Broadband Technology News articles from May 2000

Broadband Technology News archives from May 2000

FIBER OPTICS: World's First 10-Gb 4-Channel CMOS Transceiver.(Brief Article)
May 3, 2000... Broadcom Corp. announced that it is sampling the world's first single-chip 10-Gbps (gigabits per second) Ethernet transceiver that supports the proposed IEEE 802.3ae standard interface. The new transceiver will be capable of receiving and...

High-Bandwidth Wireless Optical Networks.(Brief Article)
May 3, 2000... AirFiber, Inc. has announced the development of a carrier-class, high-bandwidth, wireless optical networking system for telecommunications companies. The system, to be called "OptiMesh," is designed to enable carriers to economically connect...

Terabit Metro Optical Networks.(Brief Article)
May 3, 2000... Sorrento Networks, Inc. has announced major enhancements to its GigaMux Metro Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM) product. The enhanced GigaMux Metro DWDM transforms existing fiber from a dedicated, single application medium into a...

DSL: DSL Scalable to Tens of Millions of Subscribers.(Brief Article)
May 3, 2000... Copper Mountain Networks has announced an advanced IP network feature that enables profitable new services and supports very large-scale DSL networks of up into the tens of millions of subscribers. The new feature, called the "IP IQ" is part...

DSL LAN Extension Solution for Enterprise Networks.(Brief Article)
May 3, 2000... PairGain Technologies, Inc. has announced the industry's first high-speed DSL LAN (digital subscriber line local area network) extension system for enterprise networks. The system consists of back-to-back DMT or discrete multi-tone...

" Soft DSL" for Next-Generation PCs.(Brief Article)
May 3, 2000... Motorola has announced the first public demonstration of a communications technology designed to run on an AMD Athlon processor. Using the power of the computer instead of a dedicated modem chipset, "soft DSL' eliminates the need for costly...

Lucent Launches Voice, High-Speed Data over DSL.(Brief Article)
May 3, 2000... Lucent Technologies has announced a new suite of voice and data over digital subscriber line (DSL) equipment for the customer premise, to be called the Cell Pipe Integrated Access Device (IAD) family. The Lucent IADs are network-edge devices,...

MICROPROCESSORS: Industry's First Multi-Port Power PC to PCI BusSwitch.(Brief Article)
May 3, 2000... Tundra Semiconductor Corp. has announced that its "PowerSpan" technology, the industry's first multi-port Power PC to PCI bus switch, has successfully completed its prototype shipment phase in a record three months. The prototype-to-production...

Superconducting Filter for 2nd-Generation Digital Wireless.(Brief Article)
May 3, 2000... Illinois Superconductor Corp. has announced the introduction of the industry's smallest superconducting filter product for digital wireless networks. The ATP Classic occupies only 1 ft.3 in volume and is only 6.5-in. tall in a 19-in. rack...

X24 Memory Product Supports Very-High-Speed DSPs.(Brief Article)
May 3, 2000... Cypress Semiconductor Corp. has announced a fast, 3-bit asynchronous static random access memory (SRAM) in an optimized x24 configuration for DSP-based communications applications. Providing access times as fast as 9 ns, the device keeps pace...

DVI Chip to Support High Bandwidth.(Brief Article)
May 3, 2000... Genesis Microship has introduced the latest in a series of DVI- compliant integrated circuits, a device called the gm3020, boasting integrated high-bandwidth digital content protection (HDCP). HDCP is a specification developed by Intel to...

First Multiservice System on a Chip.(Brief Article)
May 3, 2000... Net Insight has successfully integrated full multiservice switching functionality as a single system on a chip (SOC) design. The Twintin SOC, developed in cooperation with Toshiba Electronics, was successfully tested and verified on Net...

CACHING/DATA STORAGE Storage Area Network Over IP.(Brief Article)
May 3, 2000... Computer Network Technology (CNT) has announced a new technology called Storage Area Network (SAN) Over IP, which enables companies to build storage infrastructures over IP-based networks, such as intranets and virtual private networks (VPNs)....

First Caching Solution Optimized for Ecommerce.(Brief Article)
May 3, 2000... Cacheflow, Inc. has announced the first caching solution built explicitly for ecommerce environments. The solution, to be called the "CacheOS/s operating system," will allow websites to deliver faster response times and high levels of...

