ALCATEL DEBUTS ITS NEXT GENERATION DSLAM
Alcatel's successor to its market-leading Alcatel 1000 ASAM (ATM subscriber Access Multiplexer) initially will support up to five times the density of lines, increasing to nearly ten times the number of lines in the near future.  The new ASAM's adds support for multiple ATM QoS classes and switched virtual circuits (SVCs).  It supports multi-mode ADSL (splitterless full-rate G.dmt and lower-speed G.lite), as well as standards-based symmetric DSL services such as HDSL2 and G.shdsl as well as multiple voice channels over DSL.  The platform uses a 6 Gbps backplane for accommodating network interfaces up to OC-12/STM-4 and new line cards, including VDSL.  http://www.alcatel.com/vpr/
Alcatel, April 26, 2000

• Earlier this month, Alcatel introduced new ADSL line cards for its large installed base of Litespan digital loop carriers.  Carriers could use the Litespan + ADSL solution to provide DSL services to customers more than 18,000 ft from a CO.  Alcatel will offer the solution as an environmentally hardened mini-DSLAM package for low-density subscriber DLC situations.  Alcatel’s largest DSL accounts include Bell Atlantic, SBC, BellSouth, Telekom Austria, Telia, BT, Belgacom, Telefonica in Spain, France Telecom, Telecom Italia, Singapore Telecom, PT Telecom of Indonesia and others.

NORTHPOINT NOW AT 41,300 DSL SUBSCRIBERS
NorthPoint Communications reported 41,300 subscribers DSL subscribers as of March 31, up subscribers from 23,500 subscribers as of December 31, 1999.  Operational central offices increased during the first quarter to 1,260 from 1,027 as of December 31.  NorthPoint's also announced a new back-office system designed to reduce order-processing time by 30%, increase order capacity by 400% and accelerate the company's development cycle for new products.  http://www.northpointdsl.com/
NorthPoint, April 26, 2000

TELCORDIA SELECTS ADC'S CALEASERVER FOR CALL INTERCEPTION/WIRE TAPPING IN PACKET NETS
Telcordia Technologies signed a 3-year software license and reseller agreement covering ADC's NewNet IP CALEAserver application for use with the Telcordia Call Agent in packet-switched networks to meet US federally mandated CALEA (Communications Assistance to Law Enforcement Act) requirements.  CALEA requires wireless and wireline telephone carriers to upgrade their networks to provide court-ordered intercepted call content and call identifying information to law enforcement agencies (LEAs) by June 30, 2000 for circuit-switched and September 30, 2001 for packet-switched networks.  ADC's NewNet IP CALEAserver supports simultaneous delivery of intercepted information of a single target to up to five law enforcement agencies.  ADC's IP CALEA architecture supports up to 1,000 simultaneous intercepts, 128 access points (such as call agents), and 128 collection functions. The Telcordia Call Agent is one of the first "softswitches" in production with deployments at a North American cable operator and a major US interexchange carrier.  http://www.adc.com/newsroom/index.html
ADC, April 26, 2000

ITXC AND IBASSIS INTERNET TELEPHONY NETWORKS REPORT JUMPS IN TRAFFIC VOLUMES IN Q1
During Q1, ITXC carried 131 million minutes of traffic over its IP telephony network, up from 72 million minutes during Q4 1999 and 11 million minutes during Q1 1999.  The ITXC network now encompasses 225 points of presence in 135 cities and 57 countries.  Announced carrier affiliates include Ameritech, Bell Atlantic, China Telecom, Gambia Telecommunications Company, Interoute, Korea Telecom, and Pacific Gateway Exchange. Web-based customers include Dialpad.com, MediaRing.com and Onebox.com.  http://www.itxc.com

During Q1, iBasis carried 85.2 million minutes of its IP telephony network, up 33.5% over the 63.8 million minutes it carried in Q4 1999 and 16.8 million minutes in Q1 1999.  iBasis is continuing deployment of SS7 capabilities in its network.  The company is working with Cisco Systems to deliver IP-based, Unified Communications (UC) messaging mailboxes.  http://www.ibasis.net
April 25, 2000

