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YIPES
ATTRACTS $200 MILLION IN FUNDING
Yipes Communications raised a total of $200 million dollars in its
"C" round of venture funding, which includes the first
close of $139 million announced in October.
The funds will be used for continued rollout of managed
Ethernet IP networks in 20 U.S. markets.
http://www.yipes.com/press_box/pr_010205.html
Yipes, February 5, 2001
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Since
its founding in July 1999, Yipes has received $291 million in
funding from more than 30 investors including Norwest Venture
Partners, New Enterprise Associates (NEA), The Sprout Group/DLJ,
Charter Growth Capital, JP Morgan Partners, BancBoston
Capital, Soros Private Equity Partners, Focus Capital and
Intel Capital.
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Yipes’
native IP network uses Extreme Networks' switches and
Juniper's M40 routers at the core and Juniper’s M20 routers
at the edge.
CONEXANT’S
MINDSPEED TECHNOLOGIES DEBUTS SILICON FOR RESILIENT PACKET RINGS
Mindspeed Technologies, the new name for the Internet
Infrastructure business of Conexant Systems, introduced a silicon
solution that implements resilient packet ring (RPR) technology
for next-generation IP ring-based metro and
intra-point-of-presence (intra-POP) networks.
The new RingMaker ring processing unit (RPU) is designed to
fit between an OC-48 packet-over-SONET (POS) framer and a host
packet-processing device. Each RPU device enables up to 2.4 Gbps
of sustained throughput, or a total of 5 Gbps on a pair of RPR
network rings. It supports a high-priority level for
latency-sensitive data such as VoIP or video, and a low-priority
level using the SRP fairness algorithm to control access and
manage congestion on the ring. The device includes interfaces to a
framer, the system host and a 16-bit external microprocessor for
setup and control. Mindspeed’s
RPU also supports the Cisco Systems Spatial Reuse Protocol (SRP)
specification. http://www.conexant.com
Conexant, February 5, 2001
- Last month, Cisco Systems,
Dynarc, Lantern Communications, Luminous Networks and Nortel
Networks formed an alliance to support the standardization and
market adoption of Resilient Packet Ring (RPR) technology for
metropolitan fiber networks.
Resilient Packet Ring technology, which is being
standardized by a new IEEE working group, 802.17, provides
high-speed, survivable ring networks optimized for IP and
other packet data. The RPR Alliance will support the IEEE
standardization efforts by promoting industry cooperation and
facilitating multi-vendor interoperability.
The group is open to all interested vendors and service
providers. http://www.rpralliance.org
- The IEEE 802.17 Resilient Packet
Ring Working Group http://www.ieee802.org/rprsg/
NISHAN
SYSTEMS RELEASES ITS NATIVE IP STORAGE SWITCHES
Nishan Systems, a start-up based in San Jose, California,
released its first native IP storage switches designed to combine
wire-speed Gigabit Ethernet performance and interoperability with
Fibre Channel and SCSI end systems. Nishan's Blended Fabric
architecture can be used for linking native IP SANs and Fibre
Channel SANs across IP networks.
The company initially is offering two switch models:
the IPS 3000, featuring eight MultiService Interfaces that
can be user-configured to support Fibre Channel or Gigabit
Ethernet interfaces; and the IPS 2000 switch, which offers up to
six ports and supports Wide Ultra2 SCSI (80MBps), Wide Ultra SCSI
(40MBps), and redundant Gigabit Ethernet links.
Nishan Systems will also offer an IPS 1000 Series Storage
Gateway, which has two Gigabit Ethernet SAN ports and two
ruggedized iSCSI/iFCP Gigabit Ethernet WAN ports for providing
highly robust WAN facilities and redundant links for connecting IP
and Fibre Channel SANs over lossy or congested IP networks.
http://www.nishansystems.com
Nishan Systems, February 5, 2001
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Nishan
Systems was founded in October 1998 and is led by Aamer Latif,
who previously was President and CEO of Amati Communications,
an early developer of ADSL.
In October
2000, the company announced the closing of $50 million in
third round funding.
EMPERATIVE
INTRODUCES MULTIVENDOR OPTICAL SERVICE PROVISIONING SOFTWARE
Emperative introduced an automated service provisioning
software platform that aims to work with end-to-end multi-vendor
metro access, core and long-haul networks.
