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BROADBAND
CONTENT DELIVERY FORUM (BCDF) FOCUSES ON SERVICES
More
than 30 carriers and network equipment vendors established a
Broadband Content Delivery Forum (BCDF) to foster open
architectures for delivery or multimedia content over broadband
networks. Specifically,
the BCDF will work on mechanisms for a 'network login,' and for
service advertisements, allowing service providers to recognize
their subscribers and offer highly personalized content and
applications services. The
effort focuses on broadband content mediation and delivery
technologies. Nortel
Networks, which initiated the creation of BCDF, will recommend its
personal portal technology for Web-based services advertisements
and its personal content tunnel (PCT) technology to the Forum for
review. Participants
include AT&T Broadband, Bertelsmann, BT, NBCi, Qwest,
Telocity, Telstra and others. http://www.bcdforum.org
http://www.nortelnetworks.com/corporate/news/newsreleases/2000a/04_04_0000181_bcdf.html
Nortel Networks, April 4, 2000
AT&T,
BT AND CONCERT TO INVEST $2 BILLION IN INTERNET DATA CENTERS
AT&T,
BT And Concert will invest $2 billion over three years in 44
Internet Data Centers in 16 countries.
The figure includes 14 Internet Data Centers already open.
http://www.att.com/press/item/0,1354,2772,00.html
AT&T, April 5, 2000
BT
SAYS ADSL DEPLOYMENT ON SCHEDULE, 400 EXCHANGES EQUIPPED
BT
said ADSL equipment is now deployed in over 400 central office
exchanges, covering one in four of Britain's homes and businesses.
By mid-year, BT expects to have an additional 100 exchanges
equipped with ADSL. BT
has 21 organizations selling and evaluating more than 30
ADSL-based services prior to their commercial release.
Service providers taking part in the BT ADSL trial include
AOL, BT Internet & eBusiness (using the brand name BT
Interactive), Concentric Network, Freeserve, Iomart, Telewest,
UUNet and Video Networks Limited (VNL).
BT carrier also reported on time completion of a major
upgrade to its IP backbone. BT
has also increased dial IP ports from 25,000 in April 1999 to
205,000 by April 2000.
http://www.bt.com
BT, April 3, 2000
- In
December 1999, OFTEL, the official regulator for the UK
telecom industry, issued new rules and timetables enabling
telecom competitors to lease BT's local loop for providing
high speed services directly to their customers by July 2001.
The decision is aimed at promoting competition for
access services, especially DSL services.
By April 2000, OFTEL will publishes draft license
conditions setting out arrangements for access to local loops.
- In
July 1999, Alcatel was named strategic supplier of ADSL
equipment to BT.
PSINET
NAMES CIENA AS A STRATEGIC OPTICAL SUPPLIER
PSINet
awarded a three-year supply agreement to Ciena for long-haul and
short-haul systems. The
deal covers CIENA's MultiWave CoreStream and MultiWave Metro
intelligent optical transport systems.
Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.ciena.com/news/archive/2000/04/04.05.2000pr.html
Ciena, April 5, 2000
YIPES
SELECTS JYRA TO MEASURE LATENCY IN ITS OPTICAL ETHERNET NETWORK
Yipes,
which plans to offer metropolitan Ethernet services at rates from
1 Mbps to 1 Gbps, will use software agents from Jyra Research to
monitor end-to-end network and application response time for its
customers. The Jyra
software agents will measure hop-by-hop latency throughout the
Yipes state-of-the-art optical IP network and alert Yipes' Network
Operations Center (NOC) should the response time exceed pre-agreed
service levels. Jyra
Research is based in the UK.
http://www.jyra.com/
http://www.yipes.com
Jyra, April 5, 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.
Last month, Yipes 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.
