COGENT TO CARRY DELTATHREE’S VOIP SERVICES
Cogent Communications named deltathree as a preferred provider for VoIP services over its next generation optical IP network.  deltathree's V2 Phone service will include such features as inbound and outbound calling, online billing, caller ID, voicemail, speed dial, call blocking, and unified messaging.  Cogent remains focused on providing Internet connectivity.  It currently is offering service in 10 metro markets and plans to add an additional 10 markets before the end of 2001.  http://corp.deltathree.com/
deltathree, July 23, 2001

• Cogent Communications launched its metro Ethernet services in November, promising non-oversubscribed 100 Mbps Internet access capability at $1,000 per month.

EBONE LIGHTS 10 GBPS TRANSATLANTIC IP LINK
Ebone, a division of Global TeleSystems, extended its 10 Gbps IP backbone to the US using its own undersea fiber facilities.  The company has the equivalent of a trans-Atlantic fiber pair.  The 10 Gbps network connects London, Amsterdam, Paris and Frankfurt to two centers in New York.  http://www.ebone.com/
Ebone, July 23, 2001

• Last month, FLAG Atlantic-1, a multiterabit cable linking New York, London and Paris, entered into commercial service.  FA-1 is a six fiber pair, dual cable network offering 4.8 Tbps of total raw capacity (2 x 2.4 Tbps).  The final splice of the network’s southern cable is currently underway and will be complete by Q3.
• In December, GTS sold its 50% stake in FLAG Atlantic Limited to its joint venture partner, FLAG Telecom.   GTS retained ownership of a fiber pair on the entire FA-1 system.  The fiber pair will have a fully redundant design capacity of 400 Gbps, with an initial lit capacity of 80 Gbps (8 x 10 Gbps).

EXCITE@HOME REACHES 3,674,000 BROADBAND SUBSCRIBERS
As of June 30, Excite@Home was serving 3,674,000 broadband subscribers worldwide, representing an addition of 474,000 subscribers for Q2.  North American subscribers totaled 3,271,000 at June 30, 2001, an increase of 101% from a year ago.  Service penetration in North America was 9.3% in the second quarter, up from 6.1% a year ago.  Internationally, Excite@Home's growth continues to be led by @Home Japan, which provides services to four cable operators in Japan serving approximately seven million cable homes.  http://www.home.com
Excite@Home, July 23, 2001

BELLSOUTH REACHES 381,000 DSL SUBSCRIBERS
During Q2, BellSouth added 78,000 DSL subscribers, bringing its total count to 381,000.  The company said it remains on target to reach its goal of 600,000 DSL subscribers by year’s end.  http://www.bellsouth.com/
BellSouth, July 24, 2001

ENVARA DEVELOPS DUAL MODE, 802.11A AND B WIRELESS CHIPSET
Envara, a start-up with offices in Kfar Saba, Israel and Palo Alto, California, introduced a dual mode wireless chipset operating in the 5GHz band (802.11a) and offering compatibility with 2.4GHz, (Wi-Fi, 802.11b) compliant wireless LAN devices.  The Envara design is a 2 chip solution that includes an integrated baseband chip with built-in MAC and dual IEEE 802.11a+b modem functionality, and an RF chip with a dual band 2.4 and 5GHz implementation.  Sampling is expected in Q4.  The company envisions a need for dual-mode products to provide users with the flexibility to access the many 2.4GHz wireless LANs currently being deployed and the next wave of 5GHz networks supporting higher data rates, larger capacity and less interference.  http://www.envara.com/single.asp?ReleasesID=39 
Envara, July 23, 2001

• Envara (formerly hLAN) was founded by Gideon Barak, Izik Kirshenbaum and Dr. Alain Fogel in March 2000 and has received $17 million in venture capital funding.

