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Articles published in April 2002

Amplifier Startup Hires Ex-Sorrento Boss


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April 30, 2002 : Xin Cheng lands at Dowslake Microsystems, which was founded by amplifier guru Dan Yang

Layoffs Level LaserComm


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April 30, 2002 : Components startup sends 30 packing as long-haul sector remains stalled

Luminous Cuts Away


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April 30, 2002 : One of the most vocal supporters of Resilient Packet Ring (RPR) technology is cutting jobs. Bad sign?

Qwest Posts Loss, Preps Asset Sales


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April 30, 2002 : Qwest downplays quarterly losses today; says economic recovery will rescue telecom sector

Nortel and Agility in Tiff Over Lasers


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April 30, 2002 : Both claim to have the first Telcordia-qualified widely tunable lasers. Overall it's good news for the industry

Sidgmore Takes Control at WorldCom


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April 30, 2002 : Troubled phone company welcomes a new president and CEO to help it find ways to grow

AT&T and Cingular: Hot for VoiceStream?


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April 30, 2002 : They're favorites to buy VoiceStream, if Deutsche Telekom sells, but it's unlikely to happen this year

Dispersion: New Version


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April 29, 2002 : Startup Accumux announces a new kind of dispersion compensator, but JDS Uniphase might have a better one

Teleglobe & BCE: Bad Vibes Up North


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April 29, 2002 : Bell Canada's striking changes may send more chills through the North American equipment market

BrightLink to Shut Down This Week


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April 29, 2002 : Optical switching company fails to find additional funds; vultures may be circling 'round the assets

WatchGuard Bulks Up


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April 29, 2002 : Its new suite of products offers solutions to everyone from small offices to large service providers

Rotten at the Core?


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April 29, 2002 : Restructured carriers may put off core-router buys, making life even harder for startups

Lightspeed Drafts Former Juniper VP


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April 29, 2002 : Juniper's former top marketing guy ends up as a VC at Lightspeed Venture Partners

Sprint: Next-Gen Data Services Should Be Affordable


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April 29, 2002 : Says aggressive prices will drive new services, such as its new corporate wireless email

GigaTera Sends Pulses Racing


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April 26, 2002 : Could the Swiss startup's pulse-generating laser be a breakthrough in high-speed transmission?

JDSU Posts Loss, Buys Startup


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April 26, 2002 : $43 million acquisition of Scion will give JDSU a second crack at getting into the AWG market

Lucent Tries On That Startup Look


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April 26, 2002 : Lucent's looking to change many things -- including the way it compensates its workers

Megisto Adds Hundt to Board


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April 26, 2002 : Wireless IP gear startup adds former FCC chairman to its board of directors

Megisto Adds Hundt to Board


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April 26, 2002 : Wireless IP gear startup adds former FCC chairman to its board of directors

Shareholders Blast Nortel


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April 25, 2002 : Shareholders tie up annual meeting with questions on executive compensation and the company's reporting

WorldCom's IP Outages: Whodunnit?


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April 25, 2002 : WorldCom blames outage on a train wreck, but Cisco confirms there were router problems UPDATED 6:44 PM ET

Zarlink Unveils Access Processor


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April 25, 2002 : Its new chip combats timing and latency problems when sending TDM traffic over packet networks

Lucent: US Carrier to Test 40-Gbit/s


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April 25, 2002 : Lucent says a US carrier will soon start testing its 40-Gbit/s LambdaXtreme. Onlookers shrug.

Access Market Sings the Blues


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April 25, 2002 : Speakers at NGN Ventures rant about clueless regulators and money-obsessed carriers holding back broadband

Pratt Leaves Marconi


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April 25, 2002 : EVP and GM of Marconi's access group takes a hike

Reports Slams GPRS Prices


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April 25, 2002 : Analyst firm says only 1 million people are using GPRS data services in Europe because prices are too high

Corvis's Qwest Deal Reduced by $138M


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April 24, 2002 : New agreement says Qwest will buy a minimum of $12 million of Corvis gear, knocked down from $150 million

Network Photonics: A Corvis Copy Cat?


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April 24, 2002 : Its new subsystems combine wavelength muxing with all-optical switching -- just like Corvis

Which Router Vendor Rules C&W?


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April 24, 2002 : Cable & Wireless says its new IP VPN network is 'Cisco Powered' -- but that doesn't mean it has dumped Juniper

Telecom Downturn: Just Beginning?


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April 24, 2002 : Venture capital conference host says telecom downturn might last several more years

PONs Hit the Big Time


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April 24, 2002 : Well, AOL Time Warner is big -- and it's deploying Quantum Bridge's passive optical network gear

Commentary: Beating the Saturation Blues


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April 24, 2002 : Lessons we learned at BT’s knee

Redback Rallies Itself


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April 23, 2002 : Redback is edging out Cisco in one account, according to a companywide meeting held last week

Williams Goes Into Chapter 11


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April 23, 2002 : Williams Communications Group surprised no one by filing for bankruptcy reorg today. What's the upshot?

Copper Battles Optics in Backplanes


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April 23, 2002 : Accelerant and Broadcom announce chips that send faster signals over copper traces in telecom equipment

Juniper Goes Terabit With the T640


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April 23, 2002 : Juniper finally announces the T640, once code-named 'Gibson,' along with three preliminary customers

Lucent/Verizon DWDM Deal: When?


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April 23, 2002 : The deal is potentially worth hundreds of millions to Lucent, but only if and when Verizon gets off the dime

Siemens Takes Stake in Symbian


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April 23, 2002 : Adds further momentum to smartphone operating system, but the jury's still out on whether it will capture the market

WorldCom's Woes Mount


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April 22, 2002 : Questions linger about big-ticket acquisitions, overly enthusiastic projections, and complaints about overbilling

EZchip Sallies Fourth


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April 22, 2002 : It's fourth with a 10-Gig network processor but says that's just for starters UPDATED 4/24 11:30AM

Lucent Sets Agere IPO Date


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April 22, 2002 : Targets June 1 flotation. Reports lower losses but plans further layoffs

Hatteras Plans Switch-Hitting Ethernet


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April 22, 2002 : Startup Hatteras networks looks to provide Ethernet over both copper and fiber networks

NetPlane Aims at Simpler QoS


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April 22, 2002 :

XcelleNet Gets In Sync With Ehand


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April 22, 2002 : XcelleNet beefs up its synchronization strategy by acquiring partner Ehand

Catena's Picking a New Top Dog


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April 19, 2002 : The access startup is shuffling top management again and has decided it's time for a new CEO

Agere and Multiplex Bury the Hatchet


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April 19, 2002 : They've settled the patent infringement and theft cases that Agere launched against Multiplex last summer

Scion Seeks to Slice Components Costs


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April 19, 2002 : Startup founded by Intel veterans says it will drive down the costs of making integrated components such as AWGs

Capex Cuts: How Low Can They Go?


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April 19, 2002 : Analysts say capex could fall even lower than the latest lowered levels; RFPs could wither, even if approved

Analysts See a Slow Wireless Recovery


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April 19, 2002 : Despite gloom about Nokia’s lowered handset predictions, analysts still reckon the market is crawling out of the doldrums.

Nortel's World is Flat


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April 18, 2002 : Nortel gives a nod to wireless as its revenues slow and losses pile up. Company sees flat growth ahead
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