DELL
ANNOUNCES INTERNET INFRASTRUCTURE STRATEGY, OEM DEAL WITH F5
Dell
Computer announced an Internet infrastructure business strategy
that includes a line of PowerApp
appliance servers; a set of focused resources and alliances
directed at emerging ISPs, application service providers and
Web-hosting providers; e-consulting partnerships with Arthur
Andersen and Gen3 Partners; plans to offer new edge devices for
narrow band services, broadband and wireless access; and a venture
capital arm to fund early-stage private companies in the field.
Dell also
announced an OEM deal covering F5 Networks' load balancing and
intelligent traffic management software.
http://webevents.broadcast.com/dell/pressconf040500/pr_provide.asp
Dell, April 5, 2000
INTEL
INVESTS IN WAVESPLITTER FOR SILICA-ON-SILICON PLANAR WAVEGUIDES
Intel
made an undisclosed equity investment in WaveSplitter
Technologies, a start-up based in Fremont, California.
The company said the Intel investment would allow it to
accelerate its development and introduction of silica-on-silicon
planar waveguide components.
WaveSplitter currently offers Optical Amplifier and DWDM
components for both long-haul and metropolitan area networks.
http://www.wavesplitter.com/
WaveSplitter, April 5, 2000
INTEL
LAUNCHES HOMERF NETWORKING PRODUCTS
Intel
introduced its AnyPoint Wireless Home Network product line that
conforms to the HomeRF specification.
Intel also introduced a 10 Mbps USB Phoneline Home Network
product
http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/nh040500.htm?iid=headline+000405&
Intel, April 5, 2000
ALOPA
NETWORKS PROVIDES SUBSCRIBER SERVICE MGT. TO ADC
Alopa
Networks, a start-up based in San Jose, California and Bangalore,
India will supply Subscriber Service management software to ADC
for resale with its wireless infrastructure equipment offerings.
http://www.alopa.com/
Alopa, April 5, 2000
COPPERMOUNTAIN
INTRODUCES VODSL INTEGRATED ACCESS DEVICE
CopperMountain
announced an SDSL integrated access device
(IAD) that can interoperate with the Lucent PathStar, an IP-based,
multi-service CO access server, via Media Gateway Control Protocol
(MGCP) signaling. It also supports IP-based GR-303 Voice Gateways
such as the TB200 Local Exchange Gateway from TollBridge
Technologies. The device provides up to 8 voice lines plus data
services over a single SDSL circuit.
http://www.coppermountain.com/news/04052000pr.html
CopperMountain, April 5, 2000
RAMP
NETWORKS UNVEILS VODSL INTEGRATED ACCESS DEVICE
Ramp
Networks announced a Voice over DSL
(VoDSL) integrated access device (IAD) compliant with IP or ATM
voice gateways from TollBridge, CopperCom and JetStream.
The WebRamp 2000V is a customer premise IAD offering 8 to
16 standard analog POTS phone lines and a built-in 10/100 Ethernet
interface. The device
is 2.3Mbps SDSL compatible with Copper Mountain's DSLAM and
provides lifeline support for
WAN or power failures. Availability
is expected in Q3. http://www.rampnet.com
Ramp Networks, April 5, 2000
SOFTBANK
INVESTS IN XPEED FOR DSL CPE SOLUTIONS
Softbanks
made a significant investment in Xpeed, a start-up developing DSL
Customer Premise Equipment (CPE).
Financial terms were not disclosed.
X-Speed has previously announced a contract to supply a
minimum of 97,000 ADSL modems to Hanaro Telecom of Korea.
http://www.xpeed.com/
Softbank, April 5, 2000
YAHOO!'S
REPORTS GLOBAL AUDIENCE OF 145 MILLION DURING MARCH
Yahoo!
said its global audience grew to more than 145 million unique
users, including 14 million users in Japan, during March 2000.
The company's traffic increased to a record 625 million
page views per day on average during March, compared to an average
of 465 million page views per day in December 1999. Yahoo! Japan's
traffic, which is included in these page view totals, increased to
more than 65 million page views per day during March from more
than 39 million per day in December 1999.
http://docs.yahoo.com/docs/pr/1q00pr.html
Yahoo!, April 5, 2000
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