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Nortel
offers colorful approach to managing bandwidth Nortel
offers colorful approach to managing bandwidth Nortel said the advantage for service providers is that they will be able to beef up network capacity faster and cook up more flexible bandwidth packages for their customers. CIBC World Markets Telecom Services estimates the demand for wholesale bandwidth will generate over US$60 billion in optical services in 2004, up from $13 billion this year. Nortel said the market potential is why customers such as 360networks and Williams Communications have deployed the optical wave technology to wring more from their existing networks.
Gateway to build
across west Gateway Networks plans to build a fibre network from Vancouver to Winnipeg, connecting to its Central Canadian network through Chicago, by the end of 2001. Canadian Pacific Railway is providing the right-of-way.
Cisco sets off three-way Net-speed struggle Source: CNet A three-way power struggle is developing underneath the Net's hood, as Cisco Systems, Inktomi and Akamai Technologies jostle for control of the profitable business of speeding Web downloads. Cisco Systems, the equipment company that already controls much of the Net's infrastructure market, launched an effort on August 28th aimed at ushering in an era of "open standards" in the content delivery business. Allowing all the private networks that speed Net downloads to talk to each other would help the entire Internet do its job better, the company says. But this drive for open standards--which analysts say is geared in large part to support a new product line from the equipment giant--potentially puts Cisco's plans at odds with the business ambitions of the market's other heavyweights. Akamai is the undisputed leader in this market with a proprietary network that it has shown no interest in opening to competitors. Inktomi launched its own coalition of service providers last week with a similar aim of linking formerly competing networks. That means that behind the various calls for standards in the market is a healthy dose of enlightened self-interest, analysts say. And whoever can best control the rule-making process has a better chance of coming out ahead in the end.
Nortel
outlines IP/Optical strategy Nortel Networks outlined plans for an IP/Optical platform designed for a new generation of application services and outsourced corporate connectivity provisioned over metropolitan fiber networks. Nortel Networks’ IP/Optical platform would combine its OPTera fiber optic transport portfolio and the Nortel Networks Shasta 5000 Broadband Service Node (BSN), eliminating the need for extensive customer premises equipment for services such as firewalls, IP VPNs and content management and distribution. Initially, the IP/Optical Services platform uses the OPTera Packet Edge System for end-to-end Ethernet technology on both the OPTera Metro Multiservice Platform and the Shasta 5000 BSN.
Apple
to release beta for delayed OS on Sept. 13
Companies
ink second-largest semiconductor deal MMC Networks, a semiconductor company based in Sunnyvale, manufactures computer network processors and communications management technology. Applied Micro Circuits makes high-bandwidth integrated circuits for high-speed traffic on fiber-optic networks. Its purchase of MMC is the next logical step in the company's strategy of providing complete solutions in the optical networking market, company officials said.
AXSUN
technologies announces revolutionary optical channel monitor product The compact size of the AXSUN OCM empowers Optical Networking equipment and service providers to embed this function within existing network elements, which will allow wide-scale deployment of distributed network monitoring in the metropolitan and core optical networks. The AXSUN OCM monitors the signal integrity of optical networks to facilitate network fault management and the routing of light paths. Typical applications for the OCM include power balancing, EDFA gain tilt monitoring, new system commissioning and transmitter wavelength locking.
Panasonic to offer Oki gateways with its telephony systems Source: iLocus Panasonic is to offer Oki's VoIP gateways with its telephony systems. Ideal for small-to-medium sized enterprise organizations, the combination of Oki's VoIP gateways with Panasonic's telephony systems will allow businesses to use their network for routing voice traffic. The latest IP gateway from Oki has 4 ports which includes an enhanced core DSP, new jitter-buffer technologies, automatic delay recovery controls, adjustable voice payload length and voice level controls, and an automatic integrated echo cancellation. The Panasonic telephony system on the other hand is a modular KEY/PBX telephony system that leverages a 32-bit digital design and includes flash memory, station hunting, voice recognition, advanced routing and restrictions, and digital and analog networking support.
Deutsche Telekom selects Alcatel for voice and data switches Source: iLocus DeTeLine, the LAN subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom, has selected Alcatel to supply future-oriented data and voice communications solutions. The agreement includes the Alcatel OmniSwitch and the Alcatel OmniPCX 4400, voice and data networking enterprise switches. OmniPCX 4400 provides integrated voice communication via VoIP as well as the Alcatel IP Reflexes phones. OmniPCX is an IP-based enterprise system, based on a client/server UNIX architecture. OmniSwitch on the other hand is a multi-layer switching platform providing integrated LAN and ATM switching, WAN connectivity, high-speed routing, virtual LANs and IP firewalls. DeTeLine will use the Alcatel OmniSwitch for corporate data networks and for corporate communication. Deutsche Telekom will be a Value Added Reseller (VAR) for Alcatel's Omni products. These products will be part of their Local and Wide Area Network solutions, called T-LAN.
