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EXCITE@HOME
INTRODUCES ONLINE
SOFTWARE-SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES
Excite@Home
launched a new broadband software subscription service in
partnership with Networks and Media Station.
The service, which covers education and entertainment
software titles, is available either by subscription or on a
pay-per-use basis. Users
must download a client-based "software player" to access
the software-on-demand content, which is stored on servers with
high-speed connections directly into the Excite@Home backbone.
http://www.home.com
Excite@Home,
November 27, 2000
SBC
AND CISCO OFFER BUNDLED ENTERPRISE NETWORKING SOLUTIONS
SBC Communications and Cisco Systems announced a
strategic alliance to offer bundled service and equipment packages
with discounts up to 30%. The
enterprise packages will combine SBC's point-to-point Frame Relay
and/or ATM access, SBC DataComm's integration services and Cisco
routers.
In April 2000, SBC named Cisco as its preferred
provider of data networking equipment for key broadband platforms,
including DSL, ATM and Frame Relay.
http://www.sbc.com
SBC Communications, November 27, 2000
SBC
ANNOUNCES OC-192 LOCAL OPTICAL SERVICE AVAILABILITY
SBC
Communications announced availability in a 12-state region of
dedicated, OC-192 SONET service.
SBC is targeting the new service at ISPs, CLECs or other
bandwidth-hungry customers wishing to build local and regional
networks. SBC is
providing disaster recovery services and 24-hour, seven-day
performance monitoring. http://www.sbc.com
SBC Communications, November 27, 2000
AGILENT
ACQUIRES OBJECTIVE SYSTEMS INTEGRATORS FOR $665 MILLION
Agilent
Technologies has agreed to acquire Objective Systems Integrators
Inc. for $665 million.
OSS designs, develops and markets operations-support-system
(OSS) software that integrates and manages the provision of
communications services in large-scale, multi-vendor network
environments. Agilent
expects the acquisition to enhance its portfolio of solutions in
the OSS market, particularly in 3G wireless, optical, broadband
Internet Protocol (IP) and voice-over-packet networks and
services. OSI is
based in Folsom, California.
http://www.agilent.com/about/newsroom/presrel/2000/27nov2000a.html
Agilent,
November 27, 2000
MARCONI
ACQUIRES AMTEC FOR ITS IP ENCRYPTION SYSTEMS
Marconi
has acquired AMTEC S.p.A., a developer of IP encryption systems,
for an undisclosed sum. AMTEC
supplies an IP Secure Access System and a Crypto Card.
Marconi Mobile Strategic Communications Group will use the
encryption systems to approach new government and strategic
markets accounts. AMTEC
is headquartered in Rome, Italy.
http://www.marconi.com/html/news/marconiacquiresamtec.htm
Marconi,
November 27, 2000
COVAD
CUTS STAFF BY 13%, HOLDS NETWORK EXPANSION TO 2,000 CENTRAL
OFFICES
Covad Communications is cutting operating costs and
reducing its nationwide workforce by 13%,
affecting close to 400 of its full time employees.
The company will hold expansion of its nationwide network
to just over 2000 central offices and has canceled the build out
of a third operations facility in Alpharetta, Georgia.
Covad also expects to trim its operating costs by
implementing the FCC's year-old line sharing mandate, which would
eliminate many truck rolls by allowing for a customer
self-installation option. http://www.covad.com/companyinfo/pressreleases/pr_2000/112700_press.shtml
Covad Communications, November 27, 2000
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Earlier
this month, Robert
E. Knowling resigned as Chairman, CEO and President of Covad.
The company named Frank Marshall as the interim CEO and
said it was having difficulty collecting revenue from
some of its ISP channel partners.
Covad’s stock price has fallen from a high of $66.67
in March to $2.72 yesterday.
COX
APPROVES ADC'S IP ACCESS SWITCH FOR CABLE MODEM TERMINATION
Cox
Communications approved ADC's Cuda 12000 IP Access Switch as a
DOCSIS 1.0 CMTS (cable modem termination system) solution for
deployment in its Mid-America region networks.