Ultra-Fast Network Platform for Data Mining.(Brief Article)
May 3, 2000... Hitachi Data Systems and Troika Networks have demonstrated an advanced storage technology that dramatically increases the return on investment (ROI) on data mining and other business intelligence applications resulting from better CPU resource...

NEXT-GENERATION NETWORK MANAGEMENT Bandwidth Management for Converged Internet and TV.(Brief Article)
May 3, 2000... SkyStream Networks has announced a networking device that monitors and ensures network performance and quality of service (QoS) through the prioritization of multimedia-rich web content, such as streaming video and audio over broadcast...

Voice and Data over ATM, IP, and Frame Relay.(Brief Article)
May 3, 2000... Equant Corp. has become the first global communications company to integrate voice and data over the world's most popular technologies for high-speed data transmission, including Internet protocol (IP), asynchronous transfer mode (ATM), and...

Multi-Port Broadband Router Connects to High-Speed Cable.(Brief Article)
May 3, 2000... Kingston Technology Co. has announced the release of the first in a line of products designed to provide small- to medium-size businesses and home users shared connections to high-speed broadband services like DSL and cable modem. The product...

INDUSTRY NEWS: SBC and Cisco Forge Alliance.(Brief Article)
May 3, 2000... SBC Communications and Cisco Systems, Inc. have announced a strategic marketing and sales alliance to accelerate delivery of open-standard New World broadband services to customers. According to the multibillion-dollar agreement, Cisco will...

Scientific-Atlanta to Purchase Next-Generation Optical Transport Equipment.(Brief Article)
May 3, 2000... Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. has signed an equity agreement to invest $10 million in Luminous Networks, a leading developer of next- generation optical transport technology. They have also signed a contract with Luminous to supply...

Nortel Networks to Acquire Architel.(Brief Article)
May 3, 2000... Architel Systems Corp. has announced an agreement whereby Nortel Networks will acquire all of its common shares. With the acquisition of Architel, Nortel Networks will expand its industry- leading "Preside" portfolio to become a key enabler of...

Lucent to Beam Traffic over Laser.(Brief Article)
May 3, 2000... Lucent Technologies has entered into a joint venture with TeraBeam Networks (Seattle, WA) to develop and deploy TeraBeam's multipoint optical network system. The two companies are forming an entity called "Terabeam Internet Systems," which...

LightPath Technologies Acquires Horizon Photonics.(Brief Article)
May 3, 2000... LightPath Technologies, Inc. announced that it has acquired privately held Horizon Photonics, a company producing passive optical components for the telecommunications and data communications markets. Under the terms of the document,...

DATA STORAGE/CACHING: Extreme Debuts Load Balancing, Cache Redirection Technologies.(Extreme Networks)(Product Information)(Brief Article)
May 17, 2000... Extreme Networks has announced a comprehensive suite of ExtremeWare capabilities for its award-winning, "i" series Summit and BlackDiamond switches, in addition to their recently announced Alpine switch. The software, to be called "ExtremeWare...

End-to-End Cache Content Delivery Solution.(Entera, Inc.)(Product Information)(Brief Article)
May 17, 2000... Entera, Inc. has announced a standards-based caching software, "TeraEDGE," which will allow service and content providers to dynamically replicate streaming content closer to the end-user, thus improving the customer viewing experience and...

SAN to WAN Connectivity Solution.(Gadzoox Networks and Computer Network Technology)(Product Information)(Brief Article)
May 17, 2000... Gadzoox Networks and Computer Network Technology have announced a jointly created, certified storage area networks (SAN) to wide area network (WAN) solution which connects multiple SANs over extended distances, providing a fast, economical,...

132 Gb of Tape Capacity in Single Rack Unit.(Ecrix Corp. tape drive)(Product Information)(Brief Article)
May 17, 2000... Ecrix Corp. has announced the first rack-mountable tape subsystem that takes advantage of its proprietary VXA tape technology. Ecrix has packaged two VXA-1 tape drives in a single rack unit, resulting in a system that ensures the best data...

DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER LINE: Integrated Fiber ADSL Service Meets DISCS MX Platform.(Marconi PLC)(Product Information)(Brief Article)
May 17, 2000... Marconi, plc has announced that it has integrated ADSL (asymmetrical digital subscriber line) capabilities to its DISC*S MX fiber-to-the-curb platform, giving service providers the ability to offer residential and business users high-speed...

