Fixed vendor strategies

Tellabs has signed an agreement with Occam, a supplier of Ethernet- and IP-based loop carrier equipment, and invested in the company. Tellabs will also manufacture and distribute Occam’ BLC (broadband loop carrier) system.

Juniper has bought Kagoor, a session border control (SBC) technology developer, for $ 68m. Session Border Controllers are an integral part of delivering security and assurance to VoIP and other rich media services.

Arris and LongBoard announced that they have successfully demonstrated Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) over a Hybrid-Fiber Coax (HFC) network.

ZTE is among the top 5 DSLAM equipment vendors, according to Gartner. ZTE has deployed over 10m DSL products in over 30 countries and regions around the world.

Microsoft releases Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1, as well as a major security update for Windows Server 2003.

Alcatel is developing its own media gateway to replace Tekelec’ Santera gateway it used under an OEM contract in its Spatial Atrium, distributed mobile switching solution.

Sun and J.P. Morgan Chase announced plans to cooperate on a range of technology projects in grid computing, data archiving, and virtualized data centers.

NTT is developing a 10-Gbps switch for GE-PON. The new switch will be able to carry data streams of 300 Mbps.

Matra Telecom (France) is back. After several years in Nortel (Nortel-Matra) then EADS (PABX division), Matra Telecom is back under the name Aastra Matra Telecom (has been bought recently by Aastra, a Canadian group, for $ 70m).