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ZHONE
SIGNS DEVELOPMENT PACT WITH QWEST FOR LOCAL LOOP ARCHITECTURE
Zhone Technologies signed a joint development agreement
with Qwest Communications under which the companies will cooperate
on next-generation local access technologies.
Efforts will focus on Zhone's recently announced Single
Line Multi-Service architecture for supporting Qwest's broadband
services in the 14-state region where it provides local phone
services. Financial
terms were not disclosed. http://www.zhone.com/press/archives/20001205.html
Zhone Technologies, December 5, 2000
- Zhone's
Single Line Multi-Service (SLMS) architecture aims to
consolidate copper, fiber, and coaxial physical loop plants
into a single integrated infrastructure supporting multiple
transport options and multiple services with a common
management model. Product
plans include a Broadband Access Node (BAN) that would serve
as a single provisioning and management system for voice,
data, and content services.
The platform will use a combination of voice and data
Application Specific Processors (ASPs), TDM trunking, ATM
trunking, SDSL/HDSL2, and 10/100 Ethernet cards.
Initial interfaces range from 10/100 Ethernet to DS-3
and OC-3. Zhone will also support both Point-to-Point Protocol
over ATM (PPPoA) and PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE) service
terminations, as well as VoIP and voice over ATM (VoATM) on a
single interface card.
- Zhone also offers the
"Sechtor 300" Universal Voice Gateway, which
provides Voice-over-ATM, Voice-over-IP, and TDM voice services
over various access infrastructures.
The device integrates traditional 3/1/0 DACS
functionality and also features an integral ATM backplane for
gateway services between ATM networks and Class 5 switches.
It uses GR-303 signaling to act as an extension to
existing voice switches, concentrating voice traffic near the
customer while supporting comprehensive CLASS and lifeline
voice service.
- 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.
The company is based in Oakland, CA.
INNOVANCE
GARNERS $95 MILLION FOR ITS OPTICAL TRANSPORT
Innovance Networks, a start-up based in Piscataway, New
Jersey and Ottawa, Ontario, announced total financing to date of
US$95 million. The
company is developing next- generation photonic transport
solutions for global backbone and regional network Service
Providers. Product
plans have not been disclosed.
Investors include Morgenthaler Ventures, Thomas Weisel
Partners, Azure Capital, Advanced Technology Ventures, Bank of
America, and KPL Ventures. The
company was founded in May 2000.
http://www.innovance.com/
Innovance Networks, December 5, 2000
- Innovance Networks' President
and CEO is Peter
Allen, who previously was the Vice-President of Business
Development and General Manager of the Optoelectronics
organization within Nortel Networks' Optical Networks
division. Its
technical team is led by Dr. Alan Solheim, who led development
of Nortel Networks' 10 Gbps line system and DWDM platform.
CIDERA
RAISED $75 MILLION FOR ITS SATELLITE CONTENT DELIVERY SERVICE
Cidera (formerly SkyCache), which specializes in satellite
delivery of broadband content to the edge of the Internet, raised
$75 million in Series D preferred stock funding.
The company has raised $137 million to date.
Cidera is positioning itself as the "Internet
Broadcast Backbone." It is currently delivering
content to 500 different data networks in North America, Europe,
Asia and Latin America. http://www.cidera.com
Cidera, December 5, 2000
- Earlier
this year, Cidera (formerly SkyCache) named Richard J.
Hanna as its CEO. Hanna
formerly was President of Teligent International and had
earlier led the company's domestic sales, marketing and
operations organizations.
HANARO
TELECOM SIGNS UP 10,000TH LMDS CUSTOMER
Korea's Hanaro
Telecom has signed up more than 10,000 LMDS customers since
launching the broadband wireless access in July 2000.
Hanaro offers LMDS access in densely
populated areas
throughout Korea including Seoul, Pusan and Jeju.
The company is adding approximately 1000 new customers per
week and plans to expand its network to include five additional
major centers and seven provinces in 2001.
