ROAD RUNNER ACTIVATES ITS FIRST OC-192 TRUNK
Road Runner activated the first OC-192 trunk on its national fiber network.  The OC-192 pipe uses Cisco 12016 routers and serves MediaOne's greater Boston region.  The upgrade gives Road Runner the bandwidth capacity equivalent of 32,000 video streams at 300 kbps. Road Runner anticipates that its entire national backbone will be running at OC-48 by year's end and fully OC-192 connected by the end of 2001.  http://www.roadrunner.com/
Road Runner, June 14, 2000

• At the end of Q1, Road Runner was serving 730,000 cable modem subscribers.  The company has reported service penetration rates of up to 25% in some areas.

DIALPAD CLAIMS 7.5 MILLION REGISTERED USERS FOR ITS FREE INTERNET TELEPHONY
Dialpad, a web site that offers unlimited free calling to any number in the US, currently has 7.5 million registered users.  The company has now routed over 500 million cumulative minutes of Voice over IP traffic since beginning its service.  The company reports an average of 30,000 new members signing up for free calling service every day.  Dialpad further reports that on average, 90% of its site's 250,000 daily visitors are repeat users who make more than 750,000 calls and talk for 4.5 million minutes per day.  Dialpad , which is a member of the Cisco Powered Network program, uses other Cisco Powered Network providers to transport and terminate the phone calls.  Dialpad's business model is supported by targeted online advertising.  http://www.dialpad.com/
Dialpad, June 15, 2000

• Dialpad is a venture-backed start-up based in Santa Clara, California.  Earlier this month, Brad Garlinghouse, a general partner with CMGI @Ventures, joined Dialpad as its new CEO. 
  
• Dailpad also named Leo J Hindery, Jr., Chairman and CEO of GlobalCenter and CEO of Global Crossing Ltd. to its Board of Directors

TELSEON TO BASE METRO ETHERNET SERVICES FROM COLO.COM'S FACILITIES
Telseon, a start-up service provider targeting metropolitan Ethernet, will locate its equipment in COLO.COM new colocation facilities.  The agreement will provide Telseon with facilities in Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Seattle and the Silicon Valley.  Telseon is currently introducing its services in the San Francisco Bay Area and Denver.  http://www.colo.com
http://www.telseon.com
Telseon, June 15, 2000

• Telseon is using Riverstone's RS broadband switch routers for its network.  Riverstone Networks, one of the four companies resulting from the break-up of Cabletron Systems, recently introduced its flagship broadband switch router.  Key features include the ability to deliver 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.   .  http://www.riverstonenet.com
  
• In May, Telseon secured $80 million in second-round venture funding to build its network.  The company also agreed to lease $43 million in dark fiber from Level 3 Communications for fiber in 23 US markets.

EQUINIX SECURES ADDITIONAL $95 MILLION FOR INTERNET BUSINESS EXCHANGES
Equinix, which is building carrier-neutral Internet Business Exchange facilities in major cities, raised more than $95 million in new venture financing, bringing its total funding to $400 million.  Equinix has plans to open more than 30 centers around the world over the next 4 years.  Its strategic partners include Bechtel, MCI WorldCom, North Point Communications, InterNAP and Level 3.  New investments came from Capital Research Management Company, American Express Financial Corporation, Putnam Investments, Cisco Systems, Reuters, Benchmark Capital and Artemis.  http://www.equinix.com/
Equinix, June 15, 2000

• Last month, Equinix named Peter Van Camp as its new CEO.  Van Camp most recently served as president of the Americas region for UUNET.
  

• In December, Equinix secured $280 million in financing from Cisco Systems, Microsoft, America Online, Dell, E*TRADE, Enron, Reuters, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter , Goldman Sachs and others

EXBIT AND FUJITSU MICROELECTRONICS EUROPE DEVELOP 10 GIG ETHERNET CHIPS
Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe (FME) and Exbit Technology, a start-up based in Denmark, announced an alliance to develop Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet silicon.  Under the agreement, Exbit's 16-port Gigabit Ethernet switch-on-chip, will use Fujitsu's 0.18 micron technology.  The first chip-set samples are expected by the end of the year.  http://www.exbit.com/
http://www.fujitsu-fme.com/
Exbit Technology, June 15, 2000

GLOBAL CROSSING EUROPE SELECTS NORTEL'S OPTERA METRO DWDM
Global Crossing Europe will deploy Nortel Networks' OPTera Metro DWDM for its city networks, starting with London, Paris and Frankfurt.  The metro fiber networks are being built by MKI, a leading European project management and construction company.  Financial terms were not disclosed.  http://www.nortelnetworks.com/
Nortel Networks, June 15, 2000

LUCENT NAMED PRIMARY 3G SUPPLIER TO VERIZON WIRELESS
Lucent Technologies was named primary supplier of 3G mobile technology by Verizon Wireless, the new company formed by the merger of the US wireless businesses of Bell Atlantic and Vodafone AirTouch.  The contract is valued at up to $1.5 billion and covers Lucent's 3G-ready Flexent mobile switching centers and CDMA base stations, access and transport systems based on ATM and IP.  http://www.lucent.com/press/0600/000615.coa.html
http://www.verizonwireless.com/
Lucent Technologies, June 15, 2000

SWEDEN'S TERACOM TO DEPLOY MORE THAN 80 LUCENT CBX500 ATM SWITCHES
Teracom, Sweden's government owned radio/TV distributor, will deploy more than 80 ATM nodes, based on Lucent's CBX 500 ATM switch and PacketStar PSAX Broadband Multiservice Media Gateways.  The ATM network will be built over an existing SDH infrastructure.
http://www.lucent.com/press/0600/000615.nsa.html
Lucent Technologies, June 15, 2000

SDL TO SUPPLY OPTICAL MODULATORS TO SIEMENS THROUGH 2001
SDL was awarded a contract extension to supply optical modulators for Siemen's 10 Gbps DWDM platform through 2001.  The modulators are manufactured at SDL's facilities in the UK.
http://www.sdli.com
SDL, June 15, 2000