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Articles published in September 2003

Management Buyouts Blossom


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September 30, 2003 : A string of new component startups includes Headwall (ex-Agilent) and ANDevices & InPhenix (out of Axon)

VPN/Firewall Vendors Look to Wireless


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September 30, 2003 : As wireless carriers spend more on infrastructure, VPN/firewall vendors will likely benefit

Extreme Ships Wireless LAN Kit


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September 30, 2003 : As predicted, Extreme has started to ship its first WLAN switch boxes and access points

Marconi Scores $9M Gov't Win


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September 30, 2003 : Marconi's big multiservice switch attracts business from another government agency

Was GIG-BE Process Flawed?


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September 30, 2003 : Legislators are questioning whether DISA's selection process had sufficient government involvement

Tahoe Tumbles On


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September 30, 2003 : Rumor mill in full flood as VC keeps the faith

Extreme Ships WLAN Kit


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September 30, 2003 : As predicted, Extreme has started to ship its first WLAN switch boxes and access points

AMCC Switches On IBM's Fabric


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September 29, 2003 : AMCC is acquiring the PowerPRS switch fabric from IBM after a homegrown design didn't pan out

Colubris's Pay Phone Power Play


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September 29, 2003 : Colubris works with ADC to develop a combined DSL/WLAN box that can be powered over existing copper wires

Alcatel Redraws Router Strategy


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September 29, 2003 : The company says it will drop the 7770 OBX core router product and combine its features with TiMetra products

Verizon Catches Data Wave


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September 29, 2003 : Launches high-speed data service for mobile workers in San Diego and Washington DC

Headcount: For the Masses


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September 29, 2003 : Mass layoffs continue, Hatteras can't keep a CEO, LightCross loses its COO, and Lucent tries to calm pensioners

AT&T Gets Hip to Switched Ethernet


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September 29, 2003 : AT&T is markedly aggressive in its metro Ethernet service rollout. The race with ILECs is on!

Motorola Locks Down Chips


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September 29, 2003 : A new group of the company's PowerQuicc chips become the latest processors to add encryption

Voodoo's Hotspot DoubleUp


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September 29, 2003 : Wireless giant to adopt partnership approach to hotspot rollout

Core Blimey!


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September 26, 2003 : One in five carriers don't know Juniper makes core routers -- and three out of four haven't heard of Avici

Kineto: No QOS Required?


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September 26, 2003 : Startup bucks conventional wisdom about how voice-over-WLAN should work

Lucent Retirees Get the Schacht


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September 26, 2003 : Board member and ex-CEO Henry Schacht hits the road to confront 'enraged' oldies over benefit cuts. Pardon?

E2O Goes for 4-Gig


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September 26, 2003 : Transceiver vendor is joining the 4-Gig transceiver party for storage area networks

Ethernet Differences Revealed in Poll


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September 26, 2003 : Ethernet-to-the-home is hot in the Asia/Pacific and a complete dead duck in North America, says LR poll

ProQuent Strikes Back


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September 26, 2003 : CEO serves up two customers as evidence of life but can't reveal names

Security Boxes Look to Ban Spam


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September 26, 2003 : Spam-fighting is a growing opportunity, and many security applicance vendors are so positioning their products

KT 's Got an Earnings Success Story


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September 26, 2003 : North American carriers might look East for models of success: South Korean carrier KT is making bacon

NEC Gears Up for WLANs


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September 25, 2003 : Japanese giant will introduce 'voice and data' WLAN products for business customers next month

Pirelli Returns


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September 25, 2003 : Its lab division, working on photonic crystals, debuts at ECOC with tunable lasers and promise of a tunable OADM

MPLS Migration Gets a Voice


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September 25, 2003 : MPLS/Frame Relay Alliance plan will help carriers migrate compressed voice traffic to an MPLS backbone

ArrayComm Switches Heads


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September 25, 2003 : Granddaddy of wireless industry to stick around, despite handing over reins

Ciena Links Up With Luminous


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September 25, 2003 : As anticipated, Ciena's glommed onto the RPR startup to round out its multiservice portfolio

Tellabs Unveils Vivace Sibling


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September 25, 2003 : Announces home-grown platform that will work with its Vivace switch in converged IP/MPLS backbones

Bookham Buys Some More


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September 25, 2003 : Shopaholic Bookham snaps up its second company this week -- Ignis Optics, a maker of datacom modules

Salira Gets Another China Deal


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September 25, 2003 : Ethernet PON vendor Salira has scored a multiyear project with a cable provider in China

High-Speed CDMA Rocks Korea


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September 24, 2003 : The 3G flavor of CDMA now has a name, thanks to SK Telecom, and it's a hot one

Cisco Winning Market Perception War


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September 24, 2003 : A huge, ground-breaking survey by Heavy Reading shows that Cisco has won the hearts & minds of carriers

PetaSwitch Kicks the Bucket


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September 24, 2003 : The struggling switch-fabric vendor will call it quits at the end of September

Lucent Settlement Gets Preliminary Nod


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September 24, 2003 : Lucent's got initial approval of its previously announced plan to settle shareowner and related litigation

Cisco Goes Buyback Happy


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September 24, 2003 : Cisco's board gives the green light to gobble up another $7B in shares... Is it the best use of cash?

Lehman Sees Upswing


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September 24, 2003 : Steve Levy gives wireline a bump on reports of 'slightly' better news from the wireless sector

Old Europe Steams Ahead


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September 24, 2003 : Hold on to the handrail, folks. This train's fast to Hotspot Central!

Lehman: Telecom Downturn Is Over


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September 24, 2003 : Steve Levy says telecom's headed for better days, and he's upgraded the entire wireline equipment sector

The Wireless King Kong


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September 24, 2003 : The managing director of Europe’s largest operator slaps down third-party content providers

Survey: Carriers Plan More Optical


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September 24, 2003 : A KMI survey of 141 carriers shows spending patterns could increase next year

Inplane Breaks Out Passives


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September 23, 2003 : The amplifier startup is considering making a side business out of its planar passive components

Verizon Blames Everyone


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September 23, 2003 : The FCC, the unions, the economy... even the weather appears to be at fault for reduced profit estimates

Filtronic Reaches First Base


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September 23, 2003 : Possible Siemens deal gives subsystem vendor foothold in base-station battle

Tellium Landlord Up In Arms


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September 23, 2003 : Could a dispute with a New Jersey real estate company stymie the merger between Tellium and Zhone?

Verizon Cuts Outlook, Blames Everyone


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September 23, 2003 : The FCC, the unions, the economy... even the weather appears to be at fault for reduced profit estimates

SureWest Picks Allied Telesyn Gear


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September 23, 2003 : SureWest Communications will buy 5,000 gateways from the access vendor for FTTH rollout

Level 3: Lower Q3 Revenues


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September 22, 2003 : How much better could things be getting if revenues are still falling?

Proxim: All Quiet on the Switch Front


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September 22, 2003 : Proxim stays (largely) silent on switch status as it outsources development of access point management software to Wavelink UPDATED 9/23 5:30:00 PM

Headcount: It's Uncle Sam's Fault


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September 22, 2003 : SBC protests, Motorola board rebels, Corvis/Broadwing executive ranks to grow
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