The network is based on Alcatel LMDS equipment, core, edge,
ADSL and network management products. http://www.alcatel.com/vpr/?body=/latestnews/05122000uk
Alcatel, December 5, 2000
- 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.
WORLDCOM
SELECTS VYYO'S WIRELESS HUBS AND MODEMS FOR MMDS SERVICE
WorldCom selected Vyyo's wireless hubs and modems for
deployment in nationwide broadband wireless access services.
WorldCom plans to roll out MMDS access services in 30
markets across the US by the end of 2001. Financial terms were not
disclosed. http://www.vyyo.com/news/press.html
Vyyo, December 5, 2000
- In November, WorldCom launched
its fixed-wireless MMDS (multichannel multipoint distribution
service) in Memphis, Tenn. – its first commercial MMDS
offering in the U.S.
- Sprint has launched MMDS access
services in Wichita, Colorado Springs, Denver, Phoenix,
Tucson, Houston, Salt Lake City, San Jose and Oakland.
Sprint uses wireless modems and head-end equipment from
Hybrid Networks.
AT&T
ENTERS JOINT VENTURE TO PROVIDE BROADBAND IP SERVICES IN SHANGHAI
AT&T will enter a joint venture with Shanghai
Telecom (STC), and Shanghai Information Investment Inc (SII) to
provide broadband IP value-added services to business customers
beginning in the Pudong New Area, Shanghai.
The deal represents the first joint venture in China's
telecom service industry. AT&T
will hold a 25% equity interest in the venture.
http://www.att.com/press/item/0,1354,3524,00.html
AT&T,
December 5, 2000
GIANTLOOP
NETWORK OFFERS OPTICAL STORAGE SERVICES
Giant
Loop Network, a start-up service provider, will introduce Optical
Storage Networking services for enterprises connected to its
metropolitan networks. The company will combine professional
design services, covering ESCON/FICON and Fibre Channel storage
networks and IP and Ethernet-based Network Attached Storage, with
its point-to-point and point-to-multipoint managed optical
connectivity. http://www.giantloop.com
Giant
Loop, December 5, 2000
- Giant Loop was co-founded by
Mark Ward, formerly VP of Global Marketing and Professional
Services at EMC Corporation; Chris Riley, previously President
of Comdisco's Network Services Division; and Randy Seidl,
formerly Chairman and CEO of Workgroup Solutions LLC, an open
systems integration and services company.
- The company has received $40
million in funding from Greylock, Roger Marino (one of the
founders of EMC Corporation) and Optical Ventures LLC, among
others. GiantLoop
is headquartered in Waltham, Mass.
CLICK!
NETWORK DEPLOYS LUXN'S OPTICAL TRANSPORT
Click! Network, a
provider of cable TV, Internet and broadband services in Tacoma,
Washington, selected LuxN's optical products for a metropolitan
short-haul optical access transport system with WDM capacity.
The optical transport equipment will be deployed alongside
Click! Network's existing SONET infrastructure.
Financial terms were not disclosed.
http://www.luxn.com
LuxN, December 5, 2000
- The LuxN WavSystem platform
supports metropolitan Gigabit Ethernet or Fibre Channel over
point-to-point, cascaded multi-drop, access ring and redundant
star network configurations.
The system extends to 70 km without amplification and
supports 16-channel WDM, fixed optical add/drop multiplexing,
optical path protection switching, enhanced remote
provisioning and graphical interfaces for element management.
- In June, LuxN closed $50 million
in third round venture financing. Investors include Azure
Capital Partners, Credit Suisse First Boston Merchant Bank,
JDS Uniphase, CommVest, Storm Ventures, New Enterprise
Associates, US Venture Partners, Menlo Ventures, Mitsui,
Mitsubishi and Siemens. The
company is based in Sunnyvale, California.
- Separately,
LuxN named Tokyo Electron Limited (TEL) as its
distributor in Japan.
LUCENT'S
MICROELECTRONICS SPINOFF TO BE CALLED AGERE SYSTEMS
Lucent
Technologies' Microelectronics Group will be called Agere Systems
when it spins off next year.
