ONI SYSTEMS LAUNCHES NEW OPTICAL EDGE SERVICE PLATFORM
ONI Systems introduced a new optical edge
service platform for extending high bandwidth services
from bandwidth rich core metro networks directly to
end-users. The new ONLINE2500, which incorporates
technology acquired from Finisar, combines
multi-wavelength transport with managed wavelength
services and multi-service grooming in a compact,
modular, 2-rack unit (2RU) chassis. For managed
wavelength services, it provides rate and
protocol-tunable interfaces with digital wrapper
technology. These interfaces can be throttled to service
rates between 100 Mbps and 2.5 Gbps and provide
comprehensive performance monitoring capability. The
product uses coarse WDM technology to support up to 8
protected or 16 unprotected wavelengths per ring.
Another unique feature enables full bandwidth SAN
service delivery at distances up to 6,000 km by
incorporating buffer credits that compensate for
protocol signaling delay. Like ONI's existing
portfolio, the ONLINE2500 provides internal management
channels to simplify and streamline service monitoring
and provisioning by eliminating the need for a separate
overlay management network.
http://www.oni.com
ONI Systems, May 23, 2001
NETNUMBER SIGNS FIRST SERVICE PROVIDER CUSTOMER FOR ENUM
REGISTRY SERVICES
NetNumber
signed Webley Systems, a provider of speech-enabled
unified communications and messaging services, to use
its new ENUM Service. Under the multiyear deal, Webley
will provision numbers in NetNumber's ENUM Registry and
Registrar Services, as well as query NetNumber for IP
endpoints in the networks of its service provider
partners. Webley's personalized services will be
accessed using the subscriber's own single telephone
number and a consistent and intuitive speech user
interface. Financial terms were not disclosed. Net
Number is based in Lowell, Massachusetts.
http://www.netnumber.com/
http://www.Webley.com
NetNumber, May 23, 2001
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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
- The IETF Telephone
Number Mapping (enum) working group is online at
http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/enum-charter.html
KAGOOR DEVELOPS VOIP TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLATFORM, SIGNS
ITXC
Kagoor Networks, a start-up based in San Mateo,
California, introduced its VoIP-aware traffic processing
technology platform to address quality issues relating
to call completion rates, call duration, call
disconnects, route availability and quality, bandwidth
availability, and other parameters affecting toll
quality VoIP infrastructure. The Kagoor Voice Flow
Operating System classifies, measures and manipulates
packets of voice traffic at wire speed across the IP
media and signaling layers. It differs from
MPLS-enabled routers in that it is “voice aware” and can
be implemented in non-MPLS networks, including the
public Internet, to improve latency and other issues in
VoIP routing. Kagoor’s platform could also be deployed
in an MPLS network as a complementary network element
adding VoIP specific capabilities. Two initial
applications are VoIP traffic engineering and call
aggregation. ITXC has agreed to become the company’s
first customer and another six carriers are currently
testing the system.
http://www.kagoor.com/news__press_releases.html
Kagoor Networks, May 23, 2001
- Kagoor Networks was
co-founded in February 2000 by Opher Kahane, a key
contributor to the H.323 standard and previously vice
president, strategic planning and global alliances at
VocalTec Communications; Itzik Parnafes, previously a
co-founder and R&D manager of Class Data Systems
(acquired by Cisco Systems); and Shai Mohaban, also a
cofounder of Class Data Systems.
- Kagoor’s major
investors include ComVentures, Vantage Point Venture
Partners, TDF Ventures (Singapore) and Intel, as well
as industry luminaries Ed Kozel, former CTO at Cisco
Systems and Raj Singh, founder of Cerent and Siara.
- Cisco Systems acquired
Class Data Systems, a developer of policy-based QoS
systems, for $50 million in stock and cash in May
1998.
SALIRA TARGETS GIGABIT ETHERNET PONS, NAMES MANAGEMENT
TEAM
Salira Optical Network Systems, a start-up based
in San Jose, California, announced its plans to extend
passive optical networking technology to Gigabit
Ethernet speeds. The company said its IP/Ethernet
optical system would add intelligence at both the
customer and service provider ends, while reducing
equipment costs to less than $500 per user. The system
would leverage a distributed network processor
architecture and offer software to deliver value-added
services on a per-port basis, enabling personalization
of bandwidth and services to individual customers. The
company’s expected timeline was not disclosed.
http://www.salira.com
Salira Optical Network Systems, May 23, 2001
- Salira’s management
team includes Dave House (chairman); Herbert Martin
(CEO), and Wei Gao (CTO), who is credited with being
one of the developers of Nortel Networks’ first
OC-192/SONET products. The company’s technical team
also includes Dr. Jian Song, formerly with Nortel's
Bell Northern Research unit, and Rick Li, formerly a
key architect of Cisco’s MGX8850 ATM platform.
- Founded in July 2000,
Salira received its initial funding in September 2000
from Vertex Management Partners.
