Fixed vendor strategies - 19/10/05

ADVA (Germany) is acquiring Covaro Networks, an Ethernet access maker, for $24m. It is the second recent acquisition after the purchase of Metro Packet Systems.

Salira (Hitachi Group) announced its new Salira 3000 Series, a standards-based product line based on the IEEE 802.3ah protocols for Ethernet PON (EPON).

Conexant Systems has introduced a new ADSL2plus chipset.