Fixed vendor strategies - 29/06/07

Nortel is teaming with ZyXEL Communications for PCMCIA cards and CPE equipment.

Juniper has announced méga-router T1600 with a capacity of 1.6 Tbit/s to be available by the end of 2007.

Microsoft has relaunched its IP TV platform under the Mediaroom brand, and took a 1% stake in Sichuan Changhong Electric, part of a deal to develop elements of the Mediaroom platform.

Motorola has unveiled new IP TV set-top boxes with an open application platform to encourage third-party development.

ALU is announcing further enhancements to its 1850 Transport Service Switch (TSS) with 320Gbit/s switching and ROADM capabilities; as well as a 5650 Control Plane Assurance Manager (CPAM), and new innovations to its market-leading 7342 ISAM Fiber-to-the-User (FTTU) solution.