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COGENT
LAUNCHES ITS 100 MBPS ETHERNET ACCESS SERVICE AT $1,000/MONTH
Cogent Communications, a
venture-backed service provider targeting metro Ethernet services,
announced initial activation of its all-optical, facilities-based
network in parts of New York City, Chicago, Philadelphia, and
Washington, D.C. The
company is promising non-oversubscribed 100 Mbps Internet access
capability at $1,000 per month http://www.cogentco.com/home.html
Cogent Communications, November 13, 2000
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Cogent is
building a nation-wide, long-haul backbone in addition to
metro area networks. The
infrastructure plan calls for OC-192 DWDM on the long-haul
routes and OC-48 metro DWDM connections within each of 12 US
cities. In March,
Cogent awarded a $280 million supply contract to Cisco Systems
and a $10 million contract to Chromatis (acquired by Lucent).
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In February,
Metromedia Fiber Network (MFN) signed a 20-year agreement
valued at more than $100 million to provide dark fiber to
Cogent Communications in New York, Boston, Philadelphia,
Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Seattle,
San Francisco/San Jose, and Los Angeles.
The companies have expanded the agreement to include
the exchange of IP traffic through MFN's AboveNet subsidiary.
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In April,
Cogent sealed a $215 million agreement to lease long-haul
fiber across the US from Williams Communications.
KOREA'S
HANARO TELECOM REPORTS 531,039 ADSL USERS, 299,245 CABLE MODEM
USERS
As
of October, Korea's Hanaro Telecom reported 531,039 ADSL
subscribers, up from 478,373 at the end of September and 327,448
at the end of Q2. Hanaro
Telecom had 299,245 cable modem subscribers, up from 117,738 at
the end of Q2. The
company also has signed up 5,416 LMDS access customers since
launching the service in July.
Hanaro Telecom has a target of 1.1 million broadband
subscribers by year's end. http://www.hanaro.com/english/main.html
Hanaro
Telecom, November 14, 2000
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AGILENT
ANNOUNCES 12-CHANNEL PARALLEL OPTICAL LINK MODULES
Agilent
Technologies introduced parallel optic transmitter and
receiver modules capable of carrying 12 channels of 2.5 Gbps
traffic for 30 Gbps capacity.
The new parallel optics modules, which support distances of
up to 600 meters, could be used for proprietary system
interconnects to external OC-192 or InfiniBand connections.
Agilent said a key advantage of the parallel transmitter
and receiver modules is that they use only 38 mm (1.5 inches) of
board space. Agilent
is also developing complementary clock/data recovery (CDR) and
quad serialize/deserialize (SerDes) ICs.
http://www.agilent.com/about/newsroom/presrel/2000/13nov2000a.html
Agilent,
November 13, 2000
VENDORS
FORM OSS THROUGH JAVA INITIATIVE
Leading telecom vendors agreed to work together to define
and implement Java technology-based APIs (Java APIs) for
Operations Support Systems (OSS) and Business Support Systems
(BSS). The new "OSS
through Java Initiative" will address Trouble Ticket, Quality
of Service and Service Activation applications for 3G wireless
networks. Participants in the initiative include Sun Microsystems,
Cisco Systems, Ericsson, Motorola, NEC, Nokia, Nortel Networks,
Telcordia Technologies, ADC Telecommunications, Crosskeys, Cygent,
Infovista, Objective Systems Integrators and Remedy.
http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2000-11/sunflash.20001113.1.html
Sun Microsystems, November 13, 2000
GTS
TO SELL VOICE BUSINESS AND CENTRAL EUROPE OPERATIONS IN
RESTRUCTURING
Global TeleSystems (GTS) launched a corporate restructuring to
focus on broadband and data services over its European fiber
network. The company
will exit from its residential and pre-paid calling card
businesses, sell its Central Europe retail operations, sell its
equity interest in Flag Atlantic Limited joint venture cable
system for US$175 million, and streamline its operations.
For Q3, GTS said data and IP revenues were up approximately
17% on a sequential basis and currently represent 47% of total
core revenues. The
company's main focus will be to provide carriers, ISPs, ASPs and
Web-centric customers with managed bandwidth and data products,
including IP VPNs, dedicated hosting, high-capacity direct
Internet access, and streaming media services.
http://www.gtsgroup.com/
GTS, November 13, 2000
IBASIS
AND IPIRION AG INTERCONNECT THEIR VOIP NETWORKS
iBasis and IPirion AG, two leading carriers of Internet telephony,
agreed to interconnect their VoIP networks.
IBasis is currently carrying international
voice and fax traffic for 10 of the top 20 global carriers and
more than 14 European providers.
IPirion is a leading European VoIP carrier with operations
in Amsterdam, Brussels, London, Milan, Paris and Zurich.
http://www.ibasis.net/news/pr11132000.htm
iBasis, November 13, 2000
FRANCE
TELECOM SELECTS NET.COM'S SERVICE CREATION MANAGER
France
Telecom selected net.com's SCREAM 200 Service Creation Manager for
its DSL suite and for development of future differentiated,
high-value services. France
Telecom has tested the platform for a video-on-demand application
over a heterogeneous network.
Financial terms were not disclosed.
http://www.net.com/
net.com, November 13, 2000
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net.com's
SCREAM 200 architecture separates the network control plane (NCP)
from the network data plane (NDP), enabling individual units
to be co-located or geographically separate.
Network control is externalized so that routing
capabilities are independent of switching.
An Open Programming Interface specifies the application
programming interfaces for the control plane of the SCREAM
platform. The
system will support QoS guarantees required for voice over DSL
(VoDSL) and video on demand (VoD).
