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MOTOROLA
TO ACQUIRE RIVERDELTA NETWORKS FOR $300 MILLION
Motorola
agreed to acquire RiverDelta Networks, a start-up
developing an IP switch/router and cable modem termination
system (CMTS), for approximately $300 million in stock.
The acquisition would expand Motorola’s presence in the
market for CMTS headend equipment, as well as support the
company's strategic growth initiatives in IP DOCSIS, VoIP
and IP streaming video. RiverDelta Networks has over
200 employees and is based in Tewksbury, Massachusetts.
http://www.riverdeltanetworks.com
Motorola,
July 30, 2001
- RiverDelta’s
Broadband Services Router 64000 is a content-aware, IP
switch/router designed to deliver hundreds of
thousands of voice, data, video, music, and other
interactive IP-based service flows over shared cable
and other broadband network infrastructure.
RiverDelta uses a proprietary SmartFlow technology to
allocated bandwidth to hundreds of thousands of unique
IP service flows at multiple levels, including on a
per-application, subscriber, and system and service
provider basis. The system offers a Gigabit
Ethernet interface to allow operators to connect
multiple BSR 64000 routers in point-to-point or ring
configurations over dark fiber. The company has
also demonstrated an OC-48 Add/Drop Multiplexer (ADM)
interface that enables cable operators to aggregate
DOCSIS traffic unto metropolitan SONET rings.
- In
April, RiverDelta announced a hardware-based
distributed policy routing capability that enables its
Broadband Services Router 64000 to support large
numbers of subscribers across multiple Internet
Service Providers (ISPs). MPLS per-flow controls
at wire-speed could be implemented to deliver QoS from
the edge of a Hybrid Fiber Coax (HFC) access network
through a service provider's core network.
- RiverDelta
has announced $46 million in equity financing since
its founding in 1999. The company announced its
last round of $36 million in funding in April 2000.
Investors included Pequot Capital Management, Battery
Ventures and Charles River Ventures.
- RiverDelta
is led by Dave Callan, the former founder and CEO of
XCOM Technologies, a facilities-based CLEC acquired by
Level3.
ALCATEL
OPTRONICS TO ACQUIRE KYMATA FOR ITS PASSIVE OPTICAL PLANAR
TECHNOLOGY
Alcatel
Optronics agreed to acquire Kymata, a start-up developing
planar technology for high-end passive optical components,
for Euro 134 million (US$117 million) in stock (9.0
million Alcatel Class O shares and 2.2 million Alcatel
Class A shares). Kymata produces Arrayed Waveguide
Gratings (AWGs), multiplexer/demultiplexers using planar
waveguide technology, which can be manufactured using
similar processes as those used for semiconductor
manufacturing. Alcatel Optronics is a leader in
active optical components. Kymata is based in
Livingston, Scotland. http://www.alcatel.com/vpr/?body=/latestnews/30072001uk
http://www.kymata.com/
Alcatel Optronics, July 30, 2001
- In
March, Kymata named Mike Hickey as its new CEO.
Hickey previously served as Kymata's COO and interim
CEO, following the resignation of Brendan Hyland in
January.
- Last
November, IBM and Kymata announced a multi-year
agreement to jointly develop optical networking chips
using IBM's unique siliconoxynitride (SiON) process
technology and pump laser technology. The SiON
process technology, which was developed at the IBM
Zurich Research Laboratory, uses a siliconoxynitride
core waveguide layer to produce optical switching
devices that are smaller and more flexible than those
made with conventional process technology.
Kymata and IBM said that they would develop optical
modules with enhanced functionality for filtering
wavelengths of light beams sent through a fiber
simultaneously; filters used to balance the intensity
of light at different wavelengths; and versatile
optical switches. As part of this strategic
relationship, IBM acquired a minority equity stake in
Kymata.
- Last
October, Kymata secured $67 million in fourth-round
funding, which included asset financing, a venture
loan and additional equity fundraising. The
company raised a total of $162 million since it was
founded in February 1998.
TELECOM
ITALIA LAB LAUNCHES IPV6 SERVICE
Telecom
Italia Lab launched an IPv6 commercial service. For
companies interesting in experimenting with IPv6, the new
service provides access to the global 6Bone network.
Telecom Italia Lab is also providing consultation services
to help clients define their levels of IPv6 addressing and
to offer transition strategies from IPv4. http://www.telecomitalialab.com/novita_e.htm
Telecom
Italia Lab, July 30, 2001
HEAVY
STORM CAUSES BREAK IN SOUTHERN CROSS CABLE NETWORK
A heavy
storm off the coast of Australia caused a break in the new
Southern Cross Cable Network, disrupting traffic to New
Zealand, Fiji, Hawaii and North America for 12 to 15
hours. Normally, the loop protected network should
have been able to restore service instantaneously.
At the time of the break Southern Cross was completing
planned maintenance to another segment of the loop network
which involved the re-laying and burial of a segment of
cable near the coast of Oregon. A repair to the
broken cable is expected to take 12 days. http://www.southerncrosscables.com/layup.htm
Southern
Cross Cable Network, July 30, 2001
INFINEON
INTRODUCES OCTAL 10BASES CHIPS FOR ETHERNET OVER VDSL
Infineon
Technologies introduced an eight-port 10BaseS chipset
designed for Ethernet packet-based broadband access
systems serving the multi-tenant unit (MTU) market
segment. 10BaseS is a highly integrated, low-power,
Ethernet over VDSL quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM)
solution. The standard line rate is full duplex 12.5
Mbps and transfers Ethernet packets transparently.
