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Articles published in February 2003

SMAC Targets US Startups


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February 28, 2003 : Siemens Mobile Acceleration opens US office in San Jose, Calif.

Validitas Intros Mobile Tester


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February 28, 2003 : Validitas launches its Configurable Air Interface Simulator (CAIS), a new solution for testing mobile applications and services

DSL Forum Sponsors ADLS2 Plugfest


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February 28, 2003 : Silicon vendors successfully complete the first step of the DSL Forum's plan to ensure ADLS2 physical layer interoperability

France Telecom Offers SDSL


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February 28, 2003 : France Telecom uses high-speed Symmetric Digital Subscribe Line technology to offer new services and solutions for businesses

Cogent Acquires Fiber Network Solutions


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February 28, 2003 : Cogent acquires the Internet service business, as well as five colocation facilities, of Fiber Network Solutions Inc.

MDTV, Vicom Cancel Merger Talks


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February 28, 2003 : MDU Communications decides that a merger with Vicom is not in the best interest of the company or its shareholders, after all

Hanaro Telecom Turns a Profit


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February 28, 2003 : Revenues improved 7.0% to 348.8B korean won (US$294.0M) in Q4, as the company posts an operating profit of 6.1B won (US$5.13M) for 2002

MEMS: Not Just Telecom Anymore!


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February 28, 2003 : CIR sees new opportunities for optical MEMS emerging outside of telecom, as total market will grow from $560M in 2003 to $1.7B by 2007

Ex-XO CEO Joins Carlyle Group


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February 28, 2003 : Daniel Akerson joins former presidents, prime ministers, and other power brokers as a managing director of the shadowy Carlyle Group

WaveRider Revenues Grow


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February 28, 2003 : WaveRider continues year-over-year sales growth, reporting 2002 revenues of $9.0M, a 15% increase over fiscal year 2001

WaveRider Revenues Grow


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February 28, 2003 : WaveRider continues year-over-year sales growth, reporting 2002 revenues of $9.0M, a 15% increase over fiscal year 2001

Unicom, Microsoft Sign MOU


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February 28, 2003 : China Unicom and Microsoft sign a memorandum of strategic partnership to cooperate on the development of CDMA wireless data services

CKW Names CEO, Chair


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February 28, 2003 : ArrayComm subsidiary CKW Wireless names Charles Reed as CEO and Martin Cooper as chairman of the board

Vodafone Wants All of Telecel


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February 28, 2003 : Vodafone makes public bid of €8.50 in cash for every share, to increase its stake of Portuguese operator from 61.4% to more than 90%

Pirelli Scores in Romania


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February 28, 2003 : €32M deal to supply 2,800km OPGW telecom system on the country's main electrical transmission network (that's 1,139,113.35M Romanian Lei!)

Tenor Closes Down


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February 27, 2003 : 'Tenor Networks will suspend operations and will begin an orderly process of permanently closing the business'

Tenor Closes Down


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February 27, 2003 : 'Tenor Networks will suspend operations and will begin an orderly process of permanently closing the business'

Multilink Announces Q4


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February 27, 2003 : Revenues for Q4 were $1.4M, down from $1.8M in the prior quarter and $26.7M last year; net loss came to $12.5M ($1.68 per share)

Alcatel Grids Nuclear Researchers


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February 27, 2003 : The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) picks Alcatel's IP core network router to support its trans-Atlantic grid network

CSG Grows in Lithuania


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February 27, 2003 : Lietuvos Telekomas, Lithuania's largest telecom operator, expands relationship with CSG Systems

Nortel Declares Dividends


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February 27, 2003 : Nortel's board of directors declares dividends of as-yet-undetermined amount on various kinds of preferred shares

IDC Predicts VOIP Battle


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February 27, 2003 : A new report from IDC says a battle may be looming between carriers and IP PBX equipment vendors

Broadband Drives Internet Growth


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February 27, 2003 : IDC says the volume of Internet traffic will nearly double annually over the next five years, driven largely by broadband adoption

Verizon Lauds FCC on Broadband Call


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February 27, 2003 : Tom Tauke, Verizon's policy chief, stresses promise of broadband, says FCC should remove barriers to 'last mile' competition

ADVA Enhances FSP 500


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February 27, 2003 : 8-channel CWDM module, 2.5-Gbit/s service card, and Single Fiber Working solution strengthen the capabilities of ADVA's FSP 500