4.6-Mbps Private Enterprise Symmetric DSL Solution.(PairGain Technologies)(Product Information)(Brief Article)
May 17, 2000... PairGain Technologies has announced a major performance enhancement to its Campus-RS DSL access product line. The Campus- RS line of enterprise solutions now supports user-selectable DSL data rates from 64 Kbps up to 4.6 Mbps, over two loops -...

Lucent Announces Chip Series Using DSL Equipment.(Lucent Technologies Microelectronics Group)(Product Information)(Brief Article)
May 17, 2000... Lucent Technologies Microelectronics Group has announced a new series of asynchronous transfer mode interconnect chip products, CelXpres, which enable as many as eight times the number of subscribers to receive ADSL service from a single...

10-Mbps USB Phoneline Networking Solution.(Linksys Group)(Product Information)(Brief Article)
May 17, 2000... The Linksys Group has announced the availability of a 10-Mbps USB network adapter designed to allow enable 10-Mbps network connections over existing home phone lines without having to open a PC at installation. The product, called the...

FIBER OPTICS: Lasers to Expand Fiber Transmission Capacity.(Novalux Corp.)(Product Information)(Brief Article)
May 17, 2000... Novalux Corp. has unveiled a breakthrough in laser technology that promises to replace the underlying way in which voice, data, video, and Internet traffic are carried. The technology, called "NECSEL" (Novalux Extended Cavity Surface Emitting...

KPN Qwest and Alcatel Quadruple Top Speed for Data Transfer.(Brief Article)
May 17, 2000... During recent field trials, KPNQwest, the pan-European data communications company, and optical technology provider Alcatel, Inc. broke the world speed record for Internet communications. The field trial succeeded in delivering the...

Internet Backbone over Glass.(Brief Article)
May 17, 2000... IP networking services provider iaxis has launched the first phase of a new 5-Gbps broadband Internet backbone for ISPs. The service will employ Juniper routers, running IP at line speed directly over a meshed and switched optical layer, and...

MICROPROCESSORS: Intel Chips to Make B2B Transactions 150 Times Faster.(Brief Article)
May 17, 2000... Intel Corp. has announced two new intelligent network devices designed to improve the performance and reliability of business transactions over the Internet, enabling processing of secure business-to-business (B2B) transactions at speeds of...

Single-Chip, Three-Channel 3.3-v High-Density Transceiver.(EXAR Corp.)(Product Information)(Brief Article)
May 17, 2000... EXAR Corp. has introduced a new standards-compliant, three-channel transceiver line interface unit (LIU) for E3, DS3, and STS-1 applications. The new device, the "XRT73L03," is designed to work with multi-port E3/DS3/STS-1 applications, such...

Industry's Lowest Power Commercial 4-Mb SRAMs.(Brief Article)
May 17, 2000... NanoAmp Solutions has announced the industry's lowest power, commercial 2-Mb and 4-Mb SRAM (static random access memory) chips. The new SRAM chips each feature an unparalleled voltage range of 1.65 v to 3.0 v, access times as low as 35 ns, and...

NEXT-GENERATION NETWORK MANAGEMENT Next-Generation Network Processing Technology.(Brief Article)
May 17, 2000... LSI Logic Corp. and Alteon WebSystems have developed new network processing ASICs which enable Alteon 700 Web switching systems to deliver breakthrough integration and session-switching performance. Designed to meet the unique requirements of...

High-Speed Data Headend Systems.(Brief Article)
May 17, 2000... Arris, a Nortel Networks venture company, has announced a new next-generation networking solution, the "Cornerstone Access Solution," designed to provide Internet protocol (IP) telephony and high-speed data and video services to millions of...

Bundled High-Speed Bandwidth Management.(Brief Article)
May 17, 2000... BroadIP Networks, Inc. has announced that PacketCop, the company's new-generation network appliance, is entering beta trials with Internet service providers as part of the company's early adoption program. PacketCop is offered to bundle...

WIRELESS: First Wireless Access Protocol Call over GPRS.(general packet radio service )(Brief Article)
May 17, 2000... Motorola and Russia's Mobile TeleSystems have achieved the first general packet radio service (GPRS) end-to-end mobile data call. During a recent demonstration, Motorola's GPRS-capable handsets linked via infrared ports to computers that were...

