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Articles published in April 2004

MCI Reports 2003, Gives 2004 Guidance


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April 30, 2004 : MCI files audited financial statements for 2003 including net income of $22B, updates 2004 earnings guidance

Telindus Confirms 2004 Outlook


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April 30, 2004 : Telindus confirms its target of 5% growth in revenues and a modest operating profit for 2004, based on its 9% increase of services in Q1

eBiscom, FastWeb Merger Approved


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April 30, 2004 : Boards of eBiscom and FastWeb approve the merger of the two companies

Engim Demos AP


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April 30, 2004 : Engim demonstrates multi-channel access point reference design based on its EN-3000 WLAN radio chipset and Freescale's PowerQuicc II MPC8247 processor

AirNet Touts Tecore Orders


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April 30, 2004 : AirNet Communications has received $3M in purchase orders from Tecore Wireless Systems for three deployments in the Middle East and Africa

Corvis Reduces Losses in Q1


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April 30, 2004 : Net loss was $33.9M or $0.07 per share, down from a net loss of $47< or $0.12 per share in the year-ago quarter

Class Action Expanded for Nortel


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April 30, 2004 : Complaint alleges Nortel caused shares to trade at artificially high levels through false and misleading financial statements

Sonofon Acquires CBB Mobil


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April 30, 2004 : Sonofon acquires service provider CBB Mobil, which will remain an independent company with its own name and brand

Finisar Acquires Infineon Fiber Optics Biz


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April 30, 2004 : Finisar has agreed to acquire Infineon’s Fiber Optics Business Unit for 135M shares, valued at approximately $263M

Permira Buys Swisscom Unit


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April 30, 2004 : Swisscom sells its 95% stake in debitel to private equity company Permira for €640M

Nokia Powers Orange 3G Pilot


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April 30, 2004 : Orange France has launched its first pilot 3G network in Toulouse using a Nokia radio-access network solution

Virgin Mobile UK Hits 4M Subs


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April 30, 2004 : Virgin Mobile announces it has 4M customers, adding 1M since August 2003

Andrew Increases Q2 Sales


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April 30, 2004 : Andrew Corporation reports record sales of $447M, an increase of 122% from $201.3M in 2Q03; net income was $10.2M compared to a net loss of $3.4M

AFS to Acquire Marietta Fibernet


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April 30, 2004 : American Fiber Systems signs MOU to acquire the operating assets of fiber optic transport business Marietta FiberNet for $12.2M in cash

Siemens Gets PacketCable Certificate


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April 30, 2004 : CableLabs awards Siemens ICN's Surpass hiQ 8000 softswitch the PacketCable 1.0 qualification as a call management server

Nextair Expands Into US


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April 30, 2004 : Nextair makes its Airix Wireless Environment available in the US with its new subsidiary Nextair (US) Corporation

Alcatel Reports Q1 Profit


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April 30, 2004 : Alcatel reports operating income of €80M compared with a loss of €150M in 1Q03; net income was €134M or €0.10 per share

Alcatel Reports Q1 Results


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April 30, 2004 : Alcatel reports operating income of €80M compared with a loss of €150M in 1Q03; net income was €134M or €0.10 per share

Fujitsu, Wi-LAN Team Up


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April 30, 2004 : Fujitsu Microelectronics teams with Wi-LAN to produce the first WiMax Certified broadband wireless system

Occam Announces Q1 Results


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April 30, 2004 : Occam Networks reports its revenue more than doubled in Q1 from $1.5M the previous year to $3.2M

Riverstone Reports Revenue Estimates


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April 30, 2004 : Riverstone expects Q4 revenues of between $10.5M and $11.5M, compared with $9M estimated for Q3

Arris CMTS Gets Docsis 2.0 Certified


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April 30, 2004 : Arris receives CableLabs' Docsis 2.0 qualification for its Cadant C3 cable modem termination system

Nortel Names New Board Member


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April 29, 2004 : Nortel appoints Dr. rer. pol. Manfred Bischoff to the board

OCPI Narrows Q2 Loss


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April 29, 2004 : Revenues were $15.9M, up 66.3% from last year, for a loss of $97,000 ($0.00/share), down from a loss of $1.7M ($0.02/share) in 2Q03

Nortel Declares Dividends


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April 29, 2004 : Nortel's board declares a dividend on a couple of kinds of shares, the amount of which is determined by advanced calculus equations

