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EXCITE@HOME
OPENS TO CONTENT DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS
Excite@Home
agreed to provide content
distribution networks (CDNs), including Akamai,
iBEAM and Microcast, with direct access to its broadband
network infrastructure and large base of cable modem
subscribers. The
decision will allow the CDNs to deliver their broadband
content directly from their own facilities or from a
carrier-neutral co-location (such as Equinix) to one of the
Excite@Home's Core POPs. Excite@Home
will also build its own network data centers to host content
delivery providers, thereby extending its
own business model. http://www.home.net/
http://www.corporate-ir.net/ireye/ir_site.zhtml?ticker=ATHM&script=410&layout=-6&item_id=95845
Excite@Home,
June 1, 2000
- As of March 31, Excite@Home's
residential broadband subscriber base reached 1.5 million
users.
BELLSOUTH
MOVES TO FLAT RATE PRICING FOR WHOLESALE PACKET SERVICES
BellSouth
Interconnection Services will begin offering flat rate pricing to
its wholesale customers for Frame Relay or ATM network port, loop
and transport services within a metropolitan service area.
Wholesale customers such as IXCs and CLECs could use the BellSouth
Managed Shared Packet Services to aggregate data traffic at lower
cost. BellSouth's
Managed Shared Frame Relay Service is available at speeds of 56/64
Kbps, 1.5 Mbps and 44 Mbps. Managed Shared ATM service is
available at speeds of 1.5 Mbps, 44 Mbps, 149 Mbps and 599 Mbps.
http://www.interconnection.bellsouth.com/news/releases/fast_packet_services.html
BellSouth, June 1,
2000
VITESSE
AND INFINEON OFFER OC-192 LINKS FOR SHORT REACH APPLICATIONS
Vitesse
Semiconductor and Infineon Technologies introduced an OC-192 fiber
optic link solution for Very Short Reach (VSR) applications, such
as interconnects between co-located networking equipment within a
CO or POP. The VSR
solution uses low-cost Infineon VCSEL-based parallel optics
technology combined with a Vitesse transceiver IC that maps OC-192
SONET frames onto parallel optical links.
It supports distances of up to 300m.
The companies said their solution combines the benefits of
SONET framing with an optical layer based on Gigabit Ethernet
standards. It also
meets the specifications for a VSR data transmission scheme
proposed by Cisco Systems in the Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF).
http://www.vitesse.com
Vitesse Semiconductor, June 1, 2000
VITESSE
INTRODUCES LASER DRIVER FOR 10 GBPS ETHERNET, SONET/SDH OC-48
Vitesse
Semiconductor introduced a 3.2 Gbps diode laser driver targeted at
10Gbps Ethernet, SONET/SDH OC-48, Fibre Channel and DWDM systems.
. The device's low power dissipation makes it possible to
utilize four units to implement Coarse Wavelength Division
Multiplexing (CWDM) or quad modules for 10 Gbps Ethernet.
http://www.vitesse.com/news/060100.htm
Vitesse Semiconductor,
June 1, 2000
RIVERSTONE
INTRODUCES ITS FLAGSHIP SWITCH ROUTER FOR METRO AGGREGATION
Riverstone
Networks, one of the four companies resulting from the break-up of
Cabletron Systems, introduced its flagship broadband switch router
designed for metropolitan area networks.
The RS 32000 delivers up to 960 Fast Ethernet ports, 240
Gigabit Ethernet ports, 60 Packet Over SONET OC-48c ports, 240
T1/E1 ports or 120 T3/E3 ports in a seven-foot rack.
The Riverstone switch/router a full suite of Internet
routing protocols including OSPF, BGP-4, IS-IS, DVMRP, PIM, MBGP
and MSDP, as well as MPLS and DiffServ.
http://www.riverstonenet.com/news/press/06012000_2pr.shtml
Riverstone Networks, June 1, 2000
MARCONI
LAUNCHES SOLSTIS VENTURE TARGETING OPTICAL SOLITON TECHNOLOGY
Marconi is launching a
start-up company to develop ultra high-speed optical networks
based on soliton technology.
The SOLSTIS venture, which will be based in
Stratford-Upon-Avon, UK, aims to develop systems capable of
transmission speeds in excess of 1 Tbps over thousands of
kilometers. The
project will use dispersion-managed solitons, leading-edge optical
amplifiers and WDM techniques.
SOLSTIS will include members formerly with the Photonics
Research Group at Aston University. http://www.solstiscomms.com/
http://www.marconi.com/news_events/press_releases/current/4478.html
Marconi, June 1, 2000
- Last month, Corvis announced
plans to acquire Algety
Telecom, a
French start-up pioneering soliton optical transmission
system. Solitons are specially shaped lightwave pulses that
balance the effects of fiber dispersion and fiber
non-linearity to allow higher bit rate transmission over
longer distances than conventional systems.
