• Global Crossing is using Sonus Networks' GSX9000 Open Services Switch, the PSX6000 SoftSwitch and the SGX2000 SS7 Signaling Gateway in VoIP gateway centers across its production network.  Global Crossing has previously announced plans to converge all of its voice traffic by the end of 2002.

NEUSTAR STARTS PUBLIC ENUM TEST – CONVERGING WEB SERVICES WITH TELEPHONE NUMBERS
NeuStar, a third-party provider of database and clearinghouse services to the communications industry, launched a public field trial of the new global ENUM standard. The ENUM protocol, which was approved by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) last year as RFC 2916, translates an international telephone number into a series of Internet addresses or Uniform Resource Locators (URLs).  ENUM provides unified addressing for fax machines, e-mail, instant messaging and web sites using phone numbers. In this way, ENUM enables telephones to access Internet services and information, and vice versa.  The public testing allows network equipment manufacturers and service providers to test certain ENUM functionalities using a publicly shared database of numbers.   http://www.neustar.com/pressroom/announcements/files/04-24-01.html
NeuStar, April 24, 2001

• NeuStar's Senior Technical Industry Liaison, Richard Shockey, is the Co-Chair of the IETF.
• ENUM is an IETF protocol that resolves international telephone numbers into a series of URLs using a Domain Name System (DNS)-based architecture.  The system would allow a phone number to serve as the basis for an email address or other Web-enabled service.
• The official ENUM Public Trial website provides extensive resources on the new protocol and allows registered users to subscribe to provisioning services.  http://www.enum.org

INTEL ACQUIRES 3 OPTICAL FIRMS: COGNET, NSERIAL AND LIGHTLOGIC
Intel will acquire 3 more opto-electronic component developers:  Cognet Inc., nSerial Corporation and LightLogic.  Both Cognet and nSerial are developing chipsets using a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) manufacturing technology, which Intel believes will reduce the cost and power consumption compared to devices made with the more exotic manufacturing processes currently in use.  Financial terms were not disclosed.

• Cognet specializes in components that process electrical signals within optical modules after those signals have been converted from light waves.  Its initial product line includes laser/VCSEL drivers, preamplifiers and postamplifiers for SONET OC48, OC192 and 10 Gigabit Ethernet markets. The company is currently shipping pre-production quantities of its products to major OEM customers. The company is based in Los Angeles.  http://www.cognetmicro.com/ 
• nSerial is developing high-speed physical layer components such as serializer/deserializer (SerDes) transceivers for the 10 Gigabit Ethernet market segment.  The components are used in optical modules as well as a variety of copper media applications including chip-to-chip interconnects and equipment backplanes.  nSerial is based in Santa Clara, California.
• LightLogic develops highly integrated optical transponders targeted at OC-192 and 10 GbE interfaces for the metropolitan market segment.  LightLogic uses a unique optoelectronic assembly packaging that integrates micro-optics, lasers, and high-speed electronic components in miniaturized modules. LightLogic is headquartered in Newark, California.  http://www.lightlogic.com

http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/20010424corp.htm
Intel, April 24, 2001

• In February, Intel introduced seven optical networking semiconductors that support ATM, Packet over SONET, packet over fiber and 10 Gigabit Ethernet.  These devices include:
  • two optical "digital wrapper" devices that encapsulate multiprotocol data at 10 Gbps rates.  The "forward error correction" (FEC) devices are capable of increasing distances spanned by 400% and use digital signal wrapping techniques defined by ITU-T G.709.
  • a bandwidth manager device that ties into the FEC digital wrappers for management of network configurations and support of various service levels.  The device can be used as a stand-alone OC-192/STM 64 SONET/SDH OHT device as well as an OC-48 to OC-192 multiplexer, with STS 1 level cross connect granularity.
  • a 10.0/10.7 Gbps multiplexer/demultiplexer chipset that allows two or more signals to pass over one communications circuit
  • a 12.5 Gbps multiplexer/demultiplexer chipset for ultra-long-haul applications
  • a 10.7 Gbps multiplexer/demultiplexer chipset for long-haul/metro applications
  • a 10 Gbps limiting amplifier that drives laser photonics.  The device was developed by Intel's GIGA subsidiary.

