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Articles published in November 2001

Cable & Wireless Takes On Exodus


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November 30, 2001 : Can the purchase of key US data centers boost C&W's global presence in IP services?

Tellabs Nabs Ocular


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November 30, 2001 : The digital crossconnect king buys a startup competitor for $355 million UPDATED 1PM ET

Calix Boosts Management Muscle


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November 30, 2001 : The optical access startup hires a former Xircom exec as CFO and names Cisco's Carl Russo chairman

Swiss Launch Light Emitter Startup


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November 30, 2001 : BeamExpress gets $4.5M to develop a new kind of light emitter for metro and access networks

Enron's Empty Bandwidth


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November 29, 2001 : The collapse of Enron leaves serious questions about the viability of bandwidth as a tradeable business

Scottish Startup Shrinks


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November 29, 2001 : Terahertz Photonics has shut two divisions and is trying to sell its optical coatings business

Alloptic Pushes PON Scheme


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November 29, 2001 : The company says its product for residential access based on Ethernet is the fastest yet. Is there a market?

Appian Scores Deal With NTT


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November 29, 2001 : Is Asia where the money is? Startup Appian Communications seals a deal with a major Japanese carrier

Sun Shines on Packet Design


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November 28, 2001 : IP technology incubator gets a few million bucks from Sun Microsystems

Ex-Lucent Exec Builds New Career


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November 28, 2001 : Last year at this time, Nina Aversano blew the whistle on Rich McGinn. Now, she's at a startup

Riverstone Edges Out Cisco at Cox


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November 28, 2001 : Riverstone's focus on Ethernet for the service-provider market helped it land the deal with Cox

Finisar Revenues Dip


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November 28, 2001 : The optical subsystem maker also saw reduced losses, however, and management sees stabilization

Report: Tellium Core Switch Takes Hold


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November 28, 2001 : Tellium's share of the core optical switch market has grown 53% this year, says RHK. What's it mean?

IETF Routing Director Resigns


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November 27, 2001 : Routing expert hits a wall, as humming and other geeky antics prevail in IETF standards meetings

Wavelength Services Catch On


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November 27, 2001 : Announcements by Global Crossing and Level 3 reflect a general trend favoring wave services. Will they sell?

Kalkhoven Opts for Optium


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November 27, 2001 : A bevy of former JDSU execs are developing low-cost transponders with microprocessors inside

BitBlitz Pushes Partnership Program


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November 26, 2001 : Startup aims to make it easier for 10-gig Ethernet module makers to incorporate its SerDes chip

Sorrento Mum on Revenue Outlook


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November 26, 2001 : Sorrento has quietly reshuffled executives and says its long-awaited restructuring plan is coming next month

Lucent Drops on Downgrades


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November 26, 2001 : After rebounding off its lows, Lucent stock has some short-term hurdles on the road to recovery, say analysts

Interest Grows in Wavelength Conversion


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November 23, 2001 : A growing number of companies are developing all-optical wavelength converters

Cisco Clarifies Ring Strategy


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November 23, 2001 : It'll offer two solutions for resilient packet rings -- SRP (proprietary) and RPR (standardized)

Startup Promotes Switchless Networks


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November 22, 2001 : UK-based Pipistrelle is developing the all-optical equivalent of an Ethernet bus

Fraud Case Hangs Over Fore Fat Cats


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November 22, 2001 : Allegations of unethical behavior during Marconi's acquisition of Fore Systems have resurfaced

TeraXion Trots Out FBGs


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November 21, 2001 : Startup gets an $8 million loan to further the manufacture of its fiber Bragg grating-based components

Metro DWDM Game Heats Up


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November 21, 2001 : Nortel's upgraded metro DWDM product may put further pressure on ONI, the number two in the market

Optical Access Yanks IPO


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November 21, 2001 : Nearly a year after it filed for an IPO, the MRV subsidiary has finally thrown in the towel

Cisco in U-Turn on RPR


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November 20, 2001 : It's Aladdin vs Gandalf, as Cisco changes tack on the proposed resilient packet ring standard

Peters Out at Mahi


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November 20, 2001 : Mahi CEO Greg Peters has resigned and Sequoia's Christopher Rust is now interim CEO

Optovation Brings in $20M


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November 20, 2001 : Optovation raises $20 million in a second round of funding

Edgeflow Becomes Meriton


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November 20, 2001 : Core switch startup uses new name to solidify strategy, tout alliances with Vitesse and ExceLight

AcceLight Scores Major Change


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November 19, 2001 : Optical switching startup raises a $60 million round, claiming it's got a God-box that will work

JVP Raises a $400M Fund


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November 19, 2001 : Who says there's no money left? Jerusalem Venture Partners raises $400M and will put much of it into networking

Shareholders Reward Layoffs


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November 19, 2001 : Corvis and Tellabs cut more jobs, while their stocks bounce upward: It's all about preserving cash

AMCC Makes Light of Layoffs


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November 19, 2001 : It's fired software developers working on its OC192 network processor, but denies this will have an impact

Movaz Moves Up


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November 19, 2001 : With new trials and revenues on the way, startup says all systems are go despite layoffs and cutbacks

TCS and Motorola


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November 19, 2001 : Another member of the Unstrung 25 inks a deal with Motorola.

NEA Turns to Trading


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November 16, 2001 : NEA's Dick Kramlich mints a tidy $27 million gain trading Juniper shares with venture capital

Downgrades Flow From LaFountain


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November 16, 2001 : Needham & Co. downgrades Cisco and Juniper as stocks climb toward target prices

A Gem of an Idea


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November 16, 2001 : Artifical opals could hold the key to making the ultimate in miniature optical components

Lucent Cuts Deal on Fiber Unit


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November 16, 2001 : Furukawa and CommScope shaved 16 percent off their Lucent fiber offer UPDATED 11/16 3:30PM

Storm Goes Native


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November 16, 2001 : The Israeli metro equipment startup gets the thumbs-up from its first trial customer

Have Startup Valuations Stabilized?


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November 15, 2001 : Communications company valuations haven't budged in six months, but startup investment levels continue to fall

Tellium Execs Lengthen Their Locks


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November 15, 2001 : Tellium's management is doubling down on the company's stock... by holding on to it

Optical Oracle: More Carrier Cutbacks


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November 15, 2001 : Carrier capex likely to decline up to 35% in 2002, says the Optical Oracle

Dueling Interconnects Unmasked


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November 15, 2001 : HyperTransport and RapidIO both aim to improve chip throughput: But what's the difference between 'em?

Juniper CFO Addresses Acquisition


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November 15, 2001 : Juniper CFO responds to questions regarding the acquisition of Pacific Broadband. More questions remain

Listwin Joins Redback Board


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November 14, 2001 : Former Cisco big wheel and Openwave CEO Don Listwin forges ties with Redback; Bibb is out as sales VP

Would Cisco Buy Brightlink?


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November 14, 2001 : Word on the Street is that Cisco may be poking around BrightLink for the startup's optical switch

Sparkolor Secrets Surface


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November 14, 2001 : Tomorrow's announcement of a tunable laser isn't the full story, says company from the same stable as Gemfire

Nanovation Goes Bust


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November 14, 2001 : Bankruptcy court says it must liquidate its assets now that it's failed to come up with a rescue plan
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