CEON TO PROVIDE AUTOMATED PROVISIONING FOR WINFIRST’S
FTTH NETWORKS
WINfirst, which is preparing to launch
fiber-to-the-home services in the western US, selected
Ceon’s order management and event-based automated
provisioning system. Ceon It's On 3.0 application suite
provides event-based automated provisioning and
end-to-end order management. WINfirst has received
regulatory approval to build networks to more than 3.7
million homes in Sacramento, San Diego, Austin, Dallas,
Houston, San Antonio, and Seattle, and has received a
temporary permit pending full approval in Portland,
Oregon. In addition, WINfirst is pursuing regulatory
approval in Los Angeles and the San Francisco East Bay
area. Ceon is based in Redwood City, California.
http://www.ceon.com
http://www.winfirst.com
Ceon, May 23, 2001
- Last October, WINfirst
(formerly Western Integrated Networks) awarded a
five-year, $800 million agreement to Lucent
Technologies for equipment, software and services. An
additional five-year, $200 million contract was
awarded to Avaya for data switching equipment.
- Last July, WINfirst
raised $830 million from prominent investors in a
second round of equity financing. Investors include
J.P. Morgan, Madison Dearborn, Columbia Capital, First
Union Capital and others. The company is led by Jim
Vaughn, the former co-founder of FrontierVision, which
grew into the 15th largest US cable operator before
its sale to Adelphia Communications for $2.1 billion
in 1999. WinFirst is based in Denver, Colorado.
GLOBAL ONE SIGNS MULTIMILLION CONTRACTS FOR FRAME RELAY
/ ATM SERVICES FOR DUPONT
Global One signed two new multi-million dollar
contracts with DuPont. The first contract calls for
Global One to provide global backbone services to
interconnect three regional networks of DuPont in
Europe, Asia, and South America with its corporate
headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware. The second
contract provides a customized Global Frame Relay with
managed router solution to link its sites in Brazil,
Colombia, Argentina, Venezuela, and Chile.
http://www.globalone.net
Global One, May 23, 2001
DEUTSCHE TELEKOM TESTS LUCENT’S 40 GBPS TRANSPORT
Deutsche Telekom has
successfully tested Lucent Technologies' 40 Gbps
(OC-768/STM-256) optical transmission technology over a
distance of 72 miles (116 kilometers). Lucent said it
is developing its 40 Gbps platform to operate over a
variety of fiber types. One advantage of the platform
is that it would save central office space because one
system offers the same capacity as four 10G systems.
http://www.lucent.com/press/0501/010523.nsa.html
Lucent Technologies, May 23, 2001
PMC-SIERRA INTRODUCES T1/E1/J1 CHIPSET FOR OPTICAL
ACCESS SYSTEMS
PMC-Sierra introduced three new copper interface
chips providing increased T1/E1/J1 port density for
multiservice optical access systems, edge routers, media
gateways and wireless infrastructure equipment. The
chipset includes a high density line interface unit
supporting both long-haul and short-haul operations, a
full-featured, 32-channel T1/E1/J1 framer and a device
that supports the mapping and multiplexing of 84 T1 or
63 E1 links. The three new devices support channelized
OC-3 port cards and offer twice the density of
previously available solutions.
http://www.pmc-sierra.com/pressRoom/pr/2001052301.html
PMC Sierra, May 23, 2001
BLUE COUNTRY NETWORKS PLANS 1.6 TBPS MEDITERRANEAN CABLE
BLUE COUNTRY networks, a carrier’s carrier, is
deploying Nortel Networks’ OPTera Long Haul 1600 and
OPTera Long Haul 4000 Optical Line Systems as part of an
undersea cable system initially connecting southern
France (Marseille, Toulon, Monaco) to Corsica (Calvi,
Ajaccio, Bonifacio, Solenzara, Bastia), the west coast
of Italy and inland to Rome. Additional loops are
planned for deployment beginning in 2002 to link Spain,
Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and other parts of France and
Italy. The fiber pairs in the network will have a
capacity of up to 1.6 Tbps. The network will not have
any submerged active equipment, such as repeaters.
http://www.nortelnetworks.com/corporate/news/newsreleases/2001b/05_23_0101308_blue_country.html
Nortel Networks, May 23, 2001
SPRINT TURNS UP TRANSATLANTIC ROUTER LINKS AT
STM-64/OC-192
Sprint
announced the first successful router to router
transmission of STM-64/OC-192 data over the TAT-14
transatlantic cable. Sprint is one of 50 consortium
members owning TAT-14. The new cable spans 15,000 km
and has four fiber pairs, each with 16 wavelengths of
STM-64 (10 Gbps).
http://144.226.116.29/PR/CDA/PR_CDA_Press_Releases_Detail/1,1579,2580,00.html
Sprint, May 23, 2001
ATREUS SYSTEMS SECURES $17 MILLION FOR ITS BROADBAND
SERVICE CREATION PLATFORM
Atreus Systems
secured $17 million in second round funding for its
development of intelligent broadband service creation
and delivery platforms. Atreus’ policy-based central
management platform enables network operators to deliver
customized, bundled IP services. The funding was led by
SOFTBANK Venture Capital (SBVC). Atreus Systems is based
in Santa Clara, California.
http://www.atreus-systems.com
Atreus Systems, May 23, 2001
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