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Articles published in October 2003

A Conflicted MAN?


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October 31, 2003 : WiMax Forum rassles with 802.16, the wireless MAN specification that's 'impossible to implement'

Source: Cisco's HFR Tips the Scales


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October 31, 2003 : Details about Cisco's 1,300-pound core router are leaking out

MCI Back In Business


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October 31, 2003 : Judge approves MCI's reorganization. How does it stack up against its peers?

RBOCs See Three Ways to FTTP


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October 31, 2003 : As more FTTP RFP details trickle in, it becomes clear what deployment scenarios the RBOCs are considering

UBS Sees Ciena & Huawei as Partners


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October 31, 2003 : Wall Street analyst sees a perfect match

Analysts Await Avanex Numbers


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October 31, 2003 : After some big acquisitions, Avanex's prospects are as clear as mud

Skype Spooks Operators


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October 31, 2003 : Customers are disappearing overnight, one by one, to this new service. What do the carriers think?

DigiLens Patents Sold


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October 31, 2003 : The book closes on the former components startup, as the onetime CEO reacquires its assets

CDMA's Emerging Battle


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October 31, 2003 : Unstrung Insider hails emerging markets as critical to future CDMA success

FTTP Booty Tough to Peg


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October 30, 2003 : BellSouth, SBC, and Verizon are aiming to hit anywhere between 50,000 and 640,000 homes next year with FTTP

Huawei on the Hunt


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October 30, 2003 : Huawei is making plans to take beef up its US presence, to take on Lucent & Nortel in the N. American optical market

Alcatel Upbeat on Q3


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October 30, 2003 : CEO Tchuruk joins 'the downturn is over' chorus, despite ongoing challenges

Nokia Grabs Hutch Action


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October 30, 2003 : Finnish vendor confirms Hong Kong 3G deal after previous blowoff

OFS & Alcatel in Fiber Flap


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October 30, 2003 : A lawsuit alleges Alcatel's TeraLight products tread on OFS's patents for metro WDM fibers

Ericsson Back in the Black


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October 30, 2003 : After almost three years of losses, network vendor at last records profitable quarter

GMPLS Showcased in Demo


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October 29, 2003 : GMPLS is ready for carrier consideration if not prime time, according to participants in a demo at Isocore today

MPLS Is Growing Up


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October 29, 2003 : MPLS is maturing and engineers now are looking at how to actually make some money from it

Intel's A Train Arrives (At Last)


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October 29, 2003 : Intel finally ships long-awaited 802.11a add-on, but doesn't yet support popular g standard

Corrent Hits the Boards


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October 29, 2003 : Frustrated with the low margins of security chips, Corrent tries its hand at boards and subsystems

UWB Attracts VC Cash


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October 29, 2003 : Startups working on ultrawideband silicon tempt investors to stump up

European Trio Unwraps 3G


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October 29, 2003 : Big-name carriers offer insight into 3G launch dates

Headcount: Cabin Pressure


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October 29, 2003 : JDSU sells a jet, Westwave waves goodbye, Optical Solutions trims, and Redback takes a whack

Project Challenges Network Processors


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October 29, 2003 : Xilinx is funding research that could lead to FPGAs replacing network processors in future optical networks

Carriers Say VOIP & SIP Are Hot


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October 29, 2003 : Carriers at Multiservice Switching Forum gig see these technologies playing a key role in future services

Crimson Micro Packs'em In


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October 28, 2003 : The chip startup claims its all-in-one framer will be a breakthrough in telecom equipment design

Nokia Gets Ultrawide


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October 28, 2003 : The number of IEEE members eligible to vote on ultrawideband standards is set to skyrocket

Report: Bandwidth Glut to End in 2005


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October 28, 2003 : New services, fueled by plummeting bandwidth prices, will help fill backbones by then, says Light Reading Insider

Analysts Prod Verizon on Portability


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October 28, 2003 : Verizon reports a mixed bag of Q3 earnings, as analysts grill the carrier on its number portability plans

Nokia Sees Network Boost


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October 28, 2003 : Finnish vendor reports slight upturn in carrier 3G expenditure

CellGlide's Iberian Intentions


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October 28, 2003 : GPRS network optimization startup hints at high-profile Telefònica Mòviles deal

Kompella Backs BGP


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October 28, 2003 : Makes the case for using it for VPLS signaling, at the MPLS 2003 conference

Luca's First Day at Cisco


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October 28, 2003 : Martini turns up at the MPLS 2003 conference wearing a Cisco badge, with another engineer who's switched sides

Layer N Lives!


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October 27, 2003 : The security-chip startup is still seeking funding, but at least it's begun sampling its first chip

Vivato Cuts Again


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October 27, 2003 : A second round of layoffs hits switch startup

Trapeze's Wireless Wobbles


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October 27, 2003 : Sources say that 30% of the staff have been culled; marketing VP Prodan retires UPDATED 6PM

Lucent in on Verizon Metro Action


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October 27, 2003 : Lucent is the second of three vendors to declare a win in Verizon's metro network. Could be a biggie

Ericsson's CDMA Cheer


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October 27, 2003 : Unstrung Insider touts Swedish vendor's potential in CDMA infrastructure market

CommScope to Buy Avaya Unit


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October 27, 2003 : The $263M purchase gives CommScope a broader revenue base and some heft in the enterprise cabling market

Huawei Springs Surprises


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October 27, 2003 : UK operator Fibernet is using Huawei routers to offer Ethernet services, which are selling like mad

Force10 Gets Big Blue Partnership


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October 27, 2003 : IBM is reselling Force10's 10-Gbit/s Ethernet switches, in a bit of a snub to its partner Cisco

Redline Revs Up the Data Center


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October 27, 2003 : Startup's aiming for the applications acceleration market, but there's plenty of competition

Cometa & CSG Team on Billing


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October 24, 2003 : Working together to track hotspot usage for service providers

Tester Makers Swoon Over Moonv6


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October 24, 2003 : Four vendors sent kit for the government's recent IPv6 test. Now several others want in

CACS Has a Banner Week


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October 24, 2003 : Boulder-based Carrier Access jumped into new telecom access markets and watched its stock rock

Notter Nixes Lucent


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October 24, 2003 : 'Sell' rating takes Lucent shares down a notch as the analyst drills deep into the pension numbers

Extreme Surprise


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October 24, 2003 : News of Extreme's return to profitability has boosted its stock over 15% today

Iraq Plays Global Game


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October 24, 2003 : GSM carriers choose international array of suppliers for lucrative contract deals

Components Execs Eye Profits


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October 24, 2003 : Earnings results reveal bumpy ride along the bottom, but some companies have pared their way back toward profit

Nortel Keeps to Profit Path


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October 23, 2003 : Nortel beats profit expectations, but a puzzling mistatement of liabilities throws a wrench in the conference call

UTStarcom Defies Gravity


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October 23, 2003 : Alameda, Calif., company keeps making a tidy profit as the Asian broadband explosion continues
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