Fixed vendor strategies - 03/05/06

Alcatel and Thales signed a strategic alliance, allowing Alcatel Government Systems (AGS) to resell the Thales' Datacryptor product line. The alliance will primarily focus on the DoD and civilian agencies for the U.S. Government, and will be embedded with Alcatel' s microwave, Sonet or broadband IP products.

Nortel and Raptor have entered into a strategic alliance to offer Raptor' s "distributed core" switching solutions to U.S. Government customers.

Hughes Networks has shipped its one millionth VSAT terminal.

Tellabs unveiled its new Tellabs 8000 network manager.