Intel has now acquired six companies this calendar year and a total of 12 companies over the past 12 months.

GEOVIDEO NETWORKS DEPLOYS AT&T'S ATM FOR HDTV-QUALITY VIDEO VPN
GeoVideo Networks, a start-up service provider based in New York City, selected AT&T’s ATM service for a commercial IP-enabled virtual private network for high-bandwidth video applications including High Definition TV.  GeoVideo will use ATM SVCs and IP Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) to provide video transport services for television stations and production studios.  The network will use both the point-to-point and point-to-multipoint capabilities of AT&T's ATM service, which also features IP traffic routing, MPLS and multicast capabilities for replicating content from a single ATM virtual circuit to multiple end-points.  AT&T will negotiate local loop and international connectivity for GeoVideo customers, where appropriate, and will provide network management.  Financial terms were not disclosed.  http://www.geovideo.net/  http://www.att.com/press/item/0,1354,3773,00.html
AT&T, April 24, 2001

• Separately, GeoVideo named Peter Lee as its new president and CEO.  Lee previously was the chief operating officer for MyPotential, a dot-com start-up, and formerly was a global development executive with IBM’s broadcast and advertising solutions group.
• GeoVideo Network’s investors include Lucent Technologies New Ventures Group, Thomas Weisel Partners, the Ocepek Group, Crest Communications Holdings and East River Ventures.

VERIZON ADDS 180,000 DSL CUSTOMERS, REACHING 720,000, DATA REVENUE UP 28%
Verizon Communications added 180,000 new DSL customers in Q1, bringing its nationwide total to 720,000.  The company now has 1,950 DSL-equipped central offices, increasing the number of lines qualified for the service at the end of the quarter to nearly 30 million, or 47% of the company’s access lines. Approximately 42% of the households served by Verizon have access to DSL.  Revenues from data services increased 28% to $1.7 billion from $1.3 billion in first quarter 2000.  Overall, Verizon’s revenues for the quarter grew 17%, to $16.3 billion from $13.9 billion in first quarter 2000, with more than 40%, or approximately $6.6 billion, generated from high-growth data, wireless, long-distance, DSL and international services.  The company now has 5.2 million long distance customers nationwide.  Revenues from special wireline service packages, such as Caller ID and Home Voice Mail, were up 86% over Q1 2000, increasing to $260 million.  http://newscenter.verizon.com/proactive/newsroom/release.vtml?id=53088
Verizon, April 24, 2001

Verizon DSL Subscribers
31-Mar-01	720,000
31-Dec-00	540,000
30-Sep-00	350,000
30-June-00	220,000
31-Mar-00	148,000
31-Dec-99	87,000

DEUTSCHE TELEKOM REPORTS Q1 GROWTH OF 16%, DSL CONTRACTS AT 850K
Deutsche Telekom reported Q1 revenue of 11.1 billion euros, up 16% over Q1 2000.  Net income increased 18% to 450 million euros, prior to special charges.  The strong performance was driven by T-Mobile, where EBITDA from mobile communications increased 68% to 590 million euros.  One-fifth of total Group revenues were generated outside of Germany. Deutsche Telekom has sold approximately 850,000 T-DSL access contracts, of which over 50% have been connected.  Deutsche Telekom, which has the most ISDN channels in the world, noted further unabated growth in ISDN to 18.6 million channels and 5.8 million Aktiv Plus customers.  http://www.telekom.de/dtag/presse/artikel/0,1018,x1194,00.html
Deutsche Telekom, April 24, 2001

QWEST ADDS 51K DSL ACCOUNTS, INTERNET/DATA REVENUES NOW 25% OF TOTAL
During Q1, Qwest’s Internet and data services revenue grew 44% and now represents approximately 25% of the company’s $5.05 billion in quarterly revenue.  Qwest’s overall growth rate was 12% compared with last year.  Qwest activated approximately 51,000 DSL customers during Q1, giving it 306,000 DSL customers in total.  The company targets 500,000 DSL customers by year’s end, with a target density of 1,000 customers per central office with DSL-equipped facilities.  Qwest currently has 303 DSL-equipped COs.  http://www.qwest.com
Qwest, April 24, 2001

