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Articles published in July 2005

SiBeam: Mystery Chip Chaps


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July 29, 2005 : New startup gets $15M from VCs but keeps mum on the high-speed, short-range radio technology it's working on

Cisco Reveals 'Black Hat' Flaw


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July 29, 2005 : Now that an IOS vulnerability has been outed at the Black Hat conference, Cisco has released a security advisory detailing the problem

Nexagent Makes Strategic U-Turn


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July 29, 2005 : Carrier resistance forces VPN interconnect hopeful to revamp as a more traditional systems provider, says wunderkind founder Charlie Muirhead. The new model might just appeal to aspiring systems integrators, reckons analyst

MetroPhotonics Sheds Its Fab


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July 29, 2005 : Metrophotonics is selling off its fab equipment in an online auction, but the company is still alive and kicking in the FTTx market

Palo Alto FTTH Initiative Stalls


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July 29, 2005 : Incumbent service providers are watching closely as the Silicon Valley city's broadband plan loses momentum

LR Sharpens Focus on VOIP


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July 28, 2005 : Invites readers to help refine lists of vendors and products in 10 categories for VOIP infrastructure equipment directory; launches survey of MSAP equipment and reader poll

Alcatel Serges on Triple Play


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July 28, 2005 : CEO Serge Tchuruk details a solid Q2, says there are even better days ahead thanks to triple play and mobile NGN

Alcatel Serges on Triple Play


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July 28, 2005 : Carriers' next-generation deployments are registering at Alcatel, says CEO Serge Tchuruk, who ups guidance for the year on the back of triple play-driven growth

CSR Moves on Convergence


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July 28, 2005 : Acquires software vendor UbiNetics for $48M in effort to target unlicensed mobile access market

VocalTec in End Game


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July 28, 2005 : Time's nearly up for VOIP equipment player as it cuts 70% of its staff and initiates bidding process for quick sale

Cisco Faces Security Flap


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July 28, 2005 : Researcher flouts Cisco and Internet Security Systems to point out major flaw in Cisco's IOS; Cisco says hole has been patched and new IOS solves the problem

Changes Begin at AMCC


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July 28, 2005 : Recently hired CEO Kambiz Hooshmand is ready with his new plan for the company. The first step: a 5 percent layoff

Telco Systems Buys Integral Access


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July 28, 2005 : The addition of gateway vendor Integral Access gives Telco Systems a stronger offering in terms of TDM-to-IP migration

New Bill Boosts Telecom


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July 27, 2005 : The introduction of new legislation that would re-tool the Telecom Act of 1996 had a warming effect on telecom stocks Wednesday; Verizon also had kind words about capital spending

LR Poll: Shroud Turin, Tank Tazz?


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July 27, 2005 : Light Readers are clamoring to chime in on Light Reading's Top Ten Private Companies list, many objecting to inclusion of startups Tazz and Turin

China Takes Shine Off iBasis


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July 27, 2005 : VOIP wholesaler reports strong quarter, but margin concerns linked to traffic from China and a flood of new shares put pressure on the share price and leave iBasis no nearer a Nasdaq return

Cingular Spends on GSM


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July 27, 2005 : Carrier invests $227M in second-generation technology as rumors resurface over 3G delays

FT Takes on Telefónica


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July 27, 2005 : Takes its fixed/mobile convergence strategy into Spain with acquisition of number two mobile operator Amena. Analysts and investors applaud the move

FT Takes on Telefónica


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July 27, 2005 : Takes its fixed/mobile convergence strategy into Spain with acquisition of number two mobile operator Amena

Ample Eyes TCP Apps


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July 27, 2005 : While waiting for the OC768 market to perk up, Ample has made its money selling Ethernet parts. Now the company is mulling an expansion into TCP as well

Siemens Gets Closer to Gen Band


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July 27, 2005 : Increases investment in General Bandwidth and names it as a preferred gateway supplier for its US Class 5 switch displacement strategy

Undersea Market Resurfaces


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July 27, 2005 : Rumors that a carrier consortium is looking to buy up transatlantic capacity are a sign that plummeting bandwidth pricing is about to turn around

Sheer Delight for Cisco


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July 26, 2005 : Perhaps tired of buying security companies, Cisco has turned its attention to network management by buying OSS firm Sheer Networks, possibly paying as much as $122 million – and one analyst says it's paying too much

ASIP, T-Networks Reach Apogee


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July 26, 2005 : Two 10-Gig laser manufacturers are merging and taking the name Apogee, hoping that product breadth can be an advantage in the emerging high-speed market