The Emperative system initially integrates with Redback
Networks’ SmartEdge and Ciena’s CoreDirector optical
equipment. By the end of Q1, Emperative also plans to have
interfaces for the Cyras K2, Nortel OPTera 5200, and Cisco 15454
platform. Emperative’s
ProvEn Optical manages the equipment directly (using CORBA, TL/1,
etc.) or acting as a "manager of managers" that
integrates with each network equipment vendor's element management
system. It supports
point-and click creation, activation and deletion of end-to-end
circuits across multiple sub-networks.
Routes are calculated using a configurable set of
parameters including hop count, weighted links/nodes,
included/excluded nodes, time, and sub-network connections.
http://www.emperative.com/
Emperative, February 5, 2001
QUANTUM
BRIDGE ADDS ATM TO ITS PASSIVE OPTICAL ACCESS SYSTEM
Quantum Bridge Communications added several ATM enhancements
that enable its QB5000 Optical Access Switch (OAS) to act as a
stand-alone metro edge switch or to work in conjunction with an
optical access network, thereby eliminating the need for a
separate ATM edge switch in the PoP or headend.
A new OC-3 TDM interface provides interworking between ATM
and TDM through a standard circuit WAN interface, which is
interoperable with embedded SONET transport, Digital Cross-connect
Systems (DCS) and Class 5 switches.
A new OC-3 ATM interface allows carriers to provide
dedicated wavelength services to customers with
"high-cap" bandwidth demands. This interface allows
seamless connection to a host of service devices including
Integrated Access Devices (IADs) and DSLAMs.
http://www.quantumbridge.com
Quantum Bridge, February 5, 2001
- In December, Quantum Bridge
filed Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) papers for an
initial public offering.
- Quantum Bridge’s system
consists of a central office Optical Access Switch and a
customer premise Intelligent Optical Terminal (IOT).
The architecture uses a Dynamic Wavelength Slicing (DWS)
protocol to share a single wavelength delivering broadband
services among multiple end-points.
Quantum Bridge’s IOT initially supports 10/100BaseTx
Ethernet and TDM, ATM and Frame Relay DS1 (T1) service
interfaces. Its
Optical Access Switch, which is located in a central office,
service node or head-end, can aggregate services from
hundreds of downstream IOTs. The switch is equipped with a
standard OC-12c WAN interface and a redundant 5 Gbps
(upgradeable to 20 Gbps) IP and ATM switching fabric.
By eliminating electrical components in the outside
plant with PON technology, Quantum Bridge expects to
significantly lower the cost of first mile fiber access.
The company is based in North
Andover, Massachusetts.
APERTO
NETWORKS UNVEILS ITS FIXED BROADBAND WIRELESS ACCESS
Aperto Networks, a start-up based in Milpitas, California
introduced its scalable, point-to-multipoint PacketWave family of
base station, subscriber units, and associated radios and antennas
in 2.5, 3.5, 5.3 and 5.8 GHz frequency bands.
Aperto’s base stations will use advanced TDMA and
bi-directional burst mode transmission to operate with adaptive
TDD or FDD radios. The
link technology dynamically adjusts up to ten PHY and MAC-layer
parameters, including antennas with spatial and polarization
diversity, modulation, power allocation, retransmission policy and
frame size to optimize the wireless connection to each subscriber.
Key features of Aperto’ PacketWave technology include
efficient spectrum utilization through high frequency reuse; up to
20 Mbps burst rates over a 6 MHz channel; Line-of-sight,
obstructed line-of-sight, and non line-of-sight coverage;
interference mitigation and management for multi-cell networks;
IP-based multiservice delivery with QoS; and dynamic
per-subscriber link optimization.
Aperto will offer JAVA based element and subscriber
management tools capable of provisioning new subscribers in
minutes and delivering granular levels of service and bandwidth
guarantees based on flexible customer profiles.
Commercial availability is expected by mid-year.
http://www.apertonet.com
Aperto Networks, February 5, 2001
Aperto Networks is headed by Dr.
Reza Ahy, who previously held executive and technical senior
management positions with Harris Corporation, Varian Research
Center and RadioLAN. The
company's technical team is led by Dr. Subir Varma, who previously
was Director of Systems Architecture at Hybrid Networks, where he
was responsible for its MMDS system.
