NEW
10 GIGABIT ETHERNET ALLIANCE SEEKS LAN/MAN/WAN ETHERNET
Seven prominent
networking vendors have founded a new alliance to promote 10 Gigabit
Ethernet for local area network (LAN), metropolitan area network (MAN),
and wide area network (WAN) markets and to support the IEEE 802.3 10
Gigabit Ethernet standards process. Last
month, the IEEE has formally created an 802.3ae 10 Gigabit Ethernet Task
Force to develop the standard for 10 Gigabit Ethernet.
The Alliance estimates that 70 companies and 150 engineers have
been working on 10 Gigabit Ethernet in the IEEE 802.3 Higher Speed Study
Group (HSSG) since March 1999. Founding
members of the Alliance include 3Com, Cisco Systems, Extreme Networks,
Intel, Nortel Networks, Sun Microsystems, and World Wide Packets (a
start-up led by Bernard Daines, the former founder of
Packet Engines).
10 Gbps Alliance, February 8, 2000
The
IEEE P802.3ae 10Gb/s Ethernet Task Force Web site
http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/3/ae/index.html
ITXC
OFFERS INTERNET PORTALS WEB-TO-PHONE SERVICE
ITXC Corp. introduced
a wholesale web-to-phone service operating over its global Internet
telephony infrastructure. The
ITXC webtalkNOW! service offers Web site operators a turnkey solution for
self-branded, retail web-to-phone services.
ITXC offers its partners no-charge licensing of a voice enabled web
client or standalone PC application, wholesale routing, network
management, and call accounting over ITXC.net.
MediaRing.com of Singapore began offering the ITXC web-to-phone
service in December and immediately generated customer traffic at a run
rate of over a million minutes a month after just three weeks of service.
Dialpad.com is ITXC's second customer.
Onebox.com also plans to integrate the voice application into its
unified messaging portal. ITXC
said it is currently carrying more than a million minutes of
phone-to-phone traffic over the Internet via ITXC.net every day.
http://www.itxc.com/index.html
http://www.dialpad.com/
http://www,onebox.com
http://www.mediaring.com/
ITXC, February 8, 2000
TELLABS
INTEGRATES ACCESS AND TRANSPORT NETWORK MANAGEMENT TOOLS
Tellabs will
integrate its MartisDXX Manager and FOCUS NM2100 network management
systems, thereby enabling management of SDH and DWDM transport and access
network elements from a single network management workstation.
Tellabs said the two platforms support managed access speeds
ranging from 1.2 Kbps to 155 Mbps, and transmission speeds up to 2.5 Gbps
in the backbone. The integrated management solution provides cross-connect
network elements with n x 64 kbps or 2 Mbps granularities, enabling
operators to efficiently groom traffic.
Availability is expected in Q2.
http://www.tellabs.com/news/00news/nr020800.shtml
Tellabs, February 8, 2000
SBC
INVESTS IN NETWORK ACCESS SOLUTIONS FOR DSL PUSH INTO BELL ATLANTIC
TERRITORY
SBC
Communications and Telefonos de Mexico (Telmex) agreed to invest $150
million to fund the expansion of Network Access Solutions' (NAS)
nationwide DSL network. In
return, NAS will provide DSL service for SBC out of region, thereby
enabling SBC Telecom to accelerate the rollout of services associated with
its national-local expansion into 30 new markets.
NAS is based in Sterling, Virginia and operates in Bell Atlantic
territory.
http://www.nas-corp.com/press/feb7.shtml
Network Access
Solutions, February 8, 2000
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As
of December 31, NAS reported a total of 362 central offices
(COs)
operational with DSL, and a total of 2,910 DSL accounts in
service.
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SBC
Communications had 169,000 DSL customers online as of December 31, the
highest DSL subscriber count in the nation.
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Bell
Atlantic reported 30,000 DSL accounts as of December 31.
DEUTSCHE
TELEKOM AWARDS MAJOR DSL ORDER TO SIEMENS
Siemens AG
said it received a major order from Deutsche Telekom for its XpressLink
ADSL platform. The equipment
will be used for Telekom's T–DSL service and integrated into the
carrier's ATM infrastructure. Financial
terms were not disclosed.
http://www.siemens.com/en/press_service/press_releases/2000020802e.html
Siemens AG, February 8, 2000
COMSCAPE
SELECTS PAIRGAIN'S HDSL2
ComScape
Telecommunications of West Palm Beach, Florida, selected PairGain's HDSL2
HiGain Solitaire as its standard platform for DSL deployment.