CoSine Seeks New Blood


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July 26, 2005 : After a turbulent 12 months, could M&A be the answer to CoSine's woes? CEO Terry Gibson thinks so

Moto Jumps to Mobile


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July 26, 2005 : Plans to leapfrog inhouse development of fixed wireless 802.16 services, mirroring rival moves to 802.16e

Tellabs Taps AFC's Growth


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July 26, 2005 : A 23% rise in sales of AFC gear helps Tellabs beat revenue and earnings expectations, but the FTTx business is not without its technical challenges, admits the CEO

NetCentrex Acquires IMS Smarts


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July 26, 2005 : Will acquire session border controller vendor NeoTip to bolster its IMS capabilities and to cash in on the growing demand for systems that enable VOIP services

FiberTower Gets $150M Haul


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July 26, 2005 : Wireless backhaul startup gets backing for big expansion plan

Verso Clings On


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July 26, 2005 : Some in the industry see the company's demise as the necessary culling of an overcrowded softswitch field, but Verso isn't going quietly

Bountiful's WiFi Harvest


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July 25, 2005 : Startup announces an access point it claims will offer two to four times the coverage of current 802.11 products

VSNL Pays $239M for Teleglobe


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July 25, 2005 : Not content with buying Tyco's global network, Indian powerhouse VSNL offers a premium for TDM and VOIP wholesaler Teleglobe, which sees its stock rocket

Anagran Attracts $12M


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July 25, 2005 : On the heels of an $8M round announced last year, Larry Roberts's flow-based routing startup is picking up another $12M in its chase for the enterprise market... with Uncle Sam possibly kicking in

Cisco Muddles on IMS


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July 25, 2005 : Heavy Reading report finds network giant is yet to fully commit to a technology designed to deliver IP applications over different types of wired and wireless access networks

Cisco Muddles on IMS


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July 25, 2005 : Heavy Reading report finds network giant is unclear on its commitment to technology

FiberTower Gets $150M Haul


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July 25, 2005 : Wireless backhaul startup finds blue-chip backers for big expansion plan aimed at giving it critical mass

Multi-Channel Magic?


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July 22, 2005 : Vendors add radios and channels to beef up wireless LANs

Rural Carrier Makes IPO Hay


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July 22, 2005 : Consolidated Communications, an IOC operating in Texas and Illinois, raises $203.7 million in its IPO and says it wants to use the cash to pursue acquisitions

Cisco KiSSes Up to Telco TV


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July 22, 2005 : Cisco enters the IPTV customer premises equipment space with the acquisition of KiSS's networked video players and recorders

Nextel Mulls Wireless Broadband


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July 22, 2005 : Ahead of impending Sprint merger, carrier touts potential high-speed network on 'fantastically valuable spectrum'

Happy Days! ADC Buys the FONS


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July 22, 2005 : Ayyyyy!! Is ADC buying a company known as the FONS? Correctamundo, my TV-literate friends!

Huawei H1 Sales Hit $4.1B


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July 22, 2005 : Huawei continues its stellar growth by announcing first-half sales up by 85 percent year on year to $4.1 billion, with more than 60 percent coming from international sales

Eurobites: So Shrink Me


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July 22, 2005 : Will Europe's carrier consolidation ever end? The latest M&A news and gossip, plus Telecom Italia's IPTV trials and the continent's other tasty news morsels

802.11n Merger Approved


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July 21, 2005 : The IEEE gives 802.11n groups extra time to merge technology proposals for high-speed WiFi

SBC Disses the Dish


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July 21, 2005 : SBC says it wants more out of its DISH Network relationship and appears to be slowing sales as a negotiating tactic

F5 Shares Get Hammered


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July 21, 2005 : Stock dives after sales to Japan and US government disappoint, even though company beats expectations. Does the WAN optimization space call?

Packet Attack Changes Chip Designs


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July 21, 2005 : The next wave of telecom equipment is being defined by advancements in the chip world, especially ATCA standards, according to panelists at a Light Reading Live! event

Nords Part Ways


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July 21, 2005 : Ericsson impresses again with second-quarter results while Nokia takes a hammering

AT&T Props Up Avici


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July 21, 2005 : Hardware revenues of $10.5 million were almost entirely from AT&T, while service revenues of $1.2 million came from just six Avici customers

RAD Gets a Micro MSPP


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July 21, 2005 : The MSPP is not only shrinking, but getting more Ethernet focused as well. One of the latest entries, from RAD Data, aims to put TDM traffic on Ethernet backbones
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