote control and monitoring of devices deployed across multi-access platforms.  The company said its OPS offers a set of standard SNMP-based commands (MIB Extensions) to enable rapid remote service provisioning of voice and data services.  ANDA Networks is based in Santa Clara, California and is funded by Wu-Fu Chen, Venrock Capital, Highland Capital Partners, PairGain Technologies, InveStar and Crimson Capital. 

NEW EDGE NETWORKS AWARDS $200 MILLION CONTRACT TO NEWBRIDGE NETWORKS
New Edge Networks, a new facilities-based CLEC planning to offer national wholesale DSL services, awarded a $200 million equipment contract to Newbridge Networks.  The deal includes the Newbridge) 350 Integrated Versatile Services Nodes (IVSN) for DSL access, MainStreetXpress 36170 Multiservices Switches and the MainSteetXpress 46020 Network Manager.  New Edge Networks is backed by Accel Partners, Greylock and Crosspoint Venture Partners.  The company is led by Dan Moffat, the former president of GST Whole Earth Networks.  http://www.newbridge.com
Newbridge Networks, January 4, 2000

QWEST AWARDED $50 MILLION BANDWIDTH CONTRACT BY DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (ESNET)
Qwest Communications will provide high bandwidth services to the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Energy Sciences Network (ESnet).  ESnet will connect DOEs national labs, as well as major corporate partners and universities, to Qwest's ATM network at up to OC-48 initially and potentially scaling to OC-192.  The deal was valued at $50 million.  Qwest also provides networking facilities for the Abilene IP backbone, which will provide advanced IP services to 160 universities.  http://www.qwest.com/press/story.asp?id=178
Qwest Communications, January 4, 2000

GERMANY'S HANSENET DEPLOYS CIENA'S METRO OPTICAL PLATFORM
HanseNet Telekommunikation GmbH, a regional competitive carrier based in Hamburg, has deployed CIENA's MultiWave Metro optical transport system.  Financial terms were not disclosed.  http://www.hansenet.com   http://www.ciena.com/news/archive/2000/01/01.04.2000pr.html
Ciena, January 4, 2000

Ciena has previously disclosed deployment of its Metro platform by Iaxis in its Paris network.  Last month, 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. 

UPC PLANS $1.5 BILLION BOND OFFERING TO FUND EXPANSION
United Pan-Europe Communications announced plans to offer approximately $1.5 billion equivalent of senior notes to fund its network expansion or for possible future acquisitions. 
http://www.corporate-ir.net/ireye/ir_site.zhtml?ticker=upcoy&script=410&layout=6&item_id=67090
UPC, January 4, 2000

As of December 3, chello broadband  (a unit of UPC) was providing cable modem Internet service to 106,500 subscribers in Europe, up from 79,039 in the prior quarter.  As of September 30, UPC's cable networks passed approximately 9.0 million homes in Europe; total homes upgraded to two-way capability was then about 2.9 million.

CLAIRVOYANT SOFTWARE TARGETS PREDICTIVE CAPACITY PLANNING FOR ISPS
Clairvoyant Software, a start-up based in Saratoga, California, recently released its first capacity planning tools for ISPs, Co-Lo Providers, e-Commerce Providers, ASPs, and Web Hosting Providers.  The software uses a distributed architecture along with a patent pending methodology to gather and store traffic utilization data for each resource every 30 seconds.  The tool then predicts future capacity requirements to sustain performance levels for IP services, including dial and dedicated Internet access, VPNs, and dedicated WAN bandwidth.  Clairvoyant Software also introduced an e-Commerce tool that predicts future capacity requirements by discovering when Web, application or database servers' CPU's, memory or disk storage will reach specified saturation levels.  The company has raised $3.2 million in first-round private funding from Artemis Ventures, Novus Ventures and private investors.   http://www.clairvoyant.com/
Clairvoyant Software , January 4, 2000

SECOND CALIFORNIA ISP JOINS FREE DSL MOVEMENT
A second ISP serving Southern California, Staruni Corp, said it would also develop a free, advertising-based DSL service this year. The company currently offers a dial-up Internet service.  http://www.staruni.com/
Staruni, January 4, 2000