October 2000

• Telit Networks, NMS Develop GSM-Based Wireless System
• Intel Dot.Station Available To Service Providers
• Telera Announces Web-Driven Application Services For Voice Communications
• JFAX.COM Renamed j2 Global Communications
• CuPhone Intros VICS
• Intel To Acquire Ziatech For $240 Million
• Alcatel Unveils Photonic Cross-Connect For Optical Networking
• NEXCOM Unveils 1U And 2U High-Performance Servers
• Cisco Intros High-End VPN Device, Expands Enterprise VPN Capacity
• Margins Are Up For Long-Distance Resellers, Says Research Group

Intel Dot.Station Available To Service Providers
Intel has announced the Intel Dot.Station Web appliance, a communications product that integrates access to the Internet, e-mail, a built-in telephone, and home organization applications. Intel is in discussions with service providers worldwide to deliver the final product to consumers packaged with their services. The Intel Dot.Station also comes with the Intel System Management Suite that allows service providers to remotely manage and upgrade the new applicances as the Internet evolves.
No. 500, comsolmag.com/freeinfo

Telera Announces Web-Driven Application Services For Voice Communications
Telera announced the release of Telera Contact Center Connect and Telera Connect, two new services that enable businesses to deliver voice applications with the simplicity, flexibility, cost effectiveness, and speed of the Internet. The services offer all the benefits of outsourcing, including substantial reductions in equipment and telecom infrastructure costs, while total control over applications remains in the hands of the enterprise. Telera extends call handling and management as well as the delivery of business intelligence to the very edge of Telera's Intelligent Communications Network (ICN) to maximize use of enterprise resources and provide massive scalability and reliability on a distributed platform.
No. 501, comsolmag.com/freeinfo

Telit Networks, NMS Develop GSM-Based Wireless System
Natural MicroSystems announced it has partnered with Telit Networks to develop a GSM-based in-building wireless solution that extends the power of the office phone to mobile handsets. NMS' TX 3220C and Fusion/Convergence Generation (CG) 6000C platform products are at the foundation of the system, along with custom software developed by NMS' NaturalEdge Engineering Consulting group. The Nanonet system, specifically targeted for short-range areas such as enterprises or campuses, will allow corporate users to use their mobile phones like any other fixed phone connected to the PBX. Users will place internal calls using only the internal extension number, place external calls through the PBX, and be reached from internal extension lines or outside lines -- all from the same telephone number at their desktop. Outside the covered area, the mobile phone will act as a standard mobile phone.
No. 502, comsolmag.com/freeinfo

JFAX.COM Renamed j2 Global Communications
JFAX.COM announced the name of the company has changed to j2 Global Communications. The change has been made to better reflect the company's expanding range of unified communications services. j2, an Internet-based messaging and communications services provider to individuals and businesses throughout the world, has moved beyond its founding as an Internet fax service and now enables customers to manage their communications through the Web, phone, or wireless device. The name change will become effective upon shareholder approval, which the company anticipates at its annual meeting later this year.
No. 503, comsolmag.com/freeinfo

CuPhone Intros VICS
CuPhone has announced VICS, VideoPhone Internet Connection Sharing. VICS enables the seamless placing and receiving of multiple video calls simultaneously from CuPhones that are on a LAN where Internet connection sharing has been implemented. With VICS installed on the PC that provides the connection to the Internet for the LAN, any PC on the LAN that has a CuPhone-USB VideoPhone installed, is able to place and receive Internet VideoPhone calls via the LAN. The look and feel of the CuPhone is the same as if the CuPhone is directly connected to the Internet.
No. 504, comsolmag.com/freeinfo

Intel To Acquire Ziatech For $240 Million
Intel Corporation announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Ziatech Corporation in a cash transaction valued at approximately $240 million. The acquisition enhances Intel's presence in the rapidly growing market segment for communications infrastructure products.
No. 505, comsolmag.com/freeinfo

Alcatel Unveils Photonic Cross-Connect For Optical Networking
Alcatel introduced the CrossLight photonic cross-connect. This optical system will enable communications carriers and service providers to build highly intelligent, all-optical communications networks that deliver greater capacity at reduced cost. The CrossLight photonic cross-connect routes light through its all-optical switching matrix, eliminating the optical-electrical conversion typical in existing electrical broadband cross-connect systems. In contrast to an electrical broadband cross-connect, which can handle only a fixed amount of traffic, CrossLight's capacity can increase as a customer's need for bandwidth grows. In addition, CrossLight will enable carriers and service providers to allocate bandwidth on demand for the busiest parts of their network
No. 506, comsolmag.com/freeinfo

NEXCOM Unveils 1U And 2U High-Performance Servers
NEXCOM announced a series of high-end servers with 1U and 2U chassis, named NexServer 1000/2000, each equipped withone of its brand new ATX dual processor main boards, the NEX 6320A or the NEX 6420A. NexServer 1000/2000 servers are designed to meet the most stringent requiremtents of ISPs and ASPs. The NexServer 1000 features a 1U chassis; dual Pentium III FC-PGA, Intel 440BX chipset; special thermal dissipation design; dual 10/100 base TX Ethernet ports based on Intel's 82559 controller x 2; dual Ultra 160/m SCSI ports based on Adaptec's AIC 7899 controller; on-board C&T 69000 VGA controller; 1GB memory; and 3.5" FDD x 2, CD ROM x 1, 200W power supply. The NexServer 2000 features a 2U chassis; dual Pentium III FC-PGA, Intel 440BX AGPset/Intel 840 chipset; special thermal dissipation design; dual 10/100 base TX Ethernet ports based on Intel's 82559 controller x 2; dual Ultra 160/m SCSI ports based on Adaptec's AIC 7899 controller; on-board C&T 69000 VGA controller; 1 GB/2 GB memory; and FDD x 1, CD ROM x 1, hot-swappable SCA SCSI HDD x 4, 300 Watt power supply.
No. 507, comsolmag.com/freeinfo

Cisco Intros High-End VPN Device, Expands Enterprise VPN Capacity
Cisco Systems announced a powerful addition to its Cisco VPN 3000 Concentrator series. Optimized to handle up to 10,000 remote connections, the new Cisco VPN 3080 Concentrator meets the high-capacity demands of large enterprise organizations that are ramping-up to provide secure corporate network access to employees around the globe The new device also delivers the scalability, flexibility, and performance that customers will need to prepare for the rising number of mobile employees seeking access to resources behind the firewall.
No. 508, comsolmag.com/freeinfo

Margins Are Up For Long-Distance Resellers, Says Research Group
While long-distance players merge faster than cars on a freeway, the remaining companies remaining are driving their businesses smoothly. According to the ninth annual survey of long-distance resellers, conducted by the Boston-based telecommunications strategy and research firm, ATLANTIC-ACM, operating margins are climbing upward. "Companies have been cutting internal costs, lowering wholesale contract rates, and enjoying the results of reduced access charges," explains Dr. Judy Reed Smith, CEO of ATLANTIC-ACM. Results for residential accounts show more dramatic evidence of this than business accounts. The percentage of respondents with operating margins over 50 percent for residential domestic accounts more than doubled from 8 percent in 1998 to 17 percent in 2000. For residential international accounts, more than 20 percent of companies expect greater than 50 percent margins in 2000.
No. 509, comsolmag.com/freeinfo

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