HDSL2 delivers the same T1 performance (1.544 Mbps), reach and
reliability of two-pair HDSL, but uses just a single copper pair.
ComScape will use PairGain's HiGain Wideband System 3190
(WBS-3190), a managed DS3-based access platform, to deploy HiGain
Solitaire. http://www.pairgain.com
http://www.comscape.net
PairGain, February 8, 2000
EDGE
CONNECTIONS DEPLOYS VODSL WITH ACCESSLAN, JETSTREAM
Edge Connections,
an Atlanta-based services provider, will deploy AccessLan's PacketLoop DSL
Concentrators and CPE devices and JetStream Communications' Voice/DSL
service platform to deliver bundled voice and data services to commercial
multi-tenant unit (MTU) buildings in Tier I & II markets.
Edge Connnections' planned services include Internet access from
256K to T1+, Voice Over DSL (VoDSL) for local and long distance telephony,
electronic messaging and VPNs. The
company is beginning its rollout in Atlanta and New York City and expects
to launch services this quarter. The
multi-year agreement with AccessLAN was valued at $5+ million.
The agreement with JetStream was valued at $3 million.
http://www.accesslan.com/index1.shtml
http://www.jetstream.com/news/edge20700.html
http://www.edgeconnections.com
AccessLAN, February 8, 2000
COPPERCOM
SIGNS VOICE-OVER-DSL DEAL IN CANADA
Gateway
Telephone, a Canadian CLEC, will deploy CopperCom's CopperComplete DSL
equipment to offer up to 16 phone lines and data service over a single
copper pair. The deal
includes CopperCom gateways and integrated access devices to support a
first-year deployment of 5,000 voice lines, plus high-speed data, to small
and medium-size business and residential users in Ontario.
Financial terms were not disclosed.
http://www.coppercom.com/comm/canada.html
http://www.gatewaytel.com/
CopperCom, February 8, 2000
TELEPACIFIC
SELECTS LUCENT'S STINGER FOR VODSL
TelePacific
Communications will deploy Lucent's Stinger DSL access concentrator to
deliver integrated voice, data and Internet services to its business
customers in California and Nevada. TelePacific's
target markets include Los Angeles, Oakland, Orange County, San Diego, San
Francisco, San Jose and Las Vegas. Financial
terms were not disclosed. http://www.lucent.com/press/0200/000208.nsa.html
http://www.telepacific.com/
Lucent, February 8, 2000
SOLIDUM
DEVELOPS SCALABLE PACKET CLASSIFICATION ENGINES
Solidum Systems
Corporation, a fabless semiconductor start-up based in Scotts Valley,
California, unveiled its plans to offer programmable, high-speed
classification pre-processing engines scaling to OC192 rates.
The company expects to be sampling its first multi-channel Gigabit
classifier scaling to OC48 during Q2.
Applications include carrier-class broadband IP
services and core switches/routers. http://www.solidum.com/
Solidum Systems, February 8, 2000
INTEL
INTRODUCES MOTHERBOARD RISER SPECIFICATION FOR NETWORK INTERFACE
Intel announced a
new riser card and interface specification for implementing LAN, home
networking, audio and modem subsystems with its ATX family motherboards.
Intel said the new specification would give PC OEMs greater
flexibility in platform design while making native networking a part of
every PC. http://developer.intel.com/technology/cnr/
Intel, February 8, 2000
CISCO
REPORTS REVENUE OF $4.35 BILLION, UP 53%
Cisco
Systems reported quarterly revenue of $4.35 billion, up 53% from $2.85
billion for the same period last year.
Net income prior to one-time, acquisition-related costs was $906
million or $0.25 per share. Cisco
also announced a two-for-one stock split for shareholders of record on
February 22, 2000 – its ninth stock split since 1990.
John Chambers said "the momentum of the Internet revolution
continues to accelerate across both business and government sectors on a
worldwide basis." http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/146/pressroom/2000/feb00/corp_020800.htm
Cisco Systems, February 8, 2000
