SBC TO SLOW ITS BROADBAND NETWORK DEPLOYMENTS
As of September 30, SBC Communications had 1.2 million DSL lines in service, up by 150,000 over the end of Q2.  The carrier reported $2.2 billion in data revenues, up from $2.0 billion in the third quarter a year ago.  More significantly, SBC announced plans to slow down its deployment of broadband networks providing residential access.  Citing the weak economy, SBC will cut several thousand jobs and reduce its capital expenditures in 2002 by 20%.  Its Project Pronto DSL rollout currently reaches about 58% of its wireline customers.  About 90% of the carrier’s targeted wire centers are now DSL enabled and 4,700 neighborhood DSL gateways have been deployed, compared to 2,000 at the start of the year.  In its quarterly financial report SBC called attention to broadband regulatory issues, claiming that government regulations “have added hundreds of millions of dollars in costs and have delayed deployment.  Our DSL services are burdened with regulation that our cable modem competitors do not face. Meanwhile, regulators are considering additional rules to regulate our DSL and other advanced services in the future. No responsible company could justify fully deploying broadband capabilities and investing in new advanced networks in the face of this uncertain environment."  http://www.sbc.com/News_Center/1,3950,31,00.html?query=20011022-1 
SBC Communications, October 22, 2001

TELSEON OFFERS TAGGED GIGABIT INTERFACE AND SHARED GIGABIT INTERFACE OPTIONS
Telseon introduced two new customer interfaces for accessing its metropolitan Gigabit Ethernet Service: a Tagged Gigabit Service Interface and a Shared Gigabit Ethernet Service Interface.  The Tagged Gigabit Service Interface allows multiple virtual connections originating within the same metro to be aggregated onto a single Ethernet service interface, minimizing the number of required ports and physical cross connections between the Telseon and customer networks.  To distinguish between various connections, each packet is tagged with 802.1Q Virtual Local Area Network (V-LAN) IDs enabling service providers to mix higher and lower bandwidth end customer connections on a single port.  Up to 32 connections with an aggregate bandwidth of 1000 Mbps can be supported on a single physical port.  The Shared Gigabit Service, which is targeted at customers with bandwidth needs between 100 Mbps and 400 Mbps, lowers costs by eliminating customer rack space and power burden costs.  Customers provide a fiber cross connect from their equipment to a service interface located in the Telseon rack.  The configuration are available from 20 Telseon centers across the US.  http://www.telseon.com/services/ip_service.asp
Telseon, October 22, 2001

AIRVANA DEBUTS ITS 3G ALL-IP RADIO ACCESS NETWORK
Airvana, a start-up based in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, introduced a line of radio access networking equipment based on CDMA2000 1xEV-DO (1x Evolution-Data Only) wireless technology that can deliver rates up to 2.4 Mbps under ideal circumstances.  Average sustained rates for the technology, which is based on High Data Rate (HDR) wireless technology that was originally developed by QUALCOMM, are expected to fall in the 300 to 600 kbps range.  A major advantage of CDMA2000 1xEV over other 3G technologies is that it would not require most carriers to buy new spectrum.  Airvana’s equipment would enable operators to run these networks entirely over IP as either a standalone data-only network or as an overlay onto existing cellular and PCS voice networks.  http://www.airvananet.com/news/pressrelease.cfm?news_item_id=23 
Airvana, October 22, 2001

• QUALCOMM and Airvana have signed a multimillion licensing agreement to develop, manufacture and sell 3G CDMA2000 1xEV-DO infrastructure equipment.  QUALCOMM Ventures has also made an equity investment in Airvana.
• Nortel Networks is working with Airvana to jointly develop all-IP 1xEV-DO products for its customers.  The products, which are expected in the second half of 2002, would be enabled through an upgrade to Nortel Networks CDMA MetroCell base stations.  Nortel Networks is currently deploying CDMA2000 1X with leading customers around the world, including Verizon Wireless, Sprint PCS and Telstra.
• Airvana is headed by Randy Battat, who previously served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Internet and Networking Group at Motorola.  The company was founded by Vedat Eyuboglu, formerly Vice President and General Manager of Home Networking Product Operation in Motorola's Internet and Networking Group, and Sanjeev Verma, most recently Director of Marketing and Business Development for Broadband Networking at Motorola.

