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Headcount: Tell It Like It Is
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March 03, 2003 : Mahi gets new blood, Lucent makes cuts, Aralight says Buh-Bye, and execs find new ways to say 'You're fired'
Agere Challenges Amp Champ
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March 03, 2003 : Says its extra cool RF power amplifier chips will cut base station costs and eat into Motorola's market dominance
Arris Gobbles Atoga
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March 03, 2003 : Cable MSOs have wound up being the prime market for the optical packet node Atoga's offering
Is Cisco Long for the Long-Haul Market?
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March 03, 2003 : Rumors say Cisco may discontinue some of its long-haul DWDM products
IPass and Cometa Cozy Up
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March 03, 2003 : But the access specialist and hotspot newcomer might come out in (hot)spots once they've read the fine print
Retrenching Around Java
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March 03, 2003 : Digital Bridges cuts staff from WAP and SMS teams, announces further major European carrier relationships
3 Keeps Europe Waiting
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March 03, 2003 : 3G newcomer misses cheesy marketing opportunity, but it's now only days away from European milestone
Intel Readies GigE PHY Chip
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February 28, 2003 : The long-awaited device would free Intel from having to buy Marvell's chips -- but not right away
Tenor Goes Silent
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February 28, 2003 : MPLS switchmaker Tenor Networks is the latest startup to shut its doors
France Telecom Jabbers on IM
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February 28, 2003 : French developers look to break the AOL and MSN instant messaging ‘duopoly’ with a multi-standard IM server
Cogent Munches Midwestern ISP
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February 28, 2003 : How does a Midwest private-line supplier fit Cogent's plan?
Report: Internet Traffic Boom Redux
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February 28, 2003 : An IDC report forecasts that Internet traffic growth will double annually for the next five years
Pssst! Want a Used Base Station?
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February 28, 2003 : Trade in second-hand mobile network kit grows as operators cash in on redundant stock
Traffic Tracker Helps Trilogy
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February 27, 2003 : Light Reading's Internet traffic monitoring project is shedding light on user performance problems
Credit Union Erects Wireless SAN
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February 27, 2003 : Canadian firm's offbeat solution allows it to replicate between two sites wirelessly, saving up to $70K in monthly telco fees
Lehman: Worst Over for LU and NT
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February 27, 2003 : Lehman's Steve Levy sees light at the end of the tunnel for both suffering vendors, Nortel emerging first
Jedai Close to $10M
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February 27, 2003 : Angry official demands that 'accurate and proprietary' details should be removed from LR's message board
Qualcomm Courts Chinese 3G
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February 27, 2003 : In a 3G market rife with uncertainty, the CDMA behemoth just wants to be everyone's best friend
Redback's Arnold Included in SEC Suit
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February 27, 2003 : Top Redback executive is at the center of the SEC's civil suit against Qwest executives
Lucent to Settle With SEC
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February 27, 2003 : An agreement is pending that will close the books on the SEC's investigation of Lucent
Ciena Looks to Mine With Osmine
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February 26, 2003 : Now that they've got the blessing of Telcordia, Ciena's CoreDirector switch can be considered by RBOCs
Will RBOCs Spend More on Broadband?
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February 26, 2003 : The FCC may have ruled to give the Bells radical regulatory relief on broadband, but when will it pay off?
Ericsson Pushes IM Interop
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February 26, 2003 : Ericsson leads its own charge towards interoperability of instant messaging and presence 'solutions'
IPv6 Routers Get Tested
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February 26, 2003 : A new report outlines results of IPv6 interoperability and performance test in China
IPv6 Routers Get a Run-Through
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February 26, 2003 : A new report outlines results of IPv6 interoperability and performance test in China
Optical Gear Rising, Report Says
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February 26, 2003 : Infonetics says optical gear sales are on a muted upswing. Can this really be 'the turn'?
Prosecutors' Party at Qwest
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February 25, 2003 : With new federal indictments and civil suits for fraud at Qwest... observers say this is just the beginning
Wireless Nets Suck, Says Expert
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February 25, 2003 : And the folk who pay for poor data services need therapy, according to a network monitoring expert called Rice
Phiar Claims Detector Breakthrough
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February 25, 2003 : Startup says it can make detectors in silicon: a promising development for opto-electronic integration
Corvis & Broadwing: Together At Last
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February 25, 2003 : A proposed acquisition sets a stew of questions bubbling. Dr. Huber's shadow looms
Cisco VP Gets Cool Reception
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February 25, 2003 : One of Cisco's top financial specialists spoke to investors today, dampening hopes for dividends and profit growth
FlexLight Bags $3M More
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February 25, 2003 : PON equipment startup pulled in $3M while still working on its Series B financing
Wireless Funding Weakening
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February 25, 2003 : The latest Unstrung funding report shows investment slowing down, but recent deals give some reason to smile
Covad CEO Sticks to His Guns
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February 25, 2003 : FCC's ruling last week could be devastating to DSL providers like Covad, but CEO Hoffman says the battle isn't over
Photuris Gets New CEO and $40M
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February 24, 2003 : Metro equipment startup says it is making inroads with ILECs and will book revenues late this year
Equant Does DSL
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February 24, 2003 : Equant is hoping to woo multinational corporations with a new DSL-and-VPN offering
The Asian Invasion
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February 24, 2003 : Asia seems an irresistible manufacturing arena for Western component makers. Is the strategy working?
Marvell Joins 802.11g Throng
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February 24, 2003 : Chipset vendor announces availability of 802.11g silicon that can be adapted as emerging standard evolves
Headcount: Good News, Bad News
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February 24, 2003 : Photuris gets a new CEO, ECI reveals its headcount, AirFiber shuts down, Agilent to axe 4,000
Cisco Bolsters Its WLAN Hand
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February 24, 2003 : Clinches deals with chipmakers that could make its proprietary add-ons de facto standards for 802.11 equipment
CyOptics Snaps Up Cenix Shards
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February 24, 2003 : Khosla's optical component manufacturing startup gets sold to Cyoptics for scrap, probably at bargain prices
Fiber Players Giddy Over FCC Ruling
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February 21, 2003 : FTTHers cheering yesterday's ruling to deregulate last-mile fiber, but will it really boost spending?
Force10 Rakes In $41M
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February 21, 2003 : Force10 gets some more cash to build its 10-Gig Ethernet equipment business and ramp up manufacturing
Corvis Deletes Message Poster
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February 21, 2003 : 'Optical_guy' ran afoul of his bosses at Corvis with his posts on Light Reading, and it cost him his job
ECI Goes Back to the Future
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February 21, 2003 : Don't adjust your television sets. The new new ECI Telecom looks more like the old ECI Telecom
LittleFeet Kicks at Integration
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February 21, 2003 : Comes up with a second reason for not integrating wireless LAN hotspots in cellular base stations
Startup Workers Bemoan AMT
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February 21, 2003 : It's not just at public companies: Employees of startups have also been hit with the AMT and other tax woes
Public Access BlackSpots?
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February 21, 2003 : Integrating WLAN hotspots with GSM/GPRS networks creates a scary security loophole, says Schlumberger
Alcatel Bucks the Trend
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February 21, 2003 : Deals with Japan's NTT DoCoMo and Nigeria's Globacom indicate that Alcatel's business will continue to grow
Is IMP an Instant Money Plan?
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February 20, 2003 : More than 30 platform vendors are targeting a multi-billion dollar market, according to the latest Wireless Oracle
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