Fixed vendor strategies - 1/10/05

ECI Telecom unveils a new IP DSLAM, Hi-Focus5, available before the end of the year.

Keymile has renamed its IP DSLAM MileGate 2500.

Lucent and u²t Photonics have announced joint 40Gbit/s development activity.

Tellabs could be interested in buying Redback, an access equipment vendor.

Seachange is to buy UK's On Demand Group.

Lucent has announced at ECOC (European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communication) that it has succeeded in first transmission of 100 Gbit/s Ethernet-over-optical fiber.

ZTE could make an OEM deal with Tellabs or Ciena.