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MAYAN
NETWORKS ENHANCES ITS SMART SONET BOX
MAYAN Networks, a start-up based in San Jose, California, released
key interface modules for its Unifier SMX Multi-Service SONET
Platform. MAYAN's
smart SONET box is designed to replace traditional Add-Drop
Multiplexers (ADMs) while integrating the functionality of a 3/1/0
Digital Cross-Connect Switch, a Frame Relay Switch, an ATM Switch
and IP Router. MAYAN's
new hardware products include T1, T3 and 10/100 Ethernet interface
modules, as well as M10 and M13 Multiplexer modules.
OC-3 and OC-12 interfaces were already available. http://www.mayannetworks.com/
MAYAN Networks,
November 21, 2000
- A key feature of the MAYAN
Unifier platform is its ability to interoperate with existing
SONET add-drop multiplexers (ADMs) at the physical, control
and signaling levels. The
system integrates the functionality of a 3/1/0 digital
cross-connect switch (DCS), switching TDM, Frame, IP and ATM
traffic from OC-48 all the way down to DS0.
The system grooms voice and data traffic onto SONET
payloads in VT1.5 (1.5 Mbps) increments.
Whereas traditional SONET equipment might map a 4 Mbps
data stream onto an entire 51.84 Mbps SONET STS-1 (less than
10% bandwidth efficiency), the MAYAN unifier would map the
same 4 Mbps data stream into three VT1.5's, and pack those
VT1.5s with others inside the STS-1 (over 90% bandwidth
efficiency). Other
key features of the platform include "any protocol to any
port" provisioning, multi-layer TDM and packet-based
processing, and statistical multiplexing for supporting
network oversubscription.
- MAYAN Networks is led by Dan
Gatti, who previously was the vice president and general
manager of 3Com’s Network Service Provider Division.
The company has raised over $90 million in funding
MSN/NET2PHONE
SERVICE COMPLETES 44
MILLION CALLS IN 90 DAYS
In
the first 90 days after integrating Net2Phone-powered
calling into MSN's Messenger Service, more than 230 million
minutes, and 44 million calls terminating on US phones have been
routed over Net2Phone's network.
The service includes a new "Call" button that
allows users to place PC-to-PC or PC-to-phone calls to any of
their online buddies. The
companies will now offer international PC-to-phone calling.
http://www.net2phone.com/cgi-bin/pagemerge.cgi?outer=press_releases00&inner=11_21_2000
Net2Phone, November 21, 2000
VERIZON
WIRELESS TESTS LUCENT'S CDMA2000 1XEV AT 2.4 MBPS
Verizon Wireless will begin testing cdma2000 1xEV
technology next year supporting up to 2.4 Mbps in its existing
spectrum and on current base station equipment.
The tests will expand on current cdma2000 1x trials
conducted on Lucent-supplied Flexent cdmaOne network
infrastructure.
http://www.lucent.com/press/1100/001121.nsa.html
Lucent
Technologies, November 21, 2000
BT
INVESTS IN WCITIES FOR LOCATION BASED SERVICES
BT has invested $15 million in wcities, a developer of
location based services for mobile networks.
Wcities aggregates and distributes original and exclusive
WAP and web content, which is enabled for mapping and positioning
systems in world cities. The
personalized content would take advantage of future high-speed
mobile data networks being developed by BT Wireless. The
investment represents a 17% share.
wcities has
headquarters in London and San Francisco, with regional offices in
Milan, Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo, and Hong Kong.
http://www.bt.co.uk/World/mediacentre/releases/2000/nr95.htm
http://www.wcities.com
BT,
November 21, 2000
MARCONI
INVESTS IN TIME DOMAIN CORP. FOR ITS ULTRA WIDEBAND WIRELESS
Marconi Ventures has invested $5 million in Time Domain
Corporation, a start-up developing Ultra Wideband (UWB) wireless
technology. Time
Domain is developing a PulsON chipset that uses a patented
technique of timed pulses to communicate megabits of data using
only microwatts of power, achieving unprecedented wireless channel
capacity.
http://www.marconi.com
http://www.timedomain.com/
Marconi, November
21, 2000
- Time Domain's Ultra Wideband (UWB)
wireless technology is
based on the architecture of Time-Modulated Ultra Wideband
(TM-UWB), which was developed by Larry Fullerton, the
company's founder. The
company is based in Huntsville, Alabama.
FINISAR
ACQUIRES DEMETER (LASER DIODES), SHOMITI (TEST SYSTEMS), TRANSWAVE
(PASSIVE OPTICAL COMPONENTS)
Finisar will acquire Demeter Technologies, a
developer of laser diodes that can be directly modulated at speeds
up to 10 Gbps, for $146 million in stock (6.6 million FNSR
shares). Demeter is
focused on long wavelength Fabry Perot (FP) and Distributed
Feedback (DFB) lasers for datacom and telecommunications
applications. Demeter
Technologies was founded in August 2000 and is based in El Monte,
California.
