QWEST CYBER.SOLUTIONS ADDS PERFORMANCE MONITORING TO HOSTED APPLICATION SERVICES
Qwest Cyber.Solutions will offer monitoring, measurement, prediction capabilities and performance optimization for its hosted application services using tools from BMC Software.  Qwest said the new capabilities would push the boundaries of today's service level agreements (SLAs).  http://www.qwest.com/about/media/story.asp?id=256
Qwest Cyber.Solutions, March 23, 2000

WINSTAR ACTIVATES LUCENT'S 80-CHANNEL OPTICAL NETWORKING SYSTEM
WinStar Communications is the first company in North America running live traffic over Lucent Technologies' 80-channel WaveStar OLS 400G DWDM platform.  Lucent said the platform is currently is in service or in trials with 40 other customers worldwide.   http://www.lucent.com/press/0300/000323.nsa.html
Lucent Technologies, March 23, 2000

UPC INVESTS IN SORRENTO NETWORKS, A START-UP FOR METRO OPTICAL NETWORKING
United Pan-Europe Communications (UPC) made a US $16.5 million equity investment in Sorrento Networks, a subsidiary of Osicom Technologies that is developing metropolitan area optical solutions. UPC, together with chello and UnitedGlobalCom, is forming a Venture Fund to invest in other opportunities as well.  http://www.upccorp.com/
UPC, March 23, 2000

• Sorrento Networks is based in the northern San Diego high technology corridor known as Sorrento Valley.  Osicom announced the Sorrento spin-off last December.

CARRIER1 BUILDS PARIS FIBER-OPTIC RING
Carrier1's new, high fiber-count metropolitan area network in Paris will be ready for service by August. Carrier1, which operates a pan-European fiber network with 9,000-route km, is also building a city network in Amsterdam and plans 18 more metro projects by the end of next year.   http://www.carrier1.com/
Carrier1, March 23, 2000

CLARENT ANNOUNCES 3 NEW IP TELEPHONY NETWORKS IN FRANCE
Clarent Corporation announced the launch of three new French IP telephony service providers, including IPw@y, Xplorium and XTS Network. IPw@y is providing value added IP services to corporate customers in Europe; Xplorium focuses on the carriers' wholesale market; and XTS Network offers prepaid and postpaid services to consumers and businesses in France.  http://www.clarent.com/news/pressreleases/pr_2000-03-23.html
Clarent, March 23, 2000

ECI TELECOM TO SUPPLY OPTICAL BACKBONE TO SWEDEN'S "NORRKEN" NETWORK
ECI Telecom was awarded a $15 million contract to supply a fully managed optical backbone to a consortium of Swedish energy companies.  The new network, named "Norrken", will use ECI Telecom's DWDM and SDH platform, as well as BroadGate access system, which integrates SDH transmission and delivery access multiplexer functionality.  http://www.ecitele.com/
ECI Telecom, March 23, 2000

LUCENT SUPPLIES BRAZIL'S TELE CENTRO SUL WITH DSL FOR VOICE/DATA SERVICES
Brazil's Tele Centro Sul, a consortium of Solpart and Telecom Italia, selected Lucent's Stinger DSL concentrators for a deployment of 10,000 lines in the cities of Curitiba and Brasilia.  The Stingers will be used to deliver voice, data and Internet access over DSL.  Financial terms were not disclosed.  http://www.lucent.com/press/0300/000322.nsb.html
Lucent, March 22, 2000

TRILLIUM'S MGCP SOFTWARE HANDLES 23,000 MESSAGES P/S ON MEDIA GATEWAYS
Trillium Digital Systems' new MGCP (Media Gateway Control Protocol) software handles 23,000 messages per second on media gateway controllers and more than 24,000 messages per second on media gateways.  MGCP is gaining acceptance in a range of Internet telephony and broadband access products, including trunking gateways, voice-over-ATM gateways, IP telephony gateways and residential gateways, such as set-top boxes, xDSL devices and other cable-IP telephony equipment.  Trillium's MGCP source code for IP telephony consists of a Gateway Control Protocol (GCP) implementation of MGCP for both media gateways and media gateway controllers. For media gateways, Trillium also provides Real Time Transmission Protocol and Real Time Transmission Control Protocol (RTP/RTCP) products. Future additions to Trillium's IP telephony product portfolio will include SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) for voice- over-IP, SIGTRAN (SS7-over-IP) and MEGACO (Media Gateway Control Protocol)/H.248.  http://www.trillium.com/whats-new/pr/139.html
Trillium Digital Systems, March 23, 2000

CIDERA NAMES NEW CEO, RAISES $36 MILLION IN NEW FUNDING
Cidera (formerly SkyCache) named Richard J. Hanna as its new CEO.  Hanna formerly was President of Teligent International and had earlier led the company's domestic sales, marketing and operations organizations.  Cidera specializes in satellite delivery of broadband content to the edge of the Internet.  Cidera also announced the placement of $36 million in private series C preferred stock from five investors, GE Equity, Investor AB of Sweden, Investor Growth Capital (IGC) and Dell Computer.  The company's existing investors include Carlyle Venture Partners, Intel, Institutional Venture Partners (IVP) and New Enterprise Associates (NEA).  http://www.cidera.com/
Cidera, March 23, 2000

• Last week, Cidera filed SEC registration papers for its initial public offering (IPO).

ERICSSON'S LMDS SYSTEM GOES INTO COMMERCIAL SERVICE
Ericsson's wireless broadband access system, MINI-LINK BAS, is now in service with Nordic operator ElTele.  The point-to-multipoint MINI-LINK BAS delivers wireless access at speeds up to 37.5 Mbps.  http://www.ericsson.se/pressroom/20000323-0092.html
Ericsson, March 23, 2000