MCI is using Vivace Networks’ Viva5100 Multi-Service IP switch and VivaESP Management System to power the MCI MAE Services Internet Exchange (IX). Vivace equipment is currently deployed at MAE East (Washington, D.C. area) and MAE West (San Francisco Bay area) and carrying live traffic. MCI will use the Vivace switches to deliver MAE peering services including ATM and Frame Relay rates from DS-3 to OC-48. MCI previously offered only ATM peering services at DS-3 to OC-12 connection speeds. MCI’s MAE Services IX consists of several exchange points, or major Internet interconnection points, that serve to tie Internet access providers together. Financial terms were not disclosed.
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- In May, Tellabs announced plans to acquire Vivace Networks, a start-up building multiservice edge switches, for $135 million in cash and employee stock options.
- Vivace Networks’ Multiservice IP switches are designed for delivering native Frame Relay, ATM, Ethernet and IP services. Vivace’s flagship Viva5100 switch scales to 320 Gbps of full-duplex switching in half of a 7 foot rack. A multi-chassis system could scale up to 256 customer ports at 10 Gbps.