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FCC
ADOPTS COLLOCATION RULES FOR ILEC NETWORKS
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
adopted rules concerning collocation of equipment where a
competitive carrier leases space from an incumbent local
exchange carrier (ILEC).
Specifically, the new rules:
- require ILECs to permit
the physical collocation of multifunctional equipment.
- require ILECs to permit
collocating carriers to connect their equipment with
other collocating carriers through cross-connects.
- eliminate the
requirement that an incumbent carrier allow
competitive carriers to construct and maintain
cross-connects outside of their immediate physical
collocation space at the incumbent's premises.
- establish principles to
ensure that the incumbent carrier's policies and
practices in assigning and configuring physical
collocation space are on rates, terms, and conditions
that are just, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory.
The FCC finds that
switching and routing equipment meets the definition of
multifunctional equipment because an inability to deploy
that equipment would, as a practical, economic, or
operational matter, preclude a requesting carrier from
obtaining nondiscriminatory access to the local loop.
ILECs must allow requesting carriers to collocate
switching and routing equipment, however generally need
not allow collocation of traditional circuit switches
because of their physical size. http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/News_Releases/2001/nrcc0125.html
FCC, July 12,
2001
HOME
INTERNET CONNECTIVITY REACHES 40% IN THE UK, BROADBAND
ACCESS LIMITED
A newly published survey by Oftel, the official
telecom regulator for the UK, finds that home Internet
access continues to grow rapidly --
40% of UK homes currently claim to be connected,
compared to 34% in February 2001.
A total of 10 million homes across the UK are now
online, an increase of 3.75 million homes during the past
12 months. Dial-up
via ordinary phone lines still account for 81% of all home
connections, followed by ISDN (10%), digital TV access
(4%), mobile phone device (3%), ADSL (2%) and cable modem
(1%). The
report also covers market shares of local ISPs, trends in
daily hours of Internet usage, and online demographics. Mobile
ownership continues to rise with 70% of UK adults now
claiming to own a mobile phone.
http://www.oftel.co.uk/press/releases/2001/pr47_01.htm
Oftel, July 8, 2001
REALNAMES
PROPOSES UNIFIED NAMING ARCHITECTURE FOR NEXT GEN INTERNET
RealNames outlined a new naming and
identity system for the Internet that would enable
applications to access resources and information across
multiple networks. The system would include DNS, URL's and
Keyword-based and other naming methods. It would be based
on a new unified, standards-based discovery and resolution
layer capable of supporting multiple naming services, and
directory services via a Unified Resolution and Discovery
Protocol (URDP). The
RealNames proposal would overlay the new functionality
either above or alongside the current DNS.
The
proposal was submitted to the National Academies
Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, which is
convening at the University of California at Berkeley.
http://web.realnames.com/Virtual.asp?page=Eng_Corporate_PressRelease_071201
RealNames,
July 12, 2001
ZEROS
& ONES TARGETS VIDEO COMPRESSION AT 3X-10X POWER OF
MPEG2
Zeros & Ones, a start-up in Santa Monica,
California, released details of a new digital video
compression engine that it claims can deliver 3 to 10
times the compression ratios of MPEG2 with superior image
quality. The
company’s compression engine integrates over 100
individual processes, ranging from high-definition image
quality enhancements at the sub-pixel level during
pre-compression stages, to pixel-by-pixel motion tracking
and processing in the compression stages.
Zeroes & Ones is demonstrating the technology
to put five full-length feature films on a single DVD.
Additional target applications might include
personal video recorders, TV, digital motion picture
transmission to theaters, high-quality video conferencing
and other broadband applications.
http://www.zerosones.com
Zeros
& Ones, July 12, 2001
AGILENT
ANNOUNCES 40 GBPS TEST EQUIPMENT
Agilent Technologies introduced two new 43G Bit
Error Ratio (BER) test systems for analyzing bit error
rates introduced by individual 40 Gbps components,
line-cards or complete systems.
