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Articles published in June 2003

Headcount: A Free Lunch?


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June 30, 2003 : Foundry nixes hoax; Quarry's quarried new CEO; Santel won't comment; Tachion lives on

Cingular EDGEs Out Rivals


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June 30, 2003 : First to launch advanced data for GSM, beating out AT&T and T-Mobile

Cypress Wants a Piece of Search Pie


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June 30, 2003 : Cypress and IDT battle heats up, as Cypress looks to gain a bigger piece of the search-engine chip market

Juniper Enhances Its Edge


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June 30, 2003 : Has added a new router and new features to its E-series and M-series routers. Is it enough to take on the competition?

Insider Details OSS Opportunities


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June 30, 2003 : Carriers are desperate for software that simplifies network operations. LR Insider looks at the growing market

Sandbridge Draws $22.5M


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June 30, 2003 : Processor startup brings multitasking technology to the mobile handset world with a little help from Siemens and friends

Marconi Gets Bigger in Broadband


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June 30, 2003 : Wins contract with BT that might help it get taken seriously in the DSLAM Market

Who's Growing a GPON?


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June 30, 2003 : Reliable sources say gigabit PON technology's on the drawing board of at least one major access supplier

WLAN's Spray Play


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June 27, 2003 : An amazing advance in 802.11 technology...

Backplane Standard Gains Allies


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June 27, 2003 : 20 more companies join the effort to create standard backplane interfaces based on next-gen PCI

Backplane Standard Gains Allies


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June 27, 2003 : 20 more companies join the effort to create standard backplane interfaces based on next-gen PCI

Carriers Lose Termination Fight


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June 27, 2003 : Massive regulatory tariff cuts for UK carriers could have serious impact on network investment

Centrino Adds A, Not G


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June 27, 2003 : Intel will join the dualmode club next month, but will miss the g spot

MetaSolv Axes 60 Jobs


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June 27, 2003 : Major OSS firm reacts to 'business environment' as its scales down across the board to further cut costs

Procket CEO Resigns


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June 27, 2003 : Randall Kruep has resigned as CEO of Procket, just as the big dealmaking was supposed to start

The FCC Waiting Game


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June 27, 2003 : Government surprise for the coming holiday? The months-late FCC rules on UNE-P may run to 1,000 pages

Bermai Buffs Up


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June 26, 2003 : Startup raises $12M more to get products to market -- but does the world really need another 802.11 chip company?

IPv6 Coming to America


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June 26, 2003 : After years of hype, a handful of service providers are deploying IPv6 in the States

UTStarcom Gets a Boost


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June 26, 2003 : UTStarcom's stock climbs as an analyst raises 2004 revenue estimates

Strix's Radio Trix


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June 26, 2003 : Startup pitches radio play but channel changing may cause problems

UTStarcom Climbs on Estimate Boost


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June 26, 2003 : UTStarcom's stock climbs as an analyst raises 2004 revenue estimates

Ciena Touts a Piece of the Grid


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June 26, 2003 : Metro Online platform is deployed at Argonne National Lab, but in the short term a large payoff isn't likely

3G's Den of Vice?


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June 26, 2003 : Watch out, there's a Peeping Tom about

IPv6 Coming to America


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June 26, 2003 : After years of hype, a handful of service providers are deploying IPv6 in the States

Sorrento Bids for LuxN


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June 26, 2003 : Fresh from restructuring, Sorrento looks to consolidate its market position by buying LuxN for less than $20M

Light Reading Launches Brand Survey


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June 26, 2003 : Monster branding survey seeks to define 'who makes what' and who has the best brands in each area

RBOC Whispers for Catena


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June 25, 2003 : Line-card upgrades get startup Catena in the door at RBOCs. Will it go much further?

GlobalX Fate Unwinds in Court


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June 25, 2003 : An NY court is hearing arguments for and against Global Crossing's plan to return from bankruptcy UPDATED 6/26 9AM

Hutch Wakes Up


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June 25, 2003 : Is the tide finally turning for 3G newboy after initial setbacks?

Juniper Goes Public With Verizon


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June 25, 2003 : Says Verizon is using its ERX for its IP Enterprise initiative... though how much isn't clear

Electrical Access: Dream On?


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June 25, 2003 : Utilities worldwide are testing power lines for broadband access. Don't laugh

Orange to Gang Up on Vodafone


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June 25, 2003 : Says it will join other European carriers in a roaming and data alliance to counter Vodafone's dominance

A Closer Look at PON Econ


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June 24, 2003 : So the RBOCs might be interested in fiber-to-the-premises. They're working on a business case. It may surprise you

Riverstone Branded 'E' by Nasdaq


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June 24, 2003 : Riverstone missed its deadline to file its annual report, and now Nasdaq is taking steps to delist it

Headcount: Copy This


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June 24, 2003 : Touch America, Next Level, Lucent, and others make cuts. Meanwhile, Bandwidth9 is still open. Really!

TI to Buy Intersil?


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June 24, 2003 : Intersil stock pops on rumors; it would take Texas Instruments to the pole position in the WLAN chipset market

AirMagnet Attracts Agilent


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June 24, 2003 : Agilent taps network monitoring startup for WLAN capabilities

Ciena Rings Up an Upgrade


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June 24, 2003 : JP Morgan raises the company's stock rating to Neutral based on new hopes for growth

FNC Lands Big Verizon Gig


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June 24, 2003 : Fujitsu's division gets a potentially lucrative Sonet contract, but Lucent and Nortel are still in the running

Switch Chips Debut at Conference


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June 24, 2003 : Marvell and TeraChip unveil off-the-shelf silicon for switch vendors at Network Processors Conference

Airespace Adds an Appliance


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June 23, 2003 : Switch startup looks to enhance existing networks with a new bolt-on thingummajig

Proficient Adds Load Balancing


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June 23, 2003 : Route optimization startup Proficient is taking on WAN link load-balancing vendors with new software offering

Xtellus Stands Alone


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June 23, 2003 : The startup owns the only liquid-crystal fab dedicated to telecom, but is that enough for survival?

Internet Photonics Broadens Targets


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June 23, 2003 : Metro Ethernet vendor takes on more competition by adding Sonet/SDH regeneration to its CWDM equipment

Allied Telesyn Debuts DSLAM Drama


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June 23, 2003 : Japanese subsidiary gets more aggressive in the N. American carrier access market, targets video over DSL

MS Hops on Hotspot Hoopla


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June 23, 2003 : Inks promotion with Boingo, T-Mobile, and Wayport to publicize yet another rebranding of its mobile operating system

Vodafone Preps for WLAN Move


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June 23, 2003 : World's biggest wireless carrier is preparing an assault on the carrier hotspot space. Better never than late?

Vivato Snags $44.5M


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June 23, 2003 : Will plow huge round of cash into further development and into promotion of its 802.11b switch

Avici, Riverstone Pick Processors


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June 20, 2003 : Going into the next week's Network Processors Conference, Intel and Sandburst have wins to brag about

Nextel's Trademark Talk


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June 20, 2003 : What will carriers call their wireless VOIP services now that Nextel has a trademark on Push to Talk™?
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