Metalink Revenues Rise in Q1


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April 29, 2004 : Revenues were $5.3M, up 49% from 1Q03, for a loss of $2.8M ($0.15/share), down from a loss of $3.4M ($0.18/share) last year

Finisar to Buy Infineon Fiber Optics Biz


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April 29, 2004 : Finisar has agreed to acquire Infineon's Fiber Optics Business Unit, based in Munich, for 135 million shares of Finisar common stock

EDX Wins at TelstraClear


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April 29, 2004 : TelstraClear selects EDX's SingalPro suite of wireless network design and planning tools for its fixed wireless network in New Zealand

Westminster Goes Wireless


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April 29, 2004 : Westminster City Council hosts event to showcase its initiative for a 'wireless city'

F5 SSL VPN Gets ICSA Certified


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April 29, 2004 : ICSA Labs has tested and certified F5 Networks's FirePass Controller SSL VPN system

Emcore Ships Xenpak Module


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April 29, 2004 : Emcore ships its ECX-7700 four-channel CX4 Xenpak module; transfers manufacturing resources to Asia

QinetiQ, Tronic Collaborate on MEMS


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April 29, 2004 : QinetiQ and Tronic's Microsystems team up on MEMS manufacturing to ensure process and design tool compatibility

BinOptics Launches HCSEL Laser


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April 29, 2004 : BinOptics introduces its new 1310nm Horizontal Cavity Surface Emitting Laser (HCSEL)

Seven Defends Visto Case


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April 29, 2004 : Seven Networks responds to Visto statement, says none of its technology infringes Visto's intellectual property

Verilink Acquires Larscom


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April 29, 2004 : Verlink acquires Larscom in an all-stock transaction for approximiately 6M shares to enhance its first mile, access solutions

AT&T Proposes UNE-P Alternative


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April 29, 2004 : Suggests migration from competition based on UNE-P to facilities-based competition using standalone unbundled loops

Cisco, IBM Go for Data Centers


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April 29, 2004 : Announce a new solution, Cisco Business Ready Data Centre Optimized with IBM, for the on-demand operating environment

Spirit Telecom Picks Alcatel


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April 29, 2004 : Spirit Telecom migrates its data network to an IP/MPLS backbone using Alcatel's service router solution

China Grants 3.5GHz Frequency


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April 29, 2004 : China's Ministry of Information Industry allocates frequency to China Telecom, China Netcom, China Mobile, China Unicom, and China Railcom

Orange Ups Revenues


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April 29, 2004 : Orange revenues were up 9.9% on a historical basis, from €4.25B in 1Q03 to €4.68B; customer base grew 11.5%

Libancell Surfs Openwave


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April 29, 2004 : Libancell selects Openwave's mobile access gateway and MMSC to power Lebanon's first mobile multimedia services

Ericsson Expands Mobilkom


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April 29, 2004 : Mobilkom Austria awards frame agreement to Ericsson to supply radio base stations for its UMTS network expansion

Siemens Wins AIS Deal


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April 29, 2004 : Advanced Info Service places a $30M order with Siemens mobile for EDGE technology and GPRS network expansion

Portugal Telecom Picks Alcatel for Backbone


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April 29, 2004 : Alcatel will deploy an optical transmission network for PT Comunicações to broadcast the Euro 2004 football championship

Level 3 Reports Q1 Results


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April 29, 2004 : Consolidated revenue was $89M, down from $988M in the previous quarter; net loss increased to $147M or $0.22 per share from $121M

Motia Wins Hawking Deal


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April 29, 2004 : Hawking Technologies selects Motia's Javelin 802.11 smart antenna chip to enhance its range of wireless signal-enhancing devices

Nokia Opens New R&D Facility


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April 29, 2004 : Nokia opens a new CDMA R&D facility in Mumbai, India focused on providing software support and technical expertise in CDMA technology

O2 Wins Highways Agency Deal


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April 29, 2004 : Highways Agency awards O2 Airwave a seven-year contract to equip traffic officers with digital mobile radios

Alcatel Wins 3G, GSM Deals


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April 29, 2004 : Alcatel wins 3G UMTS deployment contract from Etisalat in the United Arab Emirates; receives order to supply and install GSM lines for Indian operator BSNL

Dept of Defense Selects Ixia


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April 29, 2004 : Defense Interoperability Communications Exercise testing group picks Ixia for IPv6 network layer performance and application testing
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