QWEST TO PROVIDE NETWORK SERVICES FOR GE’S HEALTH DATA
MANAGEMENT
GE Medical
Systems Information Technologies will use advanced network
resources from Qwest Communications to support an
Application Service Provider (ASP) venture that enables
hospitals across the US to electronically store their
rapidly growing inventory of medical images securely
off-site, and retrieve them at optical speeds. The
companies estimate that this ASP service will generate more
than $250 million in top-line revenue. GE is already
offering the ASP services to hospitals and healthcare
systems. Under the alliance, Qwest will transfer medical
data over its optical infrastructure and manage the
information in secure hosting centers. Qwest said modern
diagnostic imaging scanners are capable of producing up to
1,000 images per exam, making digital capture, review and
storage systems an absolute necessity.
http://www.qwest.com/about/media/pressroom/1,1720,773_archive,00.html
Qwest, August 30, 2001
EQUANT SIGNS JAPAN’S YAZAKI FOR GLOBAL IP VPN
Yazaki
Corporation, a prominent Japanese auto parts manufacturer,
selected Equant to provide an IP VPN with voice capacities
linking its worldwide sites. Equant said the customized IP
VPN would support voice, fax, Intranet, e-mail and System
Network Architecture (SNA) services and VoIP over a single
network. Financial terms were not disclosed.
http://www.equant.com/content/xml/press_release_30_08_01.xml
Equant, August 30, 2001
- In
July, Equant and Global One completed their previously
announced merger, creating a worldwide service provider
focused on multinational business customers. France
Telecom holds approximately 54% of the new company.
Equant’s data network, which includes the infrastructure
of the SITA network, reaches 220 countries and
territories.
- In
May, Global One said it had signed over 60 multinational
companies in the US, Europe, South America, and Asia for
the MPLS-based IP VPN Service, which is currently
available in over 40 countries with native MPLS access.
MFN RECEIVES COMMITMENT FOR $250 MILLION IN VENDOR FINANCING
Metromedia Fiber Network
received a commitment letter for $250 million in vendor
financing from an undisclosed source. The funding is
subject to various conditions including: the closing of the
$150 million note facility led by Citicorp announced earlier
this month, commitments from other sources in the amount of
$230 million ($180 million of which has been committed to by
affiliates of the Company), and obtaining the requisite
consents from holders of the Company's 10% senior notes due
2008 and 2009.
http://www.mmfn.com
Metromedia Fiber Network, August 30, 2001
BELL LABS CREATES ORGANIC SUPERCONDUCTOR OUT OF CARBON BUCKY
BALLS
Researchers at Bell Labs have shown that carbon molecules
known as bucky balls can act as superconductors at
temperatures below 117 Kelvin (minus 249 degrees
Fahrenheit). The achievement is more than double the
previous temperature record of 52 Kelvin (minus 366 degrees
Fahrenheit) set last year and it is warm enough for the
bucky ball superconductors to function while cooled by
liquid nitrogen instead of much more expensive liquid
helium. Lucent said the research raises hopes for
inexpensive, power loss-free organic electronics.
http://www.lucent.com/press/0801/010830.bla.html
Lucent Technologies, August 30, 2001
NORTEL NETWORKS DELIVERS 10 GBPS OPTICAL RING FOR BRAZIL'S
EMBRATEL
Nortel
Networks delivered a 3,000-km, 10 Gbps optical ring network
to Embratel, Brazil’s leading long-distance carrier. The
network connects the cities of São Paulo, Belo Horizonte,
Brasília and Goiânia. It uses Nortel Networks OPTera Long
Haul 1600 Optical Line System, OPTera Connect DX optical
switch and 37 repeater stations. Financial terms were not
disclosed. Nortel Networks previously deployed a number of
10 Gbps SDH/DWDM systems for Embratel, linking the largest
cities in Brazil – São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Belo
Horizonte.
http://www.nortelnetworks.com/
Nortel Networks, August 30, 2001
INTEL INTRODUCES GIGABIT ETHERNET SWITCHING CHIPS
Intel
introduced a 16-Port Gigabit chip designed for plug-and-play
Ethernet switches. Intel said its new Media Switch device
enables switch systems to be built for less than $100 per
port. Intel also introduced switching chips for
four-gigabit ports (two more than the previous generation of
Media Switch devices) and for 24-10/100 gigabit ports.
http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/20010830net.htm
Intel, August 30, 2001
TELEGLOBE REORGANIZES, CUTS 20% OF STAFF, 15% OF CAPEX
Citing international market conditions, Teleglobe announced
a corporate restructuring that includes the elimination of
approximately 450 jobs, or 20% of its workforce. The
international carrier estimates that its CAPEX plan
extending through 2003 will be lowered approximately US$500
million from $3.4 billion to $2.9 billion. In April,
Teleglobe adjusted downward estimated requirements from $5
billion to $3.4 billion, largely reflecting cost
improvements available due to over capacity in fiber supply
as well as significant progress in the build out of its
global network, a reduction in Internet data center
requirements and other optimization and cost savings.
http://www.teleglobe.com
Teleglobe, August 30, 2001
- In
June, Teleglobe announced the completion of a major
network upgrade to MPLS-enable its entire global IP
backbone. The carrier described plans to offer a new
suite of IP services, such as MPLS VPNs, new IP security
services and IP Quality of Service (QoS). The Teleglobe
network currently has 55 major POPs.
RIVERSTONE AND TELLABS EXCHANGE LAWSUITS, END ALLIANCE
Riverstone
Networks and Tellabs filed lawsuits against each other, each
alleging breach of a strategic alliance under which Tellabs
was to resell Riverstone's next-generation router-based CMTS
(cable modem termination system) head-end product.
Tellabs
said the
Riverstone
products have never met contractual requirements for
handling voice traffic and that Riverstone missed multiple
product development milestones. Tellabs plans to offer its
own next-generation CABLESPAN solution through
interoperability with multiple brands of cable modem
termination systems (CMTS) and routers.
http://www.tellabs.com/news/01news/nr083001.shtml
Riverstone
said Tellabs failed to make minimum purchases of its DOCSIS
1.0 and Euro-DOCSIS certified CMTS equipment. Riverstone
said its CMTS products have been shipping for over a year
and that the products have been successfully deployed by
cable operators.
http://www.riverstonenetworks.com/news/press/20010830.shtml
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