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To: David Lawrence who wrote (15546)	5/20/1998 3:27:00 PM
From: Moonray	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 22053

Lucent Wins $1 Bln Contract From CTR Group for Fiber Network Murray Hill, New Jersey, May 20 (Bloomberg) -- Lucent Technologies Inc., a top phone-equipment maker, won a $1 billion contract from CTR Group Ltd. to provide networking products and expertise for a new $8 billion global fiber-optic network. During the four-year agreement, Lucent will help engineer, install and maintain the network, called Project Oxygen. CTR Group, a closely held company in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey, said Project Oxygen will be the super-Internet of the future. CTR Group plans to build the undersea and land-based communications system to connect every continent except Antarctica, Lucent said. Global demand for new Internet services will exceed $1 trillion a year in 18 months, Murray Hill, New Jersey-based Lucent estimated. ''Lucent will make it possible for CTR Group to deliver band- width (telecommunications) capacity that's up to 100 times cheaper than other solutions and we'll help manage the traffic,'' said Paula Horii, a Lucent spokeswoman. She said that Lucent will begin delivering equipment early next year. CTR Group couldn't be reached to comment. In its first phase, Project Oxygen's 98,750 miles (158,000 kilometers) of fiber-optic cable is projected to connect 74 countries. On its land and short undersea segments, the network is expected to transport the equivalent of almost 25 million simultaneous phone calls, Lucent said. On Monday, Lucent won a contract valued at $700 million to build a wireless telephone system in Mexico for Sistemas Profesionales de Comunicacion SA. SPC chose Lucent over Canada's Northern Telecom Ltd, Ericsson AB and Nokia AB. Lucent rose 11/16 to 72 13/16 in midafternoon trading. o~~~ O

To: David Lawrence who wrote (15546)	5/20/1998 9:43:00 PM
From: drmorgan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 22053

Let the "Palm" wars begin! zdnet.com

To: David Lawrence who wrote (15546)	5/21/1998 1:20:00 PM
From: Moonray	Respond to of 22053