Finisar will acquire Shomiti
Systems, a developer of Ethernet and voice over Internet
protocol (VoIP) analysis products, for approximately $95 million
in stock (4.3 million FNSR share).
Shomiti offers a distributed
10/100/1000 Ethernet Analyzer
System. The company
was established in 1995 and is headquartered in San Jose,
California. http://www.shomiti.com
Finisar will acquire Transwave
Fiber, a start-up supplier of passive optical components, for
$80 million in stock (3.6 million FNSR shares). Transwave, which
was founded in February 2000, has its core competencies in fusion
couplers, crystal processing and instrumentation technologies.
The company is based in Fremont, California and has
manufacturing operations at a subsidiary in Shanghai, China.
Finisar said its acquisition
strategy was focused on obtaining fundamental technologies for
fiber optic subsystems as well as network performance test systems
for Gigabit Ethernet LANs, Fibre Channel SANs, and wide-area and
metropolitan data networking applications.
Finisar is based in Sunnyvale, California.
http://www.finisar.com/
Finisar, November 21, 2000
FUJITSU
LAUNCHES MULTI-SERVICE ACCESS CONTROLLER FOR XDSL ENABLED SET-TOP
BOXES
Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe introduced a
Multi-Service Access Controller chip to provide Segmentation and
Reassembly (SAR) and Data Path Control functions within xDSL
enabled set-top boxes and other xDSL Customer Premises Equipment
(CPE). The chip is a
32-bit embedded ARC microprocessor with software to control all
data transfers and traffic management through the integrated
hardware. The SAR
function supports AAL5 (ATM Adaptation Layer 5) and manages ATM
Forum CBR and UBR traffic classes on up to 32 Virtual Circuits
(VCs). An integrated
framer extracts the MPEG transport stream data from a specified
Virtual Channel in order to directly interface to an MPEG-2
decoder.
http://www.fujitsu-fme.com/news/press/start.php3
Fujitsu,
November 21, 2000
ZAFFIRE
NAMES NEW CEO
Zaffire named James Fultz as its CEO, replacing company
founder Dr. Near Margalit, who will remain board chairman and CTO.
Fultz most recently served as executive vice president and
chief sales and marketing officer for Antec Corporation.
http://www.zaffire.com/
Zaffire, November 21, 2000
- Zaffire's Z3000 platform for
metro hub aggregation provides transparent and opaque
wavelength transport services to existing equipment, including
SONET, SDH and Gigabit Ethernet at speeds from 155 Mbps to 10
Gbps. Zaffire's
architecture leverages a Fractional Wavelength technology to
multiplex diverse traffic types (IP, ATM, Frame Relay, Gigabit
Ethernet, Voice and TDM) within a single wavelength.
At the same time, traffic can be packed efficiently
across wavelengths and appear as a single trunk to the
network. MPLS is
used to maintain QoS. The
platform scales to 256 wavelengths (up to 2.5 Tbps) on a fiber
pair using 50 GHz channel spacing.
Zaffire uses a digital wrapper monitoring technology to
provide non-intrusive performance monitoring of end-to-end
wavelength quality.
E.SPIRE
RETAINS CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON, CONSIDERS STRATEGIC
ALTERNATIVE
e.spire Communications, an integrated communications
provider (ICP) offering traditional local and long distance,
dedicated Internet access, and ATM and Frame relay services,
retained Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation (CSFB) as its
financial advisor as it considers strategic alternatives,
refinancing and re-structuring activities.
http://www.espire.net/
e.spire Communications, November 21, 2000
- e.spire operates one of North
America’s largest ATM backbones and 38 local area fiber
networks, including six in Tier-1 markets (Atlanta, Miami/Fort
Lauderdale, New York, Philadelphia, San Antonio, and
Washington, DC/Northern Virginia).
- As of September 30, 2000,
e.spires's network is comprised of 28 Class 5 voice switches,
184,233 fiber miles, 3,883 route miles, 110 colocations, and
802 on-net buildings. At
the end of Q3, e.spire’s access lines totaled 217,692.
LUCENT
REPORTS $125 MILLION ACCOUNTING ERROR
Lucent Technologies identified a revenue recognition issue
impacting approximately $125 million of revenue in its fourth
fiscal quarter ended Sept. 30, 2000.
The error could have an approximately 2 cent impact on
earnings per share for the quarter and the year.
http://www.lucent.com/press/1100/001121.coa.html
Lucent
Technologies, November 21, 2000
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MPLS
Next Generation Networking
An
executive conference on MPLS Next Generation
Networking will be held 15-18 January 2001 at Earl's
Court Conference Centre 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,
15th January) and a post-conference
briefing on Interworking IP Routing and Optical
Switching (Thursday, 18th
January). The conference is produced by IIR
Telecoms & Technology - London. Full
registration information is online.
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