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Articles published in June 2002

Flarion VC Touts Carrier Trial


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June 28, 2002 : Flash startup's VC says the company is in tests with a big service provider that will yield a deal. Nextel and Flarion are mum.

Gotham Networks, MIA


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June 28, 2002 : The edge equipment startup's missing in action, but signs are pointing to a bustup

FCC Focuses on DSL Classification


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June 28, 2002 : FCC Commissioner Abernathy emphasizes service classification as the key to clarifying broadband regulations

Creditors Take a Knapp


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June 28, 2002 : Barclay survives Chapter 11 at the helm

SMS Gets 'Heads' Going


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June 28, 2002 : Nethead and Bellhead get spiffy on the message boards

Laid Off, and Leaving Telecom


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June 28, 2002 : Laid-off telecom workers seek greener pastures

PON Believers Hang Tough


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June 28, 2002 : Further layoffs haven't deterred proponents of passive optical networks (PONs), who insist big wins lie ahead

Seven Strikes Back


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June 27, 2002 : Seven founder disputes ViAir claims, hints about new revisions, and lauds RIM

Intel Backs Another Switch Chip


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June 27, 2002 : Sandburst reveals details of its switch fabric architecture, with Intel's blessing

Motorola Chops More Jobs


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June 27, 2002 : That 'right-sized' enough for ya?

ETSI Takes Signatures to Task


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June 27, 2002 : Euro standards body promises speedy action to help m-commerce authentication systems work together

WorldCom Who?


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June 27, 2002 : The morning wires are abuzz with companies trying to distance themselves from WorldCom

Is Uncle Sam an Optical Sugar Daddy?


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June 27, 2002 : Carriers are spending less, and the US government is spending more. But it's not likely Uncle Sam can save the industry

Components Crunch Time


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June 27, 2002 : Who'll survive in optical components? Which products are likely to recover first? Optical Oracle answers all

WorldCom Finger-Pointing Begins


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June 26, 2002 : Investigations will try to sort out the players and how it happened

Sprint: The Luckiest Telco


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June 26, 2002 : Once upon a time Sprint was slated to merge with WorldCom...

Tunable Lasers: Back in Fashion?


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June 26, 2002 : Santur gets some venture capital and potential customers for its tunable lasers

Sprint: No SMS for You!


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June 26, 2002 : You can receive messages from people on other networks -- its just fiendishly difficult to reply

WorldCom Goes Boom


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June 26, 2002 : Bad accounting will subtract billions from its books, sending shockwaves through the market UPDATED 4PM ET

Verizon RFPs: More Fizzle Than Sizzle


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June 26, 2002 : A key Sonet contract's gone to Fujitsu, Lucent, and Nortel, with deployment put off until next year, sources say

Oh, Brother! Adelphia's Chapter 11


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June 26, 2002 : Adelphia files for bankruptcy after shareholders learn they were helping fund golf courses and family loans

Mobile Billing Supplier Tanks


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June 26, 2002 : Rivals pick over wireless bones of TelesensKSCL as Deutsche Telekom-backed billing specialist goes under

Praying for 3G Revenues


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June 26, 2002 : More UMTS, vicar?

Palm: My Three CEOs


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June 26, 2002 : Eric lives with Todd and David (and their dog Ruff?)

Dude, Where's My Carr?


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June 26, 2002 : Tellium announced a 37% job cut Monday; its stock is trading below $1; and the CEO is nowhere to be found

ViAir Wins AT&T, SmarTone Deals


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June 26, 2002 : ViAir adds to the roster of carriers using its wireless email software -- should it replace Seven on the Unstrung 25?

Cisco Beefs Up MPLS VPN Offering


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June 25, 2002 : Cisco adds MPLS VPN features to its edge routers, putting service creation devices on the defensive

Ciena Fleshes Out Sprint Deal


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June 25, 2002 : Ciena's CoreDirector deal from last year comes to light, and Ciena says it has K2 orders from Sprint

Irish Eyes Smile at Hutchison


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June 25, 2002 : And red faces for Vodafone and O2, edged out of top Irish 3G license by newcomer

Left to Our Own Devices


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June 25, 2002 : Smartphones 'R' Us

Report: US Carriers Face Test


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June 25, 2002 : The coming year is crunch time for the US mobile operators as they attempt to introduce wireless data services

KDDI Makes Waves With 1x


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June 25, 2002 : DoCoMo challenger hits 1M subs for CDMA2000 1xRTT service, but may struggle to hit 'ambitious' 7M target

BellSouth to the Rescue?


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June 25, 2002 : The Atlanta-based RBOC may be on the verge of kick-starting a telecomeback with big data-networking projects

Cisco Sees Euros in SDH


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June 25, 2002 : Cisco hopes to recreate the runaway success of its ONS 15454 Sonet platform in Europe, but is it two years too late?

Mobile Focus: Heard on the floor


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June 25, 2002 : Marketing executives say the darndest things!

IPass Blocks 'Rogue' WLANs


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June 25, 2002 : iPass attempts to develop roaming standard for corporate WLAN users

Reeves Seeds Mangrove Systems


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June 24, 2002 : Serial entrepreneur Jonathan Reeves, founder of Sirocco, starts another company and plans to take things slowly

Startups Pray for M&A


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June 24, 2002 : With startups caught in the spending lurch, they wait to be taken out... or else

Crazy Prices for BT's WLAN


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June 24, 2002 : UK incumbent loses touch with reality as industry group makes futile complaint against the system

Europeans Stretch 'Virtual' Boundaries


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June 24, 2002 : Operators seek stickiness with further 2G wholesale arrangements, but what 'virtual' deals might be struck in a 3G world?

Core Optical Startups Chill Out


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June 24, 2002 : With the core optical market in limbo, startups such as Calient and PhotonEx cut back for a long telecom winter

IPolicy Chips In


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June 24, 2002 : iPolicy builds a box based on network processors that it claims delivers seven security applications at wire speed

Verizon BREWs Up With Summus


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June 21, 2002 : Summus's Exego application is currently a rival to MMS imaging services, but the firm says that could change

Would Intel Buy JDSU?


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June 21, 2002 : Persistent speculation on a merger seems to be largely wishful thinking -- at least for now

Carriers Take Heart From EC


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June 21, 2002 : But power still rests with national regulators

Siemens Cooks Up Multiservice Platform


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June 21, 2002 : Seabridge, a Siemens company, reveals plans for its next-gen switch that can handle both cells and packets natively

Redback, Alcatel Close to Alliance


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June 21, 2002 : May close a deal by the end of the month that would have Alcatel serving as a distributor for Redback's gear

Group Telecom Takes a Hit


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June 21, 2002 : Lucent and Cisco pull their vendor financing deals, leaving the Canadian carrier scrambling for cash

Is Marconi Cooked?


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June 20, 2002 : Banks and bondholders will decide the fate of the company within weeks

Meet Me in Southborough, MA?


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June 20, 2002 : Celox closes its St. Louis R&D facility and offers engineers a place in Massachussetts
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