Fixed vendor strategies - 05/10/06

BelAir Networks raised $21m in Serie D funding. It plans to expand its sales and marketing efforts.

Cisco will use Cignio' s Spectrum Expert, a WiFi spectrum analysis and monitoring tool, alongside its Wireless Control System (WCS).

Alvarion' s WiMAX platform has been certified by the WiMAX Forum.

Mintera has secured $10m in venture capital financing, co-led by investors Polaris Venture Partners and RRE Ventures.

Calient Networks has introduced a new fiber-optic cross-connection system (FOCS) platform, called the DiamondWave FiberConnect.

Huawei has signed a partnership agreement with Global Marine Systems, a submarine cable installation and maintenance company, to jointly develop a new generation of submarine networking solutions.