AudioCodes unveils IP media product family Source: iLocus AudioCodes has launched the IP Media product family which will focus on platforms enabling carriers and ASPs to offer enhanced voice services over broadband infrastructure using Voice-over-Packet technologies. The IP Media products will be a hardware and software based line of products built on the TrunkPack architecture. This product family enables enhanced voice services to customers being served by existing telecom networks that use both packet-switched and legacy circuit-switched technology. IP Media products, to be announced later this year, will create a single platform solution which enables the delivery of a suite of voice services without the multiple boards required by alternative products, optimizing computer real estate and slot capacity. The product family's advanced design will allow customers to add the new content, enabling ASP's to provide services that retain customers.
Telus
goes national with Clearnet purchase Telus Corp., Western Canada’s largest telephone company, announced on 20 August that it plans to purchase Clearnet Communications Inc., Toronto–one of two Canadian carriers, along with Rogers Communications Inc, Toronto, that have a national wireless platform–for US $3.1 billion. The deal, which will make Telus the nation’s largest wireless telephony provider, gives it a national wireless presence three years earlier than would be possible if it had to build a network from the ground up. The purchase also provides a competitive advantage over Bell Canada, the nation’s largest carrier, which has struggled in its attempts to introduce a national wireless service. Telus’ wireless division and Clearnet, which both use code-division multiple-access technology, serve a combined 1.8 million customers.
Motorola buys genes
from Incyte DNA microarrays, sometimes called gene chips or biochips, are sets of DNA printed onto small slides or microchips that can be used to determine the activity level of genes in a biological sample or the presence there of varied forms of a gene. The deal between Motorola and Incyte includes both human and animal gene sequence data. Incyte claims 19 of the top 20 pharmaceutical firms as clients, but Motorola is the first microarray maker to license Incyte’s technology. Motorola will pay Incyte royalties on array sales, but financial terms were not released.
Intel
to recall some of its fastest chips Only some of the 1.13GHz chips showed the problem, according to the chip maker. However, the company will recall all 1.13MHz Pentium III processors that have shipped to date. It will repair the problem in a future version of the chip. “We found some marginality in the part within certain temperatures within the operating range and certain code sequences (in applications),” said spokesman George Alfs. “We’re not happy with the chip and we’re going to pull it back.”
Brace
yourselves for Sony's handheld
Optical
networking trial to be conducted at University of Washington Lucent Technologies, Canoga Perkins, and the University of Washington announced a Wideband Wave Division Multiplexing (WWDM) trial transmitting in the 1400 nanometer band of optical fiber. The trial will be conducted this fall at the University of Washington, Seattle, using Canoga Perkins' 6000 Series WWDM optical networking system and Lucent's AllWave Fiber. "University of Washington has been looking for cost effective ways to increase the flexibility and capacity of our existing AllWave fiber to extend multiple IP connections between our major points of presence," says Scott Mah, Director of Communication Technologies, University of Washington. "Canoga Perkins' 6000 Series WWDM system provides us with a solution that enables more customer connections to our core network without adding additional fiber or replicating costly intelligent routing equipment." The 1400 nm region of the fiber spectrum is a previously untapped region within the fiber spectrum that became available with the introduction of Lucent's AllWave fiber. Lucent's scientists developed a manufacturing method to eliminate water molecules inherent in optical fiber during the production process, making it the only fiber with no water peak and increasing the capacity of high-speed optical networks by 50 percent, compared to conventional single mode fiber.
Air2Web
to launch wireless hosting service Application service provider Air2Web Inc. is launching a wireless hosting service to let businesses give their customers wireless access to applications previously available only through Web browsers on desktop computers and notebooks. United Parcel Service has been testing Air2Web Always Interactive for about a month and will use the Extensible Markup Language-based service to give its customers wireless access to its branded online services in the United States, beginning Sept. 18. UPS customers will be able to track packages, get shipping costs, and find drop-off stations via Wireless Application Protocol-enabled cellular phones, pagers, Palm VIIs, and other handheld devices. UPS began its wireless initiatives late last year when it offered its customers access to package-tracking applications and drop-off locations via the Palm VII. Always Interactive will let developers build company-branded applications on an open platform without having to go through a telecommunications service provider. The applications can be built to suit a company's vertical industry. Analysts say most large companies aren't interested in accessing these types of services through telecommunications service providers, even though that's the way it's typically done in this emerging market.
IBM-Compaq
storage union bears fruit
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