Juniper's initial M160 customers include:

• Cable & Wireless, which is already using the M160 at OC-192c/STM-64 between New York and Washington D.C.
  
• UUNET, which is using the M160 to upgrade its US production network to OC-192c/STM-64.  UUNET is activating OC-192c/STM-64 circuits between Chicago, New York, and Washington, D.C. using MPLS.
  
• KPNQwest, which will deploy the M160 routers in 15 major European cities.
  
• GTE Internetworking, which selected the M160 Router for an OC-192c/STM-64 Pilot.  GTEI's M160 routers will aggregate several OC-48/STM-16 and OC-12/STM-4 links onto GTEI's first OC-192c/STM-64 trunks.
  
• Japan's National Center for Science Information Systems (NACSIS), which will use M160 routers to move astronomical observation data over an OC-192c fiber optic link from the radio telescopes in Nobeyama to servers in Tokyo.

http://www.juniper.net/

Juniper Networks, March 28, 2000

GEOVIDEO NETWORKS TO OFFER HDTV INTERNET VIDEO OVER FIBER
GeoVideo Networks, a start-up backed by Lucent's New Ventures Group and partners, will deliver HDTV-quality, real-time bi-directional Internet Protocol (IP) video over an international fiber network.  Metromedia Fiber Network will supply the metropolitan and the long-haul optical network infrastructure, and its AboveNet subsidiary will supply global IP services to GeoVideo Networks.  The GeoVideo Network will support optical speeds of OC-3 to OC-192 and above, and will also support T1/T3 and DSL configurations. Standard definition and high-definition (HDTV) video, both streamed and stored, will be supported.  Lucent Digital Video will supply video encoding and gateway equipment.  GeoVideo Networks.  In addition to commercial television studio services, GeoVideo will offer a PC-based product for consumer services, and an electronic cinema service.  The company plans to introduce services in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Dallas this year.
 http://www.lucent.com/press/0300/000328.coa.html
Lucent Technologies, March 28, 2000

EFFICIENT NETWORKS ACQUIRES NETSCREEN, COMBINING DSL ACCESS WITH ASIC-BASED SECURITY
Efficient Networks will acquire NetScreen Technologies, a start-up developing ASIC-based products for network security, for $905 million in stock (Mar 27 prices).  NetScreen’s ASIC-based products integrate wire-speed firewall, Virtual Private Network (VPN) and traffic-shaping features integrate wire-speed firewall, Virtual Private Network (VPN) and traffic-shaping features.  The NetScreen-100 device offers wire-speed performance of 100 Mbps and can handle 128,000 simultaneous TCP connections and 1,000 IPSec tunnels, with line-rate Triple DES throughput.  The NetScreen-10 provides Ethernet performance and can handle 4,000 simultaneous TCP connections and 100 IPSec tunnels.  A smaller NetScreen-5 can support workgroups of 10 or 25 users with 10-Mbps performance.  NetScreen has also announced GigaScreen ASIC capable of handling 1 Gbps throughput, 500,000 concurrent TCP sessions, and up to 25,000 IPSec tunnels within Internet data centers.  NetScreen is based in Santa Clara, California.  http://www.netscreen.com  http://www.efficient.com/news/200003281.html
Efficient Networks, March 28, 2000

MOTOROLA TO RESELL NETRO'S BROADBAND WIRELESS PLATFORM
Motorola signed an OEM agreement to market and distribute Netro's AirStar broadband wireless access system worldwide.  The deal extends Motorola's broadband wireless portfolio to the 10, 26, and 39 GHz ranges, complementing its 28GHz US LMDS solution offered through SpectraPoint Wireless LLC, an affiliate jointly owned by Motorola and Cisco Systems.  http://www.netro-corp.com/3.28.00_pr.htm   http://www.mot.com
Netro, March 28, 2000

Netro's AirStar system is a point-to-multipoint broadband wireless platform providing dynamic bandwidth access on a packet-by-packet basis.  Netro's proprietary CellMAC media access protocol, coupled with the product's TDMA and ATM foundation, supports the transmission of voice, IP and Frame Relay traffic. Lucent Technologies resells the Netro platform on an OEM basis under its OnDemand Wireless Access label. Siemens/Italtel is also a Netro partner.

GLOBAL CROSSING AND WEBEX ENTER ALLIANCE
Global Crossing made an undisclosed equity investment in WebEx, a start-up providing Web collaboration and conferencing services. Both companies agreed to integrate select services from each other into their respective portfolios.  http://webex.com  http://www.globalcrossing.com
Global Crossing, March 28, 2000

• Earlier this month, WebEx announced plans to integrate voice telephony from Net2Phone into its service.  The WebEx - Net2Phone alliance will allow multiple users to hold online conference calls while sharing applications, presentations, documents and browsers in real-time.

