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Articles published in October 2002

MPLS Vendors Demo Fast Reroute


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October 31, 2002 : Cisco, Avici, and Juniper join forces to demonstrate that MPLS Fast Reroute is for real

The Name's Danger... Hank Danger


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October 31, 2002 : Achtung! The new CEO of Danger really is full of it

Virgin On Expansion


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October 31, 2002 : Dickie Branson's wireless crew is looking to spread its wings in Europe, with Scandinavia and France atop the agenda

Report: DSL Is Profitable


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October 31, 2002 : A research report out this month claims DSL services are both profitable and essential for carriers

Lucent on SEC: 'Nothing New'


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October 31, 2002 : Lucent says USA Today's report that the SEC may file charges is old business

A Discreet Peek at Picarro


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October 31, 2002 : The former BlueLeaf has turned over a new one: tunable lasers for metro and long-haul markets

ADVA Holds Its Own


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October 31, 2002 : ADVA's reseller strategy appears to be working, as it announces three customers this week

PMC Targets Enterprise Ethernet


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October 31, 2002 : It's got a piece of 10-Gbit/s Ethernet territory, moving it closer to players like Broadcom and Marvell

Radioframe's Euro Duality


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October 30, 2002 : Startup Radioframe says it has a European customer for its dualmode wireless WAN/LAN in-building system

The Abbott Habit


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October 30, 2002 : Maybe Symbol will try to dip into the Cisco talent pool again... or maybe they won't

Lucent Chops TMX 880


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October 30, 2002 : Some say Lucent's turned into a giant chop shop. But the company insists it's just picking its spots

Alcatel and FT: Vive la France!


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October 30, 2002 : Alcatel's upbeat Q4 prognosis follows better-than-terrible France Telecom report, raising investor hopes

Cisco 'Realigns' Optical Unit


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October 30, 2002 : People have been shuffled -- but products, headcount, and direction pretty much stay the same, Cisco says

OIF Gets Backplane-Happy


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October 30, 2002 : Standards bodies working on specs for new high-speed backplanes may be getting their act together

VPN Security: A Soft Spot?


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October 30, 2002 : Engineers sound off on how to deal with Layer 3 security concerns

Vivendi Says 'Non' to Vodafone


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October 30, 2002 : UK giant could even table a lower bid!

Orange Needs Target Practice


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October 30, 2002 : Operator increases revenues and subscriber numbers but may struggle to reach its projections

Riverstone Wins Over Spanish PTT


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October 30, 2002 : Telefónica de España has chosen Riverstone to help build its metro Ethernet network and deliver Layer 2 MPLS VPNs

Nortel: It's Enterprise VOIP!


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October 29, 2002 : Nortel announced a string of enhanced IP telephony products today, cranking up the VOIP message

China Unicom Picks Starent


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October 29, 2002 : Wireless router startup lands a China Unicom deal to supply wireless data services

Dell to Shake Up PDAs


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October 29, 2002 : Gartner says Dell entry into PDA market will kill off the weak and strengthen Microsoft's hand

Cisco Intends to Close Swedish Plant


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October 29, 2002 : Cisco's metro DWDM factory in Sweden -- originally Qeyton Systems -- is dörene lukkes

Out of the Lab: Erbium-Doped Chips?


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October 29, 2002 : A breakthrough at STMicroelectronics paves the way to silicon circuits that integrate optics and electronics

Carrier Tech Architects Pipe Up


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October 29, 2002 : Finally, straight from the horse's mouth: Carriers talk about what they're looking for from vendors

VC Funding: Drip, Drip, Drip


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October 29, 2002 : Telecom startup investments down 50 percent from last year as VC scene stays grim

Euro Mud Slinging


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October 28, 2002 : President Chirac swears hypocritical oath

Rambus SerDes Hits 10-Gig


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October 28, 2002 : They're also asking: At what speed does a separate chip stop making sense?

CoSine's Quest for Cash


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October 28, 2002 : CoSine has been adding to its customer list, so why are its revenues still around $5 million a quarter?

Time Please, M'sieurs


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October 28, 2002 : What is it about Belgium in October? This year it's a proposed 3G deadline moratorium for the mobile carriers

Ikanos Integrates DSL Chips


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October 28, 2002 : Claims to have the only chipset that supports ADSL, VDSL, and Ethernet in the First Mile

Cuban Checks Into Charter


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October 28, 2002 : Billionaire Mark Cuban sees cable company Charter Communications as leading 'bit merchant,' grabs a 5.3% stake

Microsoft at Mobile Crossroads


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October 28, 2002 : Microsoft's making headway in mobile through partnerships rather than products, says a Wireless Oracle report

Alcatel Adds to DSL Dominance


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October 28, 2002 : Alcatel shores up its strength in the DSL market with a kinder, denser DSLAM and two contract extensions

Net.com Targets Low-End VOIP


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October 28, 2002 : Launches easy-to-use VOIP gateway for small operators in the international reseller market

Wireless Grabs $488M Since July


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October 25, 2002 : VCs invested almost half a billion dollars in wireless startups in just three months -- that's nearly half our annual bar bill!!

Can FSO Go the Distance?


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October 25, 2002 : Free-space optics is now a viable option for backhaul over distances of 2 km to 3 km, says specialist startup

Cisco, Sycamore Circling Lucent's ATM


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October 25, 2002 : Lucent wants to sell its ATM product line for upwards of $600M, and Cisco and Sycamore may be interested

Carriers Reap Mixed Harvest


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October 25, 2002 : Earnings season shows carriers beginning to stabilize earnings, but there's still no sign of new project spending

Riverstone & Tellabs Bury the Hatchet


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October 25, 2002 : The 14-month legal battle is over, as both companies agree to an out-of-court settlement; Riverstone gets $12M

JDS Woes Kick Up More Intel Talk


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October 25, 2002 : With bad news dogging JDS Uniphase, analysts concoct a Knight-in-Shining-Armour theory

Search Engines Face Software Challenge


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October 25, 2002 : A passel of startups say their algorithms can steal a slice of the search engine semiconductor market

Corvis Posts $1.4M Quarter


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October 24, 2002 : Carrier spending on its long-haul kit dwindles; it may have less than $530 in monthly revenue per employee

Lantern Changes Its Bulb


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October 24, 2002 : Lantern has selected a CEO with RBOC connections. Is that enough for survival?

Trio Takes WLAN to Carriers


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October 24, 2002 : Proxim, Ericsson, and Agere combine to tempt operators with WLAN. But will the new partnership be called PEA or APE?

Fortinet Goes Gigabit


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October 24, 2002 : Fortinet readies a gigabit hardware-based firewall and antivirus product

Le Legal Action


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October 24, 2002 : Stalling for time? Just sue everyone in sight

Will Offload Chips Be Uploaded?


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October 24, 2002 : Startups announce more chips targeting TCP traffic this week at the Network Processor Conference

Carriers Pipe Up on DWDM Plans


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October 24, 2002 : More than 200 carriers have answered Light Reading's survey on CWDM/DWDM

Foundry Bucks the Trend


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October 24, 2002 : Foundry's new focus on enterprise switching pays dividends; stock pops after Q3 profits, improved fundamentals

Colt Kicked by Bondholder


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October 23, 2002 : Bondholder in Colt Telecom is getting spooked, saying the company is insolvent and should be reorganized
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