Founded in 2002, Abundance is a supplier of TDM/Ethernet-over-SONET/SDH optical access platforms in India. Nayna Networks (Santa Clara, CA) agreed to acquire substantially all of the assets of privately held Abundance Networks (Shelton, CT), including regional sales and R&D offices in Mumbai, India, in exchange for shares of Nayna common stock. The network will pass nearly 20,000 premises. In further news, the City of Burlington, VT, announced that it will deploy a municipal FTTH network using OSIвЂ™s FiberPath 500 GPON access platform. Calix says the acquisition will accelerate GPON availability on its C7 multiservice access platform, while broadening its range of expertise in dealing with commercial, field-based FTTP deployments. Following the close of the transaction, Scientific-Atlanta became a division of CiscoвЂ™s Routing and Service Provider Technology Group.Д¬alix (Petaluma, CA) acquired GPON provider Optical Solutions (OSI-Minneapolis, MN). Under the agreement, Cisco paid $43/share in cash for shares of Scientific-Atlanta and assumed outstanding options, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $6.9 billion, or approximately $5.3 billion net of Scientific-AtlantaвЂ™s existing cash balance. The companies say the combined entity will enable development of an end-to-end вЂњtriple playвЂќ platform for carrier networks and consumers. Rural Utilities Service (RUS) acceptance for its Evolant Solutions line of FTTP platforms, including the companyвЂ™s OptiSheath Terminal, OptiDrop Pedestal, and Versatile Access Pedestal product families.Д¬isco Systems (San Jose, CA) signed a definitive agreement to acquire Scientific-Atlanta (Lawrenceville, GA), a global provider of set-top boxes, end-to-end video distribution networks, and video system integration. Separately, Corning Cable Systems was granted U.S.

Corning will also provide FTTH services including design assistance, training, equipment rentals, and engineering support. In the deployments, Corning will supply 100% of CapitolвЂ™s fiber-optic feeder and distribution cables, as well as hardware including fiber-optic cabinets, terminal distribution products, and drop cable assemblies. Infinera retains all the assets, including intellectual property, for EDC singlemode networks.Д¬apitol Infrastructure (Cary, NC), a division of Capitol Broadband (Cary, NC), signed a multiyear contract to implement Corning Cable SystemsвЂ™ (Hickory, NC) Evolant passive optical platform in more than 200,000 FTTH deployments throughout the United States. Infinera subsequently sold the assets relating to dispersion compensation for multimode transceivers to a party that company sources refused to name. Infinera had been a customer for Big BearвЂ™s EDC technology future versions of the EDC products will be developed at Infinera and integrated into Infinera ASICs. Second, Infinera (Sunnyvale) purchased Big BearвЂ™s electronic dispersion compensation (EDC) technology and assets. The transponder assets included equipment, inventory, and intellectual property associated with Big BearвЂ™s 10-Gigabit Ethernet XENPAK and X2 transponders and 40-Gbit transponder. First, the company sold its optical transponder line to Finisar (Sunnyvale) for $1.9 million in cash. Big Bear Networks (Sunnyvale, CA) sold its assets in a pair of deals.

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