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Articles published in September 2002

Nortel: No Mercy


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September 30, 2002 : Nortel wins a new customer and settles its lawsuit with Extreme, but analysts still give it a good slapping

Digital TV: Who'll Tune In?


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September 30, 2002 : New digital TV gear has led to scattershot deployments. Why aren't the big fish biting?

Overture Raises $15M


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September 30, 2002 : Edge box maker brings in more funding and adds two new board members

MobilCom, Namedropper


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September 30, 2002 : Troubled German operator puts 3G expansion on ice as it restructures, but it still seeks interested parties for its existing assets

Lumentis Bursts Into 3G


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September 30, 2002 : Swedish startup adds Sonet/SDH to its metro DWDM platform and announces its first customer -- Whampoa's Hi3G

IPWireless Flies the TDD Flag


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September 30, 2002 : IPWireless pushes UMTS in the US, but can it beat the big boys?

Lumentis Bursts Into 3G


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September 30, 2002 : Swedish startup adds Sonet/SDH to its metro DWDM platform and announces its first customer -- Whampoa's Hi3G

SBC's Fed Up, But So Are Its Critics


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September 27, 2002 : Regulations are to blame for massive layoffs and capex cuts, SBC says. Analysts say its the bad business model

Two Suppliers Cozy Up to Sprint


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September 27, 2002 : It's a tale of two press releases, with both Sun and Openwave claiming to 'power' the new services from Sprint PCS

CWDM On the Move


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September 27, 2002 : Coarse WDM is supposed to bust the metro bottleneck. First, it must bust its own ** UPDATED 9/30 1:50 PM **

Startups Prepare for Pitchfest


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September 27, 2002 : What's it take to get funding in this environment? A group of Texas startups is about to find out

3G Redefined, Finnish Style


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September 27, 2002 : Goalposts are shifted to meet a deadline as Nokia and Sonera get together for a next-gen jamboree

Cisco, QLogic Top Optical Oracle Charts


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September 27, 2002 : Optical Oracle ranks the companies most likely to prosper in a turnaround: You may be surprised by the results

Juniper Still Working Verizon Deal


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September 27, 2002 : Edge-routing contract near closure, but it will likely be a lot less than most people expect

What's the Wireless Router Market Worth?


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September 26, 2002 : The Wireless Oracle takes on this thorny topic in this month's comprehensive overview of the wireless router market

Nokia: Hurry Up and Wait


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September 26, 2002 : Nokia launches its first dualmode 3G handset with fanfare, then says: 'Now
hang on 'til next year'

Name the Monkey!


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September 26, 2002 : ...and Win Valuable... well... Tolerable Prizes!

Nortel Outlook Worsens


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September 26, 2002 : Depressing, indeed. Expected, yes. Can Nortel do anything new and interesting to lighten its load?

Coretek Is Closed


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September 26, 2002 : Another day, another Nortel acquisition bites the dust

Altamar Cans Its Optical Switch


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September 25, 2002 : Its parent, Ditech, will focus on optical transport subsystems instead

Austria Claims Euro 3G First


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September 25, 2002 : Incumbent Mobilkom arms 'friendly users' with singlemode devices to use on the carrier's live UMTS network

Did Qwest Qwash Morgan's Analysts?


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September 25, 2002 : A Congressional hearing on Qwest and GlobalX's capacity swaps turns up tussle with Morgan Stanley

Grubman Gets New Suits


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September 25, 2002 : Former Salomon Smith Barney analyst gets hit with another lawsuit after his former firm gets a $5M fine

Grubman Gets Some New Suits


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September 25, 2002 : Former Salomon Smith Barney analyst gets hit with another lawsuit after his former firm gets a $5M fine

IPAG Bags $4.4M for 40-Gig Chips


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September 25, 2002 : German startup IPAG gets another €4.5 million to develop high-speed receiver circuits

Metro DWDM: What's Ahead?


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September 25, 2002 : The latest report in Light Reading's series on metro networks details DWDM's role as a bottom-line booster

Williams Settles With SBC


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September 25, 2002 : Williams has settled a conflict with customer SBC, but faces other hurdles to emergence from Ch. 11

Hutchison Inches Closer to 3G


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September 25, 2002 : First batch of phones arrives early in month to kickstart 'phased rollout' of 3G in the UK

Sun Always Shines on MID P


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September 25, 2002 : Sun says upgrade to the mobile Java device profile should make handset compatibility issues a thing of the past

Mobile .Net Goes Vertical


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September 24, 2002 : We still wonder what mobile .Net is exactly, but HP has been telling us how it's been using the 'architecture'

Carrier Spending Hopes Dim


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September 24, 2002 : This quarter's capex will likely yield another sequential dip, and 2003 isn't looking so hot either

Cisco's Learning Experience


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September 24, 2002 : Cisco-backed carriers aren't too successful, but service provider wins might be worth losing a few million

Siemens Restructures ICN


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September 24, 2002 : Siemens is consolidating its carrier business, reducing its headcount by 2,300. But is it enough?

Marconi Modifies SDH Stance


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September 24, 2002 : Last week, it said it was ditching Sonet in favor of SDH. This week, it begs to differ

Palm Has Visions of Sugarplums


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September 24, 2002 : The company is hoping the holiday season and new product revisions will yank it out of the doldrums

Orange Boss Pleads for Peace


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September 24, 2002 : Orange CEO says wireless industry players must 'cooperate, collaborate, and compromise' to further the common cause

Cisco-Backed Cambrian Is Bankrupt


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September 23, 2002 : Startup carrier files for Chapter 11 protection; owes Cisco nearly $69 million

CoSine Sells VPN Combo to China Netcom


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September 23, 2002 : CoSine looks to market itself as a box that slices VPNs and dices MPLS, while tossing in a bit of IPsec

Qwest's Amazing Shrinking Revenues


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September 23, 2002 : Will restate at least $950M in revenues related to capacity swaps: Only the beginning, observers say

Poll Shows Divisions Over IPv6


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September 23, 2002 : Poll respondents agree to disagree over that trickiest of wireless topics: Do we need IPv6?

Marconi Adds 'c' to Its OC192


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September 23, 2002 : Says it's first to offer ATM over OC192c in a multiservice platform. Important? UPDATED 9/24 12:20PM

Agere Unveils 'Universal' Framer


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September 23, 2002 : Agere's latest chip appears to be first to handle the full range of Sonet data rates, from OC3 to OC192

Modest in Victory


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September 23, 2002 : Ericsson wins GSM kit deal extension with French operator, but deems it too insignificant to mention publicly

Fashion Victim


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September 23, 2002 : Austria forgets that auctioning spectrum to mobile operators is no longer the Zeitgeist

Who Will Pick Up Polaris?


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September 20, 2002 : Close to a deal with AT&T, Ma Bell wants it to have a big partner. Could it mean M&A with Cisco or Ciena?

Cisco's Fine Young Cannibal


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September 20, 2002 : Cisco's new optical metro switch created some buzz at NFOEC. But it might also replace its own ADMs

Nufern: Independence Is Key


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September 20, 2002 : Nufern is positioning itself as an independent specialty fiber vendor, but is anyone buying?

T-Mobile's Danger Money


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September 20, 2002 : The carrier will bust price barriers with its Sidekick device launch, but will no one think of the ARPUs?

Black Friday: More Layoffs Loom


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September 20, 2002 : Alcatel, Avici, and Ciena closed the week with dire news. Where's that bottom? UPDATED 3PM

Where Art Thou, 802.11g?


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September 20, 2002 : IEEE gets hot under the collar over media reports of 802.11g standard progress: It's early days, says the Institute
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