Right on schedule, the Resilient Packet Ring Alliance completed a single baseline draft for the RPR standard IEEE 802.17, it says. The organization had set January 2002 for a draft completion. The group met last week in Orlando and narrowed their work down to a single baseline document for the RPR standard, says spokeswoman Jennifer […]
ARRIS vows appeal on $1.35 M jury verdict
As jury awards go, a company probably won’t go broke on it. But ARRIS International Inc. says it will appeal a jury decision on a patent infringement lawsuit that awarded $1.35 million to PPC. The lawsuit covers “ornamental features of a connector,” specifically its Digicon S6 and S59 series connectors, ARRIS says, adding that it […]
Motorola routers in Seren networks; Pa. borough buys optical
Motorola’s Broadband Communications Sector will supply its BSR 64000 router to Seren Innovations ‘ St. Cloud, Minn., and San Francisco service areas. Seren, a subsidiary of Xcel Energy Inc., says deploying Motorola’s CMTS/router platform will allow it to expand its services. … Alaskan ISP GCI launched Internet access via cable modem in Kenai and Soldotna. […]
Sacramento residents fight WINfirst FTTH plan
Homeowners are hot in WINfirst’s Land Park project area near Sacramento, Calif. Claiming they’d just been notified last week about the overbuilder’s fiber-to-the-home project in their neighborhood, residents last night turned out in force at a town meeting to confront WINfirst. WINfirst has a three-year construction schedule in the Sacramento area and in October announced […]
News we could have used from the holidays …(2)
If no news is good news, then the winter holidays were mostly kind to the industry. A look at some highlights: AOL Time Warner applied to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission for approval of Web One Inc. as a non-affiliated ISP, FTC says. FTC will take comments on the issue, as well as an application […]
BSPA forms to focus on open access … at first(2)
Together, they say, they’d be one of the county’s top 10 cable operators. Thirteen broadband network providers pooled their $5 billion, 29,000 miles of fiber and 1 million customer clout, and formed the Broadband Service Providers Association to promote open access. The facilities-based providers are targeting three issues in the competitive broadband industry, a spokesman […]
HFC gets three new standards via SCTE’s HMS unit
SCTE’s Hybrid Management Sub-Layer subcommittee adopted three new standards that support interoperable management systems for evolving HFC cable networks. The three standards — HMS 005, Hybrid Fiber/Coax Outside Plant Monitoring-Physical Layer Specification; HMS 004, Hybrid Fiber Coax Outside Plant Monitoring-MAC Layer Specification; and HMS 022, Hybrid Fiber/Coax Outside Plant Monitoring-Power Supply- to-Transponder Interface Specification — […]
Corning cuts 4,000 more jobs, scales back optics
Corning Inc. will scale back production, cut another 4,000 jobs and close its optical fiber plant in Deeside, North Wales. The company plans to expand its restructuring plan, including taking a $1 billion charge in 2001 as a result. Corning will cut an additional 4,000 jobs through layoffs and voluntary early retirement, for a total […]
MFN lands $611 M, moves execs, lowers guidance
Metromedia Fiber Network Inc. completed the $611 million financing package it’s been working on for months. The deal includes a $150 million note purchase led by Citicorp and $230 million in convertible debt financing, of which $180 million is purchased by affiliates and $50 million by an unnamed Verizon Communications subsidiary. It also includes $231 […]
Editor’s Note: The DEADLINE APPROACHES
Know anyone doing anything innovative with fiber optics? How about high-speed data? Now you can recognize that someone — but only through today. Log on to the SCTE’s Web site to nominate a colleague, mentor or other. Through Monday, SCTE will accept nominations for the prestigious Polaris Award and Star of Integrity award, which will […]