SPIRENT ANNOUNCES OC-48 MULTI-LAYER GENERATOR/ANALYZER FOR ADTECH AX/4000
Spirent Communications enhanced its Adtech AX/4000 Broadband Test System with a new OC-48 Multi-Layer Generator/Analyzer Interface Test Module for advanced testing of metropolitan area networks.  The solution supports Layer 1 functionality for testing SONET/SDH, bit error rate (BER) and will measure the amount of time a device takes to perform Automatic Protection Switchover (APS).  The module's channelized capability enables testing on 48 simultaneous and independent DS-3 channels, allowing users to generate diverse traffic and simulate "real world" conditions. Channelization down to DS-3 allows users to test the efficiency of traffic aggregation on service-provider networks, from lower to higher speeds, and ensure sub-rate circuits as well as the aggregate are performing properly.  In addition, the module features a line monitor mode for PoS, signaling on the Data Control Channels, complete access to SONET overhead and WAN emulation capabilities.  http://adtech.spirentcom.com/ 
Spirent Communications, October 22, 2001

ENTRIDIA INTRODUCES ITS OC-192C STREAM PROCESSING ASIC
Entridia, a start-up based in Irvine, California, announced plans for a configurable wire-speed OC-192c stream processing ASIC targeted at edge and core routing platforms. The ASIC, which will incorporate both OC-192c Packet-over-SONETand 10 Gigabit Ethernet network interfaces, offers deep packet field extraction capabilities.  Entridia will provide direct interfaces to multiple CAMs including Netlogic, Sibercore, and Lara (Cypress).  Functionality includes classification, policing, statistics, protocol ID, reciprocal protocol translation, and packet/cell editing.  The company expects to ship an evaluation platform in Q2 2002.  http://www.entridia.com/news/announce/20011022.html
Entridia, October 22, 2001

• In February, Entridia introduced dual full-duplex OC-48c configurable wire-speed packet-forwarding ASICs designed for optical multi-service backbone aggregator line cards and multi-service aggregation/backbone routers.  The OC-48c ASICs provide full line-rate IP/MPLS packet processing, L2 through L7 flow classification, packet-filtering, policing, as well as ingress and egress traffic management. Entridia also announced a lookup table controller companion device that provides an interface between its packet processing engine and external table memory (CAMs).
• Entridia is led by Paramesh Gopi, who previously co-founded Ohm Technologies (OTI) and was a principal contributor on OTI's single and multi-port 10/100Base-TX Physical Layer cores.

CENTILLIUM INTRODUCES TRANSFORMERLESS ADSL CHIPSET
Centillium Communications announced an innovative approach to the DSL Line Interface Unit (LIU) design that eliminates external filters, the line driver and the transformer (also known as a hybrid).  The new design would enable DSLAM line cards with 50% greater port density than the traditional transformer-based line cards.  Centillium also expects the new CopperConnect chip design will lower manufacturing costs by 50%.  http://www.centillium.com/news/press/20011022pr01.html 
Centillium Communications, October 22, 2001

IKANOS UNVEILS CHIPS FOR LONG RANGE ETHERNET, CLOSES $5 MILLION IN FUNDING
Ikanos Communications, a start-up based in Fremont, California, introduced a family of programmable chipsets that it claims could be used to deliver bandwidth services ranging from 64 kbps through 100 Mbps over existing copper pairs.  The chipsets are being designed to support Long Range Fast Ethernet (LRFE), Ethernet in the First Mile (EFM), and Very High Bit Rate Digital Subscriber Line-Discrete Multi-Tone (VDSL-DMT).  Ikanos said its chipsets could be used to deliver EFM at up to 10 Mbps over a range of 4,500 feet (1,432m), or LRFE at up to 100 Mbps over distances of up to 5,000 feet (1,524m) with on-chip Inverse Multiplexing of multiple copper pairs.  In addition, Ikanos will support all international VDSL-DMT standards for North America, Europe, and Asia, including ATM and Ethernet protocols for Plan 998, Plan 997, and Flex Plan, in a single chipset.  Separately, Ikanos secured $5 million in second round funding.  New investors include Intel Capital and VentureTech Alliance, an affiliate of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), which will be Ikanos' main technology and manufacturing partner.  Ridgewood Capital, which participated in earlier funding rounds, increased its investment in Ikanos in this round.  Other previous Ikanos investors include Anthelion Capital, Greylock Partners, JPMorgan Partners, Sequoia Capital, Telesoft Partners, and Walden International.  http://www.ikanos.com/ 
Ikanos Communications, October 22, 2001

• Ikanos is led by Rajesh Vashist, who previously served as general manager of the OEM Solutions Group at Adaptec.  The company was founded by Dr. Behrooz Rezvani, who previously established AFC’s Fremont Design Center, where he managed the development of VDSL and ADSL Lite line cards.

