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Articles published in May 2003

Cisco Beefing Up the B-RAS Story


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May 30, 2003 : Cisco and others are set to announce improvements in existing products that will give them more B-RAS functions

Telecom Italia Untangles WLAN


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May 30, 2003 : Italian carrier breaks free of rosso tape after initial hotspot brouhaha

Switch Startups Seek Funding


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May 30, 2003 : VCs asked to dig deep as wireless LAN switch vendors start to ramp up commercial operations

LogicaCMG Plays Catchup


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May 30, 2003 : Traditional messaging giant is out of the starting blocks in MMSC race, but has it missed the gun?

The Convertible Makes a Comeback


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May 30, 2003 : ADC, Lucent, and Juniper are jumping on the convertible bondwagon, stoked by a revival of the market

Hamster Bites Man


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May 30, 2003 : Former Unstung editor's hamster dies, foul play not ruled out

Two VOIP Chip Players Diverge


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May 30, 2003 : One VOIP chip maker has a $15 million Korean contract; the other appears to be shutting down

The Rights Stuff


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May 30, 2003 : Nokia gets a pat on the back and a kick in the pants for its efforts to motivate mobile content publishing

RBOCs Hungry for Fiber


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May 29, 2003 : BellSouth, SBC, and Verizon promise fiber-to-the-home RFPs soon. Has PON's ship finally come in?

Corvis Spikes on DISA Talk


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May 29, 2003 : Corvis is getting the DISA deal, say stocktalkers. No wait, it's Cisco. Hold on... it could be Nortel... but no...

Tellabs Builds on 5500 Legacy


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May 29, 2003 : Renames its metro transport switches and introduces an upgrade to its Ocular platform

Switch Startups Seek Funding


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May 29, 2003 : VCs asked to dig deep as wireless LAN switch vendors start to ramp up commercial operations

And Now: The Optical Arms Race


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May 29, 2003 : Bill Quigley is bullish on optical technology transfer to the military. Will it work?

Hutch's Nokia Network Woes?


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May 29, 2003 : All is not well in 3G marriage, according to the scuttlebutters. Call the fire brigade?

Online Auctions Get Scary


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May 29, 2003 : Carriers are starting to use them to force vendors to openly bid against each other for work

AT&T Puts Hands on SANs


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May 29, 2003 : Pumps up business continuity offerings with storage transport service. Does it go the distance?

Ample Evangelizes Ethernet


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May 28, 2003 : The startup takes a break from OC768 to develop an Ethernet analogue to virtual concatenation

Trademark Tiff Looms


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May 28, 2003 : Bluesocket doesn't like Trapeze using the words 'secure mobility.' Jury still out on 'varekai, varekai'

Calix in Billion Share Bind?


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May 28, 2003 : Yes, that's billion

Caching In on P2P


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May 28, 2003 : UK startup CacheLogic is offering ISPs a novel way of coping with avalanches of P2P traffic

Juniper's Bullish Conversion


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May 28, 2003 : With a $350M offering of convertible stock, is Juniper stocking up for a longer winter or feeling acquisitive?

Juniper Delves Into Security


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May 28, 2003 : Juniper is the latest routing vendor to beef up security in a bid to add new services to its routers

Laurel & Marconi Make It Official


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May 28, 2003 : Marconi plans to resell Laurel's ST200 edge routers to the Feds

DISA Deal D-Day Approaches


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May 27, 2003 : The long-rumored megamillion-dollar Fed contract is coming into focus... and everybody wants a piece of it

Luminous Thinks Small


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May 27, 2003 : Migrates to the building premises, as the E500 platform is designed to make ring nodes out of customer sites

Headcount: Such Language!


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May 27, 2003 : Alcatel shuffles Canadian jobs, Lasercomm sells its assets, Turin trims, Altamar goes on the block

Gent's Last 3G Stand


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May 27, 2003 : Vodafone chief Chris Gent delivers swan song high but leaves incoming boss with 3G noose

Atrica Rounds Out the Edge


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May 27, 2003 : The metro Ethernet startup has three new boxes on the way and claims it's shipping ports like mad

Internet Photonics Leans on ADC


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May 27, 2003 : Startup looks for 'big brother' with a ticker symbol. Terms undisclosed, but there may not be many

Cisco's Switch Ambition


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May 27, 2003 : Switch startups are in full speculation mode about Cisco's wireless LAN announcement next month

Foundry on the Switch Trail?


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May 26, 2003 : Pundits say that wired switch vendor Foundry could follow rivals into the wireless arena

First-Mile Ethernet Enters Home Stretch


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May 26, 2003 : The IEEE spec isn't officially done, but by July it should be good enough for vendors to ship equipment

Lumentis Offers WDM Combo


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May 26, 2003 : Swedish startup says it's found a way to run CWDM and DWDM channels on one link

'Pre-G''s Alright With Me


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May 26, 2003 : Most vendors dismiss potential 802.11g incompatibility issues at London show; only Nortel holds out for ratification

Big Dogs Chow on WISPs


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May 23, 2003 : Europe’s carriers to rule hotspot market once roaming issues are overcome, say industry pundits

Weapon of Mobile Destruction


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May 23, 2003 : Double your pleasure... It's a phone! It's a torture device! It's both!

Metcalfe: Sonet, Fibre Channel Are Toast


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May 23, 2003 : At 30 years old, Bob Metcalfe's brainchild Ethernet has an impressive string of knockouts. Is Fibre Channel next?

Metcalfe: Ethernet Rules!


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May 23, 2003 : At 30 years old, Bob Metcalfe's brainchild Ethernet has an impressive string of knockouts. Will it rule in wireless?

Security Wares Combat Killer Worms


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May 23, 2003 : Netscreen, Checkpoint, and Cisco have all recently launched a barrage of products to keep out the bad guys

Tropic: Hot or What?


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May 23, 2003 : It's racing Photuris to deliver reconfigurable metro networks, but Marconi appears to be way ahead of them

Valo Pledges Ultimate Access


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May 22, 2003 : Petaluma startup Valo offers a few more details about its coming 'ultimate access system'

Onix: Another MEMS Casualty


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May 22, 2003 : The all-optical switching firm whose development paralleled OMM's keeps in step: it closes up shop

WLAN's Big Day Out


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May 22, 2003 : Hype machine sent into overdrive at London event. Is there a spin doctor in the house?

Mellon Buying More CoSine Stock


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May 22, 2003 : Mellon HBV is on its way toward gaining more control. Can CoSine's owners hold tight?

'G' Spec Nears Completion


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May 22, 2003 : The final version of 802.11g is nearly ready -- but will 'official' products work with 'pre-g' kit?

Ciena Sales Up, Outlook Cloudy


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May 22, 2003 : Ciena's latest quarter shows improvements, but the market is still a wild card, say executives UPDATED 3PM

Wanted: Multi-Wavelength Believers


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May 22, 2003 : ThreeFive Photonics's multi-wavelength receiver would have wowed equipment vendors a few years ago

Laurel: Startup Holdout?


News Analysis - Comments (41)
May 21, 2003 : Sources say Laurel Networks is being courted by the big boys, but she wants big bucks

Getting a Bead on B-RAS


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May 21, 2003 : Broadband Remote Access Servers are key to the future. But just a few vendors get the message, says LR Insider

Sonim: PTT Standard Soon


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May 21, 2003 : Sonim boss expects consolidation around major infrastructure vendors in the PTT market as services roll out this year
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