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WESTERN
INTEGRATED NETWORKS RAISES $830 MILLION FOR DEPLOYMENT OF FTTH
Western Integrated
Networks, a start-up
carrier focusing on local access networks, raised $830 million
from prominent investors in a second round of equity financing.
The company is planning residential broadband
networks featuring fiber-to-the-home (FTTH).
Target markets are Tier I/Tier II cities in the western and
southwestern US.
Western Integrated Networks
said it intends to offer a dedicated optical link to every home.
Investors include J.P. Morgan, Madison Dearborn,
Columbia Capital, First Union Capital and others.
The company is based in Denver, Colorado.
WIN, July 21, 2000
VERIZON
REACHES 221,000 DSL CUSTOMERS
As of June 30, Verizon
Communications had 221,000 DSL subscribers, up 47% from the end of
Q2. The company's
data revenue growth currently exceeds 30%.
http://www.verizon.com/
Verizon, July 21, 2000
- Verizon
was formed through the recent merger of Bell Atlantic and
GTE. At the end
of March, GTE reported 88,000 DSL subscribers and Bell
Atlantic claimed 60,000.
ROADRUNNER
CABLE MODEM SERVICE REACHES 912,000
As of June 30, Road
Runner had 912,000 cable modem subscribers, up by 182,000 over the
preceding quarter. The
service currently passes over 17.4 million homes. http://www.roadrunner.com/
RoadRunner, July 17, 2000
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RoadRunner
Cable Modem Growth
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| 30-Jun-00
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912,000
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| 31-Mar-99
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730,000
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| 31-Dec-99
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550,000
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| 30-Sep-99
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420,000
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| 30-Jun-99
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320,000
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| 31-Mar-99
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250,000
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| 31-Dec-98
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180,000
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| 03-Aug-98
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100,000
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- Excite@Home
reported 1,800,000 cable modem users as of June 30th.
COPPERCOM
SECURES $90 MILLION IN FIFTH ROUND VENTURE FINANCING
CopperCom raised
an additional $90 million in its fifth round of financing,
bringing its total funding to nearly $155 million since 1997.
CopperCom is developing voice over broadband products
supporting up to 24 voice lines simultaneously over a single,
copper wire. The new funding round was
jointly led by Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV) and Charter
Growth Capital (CGC). http://www.coppercom.com
CopperCom, July 24,
2000
ALLIANCE
FIBER OPTIC NETS $27 MILLION IN NEW VENTURE FUNDING
Alliance Fiber Optic
Products, a developer of optical components and subsystems, raised
$27 million in equity financing.
The new funds will used to expand production capacity and
for development of advanced DWDM related products.
Investors include New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Texas
Pacific Group, Weiss, Peck & Greer Venture Partners, CMEA
Ventures, and Acorn Funds (the private investment firm of Wu-Fu
Chen). http://www.afop.com/
AFOP, July 21, 2000
ISRAEL'S
REDUX COMMUNICATIONS TARGETS NET SILICON
Redux Communications, a
start-up based in Modi'in,
Israel, received $5 million for its development of silicon
technology for next generation Internet services.
Investors include Israel's Genesis Partners and Giza Group.
Former employees of RAD Data Communications established the
company in November 1999.
http://www.reduxcom.com
Redux,
July 21, 2000
DIGITAL
MICROWAVE BECOMES STRATEX NETWORKS
Digital
Microwave Corporation, a supplier of broadband wireless access
equipment, will change its name to DMC Stratex Networks.
The company's Altium radio product line operate in the
frequency bands of 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 15, 18 23, 26, 28, 31 and
38 GHz. The radio, which uses 128 QAM modulation, is designed to
deliver 155 Mbps capacity in only 28 MHz of bandwidth.
The company is based in San Jose, California.
http://www.dmcstratexnetworks.com/
July 23, 2000
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| K2
Optronics |
tuneable
laser and optical cross connect subsystems |
| Cinta |
optical
networking |
| NetScaler |
web
server accelerators based on a Web Transaction
Management paradigm that breaks the dependency
between channels (TCP connections) and HTTP
requests |
| Redux
Communications |
network
silicon |
| Bay
Packets |
VoIP
products integrated with OSS |
| Aloha
Networks |
satellite
Internet access infrastructure |
| Wave
Optics |
fiber
optic components |
| VertiCom |
satellite
access equipment |
| CT
Motion |
location-based,
mobile services tracking and applications |
| Pactolus
Communication Software |
XML-based
service platforms, applications and service
creation solutions |
| VoiceGenie
Technologies |
voice
portal infrastructure based on VoiceXML |
| Flarion
Technologies |
OFDM
wireless data technology |
| Voyan
Technology |
developing
a a unique approach to physical layer
optimization to extend the range, speed and
reliability of DSL and wireless broadband access
networks |
| Stick
Networks |
wireless
data services featuring location-sensitive
awareness |
| Kabira
Technologies |
OSS
for flow-through provisioning, activation and
no-touch subscriber management |
| Pirus
Networks |
carrier-class
storage and IP networking |
| Kenetec |
broadband
access products |
| Mobilian |
analog
and digital integrated circuits and embedded
software for wireless communications |
| Stratum8 |
Internet
infrastructure platforms |
| Lightsand
Communications |
intelligent
broadband platforms |
| Redfern
Fibres |
specialty
optical fibers for DWDM |
| Fantasma
Networks |
ultra-wideband
(UWB) technologies for wireless home networking |
| Microtune |
broadband
'gateway' RF tuner-receivers for cable modems,
digital set-top boxes, PC multimedia, TV/DTV, IP
telephony |
| BOPS |
DSPs
for broadband devices and multimedia
applications (video cameras, encoders, etc.) |
| Oplink
Communications |
optical
components |
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MPLS
Next Generation Networking
An
executive conference on MPLS Next Generation Networking
will be held 25-28 September at Thistle
Marble Arch Hotel in London. Presented in
participation with The MPLS Forum, the conference will
bring together architects of next generation carrier
networks with leading developers of infrastructure
equipment. Speakers will include chief technologists
and senior network engineers from Alcatel, WorldCom,
Vivace Networks, Cplane, Level 3, NetPlane, Juniper
Networks, Swisscom, Orchestream, RSL COM, Avici, Tellabs,
Zaffire and others. The
event also features a pre-conference seminar providing an
"Introduction to MPLS" (Monday,
25th September) and a post-conference briefing on
Interworking IP Routing and Optical Switching (Thursday,
28th September). The conference is produced by IIR
Telecoms & Technology - London. Full
registration information is online.
http://www.telecomstransmission.com/mpls/
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