GartnerGroup's Dataquest Says Cisco Leads the Way in Rapid Growing LAN Switch Market; Dataquest Publishes First Quarter Results for LAN Switches, Routers, and Shared Media Hubs 08:02 a.m. May 21, 1998 Eastern SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 21, 1998--As the networking industry experiences an on-going migration from shared media hubs to LAN switches, the worldwide LAN switch market surpassed $1.9 billion in the first quarter of 1998, up 64 percent over the first quarter of 1997, according to preliminary statistics from Dataquest, a unit of Gartner Group Inc. (NASDAQ:GART). Cisco Systems is driving the LAN switch market forward, with its switching revenue growing by 132 percent in the first quarter (see Table 1). "The LAN switch is the bright spot in an otherwise soft networking market," said John Armstrong, director and principal analyst for Dataquest's Networking Worldwide program. "Cisco continues to show strong momentum, thus providing a continuing challenge for its competitors." Table 1 Preliminary Worldwide LAN Switches Revenue Estimates for First Quarter 1998 (Millions of U.S. Dollars) Q1/98 Q1/98 Market Q1/97 Q1/97 Market Growth Company Revenue Share (%) Revenue Share (%) (%) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Cisco 813.2 42.4 349.7 30.1 132.5 3Com 266.8 13.9 190.1 16.3 40.3 Bay Networks 192.6 10.1 107.4 9.2 79.3 Cabletron Systems 192.6 10.1 236.2 20.3 -18.5 Others 450.6 23.5 279.3 24.0 61.3 Total 1,915.8 100.0 1,162.7 100.0 64.8 Note: Total percentages may not add to 100 percent due to rounding. Source: Dataquest (May 1998) The router industry grew 8.6 percent in the first quarter of this year with revenue approaching $1.3 billion, while the shared media hubs market declined 22 percent with revenue at $663 million. Cisco was the market leader in the router industry, maintaining 70.6 percent market share in the first quarter of 1998, but their market share declined from the first quarter of 1997 when its market share was at 73 percent (see Table 2). Fujitsu showed the strongest growth among the top 4 vendors as it grew 220 percent over the first quarter of 1997. Table 2 Preliminary Worldwide Router Revenue Estimates for First Quarter 1998 (Millions of U.S. Dollars) Q1/98 Q1/98 Market Q1/97 Q1/97 Market Growth Company Revenue Share (%) Revenue Share (%) (%) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Cisco Systems 909.0 70.6 865.6 73.0 5.0 Bay Networks 109.8 8.5 130.8 11.0 -16.1 Fujitsu 50.2 3.9 15.7 1.3 220.0 IBM 38.0 3.0 19.4 1.6 96.0 Others 179.9 14.0 154.0 13.0 16.8 Total 1,286.9 100.0 1,185.5 100.0 8.6 Note: Total percentages may not add to 100 percent due to rounding. Source: Dataquest (May 1998) While the worldwide shared media hubs market declined in the first quarter, 3Com remained the No. 1 vendor in the marketplace as its revenue market share grew to 31.8 percent, up from 23.5 percent in the first quarter of 1997. Bay Networks, Cabletron Systems, and Hewlett-Packard rounded out the top 4 vendors in the shared media hubs market with 21.3, 5.7, and 4.9 percent market share, respectively. Additional market statistics are available in the Dataquest Alert titled "Router, LAN Switch, and Shared Media Hub Market Performance for First Quarter 1998." This report provides preliminary market statistics including market size by product category, market share for major segments, and sales broken down by region. This report is produced by Dataquest's Networking Worldwide program. This program focuses on the developing LAN and WAN technologies and products that are driving the growth of the networking industry. Additional information on this program can be found on Dataquest's Web site at gartner.com. To purchase these reports, or to subscribe to Dataquest's Networking Worldwide program, please call 800/419-DATA, or 408/468-8009. More information about Dataquest's programs, descriptions of recent research reports, and full text of press releases can be found on the Internet at dataquest.com. Dataquest, a unit of Gartner Group Inc., has been providing global market research and consulting services for the high-technology and financial communities since 1971. Dataquest provides worldwide market coverage on the semiconductor, computer systems and peripherals, communications, document management, software, and services sectors of the information technology industry. As the world's leading authority on IT, GartnerGroup provides clients with a wide range of products and services in the areas of IT advisory services, measurement, research, decision support, analysis, consulting and training. Founded in 1979, with headquarters in Stamford, Conn., GartnerGroup is at the center of a global community with 11,086 client organizations served by analysts in 80 locations worldwide. Additional information about the company is available on the Internet at gartner.com. o~~~ O

To: David Lawrence who wrote (15546)	5/22/1998 9:54:00 AM
From: Moonray	Respond to of 22053

Pilot Goodies On CD For HPC Users Newsbytes - May 21, 1998 16:27 WINTER GARDEN, FLORIDA, U.S.A., 1998 MAY 21 (NB) -- Newsbytes. Pilot Island Publishing Inc. said its new CD-ROM called "Pilot Goodies" is the first in the series specifically intended for 3Com [NASDAQ:COMS] PalmPilot or compatible handheld PC (HPC) owners. The disk, expected to ship in June, contains about 260 programs including spreadsheets, e-mail, literature, games and database programs, said a source at Pilot Island. The "goodies" collection is installed via a proprietary program called BreEZe with which users select, organize and upload using a PC connection. The BreEZe interface links PalmPilot to Windows 95 and uses a group program manager metaphor to view, select and sort programs using a drag and drop method. Program categories on the disk include business, utilities, communication, education, leisure, graphics, travel and "hot stuff," the source said, plus a separate customizable category where users can organize programs on the local PC to be uploaded to the PalmPilot. The CD comes equipped with what Pilot Island calls a "stylus with a twist." When the stylus is turned one way, it's a pen, when turned in the other direction, it's a nylon stylus for use with HPCs. To run Pilot Goodies users need 3Com's PalmPilot or a compatible HPC, PalmPilot install software, Palm Pilot Cradle, Windows 95, running PC with a 486-33 megahertz (MHz) or faster processor, 8 megabytes (MB) of RAM, 16MB recommended, a mouse and a CD-ROM drive. Pilot Goodies' anticipates a mid-June shipment date to its reseller channels and retail stores. The firm suggests a $34.95 retail price, but said it would probably be available for an estimated street price (ESP) of $29.95. Pilot Island Publishing is on the World Wide Web at pilotisland.com . o~~~ O