TUNDO RAISES $30 MILLION FOR ITS OPEN IP TELEPHONY PBX SYSTEMS
Tundo Corp., a start-up developing open IP telephony systems, secured $30 million in new financing. Tundo offers an IP telephony-based Boundless PBX solution that allows traffic to be distributed over multiple locations, while integrating with legacy voice systems.  It utilizes open standards such as H.323, H.450, MGCP, CSTA, and SNMP to support components from multiple vendors, system inter-working and applications integration.  Investors include JK&B Capital, Goldman Sachs, Comverse, and Newbury Ventures. The Cedar Fund, the Gilde Fund, and Singapore Telecom.  Tundo is headquartered in Westborough, Mass., with R&D in Israel.  http://www.tundo.com/
Tundo, April 26, 2000

TIME WARNER NAMES MOTOROLA AS PREFERRED CABLE MODEM SUPPLIER
Time Warner named Motorola as its preferred supplier of cable modem equipment and committed to deploy up to 500,000 Motorola DOCSIS cable modems in various networks over 2 years.  The deal covers Motorola's SB3100 cable modem, which is hardware-ready for DOCSIS 1.1 specification, and Motorola's DM 100 cable modem, which offers a USB connection to the PC. http://www.motorola.com/
Motorola, April 26, 2000

AGILENT ACQUIRES AMERICAN HOLOGRAPHIC FOR FIBER TEST CAPABILITIES
Agilent Technologies has acquired American Holographic, a privately held manufacturer of holographic diffraction gratings and spectral sensor modules.  Financial terms were not disclosed.  American Holographic's components and modules are used in optical test equipment pulse compression, spectrographs and other industrial, research and scientific applications.  The company is based in Fitchburg, Massachusetts.  http://americanholographic.com
http://www.agilent.com
Agilent, April 26, 2000

FINISAR OFFERS NEW OPTICAL TRANSCEIVERS FOR EXTENDING GE OR FIBRE CHANNEL TO 80KM
Finisar released new Extended GBIC Optical Transceivers capable of extending Gigabit Ethernet or Fibre Channels over distances up to 80 km using single-mode fiber.  The transceivers include a built-in test, monitoring, and reporting system allowing them to report status information on parameters such as laser current, laser temperature and transmitted power.  Optical transceivers can be used in switches, hubs, storage arrays, and adapter cards for LAN, SAN and WAN applications to convert Gigabit-rate electrical signals to optical signals and vice-versa for transmission over fiber.  http://www.finisar.com/invest/irpr.htm
Finisar, April 26, 2000

MCI WORLDCOM EXPANDS MMDS TRIALS, OFFERS MMDS CONNECTIVITY TO RURAL SCHOOLS
MCI WorldCom will offer $2 million in wireless Internet services provisioned using Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service (MMDS) technology to several schools in North Carolina, Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi. MCI WorldCom recently began conducting MMDS service trials with other schools, consumers and business customers in 5 states.  The company said that the proposed merger MCI WorldCom and Sprint would give it the MMDS assets to offer the fixed wireless access service to customers in more than 100 markets by late 2001.  http://www.wcom.com
MCI WorldCom, April 26, 2000

IAXIS LAUNCHES VENTURE CAPITAL DIVISION
iaxis, which recently opened 19 web-hosting facilities across Europe to complement its fiber network, announced an international e-business incubation program aimed at Internet entrepreneurs, including ISPs, ASPs, content owners and distributors.  http://www.iaxis.com/
Iaxis, April 25, 2000

VITESSE ESTABLISHES VENTURE FUND FOR NETWORK EDGE START-UPS
Vitesse Semiconductor announced a new venture fund to support start-up companies developing network edge components and systems. http://www.vitesse.com/news/042700.htm
Vitesse, April 26, 2000

• Last week, Vitesse announced plans to acquire Sitera, a privately-held developer of network processors supporting DS3 through OC-48 data rates and Gigabit Ethernet.

CIDERA TO MULTICAST 100 GB OF USENET TRAFFIC TO TELENOR VIA SATELLITE
Cidera (formerly SkyCache) will deliver more than 100 gigabytes of Usenet News each day to Norway's Telenor.  Cidera will multicast Usenet traffic to satellite dishes installed at POPs along Nextra's backbone.  The solution frees up bandwidth along Nextra's landline network.
http://www.cidera.com/
Cidera, April 25, 2000