ONEX OUTLINES MULTISERVICE SILICON PLANS
ONEX, a start-up based in Bedford, Massachusetts, announced its plans for integrating optical transmission, switching, routing, and control software into a two-chip silicon solution.  The ONEX solution aims to provide “service agility” at the silicon level, enabling multiservice platforms that combine the functionality of IP routing, ATM switching and digital cross-connects.  The silicon solution will consist of two devices: a universal service processor and a universal switch processor.  The service processor would enable universal SONET/SDH line cards for TDM, ATM or packet services.  The switch processor would provide a common fabric for native TDM, ATM and packet switching as well as control plane processing.  Product specifics will be announced at a later date.  Sampling is expected later this year.  ONEX partners include IBM for fabrication, Tensilica for its integrated RISC libraries and Wind River for its embedded real time OS.  http://www.onexco.com/
ONEX, July 23, 2001

• ONEX was founded in May 1999 as a spin-off from TranSwitch.  Its founders include Dr. Albert Paladino, currently Chairman of Telaxis Communications, Phil Nyborg, previously a consultant with TranSwitch and formerly a VP at MCI, and Subhash Roy, a former Principal Engineer at TranSwitch.
• ONEX has raised $30 million in venture funding to date.

BROADVIEW NETWORKS SELECTS COPPERCOM’S VOICE OVER BROADBAND GATEWAY
Broadview Networks, a network-based CLEC serving the Northeastern US, selected CopperCom's voice over broadband (VoB) technology for integrated voice and data services over its DSL network.  The CopperCom Gateway is being used with Polycom's NetEngine 6300 integrated access device.  The service could support as many as 16 voice lines over the DSL connection.  http://www.coppercom.com
CopperCom, July 23, 2001

• Earlier this month, CopperCom secured $65 million in a new round of venture funding led by Advent International and Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV).  In addition, the company relocated its headquarters to Boca Raton, Florida.
• Also this month, CopperCom announced GR-303 support for its CSX 2100 media gateway and CopperController softswitch, enabling service providers to reach subscribers through broadband or circuit access and connect them either to the PSTN or a packet core network.
• Last month, CopperCom announced plans to add VoIP support to its Local Exchange Softswitch System (LeXSS), which delivers converged services over TDM, ATM and IP networks.

BOCA PHOTONICS TARGETS OPTICAL MESH NETWORK PROVISIONING AND PROTECTION
Boca Photonics, a start-up based in Boca Raton, Florida, began previewing a service control solution for optical mesh network provisioning and protection.  The company’s service control software leverages a real-time signaling control protocol for the provisioning, protection and restoration of high-capacity optical services.  The system is currently being demonstrated in a simulated mesh network encompassing nine optical cross connects.  Boca Photonics anticipates rolling out a commercial implementation of the solution early next year. http://www.bocaphotonics.com
Boca Photonics, July 23, 2001

• Boca Photonics was founded by Michael B. McLaughlin, previously Vice President and General Manager of the Optical Networks Division for Siemens, Dr. Jose H. Sabat, formerly Director of Network Planning (USA) and Director of Sales and Marketing (Brazil) for Nortel Networks, Xiangbo Feng, previously Senior Scientist at Hitachi Telcom, and Thomas E. Hall,  who worked at Hitachi Telcom and Nortel Networks prior to founding Boca Photonics.
• In February, Boca Photonics announced that it had raised $3 million in venture financed seed funding led by VantagePoint Venture Partners and Alliance Technology Ventures.

METRO-OPTIX RAISES $50 MILLION FOR ITS OPTICAL SYSTEM
Metro-Optix, a start-up developing optical networking systems, raised $50 million through the private placement of its newly authorized Series C Preferred Stock.  http://www.metro-optix.com/home.htm  
Metro-Optix, July 23, 2001

• Metro-Optix's CityStream bandwidth manager integrates ATM, IP, and SONET traffic in a single system.  The Metro-Optix platform's core switching fabric is designed to scale from 100 Gbps to 400 Gbps.  Applications could include ring aggregation, point-of-presence bandwidth management, service access multiplexing, DSLAM aggregation, ATM edge switching, and IP routing.
• Metro-Optix is led by Arun Bellary, who previously served as General Manager of Ericsson's broadband access products unit.  The company is based in Santa Clara, CA, and Allen, TX.