MARCONI
SIGNS $100 MILLION EQUIPMENT/SERVICE DEAL WITH MEDIA.NET
Marconi was awarded a $100 million, four year agreement to
supply its ASX-4000, ASX-1000, LE155 and ASX-200BX ATM switches to
Media.net, a media service provider for the entertainment
industry. Through its
application service provider (ASP) program, Marconi will procure,
house and administer Media.net application servers at Marconi's
Brea, California data center.
http://www.marconi.com
Marconi, February 5, 2001
PEAK
XV OPENS INTEROPERABILITY LABS FOR NEXT-GEN IP ENGINEERING
SERVICES
Peak XV (Fifteen) Networks opened three interoperability labs
in San Ramon, California, Alexandria, Virginia, and Bangalore,
India, to provide advanced engineering services to the builders of
next generation networks and network equipment.
The labs’ key service is to validate designs before they
are built in the field. The
company currently has over $5 million worth of the latest IP
network equipment installed and under testing, with plans to more
than double that investment in the near future.
Devices from Nortel/Shasta, Cisco, Juniper, Redback,
Clarent and Inktomi are provided for network simulations.
http://www.peakxv.net
Peak XV, February 5, 2001
- Peak XV was initially funded by
Wu-Fu Chen and Arthur Lin, both well-known entrepreneurs in
the networking industry.
COREE
RAISES $30 MILLION FOR CORE PACKET SWITCHING SYSTEMS
Coree Networks, a start-up based in Tinton Falls, New Jersey,
raised $30 million in first round funding to develop
next-generation core backbone switching systems.
Coree is a member of the Iris Group, a four-company
alliance of optical networking startups cooperating on a new
end-to-end network architecture.
Investors include the Mayfield Fund, Sevin Rosen Funds,
LightSpeed Ventures and Hook Partners.
http://www.coreenetworks.com
Coree Networks, February 5, 2001
- Coree was founded in July 2000
by Dr. Hyeon Lee, who most recently served as Lucent
Technologies’ general portfolio/business manager of the
Metro DWDM division and general manager of its Residential
Network Division, which she created as an internal startup.
Coree’s technical team is led by Dr. Jonathan Chao, a
professor of electrical engineering at Polytechnic University
in New York and a researcher of terabit packet/switch routers.
Michael Zadikian, a former founder of Monterey
Networks, is Chairman of the Board.
- The three other members of the
Iris Group are:
KESTREL
ACQUIRES NET MONITOR LTD., A DEVELOPER OF EMS
Kestrel Solutions, a start-up developing metro optical
equipment, acquired Net Monitor Limited for an undisclosed amount.
Net Monitor developed Kestrel's TalonMX Element Management
System (EMS). The
company has 29 employees and is based in Brighton, England.
Kestrel's software and systems group now comprises well
over half of Kestrel's engineering and R&D department.
http://www.kestrelsolutions.com
Kestrel Solutions, February 5, 2001
- Kestrel's TalonMX platform
combines frequency division multiplexing, digital signal
processors (DSPs) and optical modulation to serve as a
bandwidth enhancer for metropolitan networks.
The single-fiber, single-wavelength optical transport
system delivers up to 10 Gbps with less than 20 GHz bandwidth
space. Deployment
options include point-to-point, linear add/drop, and ring
architectures. Key
advantages of the platform over conventional DWDM include the
ability to operate over any quality of fiber, including older
fiber common in many RBOC infrastructures.
Kestrel is based in Mountain View, California.
MOTOROLA/CISCO
JOINT VENTURE NAMES GENERAL MANAGER
Invisix, a joint venture formed by Motorola and Cisco Systems
to commercialize applications for mobile devices, named Yuval
Bloch as its president and general manager.
Bloch most recently served as vice president and general
manager in Israel for Motorola's Global Telecom Solutions Sector (GTSS).
http://www.invisix.com
Invisix, February 5, 2001
- Motorola and Cisco Systems
formed Invisix, a joint venture that will focus on the GSM
digital standard for voice and data communications, in
December 1999. Invisix
is part of a $1 billion Motorola-Cisco alliance announced in
February 1999. Invisix’s
facilities are located in London;
San
Jose, California; Fort Worth, Texas; and Tokyo.
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