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Articles published in March 2003

Headcount: Give Me Liberty


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March 31, 2003 : Tellabs prepares to cut, Mahi hires sales muscle, Nortel vet founds a startup, and Jedai is not dead yet

Vernier Electrifies WLANs


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March 31, 2003 : Startup says that running power over Ethernet cable can remove hidden costs of WLAN rollout

Cisco Takes On 10 GigE Competition


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March 31, 2003 : Cisco's new 10 GigE announcement matches competitors on performance and beats them on pricing

VPIplayer: Tool or Toy?


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March 31, 2003 : VPI's latest simulation software could slash system design times, but it's got a lot to prove first

Internet Photonics Touts VOD


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March 31, 2003 : Boasting Cablevision as customer, Internet Photonics unveils new gear for MSO video-on-demand

Nortel 'Reveals' WLAN Offerings


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March 31, 2003 : Vendor outlines WLAN strategy to a suspecting market

Dynegy FleesTelecom


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March 31, 2003 : Dynegy will sell the rest of its telecom business to 360networks, in a deal that could be good for both companies

VCSELs Revisit OFC


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March 31, 2003 : Companies such as Infineon and E20 aren't giving up, planning a new round of surface-emitting laser products

Sources: Cisco's Sales Light


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March 28, 2003 : Cisco's orders are light going into the third month of the quarter, according to several sources

Taqua Cuts in on Santera at 1stel


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March 28, 2003 : Texas carrier confirms it swapped its SanteraOne Class 5 switch for a Taqua box

Boston Fiber Cuts Us Out


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March 28, 2003 : A fiber cut affecting Allegiance, WorldCom, and MCI is believed to be the reason behind our Friday afternoon nap...

Nortel Preps 'Security Switch'


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March 28, 2003 : Enterprise product to ship in June will take on the wireless LAN startups

Lucent Pays Big to Settle Claims


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March 28, 2003 : Lucent closes the books on shareholder lawsuits with a $568 million settlement

Aruba Unwires N+I Network


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March 28, 2003 : But its 802.11 services are hardly ubiquitous

Global Crossing's Pal Perle Backs Off


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March 28, 2003 : Richard Perle resigns as chairman of a Pentagon advisory group after being criticized for a Global Crossing deal

Hotspot Profits On Hold: Gartner


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March 28, 2003 : It could be 2007 before North American public access hotspot owners start to make profits, predicts Gartner

GSMA: Back Off, Darrell!


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March 28, 2003 : It's handbags at ten paces as GSM Association head honcho hits back at Congressman’s 'ill-timed' jibes

Broadwing Looks Ahead


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March 27, 2003 : Carrier completes a successful debt overhaul and recapitalizes; questions linger about sale of broadband subsidiary

Riverstone Disappoints the Street


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March 27, 2003 : Riverstone's revenues were as expected, but large reductions in gross margins signal more trouble UPDATED 3:30

OFC Scrapbook, Part II


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March 27, 2003 : Oh, dear: Our photo coverage of OFC continues

WaveSmith Wins at SBC


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March 27, 2003 : WaveSmith's got the break most startups dream of. What's next?

Texas Fuels Price War


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March 27, 2003 : TI's aggressive tactics put pressure on 802.11b product prices, which are dropping by the week, says Lehman

Security Startups Thrive


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March 27, 2003 : The prospects for vendors of dedicated 802.11 security systems look enticing, says the Wireless Oracle

OFC Scrapbook, Part 1


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March 27, 2003 : We came. We saw. We took pictures...

Dispersion Battles Continue


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March 27, 2003 : Startup Aelis claims a breakthrough in dispersion compensation, while others show off electronic techniques

SKOE: A Korean JDSU in the Making?


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March 27, 2003 : One of Korea's big industrial conglomerates is aiming to become a big player in components and modules

US Rep: Vive la CDMA!


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March 27, 2003 : Congressman rallies for CDMA rollout in post-conflict Iraq, slamming plans for 'outdated' European GSM tech

AT&T Shelves Grooming Test


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March 26, 2003 : Its halting of trials of VT1.5 grooming switches could be very bad news for startup Polaris

GalayOr's Flights of Fancy


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March 26, 2003 : An all-optical motherboard is one of several concepts the MEMS startup is pursuing

His Brilliant Career


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March 26, 2003 : Short tenure as CEO of hotspot hopeful Cometa was not a flame-out, insists 'old fart' Larry Brilliant

OIF Demos Herald Interoperability


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March 26, 2003 : Carriers say they're encouraged by next-generation optical switching demo conducted by 24 vendors

Nortel Claims African First


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March 26, 2003 : Vendor announces CDMA2000 1X launch in Nigeria, but it won’t be breaking out the Champa- er, Freedom Fizz just yet

Corvis Notes Broadwing Wiggle Room


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March 26, 2003 : Corvis says it may reduce its share in the acquisition, but deal continues to puzzle

Analysys: Europe's Hot for Data


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March 26, 2003 : Data revenues are on the rise in Western Europe, according to research firm, so those GPRS networks are under pressure

Pining for PON


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March 26, 2003 : A cheaper PON technology from Hitachi could be heading toward North America

Simon Cao Surfaces


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March 26, 2003 : The former CTO of Avanex is now CEO of Arasor and is touting some nifty lithium niobate developments at OFC

Report: Carrier Capex Cuts Continue


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March 25, 2003 : Infonetics predicts N.American carriers will continue to slash capital spending in 2003. When will they stop?

Startups Tackle Optical Manufacturing


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March 25, 2003 : A bunch of startups at OFC are aiming to help others make optical components and subsystems

Huawei Admits Copying


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March 25, 2003 : Says a small amount of its router software was copied, but continues to fight lawsuit brought by Cisco

Nortel Beefs Up Ethernet Attack


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March 25, 2003 : Incumbent equipment vendor delves into VLANs, GFP to help carriers blend Ethernet services with Sonet transport

OFC's Plenary Indulgence


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March 25, 2003 : The hot new trend in telecom optics is to get out of telecom optics, according to OFC's keynoters

Carriers Fail Billing Tests


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March 25, 2003 : Alarm bells raised over carrier billing strategies for new data services

VCs Sniff Value in Europe


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March 25, 2003 : Ernst & Young believes VCs and private equity investors will be attracted to the European wireless market in 2003

Hitachi Retreads IPv6 Path


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March 25, 2003 : Vendor joins aging IPv6 supporters club, but doubts linger over future rollout

Inplane Scores $10M More


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March 25, 2003 : First-round investors pony up extra money for the startup as it unveils new waveguide amplifiers

Headcount: Lights, Camera, Action!


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March 25, 2003 : Marty gets snubbed, LuxN backpedals, ex-Digilens workers get stiffed, Narad cuts, Novalux goes bankrupt

OFC Keynoter Lands on DL


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March 24, 2003 : Injury forces Intel's Sean Maloney to the bench; CTO to substitute

FCC Unphased by UWB


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March 24, 2003 : And AT&T Wireless says any UWB interference issues will be resolved by the time it launches its 3G services

Tellabs Invests in White Rock


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March 24, 2003 : Has spring sprung? As Tellabs invests an undisclosed sum and integrates the product, romance is in the air

AFC Straps B-RAS on Telliant


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March 24, 2003 : New remote access server features give Telliant a few more jobs in the carrier central office
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