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Articles published in December 2002

IBM/Morgan Deal Shares the Wealth


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December 31, 2002 : The $5B agreement between Big Blue and JP Morgan Chase may bring good news to telecom suppliers

Mobile Sales Cut BT Debt


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December 31, 2002 : Sells stake in Hong Kong operator, awaits French windfall

Winnick Walks


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December 31, 2002 : Will Gary Winnick's resignation as chairman of Global Crossing help the bankrupt carrier boost its image?

2002 Top Ten: News Stories


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December 31, 2002 : We take a look back at our news analysis highlights since Unstrung was relaunched back in June

2002 Top Ten: Static Bursts


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December 31, 2002 : Step right up, sir, we've got the guaranteed cure for your wireless fatigue: an intensive regimen of Dr. Dan's Static Bursts

Compal's MS Maneuver


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December 31, 2002 : Laptop maker signs on for Smartphone

J-Phone's Limited Appeal


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December 31, 2002 : Vodafone's Japanese carrier makes little of 3G launch

Long Distance Rates Set to Soar


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December 31, 2002 : Both MCI and AT&T are raising prices on long-distance services, and Sprint may not be far behind

2002 Top Ten: What Ifs


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December 31, 2002 : Thought experiments, idle speculation, or unabashed rumormongering? You decide

Is Intel's GigE Chip on Hold?


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December 31, 2002 : The cancellation of Intel's PHY device would bode well for Marvell and Broadcom

2002 Top Ten: Most Popular Stories


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December 30, 2002 : A shortlist of the stories that garnered the most page views in '02

Data Users Are Fixed-Rate Fans


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December 30, 2002 : However, our polls show that subscribers will pay extra for 'special downloads,' whatever that might mean...

Switch Fabrics Storm the Market


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December 30, 2002 : A bevy of switch-fabric contenders will slug it out in 2003, according to a new Light Reading report

Mobilitec May Have Vodafone Deal


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December 30, 2002 : Reports link elata rival with major deal

Guilty as Charged


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December 30, 2002 : Dutch watchdog fines mobile operators €88M -- total, not each

2002 Top Ten: Components Catastrophes


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December 30, 2002 : The components market turned into a smoking crater this year, so we track the ten biggest bombs

2002 Top Ten: Fat Cats


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December 27, 2002 : Well, 2002 wasn't all bad -- at least if you were sitting pretty like these honchos

Spain Offers 3G Respite


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December 27, 2002 : Relaxes guarantees to help with UMTS investments

Poll Identifies Big Traffic Drivers


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December 27, 2002 : Home workers will be the big Internet traffic generators in 2003, according to a Light Reading poll

Unicom Reaches 7M Target


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December 27, 2002 : Claims it has reached its self-imposed 2002 target for CDMA subs. 'Bout time!

Akerson Exits XO


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December 27, 2002 : Daniel Akerson will step down as chairman and CEO after the carrier completes its restructuring

NTT Pumps Up Browser Partner


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December 27, 2002 : It's a $13M Christmas for Japanese microbrowser developer Access, with DoCoMo playing Santa

Samsung Inks Indonesian 1x Deal


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December 27, 2002 : Emerging CDMA system supplier cements 1xRTT contract with PT Telkom, and Ericsson grabs a piece of the action, too

2002 Top Ten: Technology Trends


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December 27, 2002 : Treading water in '02, techies cut through the hype and get down to brass tacks: What really works?

Qwest Graded Up and Down


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December 26, 2002 : Qwest's debt exchange made some people happy, but S&P and Moody's have downgraded the company

Broadcom Picksa Peck o' Patents


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December 26, 2002 : The $24M deal with Unova includes technologies that could boost the chip maker's 802.11 efforts

Broadcom Picks a Peck of Patents


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December 26, 2002 : The $24M deal includes technologies that could boost the chip maker's 802.11 efforts

AT&T Scales Back 3G


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December 26, 2002 : Having seen DoCoMo fall on its face, AT&T decides its original 3G plans may have been a bit too ambitious

2002 Top Ten: Forecasting Follies


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December 26, 2002 : In a year when no one was right, there were still howlers aplenty UPDATED 12/27 9AM

2002 Top Ten: Monkey Business


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December 25, 2002 : A selection of morsels from the Light Reading message boards

Cisco Buys Psionic


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December 24, 2002 : Its acquisition of the security startup highlights the challenges facing all intrusion detection vendors

Unicom Sets '03 CDMA Target


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December 24, 2002 : With nearly 7 million CDMA subs in its pocket, Chinese carrier looks to add 13 million more next year

Analysts Predict More Capex Cuts


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December 24, 2002 : Carriers won't trim their 2003 budgets by as much as once forecast, but equipment suppliers could still suffer

Erlang Preps Switch Fabric Push


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December 24, 2002 : With $7.5M in its first VC-funded round, NEC Electronics' former baby aims for a serious product drive in 2003

Top Tips in 2002


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December 24, 2002 : Our investment team had a promising second half of 2002

Spotwave in the House


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December 24, 2002 : Canadian startup says it has the solution to dead zones in the office. Now, if it could just do something about Rob in accounts!

2002 Top Ten: Photos


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December 24, 2002 : A glance back at our intrepid photog's not-yet-award-winning best work

Qwest Sheds Some Debt


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December 23, 2002 : An exchange deal may allow Qwest to lower its debt by $1.9B. Has it unloaded enough stones to avoid sinking?

Floridians Bid for CoSine


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December 23, 2002 : Florida venture firm ups its offer to $95.5 million -- but CoSine's board is playing hard to get

2002 Top Ten: Pink Slips


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December 23, 2002 : 2002 was a bad year for telecom workers as companies large and small continued to tighten their belts & slim down

NetMotion Fills Its Boots


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December 23, 2002 : VPN supplier bags new funding and closes its biggest deal ever -- and it claims to have more wins on the way

Sendo Sues Microsoft


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December 23, 2002 : Alleges that Microsoft had a 'secret plan' to plunder its knowledge and expertise and drive it to insolvency UPDATED 3:30PM

Lytek Takes On Laser Challenge


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December 23, 2002 : Startup Lytek says it's racing ahead in developing 1310nm VCSELs. What's happened to the competition?

RBOCs Get Long Distance Go-Ahead


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December 23, 2002 : It's good news for SBC and BellSouth, but is it a blow to telecom competition?

2002 Top Ten: Words of Wisdom


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December 23, 2002 : Light Reading's top picks from our Quote of the Week feature

Solid Sparks Embedded Systems Dispute


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December 20, 2002 : Solid Information Technology's new database software has stirred up some antipathy among its competitors

Are You in the Bluetooth Brigade?


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December 20, 2002 : Well, are ya, punk?

Is Celox Farewell an Omen?


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December 20, 2002 : Celox Networks shut its doors this week. Are IP service switches on their way out?

Nortel Adds EV-DO Scalp


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December 20, 2002 : Nortel joins Samsung and LG in the growing EV-DO camp, while Moto looks stagnant, says latest Wireless Oracle

Agere Proposes Reverse Stock Split


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December 20, 2002 : Joining Lucent and Nortel, Agere seeks a way to avoid potential delisting
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