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Today's report from Web Editor
Susan Rush
• Comcast Opens Pipes To Juno
• Nortel Lands $43.5M Contract
• America Online Inks AOLTV Content Deals
• The Western Show In Brief
• Broadband Briefs
Comcast Opens Pipes To Juno
Following in the footsteps of AT&T Corp.
and other large MSOs, Comcast Cable Communications
has opened its network to a competing ISP and plans to let Juno Online Services
use its network. Juno will be able to access Comcast's pipes to offer high-speed Web surfing to its customers. The deal is expected to be announced today at the Western Show in L.A.
The trial is expected to begin in 1Q 2001.
AT&T has bowed to pressure to open its networks and is testing several ISPs in trials in Colorado, of which Juno is one. The magnanimous move on AT&Ts part could be to help ease its relationship with the FCC as it plans to spin off Liberty Media and break itself into quarters.
In addition, America Online and Time Warner
have agreed to open their cable networks to competing ISPs. Time Warner recently agreed to let EarthLink use its cable systems for high-speed Net access for a fee and may also be in talks with Juno for a similar agreement.
Related Stories:
Time Warner Inks EarthLink Deal, BroadbandWeek Direct, 11/20/00
AT&T Tests Interactive TV, BroadbandWeek Direct, 9/21/00
Nortel Lands $43.5M Contract
Nortel Networks
has inked a three-year deal with broadband service provider United Latin America to bring high-speed local Internet access to several Latin American cable networks. The deal is expected to be valued at $43.5 million.
Under the terms of the agreement, Nortel will supply infrastructure equipment and services that will enable ULA to roll out new data, video and voice services from a single, integrated platform to many of its subscribers. ULA will deploy Nortel's Cornerstone solutions and Passport 8600 Routing Switch.
Related Stories:
Nortel Fails To Reassure Investors, BroadbandWeek Direct, 11/2/00
Nortel Inks $1.4B Deal, BroadbandWeek Direct, 10/2/00
The Latest Western Show News:
America Online Inks AOLTV Content Deals
Today at the Western Show in Los Angeles, America Online Inc.
plans to unveil agreements with a variety of content providers to create new interactive content for its AOLTV interactive television service.
QVC and the National Geographic Channel
are among the companies joining AOL's list of content providers.
AOL will work with QVC to develop interactive shopping for the AOLTV service enabling users to get detailed product descriptions and make purchases as they view items.
The partnership with AOL will enable viewers of The National Geographic Channel, which is scheduled to debut in January, to access greater depth on subjects being featured on screen and tap into the National Geographic Society's resources on natural history, science, exploration and adventure. The National Geographic Channel has commitments with several broadband operators, including
AT&T Business and Internet Services and
DirecTV, as well as Adelphia Communications.
AOL has also signed content deals with AsSeenIn.com, BBC America, Moletown.com, and NBA.
Related Stories:
'AOLTV' Sees Mid-July Launch For Interactive-Television Test, Multichannel News, 6/26/00
An Interactive TV Reality Check, Broadband Week, 9/00
The Western Show In Brief
Several companies will be showcasing their products and technologies this week at the Western Show in Los Angeles.
BroadbandWeek Direct will bring you the latest news and product information each day live from the show. Below is a glimpse of our daily coverage. For complete show happenings go to
www.broadbandweek.com/western/webday2.htm.
Time Warner selects
Wink Communications to provide transactional interactive television services to its customers in the Los Angeles area. Wink has a similar deal with Time Warner in New York. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Pace Micro Technology,
Cisco Systems Inc., nCube
and Intertainer create a new video-on-demand solution. Pace has teamed with Cisco, nCube and Intertainer to create, according to the three, the first IP-based, end-to-end VOD solution that will allow cable to stream real-time video over existing cable networks to digital set-top boxes. The technology will be demonstrated at the Western Show, booth 4100.
Media Station Inc.
will unveil its new product suite and streaming software technology today. The suite promises to increase business opportunities for cable modem and DSL providers.
Motorola Inc. Broadband Communications Sector
unveils its end-to-end Voice over IP system. The system is an evolution of the company's recently announced Switched IP Access solution and enables operators to offer full VoIP services.
WorldGate Communications Inc.
launches its interactive television service to Comcast Digital customers in Willow Grove, Pa. Comcast will offer Internet TV to its digital customers in the area -- for an additional monthly fee, subscribers will also be able to receive e-mail, local content and Internet content.
ACTV Inc.'s Digital ADCO subsidiary and
SeaChange International, Inc., announced an agreement to integrate
Digital ADCO's SpotOn interactive TV advertising service with the SeaChange Spot digital ad insertion system.
Broadband Briefs:
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Time Warner and America Online
are prepared to go to court to fight the Federal Trade Commission's
demands to open TW's news and entertainment content to AOL rivals as a condition of winning approval for the duo's merger, according to a USA Today report.
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Aurora Networks is beefing up. Bob Day joins the company as vice president of sales. Earlier this month, Aurora snagged Tony Werner, the former AT&T Broadband chief technology officer, as its new president and chief executive officer.
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Texas Instruments estimates it will deliver 3 million of the nearly 10 million total Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS) chips shipped this year. If so, TI would enjoy a 600 percent spike in its market share over the same figures a year ago.
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Ceragon Networks Ltd., a global provider of high-capacity broadband wireless systems for next-generation communications networks, supplies its first 38 GHz STM-1 FibeAir systems for use in Japan.
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