The line rate is programmable to reach up to 15.6 Mbps.
Special implementations that support up to 25Mbps rates
are also possible. 10BaseS would run over existing
copper pairs for distances of over 4000 ft. / 1200 m.
Infineon’s Octal-10BaseS chipset could be used as an
alternative for existing Ethernet PHY components in
switch/DSLAM systems. Availability is targeted for
Q4. http://www.infineon.com/news/press/107_103e.htm
Infineon
Technologies, July 30, 2001
DATA
CONNECTION OFFERS PORTABLE LMP SOFTWARE FOR CORE OPTICAL
NETWORKS
Data
Connection Limited (DCL) will add support for Link
Management Protocol (LMP) to its portable software suite
for GMPLS and OIF UNI solutions. LMP is being
developed within the IETF to ease the configuration and
management of next-generation optical network devices.
Such devices may be interconnected by thousands of
data-bearing links, which are aggregated into a smaller
number of traffic engineering links. LMP provides
automatic configuration of such devices, negotiation of
capabilities, and localization of faults. Data
Connection will also support the additional extensions
required for the Optical Internetworking Forum’s (OIF’s)
user-to-network interface (UNI). http://www.dataconnection.com.
Data Connection Limited, July 30, 2001
PAXONET
INTRODUCES 10 GIGE TRANSPORT DEVICE AND OC-48 FRAMER
Paxonet
Communications (formerly CoreEl MicroSystems) introduced
an integrated 10-Gigabit
Ethernet
and OC-192c SONET/SDH
transport device that targets the laser module market.
The device facilitates efficient integration of 10-Gigabit
Ethernet
and OC-192c SONET
into WAN switches and routers. On-chip functionality
includes a Physical Coding Sub-Layer (PCS), WAN Interface
Sub-layer (WIS) and a rate matching 10-Gigabit
Media Independent Interface (XGMII) for a direct
connection to a 10-Gigabit
Ethernet
MAC. Paxonet also introduced a low-power dual OC-48 SONET/SDH
framer and pointer processor with Packet over SONET
(POS) and ATM
mapping capability built using a 0.14 micron process from
Toshiba. http://www.paxonetcommunications.com/
Paxonet,
July 30, 2001
BROADJUMP
RAISES $22 MILLION FROM SBC, BELLSOUTH, NORTEL
BroadJump,
a start-up specializing in broadband service installation
and management software, announced $22 million in third
round funding. Strategic investors include SBC
Venture Capital Corporation, a subsidiary of SBC
Communications, BellSouth Corporation and Nortel Networks.
BroadJump said its “Virtual Truck Installer” software
is being used by service providers to fulfill access for
more than 8,000 broadband consumers a day.
BroadJump's third round of investment brings the company's
total funding to $47 million. Additional investors
include Accel Partners, Austin Ventures, PCG Ventures and
Techxas Ventures. http://www.broadjump.com
BroadJump,
July 30, 2001
- BroadJump’s
software allows cable, DSL and fixed wireless service
providers to manage the installation, connection and
fulfillment of new broadband services. Its
announced customers include Adelphia Communications,
AT&T Broadband, BellSouth Communications, Road
Runner, SBC Communications, Sprint (DSL and fixed
wireless), and Time Warner. BroadJump is based in
Austin, Texas.
VDSL
SYSTEMS APPOINTS CEO, CLOSES $12 MILLION IN NEW FUNDING
VDSL
Systems, a start-up based in Espoo, Finland and Denver,
Colorado, appointed Mark Rooney as its new CEO.
Rooney previously was VP of EMEA Operations for Terayon
Communication Systems. VDSL Systems also announced
the closure of a $12 million round of funding that was
raised to support the company's marketing efforts and
sales initiatives. http://www.vdslsystems.com
VDSL
Systems, July 30, 2001
- Earlier
this year, VDSL Systems introduced an IP-based
Very-high-speed Digital Subscriber Line (VDSL)
hardware solution consisting of a central office DSLAM
and customer premise equipment. The company
claims its VDSL platform can achieve data rates up to
13/13 Mbps symmetric and 26/3 Mbps asymmetric over a
single pair connection and 26/26 Mbps symmetric over a
two pair connection in good condition. The
effective range is up to 2.5 miles (4 km), although
data rates depend on cable quality, noise and the
cross-talk environment. The system will be
IP-based and provide a migration path from current ATM
based DSL technologies.
OVERTURE
NETWORKS RAISES $3.4 MILLION IN SEED FUNDING FOR METRO IP
Overture
Networks, a start-up based in Research Triangle Park,
North Carolina, raised $3.4 million in first round
funding. The company plans to build carrier
equipment that would deliver multiple services over metro
IP networks. Product plans have not been disclosed.
http://www.overturenetworks.com
Overture
Networks, July 30, 2001
- Overture
Networks is headed by Jeff Reedy, who formerly served
as VP of Engineering at Larscom.
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