Gigabit Optics Optimizes CWDM


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February 27, 2003 : Gigabit Optics launches three 'Patch' products to optimize existing CWDM systems through flexibility and affordable cost

Arbor Opens European Office


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February 27, 2003 : Rob Pollard, director of EMEA sales, leads Arbor Arbor Networks' European operations from the company’s London office

Telefonica Reports Reduced Revenues


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February 27, 2003 : 2001 revenues came in at €28,411.3M, down 8.5% from 2001; EBITDA slid in unison, falling 8.4% to €11,724.2M

Quartet Establishes Tunable MSA


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February 27, 2003 : Iolon, Intel, Bookham, and Santur establish multi-source agreement based on the OIF's tunable laser implementation agreement

BT Wins Honeywell Deal


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February 27, 2003 : BT wins five-year deal to manage and deliver communications and networking services to 220 Honeywell sites throughout Western Europe

Alcatel Wins Ukraine GSM Deal


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February 27, 2003 : Ukrainian Mobile Communications selects Alcatel's Evolium solution for a major expansion of its GSM network in Ukraine

Alcatel Gets Personal in LA


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February 27, 2003 : Alcatel signs an agreement with Telecom Personal, a subsidiary of Telecom Argentina, to extend its GSM/GPRS 1900MHz network in Argentina

Lucent, SEC Reach Agreement


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February 27, 2003 : Lucent Technologies reaches agreement in principle with SEC staff to resolve all investigations into accounting irregularities

Cedar Point Adds to Board


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February 27, 2003 : Cedar Point Communications names J. Curt Hockemeier, president and CEO of Arbinet-thexchange, to its board

HanseNet Picks Level 3 for IP


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February 27, 2003 : Level 3 expands IP transit agreement with HanseNet, one of Germany’s leading regional carriers

Path 1 Appoints VP/GM


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February 27, 2003 : Path 1 names former Scientific Atlanta and Tandberg Television executive Patrick Bohana as vice president and general manager

New FTTH Group Founded


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February 27, 2003 : 21st Century Infrastructures Consortium (21st CiC) formed to stimulate and promote Fiber-To-The-Home and Fiber-To-The-Desk

Tecnomen Gets Nortel Nod


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February 27, 2003 : Tecnomen IS-41 prepaid solution approved for interoperability with Nortel Networks CDMA/TDMA wireless infrastructure

China Mobile Picks Radcom


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February 27, 2003 : China Mobile places a $300,000 order for Radcom's PrismLite WAN/LAN/ATM protocol analyzer and Performer MediaPro VOIP monitor

Lightmaze Launches


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February 27, 2003 : Lightmaze Solutions AG starts off with innovative 'mesh network topology' products for the metropolitan and enterprise market

Valere Power Raises $11M


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February 27, 2003 : Valere Power raises $11M in third round of financing, led by Sierra Ventures and including Alcatel Ventures and Dali, Hook Partners

Network Electronics Wins in Japan


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February 27, 2003 : Network Electronics VikinX routers selected by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government; flashlink optical transport system chosen by NTT

Manticom Interops With MidStream


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February 27, 2003 : Manticom's integrated switching and transport Gigabit Ethernet solution interoperates with MidStream Technologies' video servers

China Mobile Picks Radcom Testers


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February 27, 2003 : China Mobile places a $300,000 order for Radcom's PrismLite WAN/LAN/ATM protocol analyzer and Performer MediaPro VOIP monitor

Lucent, SEC Reach Understanding


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February 27, 2003 : Lucent Technologies reaches agreement in principle with SEC staff to resolve all investigations into accounting irregularities

Ace-Comm Scores in Shaanxi


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February 26, 2003 : Ace-Comm and Westlake Global Technology Solutions to provide mediation solutions to China's Shaanxi Telecom

Elcoteq, Infonet Team on IP VPNs


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February 26, 2003 : Elcoteq, Europe's largest EMS company, will use Infonet to deploy an MPLS IP VPN network to support manufacturing on three continents

Nortel Deploys South of the Border


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February 26, 2003 : Nortel Networks builds ATM-based metro ring in Mexico City for Telcel to integrate services, increase capacity, lower costs

Verizon CEO Disses FCC Ruling


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February 26, 2003 : Seidenberg says FCC ruling continues flawed strategy for telecom competition, plans legal challenge

AT&T to Block Telemarketers


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February 26, 2003 : AT&T Government Solutions awarded $3.5M contract by the Federal Trade Commission to develop and implement a 'do not call' registry
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