Trials for Revolutionary High-Speed Wireless Data Apps.(Brief Article)
May 17, 2000... Microcell Connexions, Inc. and Research in Motion, Ltd. have announced their intent to proceed with trials to jointly test high-speed mobile services that are based on general packet radio service wireless technology, and which incorporate...

Routing/Wireless LAN for Business Travel.(Brief Article)
May 17, 2000... Global Digital Media.com (GDM) has announced that Cisco equipment will power its new wireless network, which will provide high-speed connectivity and content solutions for business travelers. GDM's integrated network technology, Broadband on...

INDUSTRY NEWS: North Point and Cisco Form Broadband Alliance.(Brief Article)
May 17, 2000... NorthPoint Communications and Cisco Systems have announced a strategic alliance designed to accelerate the development of innovative broadband services and to extend high-speed Internet access to more consumers and businesses nationwide. Under...

Nortel and IBM to Speed Development of IP Solutions.(Brief Article)
May 17, 2000... Nortel Networks and IBM have announced their intention of working together to help developers create flexible, reliable, and profitable solutions for a new, high-performance Internet. The companies will integrate Nortel Networks' Open IP...

Novell and Texas Instruments to Team Up.(Brief Article)
May 17, 2000... Novell and Texas Instruments (TI) have announced that the two companies will demonstrate broadband service gateway technology that speeds the delivery of next-generation Internet services to homes and businesses. The demonstration will, the...

DATA STORAGE/CACHING: First Comprehensive End to End Cache Content Delivery Solution.(Brief Article)
May 31, 2000... Entera, Inc. has announced a standards-based caching software which allows service providers and content providers to dynamically replicate streaming content closer to the end-user, thus improving consumer viewing experience while reducing...

Extending Network Management to SAN Environments.(Brief Article)
May 31, 2000... Tivoli Systems, Inc., in collaboration with seven of its Tivoli Ready ISV partners, has released an SAN (storage area network) extension toolkit for Tivoli's NetView, which enables partners' SAN products to be centrally managed along with...

DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER LINES: High-Density Module Links Last-Mile DSL to Optical Networks.(Brief Article)
May 31, 2000... Atmosphere Networks has demonstrated a new high-density OC3c/STM1 ATM UNI tributary module which, according to the company, will for the first time provide several critical aggregation capabilities for carriers delivering digital subscriber...

Twice the Density with Half the Power.(Brief Article)
May 31, 2000... Texas Instruments (TI) has introduced a highly integrated, two- chip solution providing eight-channels of full-rate or G.lite asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) to increase deployments worldwide. The chipsets are designed to leverage...

Industry's First Total Loop Management System.(Brief Article)
May 31, 2000... Discovery Com has announced "LoopMaster," the first loop management system designed to allow DSL service providers to control every aspect of local loop infrastructure. The service will feature a modular, high-density central office platform,...

DIGITAL VIDEO/CABLE: DVD-Quality Video Via Network.(Brief Article)
May 31, 2000... RealNetworks, Inc. has introduced the world's first Internet media system to deliver a high-clarity, full-motion video experience to consumers using dial-up modems, full-screen VHS quality at mainstream broadband rates, and near-DVD-quality...

Next-Generation Enhanced CMTS.(Brief Article)
May 31, 2000... 3 Com has announced that both its standard and next-generation enhanced "Total Control 1000" cable modem termination systems (CMTS) have been awarded full Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS) 1.0 qualification by Cable...

Speeding Time to Market.(Brief Article)
May 31, 2000... Tibco Software, Cisco Systems, and Ernst and Young have demonstrated a new software architecture designed to speed time to market for broadband cable and telephony services. The Broadband Cable Service Management (BCSM) solution, two years in...

FIBER OPTICS: First Gigabit IP Optical Switches for Metropolitan Access Networks.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 31, 2000... Luminous Networks has announced a family of "Packet Wave" optical access switches that, for the first time, will allow metropolitan access service providers to offer a rich set of IP and legacy circuit-based services, all on the same network....

Remote Optical Test Access System.(ADC FSXpert)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 31, 2000... ADC has made available the first smart optical remote test access system for fiber networks. The solution, called the "FSXpert," provides network operators access into fiber optic networks for testing or monitoring. The system uses fiber...