The distributed processing architecture is designed for
99.9999% ("six-nines") availability.
LUCENT
INTRODUCES PROVISIONING SOFTWARE FOR BROADBAND SERVICES
Lucent
Technologies introduced a
software-based subscriber activation and management system for
cable operators, DSL providers, broadband wireless operators, and
fiber-to-the-home providers.
Lucent's VitalAccess 1.0 software, which runs on Sun
Solaris and Windows 2000, consists of four major components for
managing and configuring elements in the service delivery chain: a
flow-through provisioning system for subscriber activation; a
Domain Name Server (DNS) and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
configuration tool; a subscriber self-registration interface
offering ISP and service selection options; and an interface that
integrates the distribution and management of IP services for DNS,
DHCP, Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) and Time Of Day (TOD).
http://www.lucent.com/press/1100/001113.nsa.html
Lucent
Technologies, November 13, 2000
ASANTE
OFFERS DESKTOP GIGABIT ETHERNET ADAPTERS FOR $150
Asante
Technologies introduced a 10/100/1000BaseT Gigabit Ethernet
adapter priced at $150 list.
The NIC uses chips from National Semiconductor.
http://www.asante.com
Asante Technologies, November 13, 2000
WESTERN
MULTIPLEX TO ACQUIRE ADAPTIVE BROADBAND
Western Multiplex agreed to acquire Adaptive Broadband, a supplier
of fixed, point-to-multipoint wireless systems, for $645 million
in stock (Nov. 10 prices). Adaptive
Broadband develops products in the Unlicensed National Information
Infrastructure (UNII) 5.x band for US networks, the 3.5 GHz band
for international networks and the MMDS 2.5 GHz band for both US
and international networks. http://www.wmux.com/company/news/2000/111300adaptive.html
Western
Multiplex, November 13, 2000
SPIKE
BROADBAND SECURES $47 MILLION FOR ITS SPECTRAL REUSE BROADBAND
WIRELESS
Spike
Broadband Systems, a developer of fixed wireless access system for
the licensed 2.5GHz (MMDS) and 3.5GHz bands, secured $47 million
in financing to increase sales activities and scale its production
and distribution capacity. Investors
include Canada-based CDP Sofinov, CDP Capital Communications,
Sandler Capital Management, Cabletron Systems, Ironside Ventures,
HLM Management Co., US Bancorp Piper Jaffray, Dain Rauscher
Venture Partners, Wheatley Partners, The Rosewood Corporation,
Agilent Technologies, Signal Equity Partners and Commonwealth
Capital Ventures. http://www.spikebroadband.net/
Spike Broadband Systems, November 13, 2000
MALIBU
NETWORKS GARNERS $30 MILLION FOR ITS OFDM WIRELESS
Malibu
Networks, a start-up developing broadband wireless access systems,
raised $30 million in second round financing.
The funding will be used for field trials of Malibu's
wireless broadband IP systems beginning early next year.
Investors include CVC Capital Partners, Second Avenue
Partners, Fremont Ventures, TL Ventures, NextCom Ventures, The Dow
Chemical Company, Enertech Capital Partners, GATX Capital
Corporation, ARCH Venture Partners and Polaris Venture Partners.
http://www.malibunetworks.com
Malibu Networks, November 13, 2000
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Malibu
Networks is developing systems based on Orthogonal Frequency
Division Multiplexing (OFDM), including the design of
burst-mode OFDM modem chips. The technology is highly
resilient to multipath effects and interference and does not
require line of sight.
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Last
month, Malibu Networks named Salvatore S. Benti as its new
CEO. Benti most
recently served as executive vice president of broadband
wireless leader Adaptive Broadband.
CODEON
NAMES CEO, TARGETS 10 GBPS AND 40 GBPS MODULATORS
Codeon,
a start-up developing lithium niobate optical components, named
Robert H. Harvey as CEO. Harvey
most recently served as Senior Vice President of Operations for
Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies
Corporation. Codeon
is developing 40 Gbps and 10 Gbps lithium niobate external
modulators and integrated modules.
http://www.codeoncorp.com/
Codeon,
November 13, 2000
BLAZE
NETWORK PRODUCTS RAISES $40 MILLION FOR OPTICAL SUBSYSTEMS
Blaze
Network Products, a start-up based in Dublin, California, secured
$40 million in a second round of funding for its development of
optical networking subsystems.
Investors include Sands Brothers & Co., Kalkhoven,
Pettit and Levin Ventures, Crown Advisors, GTG Ventures,
Oppenheimer Fund, Pyramid Technology Investors, SOG Group, Wit
SoundView Photonics Fund, Wit SoundView Ventures, Dynafund
Ventures, Intel Capital, Vanguard Venture Partners, and
Wasserstein Adelson Ventures L.P.
http://www.blazenp.com/
Blaze
Network Products, November 13, 2000
SS8
NETWORKS BRINGS IN $25 MILLION FOR ITS INTERNET SIGNALING PLATFORM
SS8 Networks, a carrier-class ServiceSwitch for Internet signaling
and Intelligent Network services, secured $25 million in second
round funding. SS8
Networks' platform will act as a bridge between the PSTN's
Signaling System 7 (SS7) and the Internet, allowing service
providers to leverage existing SS7 services while offering new
services that transcend the traditional SS7 world.
Investors include Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB),
the Woodside Fund, ONSET Ventures, CDP Sofinov and CIT Venture
Capital. SS8 Networks
is headquartered in San Jose, California and has an R&D
facility in Kanata, Canada. http://www.ss8.com
SS8
Networks, November 13, 2000
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