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360NETWORKS
PURSUES OPTICAL MESH ARCHITECTURE WITH SYCAMORE'S SWITCHES
360networks
(formerly Worldwide Fiber Inc.) will pursue a flexible optical
mesh architecture for its global network using Sycamore Networks'
new SN 16000 intelligent optical switch, SN 8000 intelligent
optical transport products and SILVX optical network management
system. The design
would use a combination OSPF routing and MPLS signaling and
Sycamore’s soft optics to route lightpaths across the network.
360networks is deploying one of the largest fiber backbones
spanning North America, South America, the Atlantic and Europe.
The company initially is using the new SN 16000 optical
switch to emulate a full-scale network in its corporate labs to
test and manage actual traffic patterns, failure scenarios and
changes in network capacity. PCs
running the Sycamore Network
Operating System are being used to test the optical switches.
Once testing is completed, the contract could be valued at
up to $420 million. http://www.360networks.com
http://www.sycamorenet.com/about/news/pressreleases.cfm?news_item_id=293
Sycamore Networks, July 7, 2000
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Sycamore's
SN 16000 Intelligent Optical Switch will employ a
software-centric architecture for provisioning and restoring
optical services from OC-3/STM-1 to OC-192/STM-64.
A combination of OSPF and MPLS would be used to
establish optimum lightpaths based on traffic engineering
requirements including, but not limited to, available
bandwidth, grooming resources down to STS-1 granularity, and
protection requirements.
Restoration capabilities are provided using a unique
nested protection hierarchy by which network operators would
assign protection levels to each customer and manage
protection as a service asset.
360networks will be the first to deploy the product.
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360networks
has previously announced major fiber swaps with KPNQwest,
Telia, and Carrier1 GmbH.
The company is also building the terabit capacity
"Hibernia" trans-Atlantic cable linking Boston,
Halifax, Dublin and Liverpool; as well as a 22,500
route km undersea cable serving the Atlantic coast of South
America.
360networks is led by Greg Maffei, who previously was
CFO of Microsoft.
CISCO
SYSTEMS ACQUIRES NETIVERSE FOR CONTENT ACCELERATION
Cisco
Systems will acquire Netiverse, a start-up developing content
acceleration technology, for $210 million in stock.
The Netiverse technology will be integrated into Cisco's
existing content networking solutions.
The company is based in San Jose, California and has 34
employees.
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/146/pressroom/2000/jul00/corp_070700.htm
Cisco Systems, July 7, 2000
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Netiverse's
core competencies include expertise in switching, security,
routing, deep packet processing, networking software and
ASIC development. No
products have been announced to date.
The company is led by Gururaj Singh, who previously was
with Centillion Networks (acquired by Bay Networks) and
later with Berkeley Networks (acquired by FORE Systems).
Its founders also include five former members of FORE
Systems. The company was funded by Sequoia Venture
Capital.
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In
May, Cisco Systems announced plans to acquire ArrowPoint
Communications for approximately $5.7 billion (May 4
prices). ArrowPoint's
content-aware Web switches are designed to dynamically
direct specific content requests to the best site and best
server at that moment.
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GTS
EBONE CONNECTS 35 EUROPEAN CITES AT 2.5 GBPS
Global
TeleSystems (GTS) activated its "Euro ISP"
infrastructure five months ahead of schedule.
The GTS Ebone now operates at 2.5 Gbps with connections in
35 cities and 12 countries in Western Europe.
http://www.gtsgroup.com/news/news_archive/2000/europeanisp.htm
GTS, July 7, 2000
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Last
month, GTS opened a major hosting facility in London
announced plans to open a second major hosting center in the
city as well as a U.S. center in Northern Virginia.
GTS hosting sites are already active in Amsterdam,
Frankfurt and Paris. GTS
currently has 17,500 route km of fiber active in Europe
(with plans for 25,000 route kms) and five active city
networks (with plans for a total of 16).
LUCENT
EXPANDS OPTICAL PRESENCE IN CHINA
Lucent
Technologies established to new companies in China to focus on
optical networking. The
first, Lucent
Technologies Optical Networks Co. (LTON), is a joint venture with
Shanghai Posts & Telecommunications Equipment Co., Shanghai
Optical Communications Development Co. and Shanghai Jiu Shi
Corporation. LTON
will develop optical networking products to meet the needs of both
international and Chinese markets.
The R&D center has about 300 employees and 3 main
offices in Shanghai, Beijing and Shenzhen.
The
second company, Lucent
Technologies Information & Communications of Shanghai, will
conduct marketing, after-sale services, project control, technical
support and training for optical networking products.
http://www.lucent.com/press/0700/000707.nsa.html
Lucent
Technologies, July 7, 2000
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Lucent
Technologies (China) now has seven regional offices, eight
joint ventures and three wholly owned companies, with more
than 3,500 employees in China.
NORTEL
NETWORKS LOANS $20 MILLION TO FIBERNET
FiberNet
Telecom Group, a carrier's carrier serving New York City and other
Tier 1 US cities, closed a $20 million private placement of 8%
convertible preferred stock at a price of $10 per share with
Nortel Networks. FiberNet,
which has already lit multiple strands of fiber in NYC, is
currently deploying SONET rings to serve top office buildings and
carrier-hotels. Its
architecture also uses SONET for the fiber-in-building network,
thereby extending the redundant SONET architecture to the exact
building floor where the customer resides.
FiberNet is offering connectivity at rates from DS1 to
OC192, including 10/100 Mbps Ethernet circuits.
http://www.ftgx.com
FiberNet, July 7, 2000
THE
OFDM FORUM TARGETS ADVANCED BROADBAND WIRELESS
The
Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing, a vendor organization
dedicated to creating a global OFDM standard for high-speed
wireless networks, has grown to include 40 members to date, 13 of
which are listed as Principal Members.
OFDM is a modulation method that encodes and transmits data
on multiple high-speed RF signals concurrently.
The technology is highly tolerant to noise and multipath
interference. http://www.ofdm-forum.com/
OFDM,
July 7, 2000
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