Algety has demonstrated transmission of 1
terabit/second over a distance of 1000 km. Algety was founded
in 1999 by a team of engineers out of CNET, the R&D arm of
France Telecom.
ONI
SYSTEMS RISES 230% IN IPO
ONI
Systems (formerly Optical Networks Inc.) rose 230% in an initial
public offering (Nasdaq: ONIS).
ONI Systems is developing a Dynamic Transport System that
includes DWDM, optical layer switching, dynamic add-drop on all
optical channels and flexible-rate client interfaces for ring,
arbitrary ring-mesh and full-mesh topologies.
Up to 66 wavelengths are supported.
ONI
Systems was founded in January 1998 and raised a total of $125
million in venture financing.
Its investors included Bowman Capital Management, Amerindo
Investment Advisors, Integral Capital, J. & W. Seligman and
Mohr, Davidow Ventures, Brocade Communications Systems, Juniper
Networks, E-TEK Dynamics and Williams Communications among others.
http://www.opticalnetworks.com/
June 1, 2000
COMANAGE
ADDS DSL SUPPORT TO ITS INTEGRATED SERVICE MANAGEMENT PLATFORM
CoManage
Corporation, a start-up based in Pittsburgh, PA., announced DSL
support for its new service management platform.
CoManage's Integrated Service Manager architecture
leverages a real-time database that links information about
network elements, services and customers with network discovery,
provisioning, fault management and performance monitoring
capabilities. The new
DSL service management
capabilities are designed to simplify provisioning of DSL and
Voice over DSL services. http://www.comanage.net
CoManage, June 1, 2000
PROCKET
NETWORKS RAISES $20 MILLION FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PRODUCTS
Procket Networks, a
start-up based in Santa Clara, California, raised $20 million in
second round funding to support is development of Internet
infrastructure equipment. Product
plans have not been disclosed.
Investors include US Venture Partners, Redpoint Ventures,
Institutional Venture Partners, New Enterprise Associates (NEA)
and the Raza Venture Fund. http://www.procket.com
Procket Networks, June 1, 2000
- Procket
Networks was founded in by Dr. Sharad Mehrotra and Dr. William
Lynch, both of whom were lead designers of Sun Microsystems'
latest UltraSPARC processor designs; as well as Dr. Tony Li,
who previously served as a Distinguished Engineer and Project
Lead at Juniper Networks.
MARCONI
ACQUIRES EUROPEAN DARK FIBER FROM VIATEL
Fibreway,
a subsidiary of Marconi plc., will acquire fiber on Viatel's
Pan-European Network to expand its existing network in the UK.
Fibreway, formed by Marconi in 1993, owns and operates a
6,000-fiber km network built largely on rights-of-way of British
Waterways. The deal
will extend the Fibreway network to four countries in Northern
Europe. http://www.viatel.com
Viatel, June 1, 2000
BROADBAND
GATEWAYS RAISES $17.2 MILLION FOR ITS IADs
Broadband
Gateways, a startup based in Plano, Texas, raised $17.2 million in
venture financing to support is development of intelligent
integrated access devices (IADs).
Product plans will be announced later this month.
Investors include Texas Instruments, Providence Equity
Partners, Prime Investments, InterWest Partners, Spyglass Equities
2000 and others. http://www.broadbandgateways.com
Broadband Gateways, June 1, 2000
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CENTILLIUM'S
USB ADSL CHIPSET ELIMINATES EXTERNAL MODEM POWER SUPPLIES
Centillium
Communications introduced a multi-mode ADSL chipset with an
integrated Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface, which eliminates
the need for an external modem power supply.
The Centillium Flite Optimizer integrates related
PC-centric-Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) interfaces,
Mini-PCI, CardBus, and USB interface. It also supports
voice-over-Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) for uncompressed
toll-quality voice services.
http://www.centillium.com/news/press/20000531pr01.html
Centillium, June
1, 2000
NX
NETWORKS SIGNS OEM DEAL WITH ALCATEL FOR DSL IADS
Alcatel
agreed to resell Nx Networks' integrated access devices to its
service provider customers on a worldwide basis.
Nx Networks offers a modular Voice over Virtual Private
Network (VoVPN) Gateway Router with firewall support.
The company is based in Herndon, Virginia.
http://www.nxnetworks.com/
Nx Networks, June 1, 2000
PF.NET
APPOINTS FORMER GLOBAL CROSSING EXEC AS ITS CHAIRMAN
PF.Net
Communications named Robert Annunziata as Chairman of its Board of
Directors. Annunziata
served as Chief Executive Officer of Global Crossing Ltd. until
March 2000. PF.Net is
a new venture building a new nationwide fiber network with a
minimum of six conduits and Lucent's TrueWave RS fiber.
. PF.Net is backed by the
Koch Industries, which already owns extensive rights-of-way
and pipelines across the
US. http://www.pf.net/
PF.Net,
June 1, 2000
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