The products include a $900,000 system for testing
electrical devices such as 16:1 muxes/demuxes and a $1.35
million system for testing optical devices in the C and L
bands. http://www.agilent.com/cm/rdmfg/industry/40gbs.shtml
Agilent, July 12, 2001
TELSEON
SIGNS PARTNER FOR IP VIDEO OVER ITS METRO GIGE NETWORK
Wire One
Technologies will provide IP video conferencing services
over Telseon's Metro Gigabit Ethernet (GigE) network.
Service providers connected to the Telseon network
or residing within one of Telseon's 120+ connected data
centers will have resale access to Wire One's IP
multi-point video conferencing, bridging and remote
management services.
Telseon is positioning itself as a “neutral data
transport provider” and building an ecosystem of
specialized IT services and applications over its optical
Ethernet infrastructure.
http://www.telseon.com/
Telseon, July 12, 2001
EBONE
PROMISES 24 HOUR PROVISIONING ACROSS ITS EUROPEAN
IP/OPTICAL BACKBONE
Ebone, a division
of Global TeleSystems, announced a 24 hour time to
provision guarantee for providing customers with backbone
network capacity of up to 155Mbps of IP connectivity
across Europe. The
fast provisioning of services covers Ebone facilities in
18 cities in Western Europe, Central Europe and
Scandinavia. http://www.ebone.com/
Ebone, July 12, 2001
- Earlier this year,
Global TeleSystems renamed its main business from GTS
Broadband Services to "Ebone," reflecting
the existing name of its pan-European IP backbone. The
renaming encompasses the company's 22,000 km fiber
network as well as its carrier and ISP services.
GTS is now in the process of selling most of
its interest in its Business Services unit, which
sells predominantly voice services to small and medium
sized companies across Europe, and Golden Telecom,
which provides a range of Internet and
telecommunications services in Russia and the former
Soviet Union. The company is also restructuring its
bank credit facilities.
XO
SIGNS TELECOM SERVICES CONTRACT WITH MAXIMUS
XO Communications signed a three-year
service contract worth more than $10 million with MAXIMUS,
a leading provider of program management, information
technology, and consulting services to state and local
governments. The
contract covers local and long distance communications
services to 200+ US locations. http://www.xo.com/news/77.html
XO Communications, July 12, 2001
NEC
SUPPLIES SDH/DWDM TO TELMEX
NEC is supplying 80-channel DWDM equipment and 2.5
Gbps SDH systems to Telefonos de Mexico (Telmex).
The contract marks NEC’s first DWDM shipment to
Latin America. The
equipment will be deployed in a metropolitan network
serving Monterrey, the third largest city in Mexico.
http://www.nec.co.jp/english/today/newsrel/0107/1101.html
NEC, July 11, 2001
JUNIPER
NETWORKS REPORTS Q2 REVENUE OF $202.2 MILLION, DOWN 39%
FROM Q1
Juniper Networks reported Q2 revenue of $202.2
million, compared with $113.0 million for the same period
last year, an increase of 79%.
Pro forma net income was $29.3 million or $0.09 per
share. There
was an actual net loss of $37.1 million or $0.12 per
share, which includes amortization of goodwill and other
purchased intangibles of $12.3 million, amortization of
deferred compensation of $18.8 million, a restructuring
charge of $12.3 million and write-downs in equity
investments totaling $32.6 million.
For Q1 2001 Juniper Networks reported revenue of
$332.1 million and pro-forma net income of $85.4 million,
or $0.25 per share. http://www.juniper.net/news/pressreleases/2001/pr-010712a.html
Juniper Networks, July 12, 2001
- On June 8, Juniper
Networks cut is financial guidance for Q2 to
be approximately $200-$210 million in sales, down from
original guidance of $300-$330 million.
The company cited a challenging service
provider and global carrier business environment,
brought about by a capacity absorption cycle taking
place currently throughout the industry.
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