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CABLELABS
ADVANCES ITS WORK ON KEY OPENCABLE SOFTWARE SPECS
CableLabs
outlined plans for a
forthcoming OpenCable Application Platform (OCAP)
specification, which
aims to provide a national interactive television delivery
mechanism for enhanced
video services to cable customers.
The specification will have two major components: an
Execution Engine (EE), which will provide a programmable
environment, and a Presentation Engine (PE), similar to a Web
browser, which will provide support for creating and using the
Web's standardized markup and scripting languages. Sun
Microsystems, which will be the lead contributor on the EE, has
licensed its Java TV technology to CableLabs for use in the
specification. Liberate
and Microsoft have been selected as lead contributors on the PE.
CableLabs expects the bulk of the specification work can be
completed before the end of the year.
http://www.cablelabs.com/news_room/PR/00_pr_oc_software_91400.html
CableLabs, September 14, 2000
TERABEAM'S
FREESPACE OPTICAL LINKS EMPLOYED AT SYDNEY'S OLYMPIC GAMES
Free-space optical
links will be used at Sydney's Olympic Games between the
International Broadcast Centre and the Olympic Aquatics Centre,
instead of conventional fiber cables or microwave systems.
TeraBeam Networks, in collaboration with Lucent
Technologies, will deliver eight broadcast channels between the
facilities using a single low-powered light beam through the air.
http://www.terabeam.com
TeraBeam Networks, September 13, 2000
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TeraBeam
Networks is currently operating in downtown Seattle with a
seven cell-site network.
Dan Hesse, the TeraBeam's President and CEO, previously
served as President and CEO of AT&T Wireless Services.
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Earlier
this month, Greg Amadon, founder and chairman of TeraBeam
Networks, sold a portion of his personal stock in the company
to Softbank Venture Capital for $100 million.
SPRINT
AND EARTHLINK BUNDLE DIAL-UP INTERNET ACCESS WITH LONG DISTANCE
Sprint and Earthlink will
bundle unlimited, dial-up Internet access with 1,000 minutes of
state-to-state nighttime long distance calling for a flat rate of
$30. Sprint launched
a national TV advertising campaign to promote the idea that long
distance voice and Internet access should be bundled on a single
bill.
http://www3.sprint.com/PR/CDA/PR_CDA_Press_Releases_Detail/1,1694,2040,00.html
Sprint, September 14, 2000
EQUANT
LAUNCHES MICROSOFT HOSTED APPLICATION SERVICE
Equant launched a
hosted application service that provides employees of
multinational corporations with worldwide access to a standard
suite of Microsoft business applications.
Equant's new service uses Compaq's ProLiant servers to
provide secure access to Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Office
2000 and Microsoft Exchange Server applications via the Equant
network in 130 countries. The
offering positions Equant as a global application service provider
(ASP). http://www.equant.com
Equant, September 14, 2000
QUAKE
TECHNOLOGIES TARGETS MIXED-SIGNAL ICS AT 10 GBPS
Quake Technologies, a
fabless semiconductor start-up, announced its entrance into the
race for high performance mixed-signal integrated circuits (ICs)
at 10 Gbps and above for Ethernet, Infiniband, Fibre Channel and
SONET/SDH applications.
The company is led by Daniel Trépanier, formerly a
Director of Marketing at ANADIGICS Inc. Its team also includes
Sorin Voinigescu (formerly with Nortel Networks), Petre Popescu
(Nortel Networks), Justin Chang (Agilent/Hewlett-Packard's Fiber
Optics Communications Division), Carolyn Raab (Nortel Networks)
and Michael Keenan (Nortel Networks).
The company has raised approximately $3 million in seed
financing. http://www.quaketech.com
Quake Technologies, September 14, 2000
FORMER
PRESIDENT OF LUCENT'S OPTICAL GROUP JOINS VENTURE FIRM
Harry Bosco, the former
Group President of Lucent Technologies' Optical Networking Group,
has joined Clarity Partners, a Los Angeles- based private equity
firm. Clarity invests
in companies in communications, emerging media and related
technologies. http://www.claritypartners.net/
Clarity Partners, September 13, 2000
VIRATA
PRE-ANNOUNCES RECORD QUARTERLY REVENUES, 50% SEQUENTIAL GROWTH
Virata expects revenue
for its fiscal quarter ending October 1 to be approximately $41.5
million, a 50% increase over the preceding quarter.
The company attributed the strong growth to continued
expansion in North America coupled with high-volume DSL
deployments taking place in Asia and Europe.
Virata's silicon is used in DSL modems, gateways, routers,
and integrated access devices.
http://www.virata.com
Virata, September 14, 2000
TEXAS
INSTRUMENTS SHOWS IP PHONE PROCESSOR
Texas Instruments demonstrated an enterprise IP phone
solution based on a new IP phone processor chip.
The processor integrates a TI DSP with an ARM 7 RISC CPU,
VoIP-enabling Telogy software, two 10/100 IEEE 802.3 Ethernet
media access controllers (MACs), and analog wide-band codecs. The
processor supports acoustic echo cancellation for toll quality
voice processing and is compliant with the ITU G.167, G.711,
G.723.1A, G.726, and G.729AB specifications.
http://www.ti.com/sc/ipphone
Texas Instruments, September 14, 2000 |
