QUANTUM BRIDGE EXTENDS ITS PASSIVE OPTICAL ACCESS TO IN-BUILDING COPPER NETWORKS
Quantum Bridge Communications announced a series of partnerships with Copper Mountain Networks, AccessLan Communications and Tut Systems that would enable multi-tenant unit (MTU) DSL broadband providers to match their in-building copper with "first-mile" fiber access.  The solutions would integrate DSL concentrators and IADs with Quantum Bridge's QB5000 Optical Access Switch (OAS) and QB100 Intelligent Optical Terminal (IOT).  For instance, Copper Mountain's DSL concentrators could be used to aggregate voice and data traffic from multiple subscribers onto shared network paths or "virtual circuits" over a buildings' existing copper wiring.  Quantum Bridge's optical-access would backhaul voice and data traffic over a metro passive optical network (PON), while offering the ability to "slice" wavelengths and divide capacity among different customers.  http://www.quantumbridge.com/pr110600.html
Quantum Bridge, November 7, 2000

IBM AND KYMATA TO JOINTLY DEVELOP OPTICAL COMPONENTS
IBM and Kymata announced a multi-year agreement to jointly develop optical networking chips using around IBM's unique siliconoxynitride (SiON) process technology and pump laser technology.  The SiON process technology, which was developed at the IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, uses a siliconoxynitride core waveguide layer to produce optical switching devices that are smaller and more flexible than those made with conventional process technology. Kymata and IBM plan to develop optical modules with enhanced functionality for filtering wavelengths of light beams sent through a fiber simultaneously; filters used to balance the intensity of light at different wavelengths; and versatile optical switches.  Sampling is expected to begin in the first half of 2001. As part of this strategic relationship, IBM has acquired a minority equity stake in Kymata.   http://www.kymata.com/  http://www.chips.ibm.com/
Kymata, November 7, 2000

SERVECAST.COM RAISES $35 MILLION FOR EUROPEAN CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORK
Servecast.com raised Euro 40 million (approximately $35 million) to expand its streaming media services network across Europe.  The network is being rolled out in partnership with Compaq and Cisco.  Servecast.com is based in Dublin, Ireland and has operations in London, Madrid, Frankfurt, and Brussels. Investors include Providence Equity and Carrier 1.  http://www.servecast.com
Servecast.com, November 7, 2000

XO COMMUNICATIONS SELECTS SOFTSWITCHING FROM SONUS NETWORKS
XO Communications (formerly known as NEXTLINK/Concentric) selected Sonus Networks' softswitching platform for deployment throughout its North American fiber optic network over the next 18 months.  The XO network will use Sonus Networks' GSX9000 Open Services Switch, PSX6000 SoftSwitch and the SGX2000 SS7 Signaling Gateway.  Financial terms were not disclosed.  http://www.sonusnet.com/
Sonus Networks, November 7, 2000

BAYRING TO DEPLOY CONVERGENT NETWORKS’ BROADBAND SWITCH
BayRing Communications, a CLEC serving the Northeastern US, selected Convergent Networks’ ICS2000 Broadband switch to enter new markets with integrated voice and data services, such as VoDSL.  Convergent Networks' platform would allow BayRing to limit its investment in Class 5 circuit switch equipment while providing a migration path to advanced broadband access services.  Financial terms were not disclosed.  http://www.convergentnet.com/rel110700.html
Convergent Networks, November 7, 2000

ZHONE DEBUTS STANDARDS-BASED VOICE GATEWAY, IAD
Zhone Technologies, a start-up based in Oakland, California, introduced a compact voice gateway that provides signaling and voice media conversion between an ATM-based broadband data network and a Class 5 central office switch, allowing carriers to offer their DSL customers a suite of voice and data services.  Zhone's ATM-based "Sechtor 100" gateway offers GR-303 and European V5.2 voice-over-packet gateway interfaces, as well as compatibility with Integrated Access Devices (IADs) based on the ATM Forum's Loop Emulation Service protocol.  The gateway can support up to 380 simultaneous voice connections between ATM and Class 5 networks, allowing it to handle 1520 (T1) or 1920 (E1) VoATM subscribers per unit using standard 4:1 over-subscription ratios.  Zhone also introduced a managed Integrated Access Device (IAD) with automated subscriber activation over SDSL, HDSL2, or T1/E1 ATM connections.  The IAD uses ATM Forum standard loop emulation for interoperability with standards-based voice gateways, such as Zhone's new Sechtor 100A.  The customer located device will offer four voice (POTS) ports for connecting telephones, faxes, key systems, and PBXs, or four ISDN BRI ports.  http://www.zhone.com
Zhone Technologies, November 7, 2000

• Zhone Technologies was founded in September 1999 by Mory Ejabat, the former President and CEO of Ascend Communications; Jeanette Symons, the former CTO of Ascend; and Robert Dahl, the former CFO of Ascend.  Zhone subsequently acquired Premisys Communications. 

HYBRID TO DEVELOP NON-LINE-OF-SIGHT WIRELESS BROADBAND ROUTERS USING CONEXANT CHIP
Hybrid Networks announced plans to integrate Conexant’s forthcoming InfoSurge single-chip broadband modem IC  into its Wireless Broadband Router.  New modems using the chip will offer non-line-of-sight capabilities and will reduce multipath interference.  Hybrid said the new modems would allow its MMDS customers to reuse frequencies more effectively and to use smaller cells to increase service capacity.  http://www.hybrid.com/investor/7-nov-2000.htm
Hybrid Networks, November 7, 2000

NETVOICE CARRIES 328 MILLION MINUTES IN Q3, UP 150% OVER Q2
NetVoice's total minutes of use grew to 328 million minutes in Q3, up 150% over Q2.  The company claims to carry the most Internet telephony traffic across a US based IP network.  Quarterly revenues were $15.3 million, a 194% increase from $5.3 million in Q2.  The company had a net loss of $4.2 million before accretion of preferred stock.  http://www.netvoice.net
NetVoice, November 7, 2000

• During Q3, NetVoice began offering a point-to-point wireless access service in Dallas, Texas, based on Vector Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (VOFDM) technology from Cisco Systems. 

TELEKOM MALAYSIA DEPLOYS JUNIPER'S M40 ROUTERS
TMnet, the ISP arm of Telekom Malaysia, has deployed Juniper Networks' M40 routers in three POPs across the nation.  The triangular network backbone will have a 10 Gbps capacity with four 2.5 Gbps (STM-16/OC-48c) connections in each POP operating at wire-rate speeds.  http://www.juniper.net.
Juniper Networks, November 7, 2000