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Articles published in June 2004

Analyst Boosts Alvarion


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June 30, 2004 : Pacific Growth pushes Alavarion as star performer in the growing fixed-wireless market

Kotura Integrates With $11M


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June 30, 2004 : An $11M funding round will push the former Lightcross into integrated-optics territory, the new CEO says

Tektronix Acquires Inet for $325M


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June 30, 2004 : Test vendor doubles its revenues and breaks into VOIP and network performance monitoring

Navini Nabs $30M


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June 30, 2004 : Takes total to $115 million and won't rule out further funds

SEC Steps Up Sonus Probe


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June 30, 2004 : Sonus's recent run of good product news is weighed down by a 'formal' SEC investigation into financial results

Avici Not in on China Deal


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June 30, 2004 : Its routers are not part of IP backbone deal struck by OEM partner Huawei, says Chinese vendor

Chip IPOs: 'Tis the Season?


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June 29, 2004 : Fear of a second-half slump may be pushing semiconductor companies into going public

Chip IPOs: 'Tis the Season?


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June 29, 2004 : Fear of a second-half slump may be pushing semiconductor companies into going public

WiMax Spec Ratified


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June 29, 2004 : The 802.16d standard, the technology behind WiMAX, has been approved by the IEEE

Locust Meshes It Up


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June 29, 2004 : Tiny Brit startup says it's all over the 802.11 mesh networking market

Ethernet/MPLS Growth Up for Grabs


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June 29, 2004 : As Ethernet services take off, multiple approaches are vying for carriers' hearts, according to a Heavy Reading report

Cisco Acts on Actona


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June 29, 2004 : Snaps up data center software specialist for $82M, in a bid to speed up file access over WAN connections

Users Prowl, Admins Growl


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June 29, 2004 : Wireless LANs: Can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em

BT Renews $656M Marconi Deal


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June 29, 2004 : Vendor retains a hefty chunk of BT's annual £300M network upgrade outsourcing contract

Nortel Sells Plants, Supplies Update


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June 29, 2004 : Completes plans to offload manufacturing plants to Flextronics and expects new refiling in July

Ikanos Catches IPO Fever


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June 28, 2004 : Loss-making chip maker hopes to raise up to $85 million on the stock market

Vernier's New New CEO


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June 28, 2004 : Startup unwraps second CEO in under a year, fourth in all

Marconi Scales Down Its Edge


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June 28, 2004 : The Multiservice Edge Club gets a new member as Marconi launches low-cost box for the enterprise market

Nortel Waits on WiMax


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June 28, 2004 : Canadian vendor won't be rushed into market move

Supercomm in Pictures


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June 28, 2004 : Last week's Supercomm festivities included a fair helping of monkeys and DeLoreans, as always

Will Spying Charges Hurt Huawei?


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June 28, 2004 : Though the Supercomm spying charges aren't ironclad, they might add to unease about Huawei's ethics

LR Hosts/Wins Telecom Pool Tourney


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June 25, 2004 : We hoist trophy after tournament taking place at our party on our table with our refereees and our rules. Surprised?

Session Controllers Storm Chicago


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June 25, 2004 : The session border controller firms were much in evidence at Supercomm

Supercomm Blues


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June 25, 2004 : Triple play was the only way to go at this year's über-tradeshow

Supercomm Snippets: The Sequel


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June 25, 2004 : Fun, frolics, freebies, and fermentations were all on offer at this year's Supercomm – if you knew where to look

Nokia Eyes CDMA 450


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June 25, 2004 : Finnish vendor reported to be watching market 'very closely'

Huawei in Spying Flap


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June 24, 2004 : Booth photographs by a Huawei employee have at least one equipment vendor crying foul

EV-DV on Hold?


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June 24, 2004 : DO'h! 3G technology set for delay as carriers seem content with data-only standard

ATCA Finds More Friends


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June 24, 2004 : Intel customers Huawei and KT pledge to support the telecom hardware initiative, possibly upping its chances of success

Myrio Rides Triple Play Wave


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June 24, 2004 : Video middleware vendor ramps up its customer base and isn't sweating over Microsoft's IPTV spree

Cisco, Meriton Join ROADM Gang


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June 24, 2004 : As Cisco rolls out its latest 15454 card, Meriton counters with a Cisco-busting strategy

Juniper's NetScreen to Get IPv6


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June 24, 2004 : Juniper will announce IPv6 enhancements to NetScreen gear next week

VOIP Security Poses a Problem


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June 24, 2004 : VOIP is all the rage, but data center managers could be in for a rough time preparing for security threats

Boingo Bets on VOIP


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June 23, 2004 : Hotspot startup pushes network integration as key piece of future strategy

Supercomm Snippets


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June 23, 2004 : VOIP, VOIP, VOIP. Triple triple triple play. Dan and Desh talk trash, PacketFront comes West, and a Grubman sighting

Boingo Bets on VOIP


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June 23, 2004 : Hotspot startup pushes network integration as key piece of future strategy

Marconi Lands Telstra Deal


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June 23, 2004 : Marconi and its equipment partner RBN are smiling wide today as Telstra awards a deal reportedly worth $210, UPDATED 6/24, 3PM

Spirent Gets Interactive


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June 23, 2004 : Launches router test tool with a stop/start capability that's a hit with at least one lab

RPR Finds Its Niche


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June 23, 2004 : Carriers are fancying Resilient Packet Rings these days, although deployment is coming in small chunks

Vendor Points to VOIP Vulnerabilities


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June 23, 2004 : Security vendor uses Supercomm to announce a set of VOIP enhancements to its intrusion-and-prevention system

Wi-LAN Takes On WiFi


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June 23, 2004 : Makes legal move on Cisco in bid to claim patent rights over 802.11a/g modulation technology

Powell: VOIP Regs 'Grave Mistake'


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June 22, 2004 : Industry will be fine, he says, if regulators can restrain themselves, as VOIP and broadband take off

Pay the MAN!


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June 22, 2004 : WiMax kit as cheap as WiFi within three years?

Lucent to Buy Broadsoft?


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June 22, 2004 : Incumbent equipment provider may not be done shopping in the VOIP software space

SBC's $6 Billion Banquet


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June 22, 2004 : CEO Ed Whitacre pledges 4 to 6 billion for new fiber deployment and an IP TV partnership with Microsoft

Sprint Confirms EV-DO Network


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June 22, 2004 : Carrier gives $1 billion network the green light and keeps options open on EV-DV

VPLS: Very Painful, Long & Slow


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June 22, 2004 : The converged network isn't always an easy sell, as Masergy's CEO relayed at yesterday's Light Reading Live conference

Video Profits on Pause?


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June 22, 2004 : Triple Play might spell double trouble for service providers that are counting on making big bucks from video services

Carrier Comes Clean on Triple Play


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June 22, 2004 : CT Communications says its two years of offering triple-play services in Ohio have been an adventure

Agere Targets Resilience


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June 22, 2004 : Unveils network processor developments inspired by British Telecom's 21st Century Network convergence project
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