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Article: NORTEL OPENS UP ROUTING CODE...AGAIN; OPEN IP TO INTERNET-ENABLE APPLIANCES, SET-TOP BOXES, LOW-END ACCESS GEAR.(Open IP Environment)(Company Business and Marketing)
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- Network World
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- November 15, 1999
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SANTA CLARA - Nortel Networks is licensing its routing code in an attempt to bring Internet access to the masses at an affordable price and to try to upset Cisco's momentum as the leading supplier of Internet routers.
Nortel last week announced the so-called Open IP Environment, routing code that is separated from router hardware and offered to hardware manufacturers for a licensing fee. Nortel also says it is reducing the price of its Bay AN and ARN access routers by as much as 50%.
Open IP Environment includes the Open Shortest Path First routing protocol and APIs so licensees can add security, tunneling, policy and accounting features, among others. ...