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Articles published in April 2005

Analysts: Verizon Will Ante Up


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April 29, 2005 : Under the terms of its original deal with MCI, Verizon must respond by midnight to the MCI board’s determination five days ago that Qwest’s latest bid is 'superior'

Fujitsu Shares Its 21CN Success


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April 29, 2005 : Fujitsu and Huawei may be the main suppliers of access kit for BT, but what, and who, do they bring to the party?

Infoblox Stacks Up $30M


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April 29, 2005 : Grabs $30 million Series E to build specialized boxes for LDAP, DNS, and RADIUS management

Work Poll: Retirement Jitters


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April 29, 2005 : Most folks don't see a cushy retirement coming, but there's no real panic, either

Fujitsu Invests in Meriton


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April 29, 2005 : Metro optical vendor gets unspecified cash injection from its partner to help it set up operations in the UK

Nextel Assures on iDEN


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April 29, 2005 : Carrier affirms commitment to proprietary technology as approval of Sprint deal looms

Could Huawei Buy Marconi?


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April 29, 2005 : Huawei says it's mulling over 'internal issues,' and Marconi's share price is continuing to slide

Alcatel Slumps on Earnings News


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April 28, 2005 : Reported a 55% drop in quarterly earnings yesterday, and investors voted with their trades today

Alcatel Slumps on Earnings News


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April 28, 2005 : Reported a 55% drop in quarterly earnings yesterday, and investors voted with their trades today

Bross: More to Come on 21CN


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April 28, 2005 : BT's CTO Matt Bross explains how BT chose its 21CN suppliers, what's next, and Marconi

Marconi in Turmoil


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April 28, 2005 : Shareprice crashes and company says 2,000 UK staff may lose their jobs following BT's 21CN announcement

Flarion, Siemens in at Eurotel


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April 28, 2005 : Slovakian carrier win is believed to be first fruits of earlier OEM agreement

RBOCs Change Tone on VOIP E911


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April 28, 2005 : After a great deal of reluctance, SBC and Verizon are moving toward cooperation with VOIP providers on E911

BT Unveils 21CN Suppliers


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April 28, 2005 : Eight vendors named, including Huawei. The big shock: no Marconi as BT plays hardball on price

Peribit Deal: More to Come


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April 28, 2005 : Juniper's proposed purchase of Peribit reflects momentum behind WAFS and WAN optimization

Eurobites: Rankings & Rumors


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April 28, 2005 : Denmark makes its mark in more ways than one, while the EU smacks the wrists of countries that aren't toeing the line

JDSU Cuts Continue


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April 27, 2005 : With revenues down from the previous quarter, JDSU announces another closure, this time in China

Mesh Springs Into Life


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April 27, 2005 : Mesh contenders get outdoors and smell the wireless

Ethernet Demand Revives Yipes


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April 27, 2005 : The growth of Ethernet services is reviving old fiber assets and Yipes is stepping into the spotlight again

IPTV Scramble Is On


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April 27, 2005 : SureWest CTO opines on IPTV's trench warfare to audience of tech arms dealers

Red-M Preps IPO


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April 27, 2005 : Wireless IDS player plans a flotation on London Stock Exchange’s younger sibling

Analyst: Marconi in Line for 21CN


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April 27, 2005 : Selection for BT's next-generation network looks 'certain,' says Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein

CenturyTel Eats Up Ethernet


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April 27, 2005 : Tier 2 carrier is tickling vendors with talk of a major metro Ethernet network that would energize its fiber assets

Juniper Takes Two: Peribit & Redline


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April 26, 2005 : Making the anticipated dive into WAN acceleration, Juniper makes offers to buy Peribit and Redline

Nortel Goes to Washington


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April 26, 2005 : Picks up outsourcing specialist PEC Solutions for $448 million in a bid for the government services market

IPWireless Gets More Orange


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April 26, 2005 : Reports suggest UMTS-TDD vendor has strengthened carrier relationship in Eastern Europe

Radware Rallies in App Switches


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April 26, 2005 : Books solid results in line with analyst estimates, plans to launch new application switching and security products

Alcatel Eyes Video Market


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April 26, 2005 : Enhancements to the 7750 and 7450 aim at bringing the routers into the IP video market

Ellacoya Sees Deep Packets at Shaw


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April 26, 2005 : The Canadian cable giant will use Ellacoya's deep packet inspection tool to wring profits from its data services

Cisco Lays Out Airespace Plans


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April 26, 2005 : VOWLAN, metro mesh, and security are all hot topics for Cisco now that it has swallowed Airespace

Avanex Does a French Trim


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April 25, 2005 : The company's cuts finally reach Europe, as Avanex strives for positive cashflow by mid-2006

SBC Boosted by Broadband


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April 25, 2005 : Growth in data services is slowly overcoming the long-term pinch in voice revenues, says the RBOC

DCL Opens Session Controller Sector


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April 25, 2005 : Software stack for OEMs will open up the emerging market for session border controllers to a wider audience

Bluesocket Taps AP Market


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April 25, 2005 : Startup set to expand product offering with launch of 802.11 access point kit

MCI Gives Qwest Hope


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April 25, 2005 : Decides Qwest's latest offer is superior, but gives Verizon a chance to up its bid

Net Processors Bloom at 10-Gig


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April 25, 2005 : The market might finally be ready for 10-Gbit/s network processors, as indicated by Xelerated's recent funding

Qualcomm's 802.11nlightenment


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April 25, 2005 : CDMA vendor warms up to WiFi

NAB2005: Telco Video Bingo


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April 25, 2005 : Broadcasters met in Las Vegas last week and were given a good, close look at telco video and all that surrounds it

Broadwing to Sell Corvis Business


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April 22, 2005 : Broadwing president Jim Bannantine steps down and the carrier prepares to get rid of its Corvis switching business

Landlord Takes Polaris


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April 22, 2005 : Polaris gets handed over to its largest creditor and CEO Panditi is stepping down

Ixia's Stock Shock


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April 22, 2005 : Posts best quarter ever, beats estimates, guides for further growth – and sees its share price plummet

Telefónica Prepares for IPTV Test


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April 22, 2005 : Spanish incumbent arms its field engineers with handheld video test tools as it prepares for mass deployment

Intel Maxes on 3G Spend


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April 22, 2005 : Launch of 3G device silicon could dwarf this week’s WiMax efforts

Ericsson Adds to Vendor Cheer


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April 22, 2005 : Follows rivals with impressive set of first-quarter financials

Qwest: Twice Bitten, Not Shy


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April 22, 2005 : The talks about M&A talks continue as Qwest sweetens its bid for MCI to $30 per share

SBC: IPTV's Day Has Come


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April 22, 2005 : The Bells tried 'video on demand' 12 years ago, and it flopped, but SBC says technology and consumers have changed

Avici Up, Panditi Out


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April 21, 2005 : Q1 earnings beat expectations; meanwhile, chairman Surya Panditi plans to step down. So what's up at Polaris?

Networks Outperform at Nokia


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April 21, 2005 : Impressive set of first-quarter results prove previous network fears unfounded

Thomson Buys Cirpack


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April 21, 2005 : French media systems firm buys softswitch vendor as it looks to beef up its telecom activities

OSS Decline Hurts Spirent


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April 21, 2005 : Service assurance weakness sends test vendor's stock into freefall as it scrambles to develop IP monitoring systems
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