TREBIA SECURES $30 MILLION FOR ITS STORAGE NETWORK PROCESSOR
Trebia Networks, a start-up based in Acton, Massachusetts, secured $30 million in second round funding for development of its storage network processor.  The company is working on a new category of network processor targeting both NAS (Network Attached Storage) and SAN (Storage Area Networks) segments.  Specific product plans have not yet been disclosed.  Investors include Atlas Venture, Kodiak Venture Partners, Raza Foundries, BancBoston Ventures, VantagePoint Venture Partners, Allianz of America Inc., Deutsche Banc Alex Brown and others.  http://www.trebia.com/
Trebia Networks, July 23, 2001

• Trebia Networks is headed by Bob Conrad, previously VP and General Manager of the DSP business at Analog Devices Inc.  Trebia’s technical team is led by Jon Sreekanth, previously founder and President of ACI, a startup WAN telecom chip company which was acquired by VLSI Technology Inc. in 1998.

BAYPACKETS SECURES $19.5 MILLION FOR ITS OSS AND SERVICE INTRODUCTION PLATFORMS
BayPackets, a start-up based in Fremont, California, raised $19.5 million for its development of core network solutions that bridge the gap between the existing circuit-switched infrastructure and packet networks.  The company is working on a scalable OSS integration and Service Introduction platform.  Product specifics have not been disclosed.  Investors include Lucent Venture Partners, Blueprint Ventures, Diamondhead Ventures, INC3 Ventures Series I, Mentmore Ventures, TeleSoft Partners, Antillion Capital II and others.  http://www.baypackets.com
BayPackets, July 23, 2001

• BayPackets is headed by Ken Epps, who formerly served as senior vice president & Chief Marketing Officer for Williams Communications Group.  The company was founded by Anurag Goel, formerly a researcher at Bell Labs, and Sanjeev Chawla, previously with River Run Software Group.

METROBILITY EXTENDS GIGE REACH TO 70 KM
METRObility Optical Systems (previously Aura Networks) introduced new devices that extend the Gigabit Ethernet distances of transmission up to 70km (43.3 miles). The devices provide signal retiming, data regeneration and wavelength conversion from 850nm to 1310nm and 1550nm.  http://www.metrobility.com
METRObility Optical Systems, July 23, 2001

AGERE TO SUPPLY 980NM UNDERSEA PUMP LASERS TO TYCOM
Agere Systems will supply its new high-power, undersea, 980 nanometer (nm) pump lasers for use in TyCom's undersea optical amplifiers.  The design win, valued at $70 million over the next 12 months, is part of a three-year agreement that TyCom signed earlier this year with Agere to supply optical components for use in building the TyCom Global Network.  http://www.lucent.com/press/0701/010723.mea.html
Agere Systems, July 23, 2001

ATRICA NAMES VIVEK RAGAVAN AS PRESIDENT AND CEO
Atrica, a start-up developing optical Ethernet equipment, named Vivek Ragavan as its new president and CEO.  Ragavan most recently served as CEO of Redback Networks and Siara Systems (acquired by Redback in 1999).  He replaces Atrica’s founding CEO, Avinoam Rubinstain, who now becomes CTO.  http://www.atrica.com
Atrica, July 23, 2001

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TAIWAN’S CHUNG HWA TELECOM SELECTS AVICI + RIVERSTONE FOR RESEARCH NETWORK
Chung Hwa Telecom, the largest telecommunications carrier in Taiwan, will deploy Avici Systems’ core routers and Riverstone Networks’ RS 8000 metro routers as the foundation for its next-generation research network.  The deployment consists of Avici TSR's supporting up to OC-192c/STM-64 speeds and Riverstone RS 8000's supporting interfaces including Fast Ethernet, T1/E1, POS/SDH STM-1 and ATM STM-1.  CommVerge Solutions Limited will serve as network integrator.  http://www.avici.com/pr20010720a.html
Avici Systems, July 20, 2001