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Articles published in February 2004

Wireless Protection Infectious


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February 27, 2004 : Vendors battle to be the barrier method of choice

OFC Show Wrap: L.A. Fusion


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February 27, 2004 : Here's our soup-to-nuts summary of the most remarkable happenings at OFC 2004

Routers Are Winning the MPLS War


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February 27, 2004 : Market stats indicate that more routers and fewer multiservice switches are being used in converged backbones

Vernier: Third CEO's the Charm?


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February 27, 2004 : WLAN enterprise startup shows Powell the door, brings software veteran Coleman on board as new CEO

Grubman Returns


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February 27, 2004 : Small player hires Jack Grubman (yes, the Jack Grubman) as a strategic adviser. And the stock rises...

Squeezing Money From Modules


OFC/NFOEC News Analysis - Comment (1)
February 27, 2004 : Transponder announcements at OFC concentrate more on lower costs than longer reach

Europeans Go Crazy for Ethernet Services


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February 27, 2004 : Carriers are looking to ride the wave through launches, acquisitions, and network expansion

Opera Singing for Its Supper


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February 26, 2004 : The Opera IPO is another sign of the slow – but steady – growth of the mobile-related IPO market

XFP No Longer a BFD


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February 26, 2004 : The 10-Gbit/s module's anticipated 'fast ramp' won't happen, thanks to the advent of 4-Gbit/s Fibre Channel

Vendors Race for Reconfigurability


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February 26, 2004 : Cisco might be among the vendors adding ROADMs to their DWDM offerings to address a flurry of carrier RFPs

Au Revoir, 3G Schmoozefest


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February 26, 2004 : Unstrung picks its favorite titbits from this year's shindig in Cannes

Session Controllers: Limited Lifespan?


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February 26, 2004 : Startups need to make hay while the sun shines, says the latest Light Reading Insider report

Taqua Buy Comes Into Focus


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February 26, 2004 : Taqua options and extras drive the purchase price well beyond the announced $85M in cash

Tunables Chart a Comeback


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February 25, 2004 : Postponed projects get launched at OFC with new hopes for a tunable-transponder market

Hollow Fiber: No Pipe Dream


OFC/NFOEC News Analysis - Comments (5)
February 25, 2004 : BlazePhotonics has slashed losses in hollow fiber, according to research it will present at OFC

Fiber Makers Perk Up


OFC/NFOEC News Analysis - Comments (4)
February 25, 2004 : They tentatively foresee a possible slight thaw in the market... maybe

Lucent Fights for Euro 3G


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February 25, 2004 : Vendor continues to talk up hopes of UMTS success despite industry skepticism

AT&T Sets Aggressive VOIP Target


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February 25, 2004 : Plans to take on Vonage with voice over broadband and have 1M VOIP customers by end of next year

Starent's Chance Encounter


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February 25, 2004 : Wireless router startup looks to have dropped a clanger in Cannes

Vendors Make Mobile Moves


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February 25, 2004 : Motorola & Sonus, Lucent & Cisco, teaming up to chase the wireless VOIP infrastructure market

Accelerant Gets Acquired


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February 25, 2004 : Design software vendor Synopsys nabs Accelerant, hoping to license its SerDes to other chip makers

Vendors Unite for Mobile VOIP


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February 25, 2004 : Motorola and Sonus, Lucent and Cisco, have paired to chase the wireless VOIP infrastructure market

Airespace Gets D-Linked


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February 25, 2004 : SOHO access point playa makes enterprise push with LWAPP-compatible box

Tekelec Is Buying Taqua


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February 24, 2004 : Tekelec is getting Taqua cheap (likely under $140M) and adding a key piece to its packet voice arsenal

Lucent & Movaz Seal Deal


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February 24, 2004 : Surprise! The deal we told you about yesterday is real. But what's it mean for Lucent?

DWDM Goes to War


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February 24, 2004 : The military now has its own 'Moore's Law of Productivity' thanks to optical

Keynote Curse Strikes Again


OFC/NFOEC News Analysis - Comments (5)
February 24, 2004 : JDSU chief exec Kevin Kennedy drops from the OFC keynote slate, citing health reasons

Exponential-e: What Yipes Wasn't


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February 24, 2004 : UK Ethernet services startup hasn't raised a bean of VC money, but it's got 165 customers

Littlefeet Isn't Dead...


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February 24, 2004 : ...They just smell a bit funny

Megisto Maxes Up


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February 24, 2004 : Ex-wireless router vendor scores first commercial win in new target market

Digital Lightwave Borrows More


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February 24, 2004 : Owes its chairman's firm more than $14M, according to SEC filing, and may face bankruptcy

Aruba Creates Security Sandbox


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February 24, 2004 : It's working with Zone to quarantine users while their virus and worm protection is checked

Lucent & Movaz in WDM Deal


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February 23, 2004 : Sources say Lucent will announce it's incorporating WDM technology from Movaz in its Metropolis MSPPs

Whither Littlefeet?


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February 23, 2004 : Readers say that Littlefeet's employees have been given the little booty UPDATED

Ciena and Siemens Share MCI Glory


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February 23, 2004 : Ciena wasn't the only winner in the bidding for MCI's nationwide ultra-long-haul backbone contract

Mobile M&A Musings Mar KPN


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February 23, 2004 : KPN may have made a whopping profit last year, but investors are worried it might hurt itself in a bidding war

Laurel Steps Up on the Edge


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February 23, 2004 : The router startup says it's not scared by stronger edge strategies from Juniper and Tellabs

Merger Musings Send KPN South


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February 23, 2004 : KPN may have made a whopping profit last year, but investors are worried it might hurt itself in a bidding war

PhoXtal Takes to the ROADM


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February 23, 2004 : Swedish startup says its OADM module adds reconfigurability to existing optical equipment

P-Cube Strikes Double Deal


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February 23, 2004 : Carrier wins give newcomer a clear lead over startups

Forum Airs China Questions


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February 23, 2004 : Component vendors at pre-OFC seminar point to the pros and cons of manufacturing and selling in China

Procket Puffs Tokyo Project


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February 20, 2004 : The startup's core routers will fuel a new backbone for Japanese service provider Media EXchange Inc.

Cao Unites Chinese Components Vendors


OFC/NFOEC News Analysis - Comments (7)
February 20, 2004 : Simon Cao is uniting components vendors in China. His company, Arasor, has also acquired startup Lightbit

Ciena Buying Binge Alarms Analysts


News Analysis - Comments (18)
February 20, 2004 : Skepticism rains on Ciena's acquisition parade, as analysts fret over the lack of profitability

Oplink Nabs Accumux


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February 20, 2004 : A quiet, $1.6M deal sealed early this month lands Oplink some technology for dispersion compensation

Nextel Boosts Moto


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February 20, 2004 : Aggressive carrier investment set to benefit its sole network vendor

Cisco Buys Andiamo Finally


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February 20, 2004 : Completes stock transaction valued at about $750 million

Boeing's WLAN Security Flight


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February 19, 2004 : Security is in the air at Unstrung show

Nortel's Soft Sell


News Analysis - Comments (11)
February 19, 2004 : Equipment giant focuses on software - and the Great Mumford lets a multiservice cat out of the bag (meow!)

Wavelength Converters Go the Distance


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February 19, 2004 : A distance record by startup Kailight shows all-optical wavelength converters still show some promise
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