CONVERGYS WINS TWO NEW CUSTOMER CARE CONTRACTS WITH AT&T BROADBAND
Convergys signed two new customer care contracts with AT&T Broadband under which it will provide telephony support services including order management, account servicing, retention, and repair/maintenance, as well as Tier I and Tier II technical support via telephone, e-mail, and web chat.  In January, Convergys announced contracts with AT&T Broadband to perform outsourced billing services for AT&T Broadband's residential and business telephone customers. Financial terms were not disclosed.  http://www.convergys.com
Convergys, October 22, 2001

VENDORS PROMOTE CHANNELIZED VOICE OVER DSL
An alliance of DSL equipment vendors launched a website to promote Channelized Voice over DSL(CVoDSL).  The technology transports voice over DSL without packetization into either ATM or IP, much like POTs.  http://www.CVoDSL.com 
Aware, October 22, 2001

ALCATEL ANNOUNCES SHORT HAUL POTS CHIPSET FOR IADS
Alcatel announced a short-haul plain old telephone services (SHPOTS) chipset to connect legacy analog phone terminals through an integrated access device (IAD).  The chipset contains a Co-Digital Signaling Processor (CODSP) and two Short Haul Line Interface Circuits (SHLICs).  Separately, Alcatel began shipping a new residential gateway, VoDSL Integrated Access Device (IAD) reference design to OEM customers.  The product contains the company's widely deployed ADSL Utopia chipset, a voice processor, and a POTS solution.  http://www.alcatel.com
Alcatel, October 22, 2001

MAZU SHIPS ACTIVE FILTERING SYSTEM FOR DDOS ATTACKS
Mazu Networks, a start-up based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, began shipping an active filtering system for preventing Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks.  The Mazu TrafficMaster Enforcer identifies DDoS attacks by determining which packets are most likely to be causing traffic anomalies.  It computes statistics on a number of traffic parameters and compares them to historical norms obtained while no attacks were in progress.  It uses these norms as a baseline to describe hostile traffic as precisely as possible, leaving legitimate traffic untouched.  When an attack is detected, the TrafficMaster Enforcer can recommend instructions for implementation on routers from Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks.  Pricing starts at $45,000 for a single link Fast-E support and $65,000 for a single link Gig-E support. The Enforcer is also available in configurations supporting multiple Fast-E links.  http://www.mazunetworks.com/
Mazu Networks, October 22, 2001

AGERE ANNOUNCES HIGHER PERFORMANCE NETWORK PROCESSORS
Agere Systems introduced a higher performing version of its PayloadPlus network processor designed for applications such as multi-protocol, channelized OC-12 to OC-48c, voice gateways, DSLAMs, Gigabit Ethernet and Fast Ethernet.  Agere also selected Fujitsu's 256-megabit fast cycle random access memory for use in its forthcoming 10 Gbps PayloadPlus network processors.  Agere is offering a software development environment (SDE) for its 10 Gbps architecture that features OC-192c/10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) simulation support and debugging capabilities.  http://www.agere.com
Agere, October 22, 2001

INTELLISPACE SECURES $20 MILLION FOR ITS IN-BUILDING ETHERNET NETWORKS
IntelliSpace, a carrier providing in-building Ethernet services, secured $70 million in new funding for continued rollout of its network within existing markets.  The company has raised $110 million to date.  IntelliSpace so far has lit services in 1,000 commercial buildings, including such prominent locations as Rockefeller Center, Lincoln Center, and the Chicago Board of Options Exchange (One Financial Plaza).  The carrier also has a significant contract in the UK through Land Securities, providing it with access to 350 commercial properties. http://www.intellispace.net
IntelliSpace, October 22, 2001

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