Lucent plans an initial public offering for up to 20% of
the new company before the end of Q1 and intends to spin off the
remaining shares in a tax-free distribution by summer 2001.
Agere Systems will consist of two major divisions:
integrated circuits and optoelectronic components.
The new company will also provide wireless computer
networking system solutions through its ORiNOCO product line.
http://www.lucent.com/press/1200/001205.mea.html
Lucent,
December 5, 2000
- In
January, Lucent
Technologies Microelectronics Group ageed to acquire Agere, a
start-up offering a programmable network processor for multi-protocol
routers, switches and network management equipment,
for 8 million LU shares (valued at about
$415 million on 20-Jan-00).
Agere developed an OC-48c programmable Routing
Switch Processor that incorporated advanced packet/cell
manipulation and queuing functions, including programmable ATM
QoS parameters.
TRILLIUM
INTRODUCES SESSION INITIATION PROTOCOL (SIP) SOURCE CODE
Trillium Digital
Systems announced Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) software
stacks for use in next generation IP telephony network elements.
Trillium's IP telephony portfolio also includes software source
code for H.323, Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP), Media
Gateway Control (MEGACO/H.248) and SS7-over-IP (SIGTRAN).
http://www.trillium.com/whats-new/pr/156.html
Trillium, December 5, 2000
- In
August, Intel acquired Trillium Digital Systems for about $300
million in cash and stock.
- SIP is a proposed IETF protocol
that enables Custom Local Area Signaling Service (CLASS)
features, such as call blocking, caller ID and call
forwarding.
- The
IETF Session Initiation Protocol (sip) Working Group:
http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/sip-charter.html
KOREA
TELECOM TESTS TOLLBRIDGE'S V5.2 VOICE-OVER-BROADBAND GATEWAY
Korea Telecom (KT) will begin lab testing Tollbridge
Technologies' V5.2 Voice-over-Broadband gateway alongside its
Daewoo TDX 100 Class 5 voice switches.
KT has deployed over one million lines of DSL to date.
http://www.tollbridgetech.com/
Tollbridge,
December 5, 2000
INTEL
INCREASES WIRELESS VENTURE FUND TO $500 MILLION
Intel expanded the scope its Intel Communications
Fund to include wireless communications and increased the funding
from $200 million to $500 million.
The fund was established in September 1999 to invest in
companies developing technologies that are complementary to the
Intel Internet Exchange Architecture and its CT Media software.
http://www.intel.com/
Intel, December 5,
2000
Intel
Portfolio Investments in Communications
http://www.intel.com/CAPITAL/INVESTMENT/ICF.HTM
PELAGO
NETWORKS SECURES $17 MILLION FOR SERVICE CREATION PLATFORM
Pelago Networks, a start-up based in Marlborough, MA.,
raised $17 million in first round funding.
The company is developing carrier-class equipment for
revenue-generating service creation.
Product plans have not been disclosed.
Investors include Brooktrout, Charles River Ventures,
Columbia Capital and Bessemer Venture Partners.
http://www.pelagonet.com
Pelago Networks, December 5, 2000
- Pelago
Networks was co-founded by Jean Dubois, formerly the vice
president of engineering at Shiva; Dan Kozin (Brooktrout
Technology); Emre Önder (Acterna/TTC); and Ron Staub
(Lucent/Ascend/Stratus).
NOKIA
OPENS ITS SMART
MESSAGING SPEC FOR FREE
LICENSING
Nokia will make
its extended and updated Smart Messaging specification available
to the industry without a license fee.
Smart Messaging is a Nokia developed concept for sending
and receiving ring tones, picture messages, operator logos,
business cards, calendar requests etc., over the Short Message
Service (SMS). Nokia
said it will continue to upgrade the technology for Multimedia
Messaging (MMS), a standardized service to be deployed in 3G
networks.
http://press.nokia.com/PR/200012/801035_5.html
Nokia, December 5, 2000
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