Financial terms were not disclosed.
The Cuda 12000 is a 14-slot access platform that aggregates
high volumes of cable modem and other IP traffic for transport
over backbone networks and the Internet.
It uses a unique MeshFlow architecture to integrate a 1.0
DOCSIS-qualified CMTS, high performance switching, routing, and
data aggregation, service provisioning, network diagnosis and
management, and numerous LAN and WAN interfaces.
http://www.adc.com/main_template/1,1034,138,00.html
ADC, November 27, 2000
RAZA
FOUNDRIES FUNDS PACIFIC
BROADBAND COMMUNICATIONS FOR LAST MILE PLATFORMS
Raza
Foundries has provided $10 million in Series A funding to Pacific
Broadband Communications, a start-up developing ultra dense, high
performance, and highly noise immune systems for broadband service
providers. Pacific
Broadband is working on next generation standards-based MAC and
PHY technologies that could initially be used in DOCSIS equipment.
The tightly integrated MAC and PHY technologies would allow
cable operators to optimize the use of their available HFC
spectrum.
The company is based in San Jose, California. http://www.pacificbroadband.com
Pacific Broadband Communications, November 27, 2000
INTEL
INVEST IN ZAYANTE FOR 1394 HOME NETWORKING
Intel Capital made a strategic investment in Zayante, a
start-up developing IEEE 1394 High Speed Serial Bus silicon and IP
software. Financial
terms were not disclosed. Zayante
believes IEEE 1394 will be the convergence bus between the home PC
and the digital entertainment systems.
http://www.zayante.com
Zayante, November 27, 2000
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Zayante
was co-founded by Prashant Kanhere, who is credited with
developing and bringing to market important 1394 simulation
technologies, and Michael Johas Teener, who was the chief
architect of Apple Computer's Firewire technology.
He is also the former chair and editor of the 1394-1995
standard as well as the originator of the P1394b gigabit
effort.
RADIATA
AND SHAREWAVE ANNOUNCE PARTNERSHIP
Radiata will
integrate its new IEEE-802.11a wireless LAN chipset with an
IEEE-802.11a Media Access Control (MAC) network controller from
ShareWave Inc., a start-up based in El Dorado Hills, California.
Radiata's chipset provides a baseband modem and a 5 GHz
UNII band radio transceiver that comprise the physical layer (PHY).
Radiata's wireless engine utilizes Coded Orthogonal
Frequency Division Multiplexing (COFDM) instead of spread spectrum
technology. ShareWave's
network controllers also include forward error correction (FEC)
for maximizing throughput and range, a high-speed packet engine
with direct memory access (DMA) for optimizing data flow, and an
ARM processor complex for running network protocols and
services. http://www.radiata.com
Radiata, November 27,
2000
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Earlier
this month, Cisco Systems announced plans to acquire Radiata
for approximately $295 million. Radiata is based in Sydney,
Australia.
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Wireless
networks based on the IEEE 802.11a standard will operate in
the unlicensed 5 GHz frequency range and are expected to
achieve data rates of up to 54Mbps.
The current IEEE 802.11b wireless standard operates in
the unlicensed 2.4 GHz frequency range at rates up to 11 Mbps.
BOOSTWORKS
RAISES $21 MILLION FOR ITS WEB ACCELERATION SOFTWARE
BoostWorks, a start-up established in France and now
headquartered in San Francisco, secured $21 million in third round
funding. The company
offers a server-based software solution that reduces the amount of
HTTP traffic on the network and accelerates Web page display.
The BoostWorks system further accelerates Internet content
delivery by customizing and optimizing Internet content format for
each specific user device. BoostWorks
claims HTTP traffic is reduced two to seven times, depending on
type of data and network speed.
Investors include 3i, Intel Capital, Yamada Corporation,
Wafra Investment Advisory Group, Banque National de Paris (BNP)
Private Equity, Innovacom, Partech International, Sofinnova
Partners and Cross Atlantic Ventures.
http://www.boostworks.com
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