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DEUTSCHE
TELEKOM TESTS RECORD 160 GBPS LINE RATE TRANSMISSION
Researchers at Deutsche Telekom subsidiary T-Nova and the
Heinrich-Hertz-Institute completed a test that carried 160 Gbps of
traffic in a single optical channel (time division multiplexing)
without in-line amplification or regeneration over a 166 km
field-installed fiber span. The company is currently undertaking a
backbone upgrade to DWDM at 10 Gbps per channel and expects the
next generation to 40 Gbps will follow soon afterwards. http://www.hhi.de
http://www.telekom.de/dtag/ipl2e/cda/t54/0,6576,11675-10754-1-2-56,00.html
Deutsche Telekom, November 2000
CABLE
& WIRELESS TO CARRY YAHOO! EUROPE TRAFFIC
Cable
& Wireless announced a deal with Yahoo! to carry its European
Internet traffic and manage access to content.
Cable & Wireless said its service was selected on the
basis of its service level agreements.
The Yahoo! Europe network consists of services for the UK,
Ireland, Germany, Italy, Spain, France, Denmark and Sweden.
Financial terms were not
disclosed. http://www.cwplc.com/press/cindex.htm
Cable
& Wireless, November 17, 2000
WORLDCOM
LAUNCHES ITS FIRST MMDS ACCESS SERVICE IN THE US
WorldCom
announced availability of its fixed-wireless MMDS (multichannel
multipoint distribution service) in Memphis, Tenn. – its first
commercial launch of the technology in the.
WorldCom is planning to offer residential MMDS Internet
access in 30 markets across the country by the end of 2001.
Subscribers must be within 35 miles of a centrally located
transmission tower.
http://www.worldcom.com/about_the_company/press_releases/display.phtml?cr/20001115
WorldCom,
November 16, 2000
ZAMA
NETWORKS RAISES $17.5 MILLION FOR ITS IPV6 BACKBONE NETWORK
Zama Networks, a
start-up ISP based in Seattle, secured $17.6 million in second
round funding to launch an IPv6 backbone serving the Asia-Pacific
region and North America. The
company is focused on building and operating an IPv6 network using
owned hubs and nodes connected by leased transport links.
The funding came from Convergent Investors, Japan-based
Mobile Internet Capital, Inc. (MIC) and Mitsui & Company, Ltd.
http://www.zama.net/
Zama Networks, November 17, 2000
- Zama Networks also named Dennis
Okamoto as its CEO. Okamoto
retired from USWEST Communications where he was its top
executive in Washington state.
SYMMORPHIX
SECURES $25 MILLION FOR OPTICAL COMPONENT TECHNOLOGY
Symmorphix, a start-up based in Sunnyvale, California,
raised $25 million in first round funding for its development of
Amplifying Planar Integrated Components (APICs) using proprietary
thin-film process technology.
The Symmorphix distributed-amplification components would
be used to compensate for optical signal loss.
Lead investors include Crescendo Ventures and Battery
Ventures. http://www.symmorphix.com/
Symmorphix, November 17, 2000
- Symmorphix
was founded in October 1998
by a management team from Applied
Komatsu Technology (AKT),
a wholly owned subsidiary of Applied Materials.
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