Nov 22, 2000 12:00 PM

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INFIGATE to deploy pan-East European fiber network
360networks to develop metro rings
Telenor Mobil to use wireless LAN technology
Global Crossing to offer managed WAN service
Telefonica Moviles prepares for 3G
Diveo Hosting Paq to perform Web hosting for Nestle Brasil
Tellabs now has research, development center in India
Starfish, Eircell to deliver TrueSync solutions
to mobile phone users
Telia International Carrier creates Scandinavian network ring
Siemens provides DSLAM technology
to Japanese network operator
Netia picks Geneva for billing software

30 November 2000

INFIGATE to deploy pan-East European fiber network

INFIGATE GmbH has selected Alcatel to deploy a state-of-the art optical fiber network in Central and Eastern Europe over the next three years. Containing more than 1.6 kilometers (km) of optical fiber, the network will initially connect Prague, Frankfurt, Vienna, Budapest, Bratislava, Warsaw and Berlin. Alcatel plans to use a hybrid optical cable solution using single-mode fiber and its non-zero dispersion shifted fiber.

Alcatel
www.alcatel.com

INFIGATE
www.infigate.com

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360networks to develop metro rings

360networks plans to create metro rings in more than 35 major cities worldwide by the middle of 2001, with networks being developed in key cities of North America, Europe, South America and Asia. Service soon will be provided on metro rings in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Ottawa and Calgary, and the company is lighting networks in 11 European cities, including London, Amsterdam, Frankfurt and Paris. 360 networks also is in negotiations to acquire dark fiber on metro rings in Munich, Stuttgart, Berlin and Dusseldorf, and as a result of a recent fiber swap with Impsat, it acquired network capacity in Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo. Through a strategic relationship with C2C, a SingTel subsidiary, 360 networks also has the option to back-haul capacity in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, China, Hong Kong and the Philippines.

360networks
www.360.net

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29 November 2000

Telenor Mobil to use wireless LAN technology

Telenor Mobil of Norway plans to offer customers up to 11 Mb/s (megabits per second) access service to corporate intranets or the Internet in traffic-intensive locations by using wireless local area network (LAN) technology from Nokia. Nokia will provide the wireless LAN access points and access controllers, enabling the service to first be offered at corporations, hotels, transport hubs, airports and similar places where there is demand for mobile broadband services.

Nokia
www.nokia.com

Telenor Mobil
www.telenor.com

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28 November 2000

Global Crossing to offer managed WAN service

Global Crossing Ltd.'s customers in North America, Europe, Asia and eventually South America will receive new managed wide area network services after a deal was made with IBM Global Services to provide direct support for customer data networking equipment. IBM will install customer premise equipment for Internet protocol, frame relay and asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) data network services, and Global Crossing will be able to deliver end-to-end managed network services globally.

Global Crossing
www.globalcrossing.com

IBM
www.ibm.com

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Telefonica Moviles prepares for 3G

Telefonica Moviles Espana has selected Nokia to supply a 3G core and advanced radio network for its 3G network in Spain. By using Nokia's Internet protocol mobility core and radio access technology, the wireless operator expects to offer seamless multimedia services. Telefonica Moviles plans to launch commercial 3G services in August 2001.

Nokia
www.globalcrossing.com

Telefonica Moviles Espana
www.movistar.es

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Diveo Hosting Paq to perform Web hosting for Nestle Brasil

Nestle Brasil has selected the Diveo Hosting Paq to handle the diverse needs of its multiple Brazilian Internet sites. Diveo Broadband Networks Inc. and Compaq Latin America designed and implemented a flexible Web-hosting solution that is capable of handling various hardware and software requirements in addition to providing the necessary network redundancy, infrastructure security and reliability.

Diveo Broadband Networks Inc.
www.diveo.net

Compaq Latin America
www.compaq.com/la

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Tellabs now has research, development center in India

Tellabs' new research and development center in India will serve as an international software engineering hub for its optical networking development efforts. Located in Gurgaon, Haryana, the facility will eventually include support for Tellabs' next-generation switching and broadband access solutions. The center is expected to increase the company's research and development resources in India by more than 200 percent over the next year.

Tellabs
www.tellabs.com

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Starfish, Eircell to deliver TrueSync solutions to mobile phone users

Eircell will integrate Starfish Software's TrueSync Internet Planner and the TrueSync SyncML-enabled synchronization server into its www.e-merge.ie service. The planner will allow Eircell customers across Ireland to view, edit and update their personal information via hypertext markup language (HTML) and wireless markup language (WML) browsers from any PC, wireless application protocol (WAP)-enabled cellular phone or supported handheld device. The server will allow users to synchronize their Internet planner information to SyncML-enabled devices, Web applications, PC-based applications and wireless phones with their PC using TrueSync Plus' one-click, multi-point synchronization.

Starfish Software
www.starfish.com

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27 November 2000

Telia International Carrier creates Scandinavian network ring

Telia International Carrier has linked Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmo with broadband, making the "Scandinavian Ring" ready to operate. The connection is part of the company's global net, The Viking Network, and is open for voice operators and others who want to buy fibers, ducts or wavelengths. The dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) system is supplied by Lucent Technologies.

Telia International Carrier
www.telia.com

Lucent Technologies
www.lucent.com

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Siemens provides DSLAM technology
to Japanese network operator

Japanese network operator Right Net Corp. in Utsunomiya now can offer customers broadband network access and value-added Internet services following the installation of a DSL access multiplexer (DSLAM) XpressLink from Siemens Information and Communication Networks. During the first stage of the network, to be completed at the end of 2000, XpressLink will be set up in the northern outskirts of Tokyo. A second building phase and further product deliveries are scheduled for the beginning of 2001.

Siemens Information and Communication Networks
www.siemens.com

Right Net Corp.
www.rightnet-u.com

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Netia picks Geneva for billing software

Netia, Poland's largest independent fixed-line telecommunications operator, will implement Geneva as its billing solution. The system will be used to support billing for its long-distance domestic operation. Netia says it chose Geneva’s solution because of the product’s flexibility support existing operations and the future expansion of its products and services.

Geneva
www.genevatechnology.com

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