NORTEL NETWORKS LAUNCHES EBUSINESS APPLICATIONS UNIT
Nortel Networks launched the Clarify eBusiness Applications Unit, which will provide enterprises and service providers with business-to-business (B2B) applications and services.  The new unit, which has formed an alliance with Andersen Consulting, will integrate Nortel's Internet and contact center capabilities with Clarify's customer relationship management (CRM) solutions and Periphonics' advanced voice recognition.  http://www.nortelnetworks.com/corporate/unified/index.html
Nortel Networks, March 28, 2000

• Nortel Networks acquired Clarify Inc in October 1999 for its customer relationship management software.  Nortel Networks acquired Periphonics Inc. in August 1999 for its interactive voice solutions for call centers

IBM ANNOUNCES $400 MILLION STORAGE AREA NETWORKS INITIATIVE
IBM announced a $400 million initiative to boost its presence in the storage area networks (SAN) business.  The initiative includes new SAN testing facilities in France and Japan, expansion of IBM's storage solutions sales force, new SAN customer demonstration facilities, establishment of a SAN consulting practice by IBM Global Services, new models of the "Shark" Enterprise Storage Server, and new Fibre Channel-based SAN solutions, including support for Netfinity servers.  http://www.ibm.com/Press/prnews.nsf/jan/0A516CB1FAFED194852568B00052B161
IBM, March 28, 2000

YIPES TO OFFER AKAMAI CONTENT DELIVERY ALONGSIDE ITS METRO ETHERNET
Yipes, a start-up developing Ethernet access over an optical backbone, will install Akamai's content delivery servers in its facilities.  Yipes has announced service in Boston and suburban San Francisco, Los Angeles and Denver.  http://www.yipes.com
Yipes, March 28, 2000

3COM SHOWS SIP-ENABLED IP TELEPHONY AND UNIFIED MESSAGING
3Com announced an end-to-end solution for delivering IP telephony services using Session Initiation Protocol (SIP).  The company plans to introduce a SIP-enabled media gateway, SIP proxy server, SIP-enabled Ethernet telephones and a suite of CommWorks back-end servers.  3Com also highlighted plans to offer unified messaging solutions acquired from Call Technologies for consolidating the retrieval of e-mail, fax and voice mail messages from any client device. 
 http://www.3com.com/
3Com, March 28, 2000

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS DEMONSTRATES SESSION INITIATION PROTOCOL ON DSP-PHONES
Texas Instruments demonstrated a package of calling features (multiple lines, conferencing, and call waiting) with Session Initiation Protocol for its DSP-based IP phone.  http://www.ti.com/sc/voip
TI, March 28, 2000

• TI's digital signal processors (DSPs) are used in the new IP phones introduced this week by Cisco Systems.

MITEL INTRODUCES IP PHONE CHIPSET
Mitel Semiconductor introduced an IP phone chipset combines an ARM7 RISC CPU, phone controller, dual codec, 10/100 Ethernet PHY, and a full 801.1p 10/100 Ethernet Bridge to enable quality of service in IP telephone solutions.  The Mitel chipset employs on-chip hardware acceleration to implement the DES or IP Sec.  Mitel has developed a fully interoperable SIP signaling stack. Mitel also supports H.323 and Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP) stacks from RADVision.  http://www.mitelsemi.com/news/pressview.cgi?20000327gms042.htm
Mitel Semiconductor, March 28, 2000

INTERMEDIA TO DEPLOY SONUS NETWORKS' PACKET TELEPHONY
Intermedia Communications will be the first carrier to deploy Sonus Networks' GSX9000 Open Services Switch, PSX6000 SoftSwitch and SGX2000 SS7 Signaling Gateway for Internet traffic offload.  Financial terms were not disclosed.  http://www.sonusnet.com/rel032800.html
Sonus Networks', March 28, 2000

• Last December, Williams Communications selected Sonus Networks' packet telephony solution for its next-generation voice network.  The Williams' contract was valued at $20 million for the first year and could expand to more than $100 million over a three-year period.

NEXTLINK SELECTS AFC'S MULTI-SERVICE ACCESS PLATFORM
NEXTLINK Communications will deploy Advanced Fibre Communications' Universal Modular Carrier Multi-Service Access Platform, which uses a hybrid ATM/TDM architecture and provides a variety of loop interfaces for POTS, ISDN, T-1/E-1, HDSL and ADSL services.  Financial terms were not disclosed.  NEXTLINK is the largest holder of broadband fixed wireless spectrum in North America and operates an extensive, long-haul fiber network.  http://www.afc.com/
AFC, March 28, 2000

ZHONE ANNOUNCES FIRST ICP CUSTOMER FOR UNIVERSAL VOICE GATEWAY
Zhone Technologies, a start-up founded by the senior management team from Ascend Communications, announced its first Integrated Communications Provider (ICP) customer for its universal voice gateway.  Zhone's "Sechtor 300" Universal Voice Gateway provides Voice-over-ATM, Voice-over-IP, and TDM voice services over various access infrastructures.  The device uses GR-303 signaling to act as an extension to existing voice switches, concentrating voice traffic near the customer while supporting comprehensive CLASS and lifeline voice services.  Advanced TelCom Group of Santa Rosa, California will deploy the Zhone Sechtor in middle-sized markets across the US.  http://www.callatg.com    http://www.zhone.com/press/prarchive/20000328.html
Zhone Technologies, March 28, 2000