METRO
ETHERNET FORUM ANNOUNCES MARKETING CHARTER
A
group of 37 companies including leading service
providers, major incumbent local exchange carriers and
top network equipment vendors have formed a new Metro
Ethernet Forum to accelerate the adoption of optical
Ethernet technology in metro networks around the globe.
The group’s objectives are to maximize the
deployment of Ethernet-based metro networks by promoting
standards and interoperability.
The Metro Ethernet Forum plans to leverage
existing standards and technologies as much as possible
and facilitate the development of new standards, service
definitions and operational agreements necessary to
bring multi-vendor optical Ethernet into metro networks.
http://www.metroethernetforum.org/
The Metro Ethernet Forum, June 12, 2001
Other
industry groups include:
NORTEL
NETWORKS UNVEILS 10 GIGABIT ETHERNET ADAPTER FOR SERVERS
Nortel
Networks introduced the first 10 Gigabit Ethernet
adapter for servers.
HP is currently testing the product on its HP
Superdome and HP 9000 series servers.
The product will operate in a PCI-X slot and
enable any PCI-X based server to accelerate I/O to
multi-gigabit speeds.
http://www.nortelnetworks.com/corporate/news/
newsreleases/2001b/06_12_0101419_optical_ethernet_nic.html
Nortel Networks, June 12, 2001
STORM
TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEBUTS FLAT RATE OPTICAL ACCESS
SERVICE
Storm
Telecommunications introduced its unmetered,
“Lightning” optical access service over its new
European backbone.
The service promises flexible, scalable
access over an optical mesh of 16 routes linking London,
Paris, Amsterdam, Munich, Frankfurt, Berlin, Hamburg, Düsseldorf,
Stuttgart, Copenhagen, Oslo and Stockholm.
Pricing is based on flat-rate bandwidth
increments, rather than distance or usage.
http://www.stormtel.com/NEWS/news_release/12062001.htm
Storm Telecommunications, June 12, 2001
- Storm
Telecommunications has previously announced a
long-term, US$100 million dark fiber lease with
Telia, giving it access to substantial fiber across
Scandinavia and the rest of Europe, and a US$13
million lease of fiber-optic infrastructure from
Metromedia Fiber Network (MFN) in key European
cities.
- Sycamore Networks
supplies optical switching and transmission
equipment to Storm under an agreement now valued at
up to US$100 million.
Sycamore also provides lease financing to
Storm.
LOOKING
GLASS NETWORKS SELECTS NETCRACKER’S OSS FOR ITS NEW
METRO NETS
Looking
Glass Networks, which is building fiber-dense networks
in key US cities, selected NetCracker Technology to
provide inventory and provisioning systems as part of
its operational support systems (OSS).
Looking Glass will use NetCracker’s web-based
solution to track, manage, and maintain its end-to-end
physical and logical inventory and to automate service
provisioning. NetCracker will be a core component
in Looking Glass' "flow through" provisioning
strategy. NetCracker
is based in Waltham, Massachusetts.
http://www.netcracker.com/news/061201.html
NetCracker, June 12, 2001
- Looking
Glass Networks is building dense networks of
216 to 864 fiber cross-sections per cable
in major US cities.
The
network is designed to deliver SONET,
Gigabit
Ethernet
and wavelength services in addition to dark fiber.
Looking Glass is led by Lynn E. Refer, who
formerly served as Senior Vice President of Network
Planning and Engineering at MCI WorldCom.
Refer previously was Senior Vice President of
Development for MFS Communications.
http://www.lglass.net/
- In
February, Looking Glass Networks raised an
additional $275 million in debt capital to fund its
metro optical network build-out plan, bringing its
total funding to $475 million.
In March, Looking
Glass executed interconnection agreements with all
targeted incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs)
in its Phase I markets.
VERIZON
LAWSUIT CHARGES COVAD FALSIFIED DSL TROUBLE REPORTS
Verizon
Communications filed a lawsuit against Covad
Communications, its DSL competitor, charging Covad with
an intentional campaign to damage its reputation by
issuing false trouble reports claiming that Verizon
failed to properly provide local loop lines.
