Fixed vendor strategies - 4/02/06

Nortel and Huawei form a JV in broadband access. Nortel will be the venture' s majority owner, and operations will be based in Ottawa.

3Com has acquired the majority ownership of Huawei-3Com JV.

LHS will offer its billing and customer care system BSCS iX on IBM's System p5 and eServer platforms.

Alcatel chooses Netrake to support the launch of its UMA-based wireless LAN solution.

Fujitsu is entering the NA GPON market with a combination of optical products, MSAN and DSLAM products.