• Giga is a subsidiary of NKT Holding A/S, which also owns IONAS A/S, a start-up developing optical components and DFB fiber lasers for multi-wavelength applications.  http://www.ionas.dk/

YIPES SIGNS $125 MILLION DARK FIBER DEAL WITH METROMEDIA
Yipes, a start-up service provider planning metropolitan Ethernet services, signed a 20-year, $125 million dark fiber lease agreement for Metromedia Fiber Network's facilities into downtown and suburban areas of Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle.  Yipes will offer Ethernet LAN-to-LAN and Internet access services, both scalable from 1 Mbps to 1 Gbps, in 1Mbps increments.  http://www.yipes.com
Yipes, March 15, 2000

• Yipes recently secured an additional $77 million in funding from Sprout Group/DLJ, Norwest Venture Partners, New Enterprise Associates, Extreme Networks, Juniper Networks, Intel and other investors.  Its network uses Extreme Networks' switches and Juniper's M40 routers at the core and Juniper’s M20 routers at the edge. 

NEXTLINK SELECTS NORTEL'S BROADBAND WIRELESS -- LARGEST HOLDER OF LMDS SPECTRUM IN THE US
NEXTLINK Communications, the largest holder of broadband wireless spectrum in the US, selected Nortel Networks' Reunion point-to-multipoint FDMA (frequency division multiple access) and TDMA (time division multiple access) solution, as well as Nortel Networks' point-to-point radios.  NEXTLINK said it plans to deploy the equipment in 25 markets across the country this year.  Financial terms were not disclosed.  http://www.nortelnetworks.com
Nortel Networks, March 15, 2000

• In January, NEXTLINK and Concentric Network Corporation agree to merge.  NEXTLINK also operates a nationwide fiber backbone.  http://www.nextlink.com

AT&T CANADA LAUNCHES ATM SVC SERVICE
AT&T Canada introduced an ATM service using Switched Virtual Circuits (SVC's) to deliver bandwidth.  The bandwidth service allows business customers to define the bandwidth, destination, and duration of their communications sessions and determine their QoS requirements on a per-call basis.  http://www.attcanada.com/english/html/newsreleases/index_story1.html
AT&T Canada, March 15, 2000

EXODUS TO OFFER DIRECT ACCESS TO AT&T'S GLOBAL IP- BACKBONE
Exodus Communications, which provides high volume Internet hosting, will connect its Data Centers to the AT&T OC-48 Internet backbone via dedicated SONET OC-48 access rings.  Exodus will provide its hosting customers with the option of connecting to multiple networks, including both the Exodus and AT&T Internet backbones.  http://www.exodus.com/news_and_views/press_releases/att_bandwidth.html
Exodus, March 15, 2000

VERSATEL (NV) TO RAISE EUR 1.1 BILLION IN BOND SALE FOR EUROPEAN NETWORK ROLLOUT
VersaTel Telecom International N.V., facilities based telecom provider in the Benelux and Northwest Germany, launched a EUR 1.1 billion (US$1.06 billion) corporate bond offering to support its rollout of DSL services.  http://www.versatel.nl/news15mar2000.htm
VersaTel, March 15, 2000

• Last week, NorthPoint Communications and VersaTel announced a joint venture wholesale DSL service provider for the EU market.  VersaPoint initially is targeting more than 2,000 central office co-locations in the German and Dutch markets.  The new company will launch full commercial service this summer and will operate as a wholesale service provider working closely with European content and service providers.  

CARRIER1 LAUNCHES PAN EUROPEAN VIRTUAL INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER PLATFORM
Carrier1 International announced the launch of a Pan European Virtual Internet Service Provider platform that will provide  turn-key solution for smaller ISPs covering dial-up facilities, direct connectivity, Internet transport services, domain registration, e-mail management, end-user web space, multicast and caching services, content feeds and various customer care functions.  http://www.carrier1.com
Carrier1, March 15, 2000

• Carrier1 uses Nortel Networks optical platform and switches in its fiber backbone

ACCELERATED NETWORKS SUPPLIES CONVERGED VOICE/DATA TO UNIDIAL COMMUNICATIONS
Accelerated Networks announced a $10 million contract to supply its multiservice access platform (MSAP) voice services gateways to UniDial Communications for deployment in approximately 45 POPs across the US.  UniDial Communications will also use Accelerated's integrated access devices (IADs) at customer locations to provide converged voice/data over T1 access lines.  Unidial is based in Louisville, Kentucky. http://www.acceleratednetworks.com/
http://www.unidial.com
Accelerated Networks, March 15, 2000

• Earlier this month, Accelerated Networks filed SEC registration papers for an initial public offering (IPO).

C-COR.NET AND FINISAR PARTNERSHIP TARGETS ETHERNET OVER HFC NETWORKS
C-COR.net and Finisar will co-develop a set of fiber optics-based products for active or passive broadband Hybrid Fiber-Coax (HFC) networks. C-COR.net is a supplier of radio frequency (RF) and advanced AM (Amplitude Modulation) fiber optic distribution electronics for two-way HFC networks.  Finisar is a provider of fiber optic subsystems and network performance test systems for extending Gigabit Ethernet and Fibre Channel.  The jointly developed products are targeted for deployment throughout HFC networks at optical node locations, primary/secondary hub sites and primary headends for supporting services such as Fast Ethernet over the broadband network and distributed CMTS (Cable Modem Termination System) like functions.   An initial product release is scheduled for June 2000.  http://www.finisar.com   http://www.c-cor.net
Finisar, March 15, 2000

FRANCE’S TÉLÉCOM DÉVELOPPEMENT DEPLOYS ALCATEL’S MULTIMEDIA MULTISERVICE SWITCH
Télécom Développement, the joint-venture long distance carrier of SNCF and Cegetel, is deploying Alcatel’s new 1000 MM (Multimedia Multiservice) E10 switching systems.  The ATM-based switches have four times the capacity of Alcatel’s previous generation switches.
http://www.alcatel.com/vpr/index.htm?body=/latestnews/15032000uk?OpenDocument
Alcatel, March 15, 2000

FRANCE’S TÉLÉCOM DÉVELOPPEMENT SELECTS NORTEL MATRA
Télécom Développement (TD) selected Matra Nortel Communications to supply Passport 15000 packet switches and high-speed radio and ADSL access.  Financial terms were not disclosed.  TD also plans a third-quarter trial of Nortel Networks' Succession solution for migrating its existing circuit-switched networks to packet-based IP technology. http://www.nortelnetworks.com/
Nortel Networks, March 15, 2000

iNYC BEGINS OFFERING FREE DSL SERVICE
iNYC, a New York-based company, began offering “Free DSL” service to its first beta subscribers.  The subscribers obtain DSL service at low or no cost through a system of credits earned by interacting with iNYC sponsors.  http://www.inyc.com/
iNYC, March 15, 2000