Breaking Bandwidth Capacity Bottlenecks in Metro Networks.(Zaffire Z3000)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 31, 2000... Zaffire, Inc. has introduced an optical service platform, "Z3000," which employs digital wrapper technology to help carriers solve the problem of bandwidth capacity bottlenecks in the metro and regional market, and to manage the fiber links...

DWDM Platform for Core Long-Haul Applications.(Brief Article)
May 31, 2000... Tellabs has announced a new dense wave division multiplexing (DWDM) platform designed to enable operators to reduce operational costs and simplify network planning. The platform, "Focus 6200," which initially has 32 channels, can scale to 64...

NEXT-GENERATION NETWORK MANAGEMENT: IP, Frame Relay, and Voice-Over-Single, Flexible Platform.(Brief Article)
May 31, 2000... ECI Telecom has announced the availability of a multiservice aggregator which handles not only broadband, wideband, and narrowband traffic, but also a variety of services including ATM, IP, and frame relay. The new aggregator, called the...

High-Density, Compact PCI Ethernet Switch for OEMs.(Brief Article)
May 31, 2000... ZNYX Networks has released a series of compact PCI Ethernet switches that provide advanced carrier-class features and the highest density available in an open-standard format. In a single 6U slot, the "ZX4500," features 24 10/100 Ethernet...

Industry's Smallest Power Packet/ATM over SONET Framer with Transceiver.(Brief Article)
May 31, 2000... Vitesse Semiconductor Corp. has announced OC-48c Packet/ATM over SONET framing device. "VSC9142" integrates all the physical layer functions of serial clock and data recovery, clock generation, and multiplexing/demultiplexing between serial...

First Application Service Edge Switch.(Brief Article)
May 31, 2000... Quarry Technologies, Inc. has announced the first products in its "iQ" series product line. Together the new products, the "iQ8000" and "iQSMS," form, according to the company, the first broadband carrier-class switching system with...

PROCESSORS: Serialized PCI over Twisted-Pair Cable.(Brief Article)
May 31, 2000... Texas Instruments (TI) has demonstrated the industry's first PCI- to-PCI bridge/transceiver chipset to support the theoretical maximum PCI bus speed of 132 Mbps over inexpensive twisted-pair copper cabling. The device, called the "PCI6050,"...

First Complete Gigabit Ethernet Adapter-Card Solution.(Brief Article)
May 31, 2000... National Semiconductor Corp. has announced the delivery of the first total 10/100/1,000 Mbps gigabit-over-copper adapter card manufacturing kit solution combining the low-power "Enhanced Gig PHYTER DP83861" transceiver, the "Gig MAC DP83820"...

Four Host USB-PCI Add-In Card.(Brief Article)
May 31, 2000... Lucent Technologies has introduced a four-host universal serial bus (USB) peripheral component interconnect (PCI) board. The product, called the "Quadrabus Add-In Card" is designed to give PC manufacturers, value-added resellers, and computer...

INDUSTRY NEWS: Epic Data and Symbol Technologies to Deliver Java to Wireless Data Market.(Brief Article)
May 31, 2000... Epic Data Intl. and Symbol Technologies have announced an agreement to jointly launch Epic Data's "eXpresso" application development toolkit for Symbol wireless devices. "eXpresso" is a Java- and XML-based wireless application development...

Polycom and Lucent To Team Up on DSL Solutions.(Brief Article)
May 31, 2000... Polycom has announced an agreement with Lucent Technologies to provide digital subscriber line (DSL) solutions. As part of the announcement, Polycom will join Lucent's "Wired for DSL" partner program, which verifies the compatibility of...

Windows Media Broadband Initiative Passes 100-Member Mark.(Brief Article)
May 31, 2000... The Digital Media Division at Microsoft Corp. has announced that 26 new content providers have joined the "Windows Media Broadband Jumpstart" initiative over the past month, bringing the total number of initiative members to more than 100. ...

Sun and Leading Telco Companies to Start Next-Generation OSS Initiative.(Brief Article)
May 31, 2000... Sun Microsystems, Inc. and leading telecom and serviceware companies Ericsson, NEC, Nokia, Nortel Networks, and Telecordia Technologies, have declared their intention to start the "Next Generation OSS Through Java" initiative, a new, open...