Qwest DSL Subscribers
31-Mar-01	306,000
31-Dec-00	255,000
30-Sep-00	213,000
30-June-00	175,000
31-Mar-00	136,000
31-Dec-99	110,000

INTERNET ENGINEERING LAB PARTNERS WITH SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS
The British Columbia Institute of Technology's Internet Engineering Lab will use Spirent Communications’ Adtech and SmartBits performance analysis solutions for a new state-of-the-art Internet Engineering Lab focused on the overall management of next-generation Internet networks.  The lab will simulate large-scale network characteristics commonly found in the Internet core and will operate as a multi-vendor facility open to both corporate and non-profit users, including network equipment manufacturers, software vendors, ISPs, IS support groups and consultants, and research faculties.  The lab will be a major part of Canada’s emerging national research network, CA*net3, sponsored by CANARIE.  Empowered Networks, Spirent's exclusive Canadian channel partner, will provide training and ongoing support for all Spirent equipment.  http://www.spirentcom.com/news/pressreleases/scainterneteng.asp
Spirent, April 24, 2001

VIPSWITCH NAMES NEW CEO – TARGETS TERABIT CLASS, APPLICATION AWARE ROUTERS
VIPswitch, a start-up developing a terabit-class switch/router for metro networks, named Don Gibbs as President and CEO, replacing Luc Beaubien, who will remain with the company until the end of June.  Gibbs most recently was President & CEO of Positron Fiber Systems, an early developer of data optimized SONET add/drop multiplexers that was acquired by Reltec, which was later bought by Marconi.  VIPswitch is based in Montreal, Canada and has offices in Burlington, Massachusetts.  http://www.vipswitch.com
VIPswitch, April 24, 2001

• Last month, Xilinx announced that it would supply its latest Virtex-II Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) devices to VIPswitch for use instead of ASICs.  The VIPswitch router will use parallel processing technology to deliver real-time complex packet processing at wire-speed.  Deep packet processing at the metro core could enable application-aware optical Ethernet networks.

COGENT EXPANDS IP/DWDM BACKBONE TO 80 GBPS
Citing increased customer demand, Cogent Communications will increase the capacity of its national IP/DWDM backbone to 80 Gbps.  The company anticipates lighting seven new OC-192 wavelengths by the third quarter of 2001.  Cogent's backbone infrastructure currently operates via two, interconnected rings linking 13 US cities.  The company uses Cisco Systems as its primary vendor.  http://www.cogentco.com
Cogent Communications, April 24, 2001

• Cogent Communications launched its metro Ethernet services in November, promising non-oversubscribed 100 Mbps Internet access capability at $1,000 per month.  The company has a 20-year agreement with Metromedia Fiber Network (MFN) valued at more than $100 million for dark fiber in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Seattle, San Francisco/San Jose, and Los Angeles.  Last year, Cogent awarded a $280 million supply contract to Cisco Systems.

COSINE INTRODUCES SMALLER IP SERVICE SWITCH
CoSine Communications introduced an 8-slot service processing switch designed for provisioning IP services over fiber or non-fiber-based metro networks.  CoSine’s new IPSX 3500, like the company’s existing IPSX 9000 Service Processing Switch, can be used for managing value-added services such as VPNs, network-enabled firewalls, Frame Relay to IPSec Interworking and Frame Relay over IPSec, secure DSL to VPN connectivity and URL filtering from a smaller central office or POP.  http://www.cosinecom.com/products/index.html
CoSine, April 24, 2001

• Earlier this week, CoSine announced that NTT Communications is using its IP Service Delivery Platform to provide a transcontinental, network- and IPSec-based Virtual Private Network (VPN) service.  NTT Communications' IPSec-based VPN service will rely on security provisioned and managed through its central POPs, rather than on an array of devices located at subscriber sites all around the world.