Vendor- fixed networks 10-01-05 N46

Matsushita, Sony and Mitsubishi Electric will form an alliance to establish common specifications for high-speed power line communications.

Mintera and China Education and Research Network (CERNET) demonstrated a plug-and-play "overlay" application integrating a 40-Gbit/sec wavelength carrying live traffic.

Alvarion announced the development of a mobile WiMAX solution based on the 802.16e standard with the first demonstration system expected within a year.

Motorola and Nortel should become, after Siemens, next OEM deals for Flarion’s Flash-OFDM kit.