Fixed vendor strategies - 23/05/07

Cisco is back in the WiMAX bandwagon. Up to now, Cisco was questioning the technology' s chances of success; now it is developing internally some WiMAX products.

Shortfall: According to Optus and Netcom, Huawei DSLMA hardware does not support connection to its ADSL2+ broadband network.

ALU is launching its OmniAccess 3500 Nonstop Laptop Guardian, and OmniAccess SafeGuard product family to address the growing need for enterprises to secure their networks based on user access control.

Infinera expects to raise $139m in its pending IPO. This value the company at about $1bn.

Ericsson announced the launch of Network IQ, a technology independent platform that allows operators to use a single solution to control all their network systems.

Minerva is partnering with ADB (set-top boxes) to provide HD, MPEG-4 AVC IPTV solution.