The Verizon complaint charges that Covad
submitted more than 22,000 false trouble reports after
its “under-trained and under-equipped” installers
were unable to keep Covad DSL delivery schedules. http://newscenter.verizon.com/proactive/newsroom/release.vtml?id=56108
Verizon
Communications, June 12, 2001
COMCAST
TO TRIAL INTEL’S RESIDENTIAL
BROADBAND GATEWAY, WIRELESS LANS
Comcast
Cable, the third largest cable operator in the US with
8.4 million subscribers, will test Intel’s home
networking products, including a new residential
broadband gateway, 802.11b wireless network adapter and
cable modem. The
solution would enable users to share a single broadband
Internet connection, printers and drives, and transfer
files between all the computers in and around their
home. The
companies are planning joint marketing activities.
http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/20010612net.htm
Intel, June 12,
2001
- Last
week, SBC Communications began marketing 2Wire's
home networking products to DSL customers in its
Pacific Bell region.
SBC is offering a 10Mbps wired version based
on the HomePNA standard, and a wireless version
based on the 11Mbps Wi-Fi/802.11b standard.
The networking products will allow customers to
share a single DSL Internet connection and connect
PCs, printers and other devices.
ALCATEL
POSITIONS OMNISWITCH/ROUTER FOR TV OVER DSL
Alcatel
and Myrio Corporation, a start-up developing interactive
TV software, have collaborated to develop IP multicast
services on Alcatel's OmniSwitch/Router platform that
enable digital entertainment over a full rate, layer-2
DSLAM. The
solution uses IP multicast over ATM.
In addition to the OmniSwitch/Router, Myrio uses
Alcatel’s OmniSwitch to provide aggregation of ATM
connections such as those from multiple video encoders.
http://www.alcatel.com/vpr/?body=/latestnews/12062001uk
http://www.myrio.com/
Alcatel,
June 12, 2001
PHILIPS
SEMICONDUCTORS SPINS-OUT DSP GROUP INTO ADELANTE
TECHNOLOGIES
Philips
Semiconductors has spun-off its Digital
Signal Processing (DSP) activities into a new company
called Adelante Technologies, which also combines DSP-oriented
EDA (Electronic Design Automation) tools and
applications from Frontier Design.
The
company will offer DSP cores and associated
hardware and software
for next generation wireless and personal
multimedia products.
A CEO is yet to be appointed.
http://www.adelantetech.com
Philips Semiconductors, June 12, 2001
IBM
AND LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES SIGN PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
CONTRACT
IBM Global Services will provide integration and
support services covering Lucent Technologies’ full
line of data networking, optical and wireless products
and solutions. These
include VPNs, VoIP solutions, optical area network
solutions based on Lucent's OptiStar technology,
wireless network solutions, content
delivery and distribution solutions and management
products. IBM will also contribute its e-commerce
expertise. http://www.ibm.com/news/2001/06/122.phtml
IBM, June 12, 2001
NTL
PURCHASES PRIVATE LINE AND IP SERVICES FROM LEVEL 3
NTL, a
broadband communications company based in the UK,
purchased international private lines connecting London
to New York and Washington DC, colocation space in Level
3 data centers in London, Washington DC and New York,
plus Level 3's (3) CrossRoads IP service.
Financial terms were not disclosed.
http://www.level3.com/us/news/newsreleases/1,1345,2001Jun12-5457,00.html
Level 3, June
12, 2001
TI
INTRODUCES DOCSIS-1.1 CABLE MODEM CHIPSET
Texas Instruments announced a new, low cost,
DOCSIS 1.1-ready cable modem reference design for its
major OEMs, including Toshiba, Correlant and others.
The silicon solution includes a communications
processor and an integrated DOCSIS physical layer (PHY)
and media access controller (MAC).
http://www.ti.com/sc/cablemodem
TI, June 12, 2001
ADIR
VOIP TECHNOLOGIES TO ACQUIRE NETSPEAK FOR VOIP SOFTWARE
ADIR
VoIP Technologies, a subsidiary of Net2Phone, agreed to
acquire publicly-held NetSpeak for approximately $46.5
to $48.2 million ($3.00 to $3.10 in cash per share of
NetSpeak common stock).
Both companies offer VoIP infrastructure and
application software and both are members of the Cisco
Service Provider Solutions Ecosystem partner program.
ADIR has raised $21 million designated for this
acquisition, in addition to the $25 million raised in
its second round of funding from investors Cisco and
SOFTBANK, announced yesterday.
http://www.ADIRtech.com
http://www.netspeak.com
ADIR VoIP Technologies, June 12, 2001
NOKIA
SEES SLOWER MOBILE MARKET GROWTH
Nokia
issued a profit warning for its Q2 results, saying it now
estimates the global mobile phone market to show only
very modest growth this year compared to 2000, when
about 405 million phones were sold.
The slower growth is expected to affect
capacity-driven network investments of some operators
for the time being.
http://press.nokia.com/PR/200106/824373_5.html
Nokia, June 12, 2001
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