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Telecom Italia Untangles WLAN
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May 30, 2003 : Italian carrier breaks free of rosso tape after initial hotspot brouhaha
LogicaCMG Plays Catchup
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May 30, 2003 : Traditional messaging giant is out of the starting blocks in MMSC race, but has it missed the gun?
Switch Startups Seek Funding
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May 30, 2003 : VCs asked to dig deep as wireless LAN switch vendors start to ramp up commercial operations
Hamster Bites Man
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May 30, 2003 : Former Unstung editor's hamster dies, foul play not ruled out
The Convertible Makes a Comeback
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May 30, 2003 : ADC, Lucent, and Juniper are jumping on the convertible bondwagon, stoked by a revival of the market
Two VOIP Chip Players Diverge
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May 30, 2003 : One VOIP chip maker has a $15 million Korean contract; the other appears to be shutting down
The Rights Stuff
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May 30, 2003 : Nokia gets a pat on the back and a kick in the pants for its efforts to motivate mobile content publishing
Corvis Spikes on DISA Talk
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May 29, 2003 : Corvis is getting the DISA deal, say stocktalkers. No wait, it's Cisco. Hold on... it could be Nortel... but no...
Switch Startups Seek Funding
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May 29, 2003 : VCs asked to dig deep as wireless LAN switch vendors start to ramp up commercial operations
Qwest Earnings Up, Revenues Down
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May 29, 2003 : Glasses tinkle as Notebaert talks about Qwest becoming 'a much stronger company' this year
And Now: The Optical Arms Race
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May 29, 2003 : Bill Quigley is bullish on optical technology transfer to the military. Will it work?
Hutch's Nokia Network Woes?
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May 29, 2003 : All is not well in 3G marriage, according to the scuttlebutters. Call the fire brigade?
Online Auctions Get Scary
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May 29, 2003 : Carriers are starting to use them to force vendors to openly bid against each other for work
AT&T Puts Hands on SANs
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May 29, 2003 : Pumps up business continuity offerings with storage transport service. Does it go the distance?
Ample Evangelizes Ethernet
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May 28, 2003 : The startup takes a break from OC768 to develop an Ethernet analogue to virtual concatenation
Trademark Tiff Looms
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May 28, 2003 : Bluesocket doesn't like Trapeze using the words 'secure mobility.' Jury still out on 'varekai, varekai'
Calix in Billion Share Bind?
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May 28, 2003 : Yes, that's billion
Caching In on P2P
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May 28, 2003 : UK startup CacheLogic is offering ISPs a novel way of coping with avalanches of P2P traffic
Juniper's Bullish Conversion
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May 28, 2003 : With a $350M offering of convertible stock, is Juniper stocking up for a longer winter or feeling acquisitive?
Juniper Delves Into Security
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May 28, 2003 : Juniper is the latest routing vendor to beef up security in a bid to add new services to its routers
Laurel & Marconi Make It Official
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May 28, 2003 : Marconi plans to resell Laurel's ST200 edge routers to the Feds
Gent's Last 3G Stand
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May 27, 2003 : Vodafone chief Chris Gent delivers swan song high but leaves incoming boss with 3G noose
Cisco's Switch Ambition
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May 27, 2003 : Switch startups are in full speculation mode about Cisco's wireless LAN announcement next month
Foundry on the Switch Trail?
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May 26, 2003 : Pundits say that wired switch vendor Foundry could follow rivals into the wireless arena
First-Mile Ethernet Enters Home Stretch
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May 26, 2003 : The IEEE spec isn't officially done, but by July it should be good enough for vendors to ship equipment
'Pre-G''s Alright With Me
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May 26, 2003 : Most vendors dismiss potential 802.11g incompatibility issues at London show; only Nortel holds out for ratification
Lumentis Offers WDM Combo
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May 26, 2003 : Swedish startup says it's found a way to run CWDM and DWDM channels on one link
Big Dogs Chow on WISPs
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May 23, 2003 : Europe’s carriers to rule hotspot market once roaming issues are overcome, say industry pundits
Weapon of Mobile Destruction
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May 23, 2003 : Double your pleasure... It's a phone! It's a torture device! It's both!
Metcalfe: Sonet, Fibre Channel Are Toast
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May 23, 2003 : At 30 years old, Bob Metcalfe's brainchild Ethernet has an impressive string of knockouts. Is Fibre Channel next?
Metcalfe: Ethernet Rules!
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May 23, 2003 : At 30 years old, Bob Metcalfe's brainchild Ethernet has an impressive string of knockouts. Will it rule in wireless?
Security Wares Combat Killer Worms
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May 23, 2003 : Netscreen, Checkpoint, and Cisco have all recently launched a barrage of products to keep out the bad guys
Tropic: Hot or What?
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May 23, 2003 : It's racing Photuris to deliver reconfigurable metro networks, but Marconi appears to be way ahead of them
Onix: Another MEMS Casualty
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May 22, 2003 : The all-optical switching firm whose development paralleled OMM's keeps in step: it closes up shop
Mellon Buying More CoSine Stock
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May 22, 2003 : Mellon HBV is on its way toward gaining more control. Can CoSine's owners hold tight?
'G' Spec Nears Completion
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May 22, 2003 : The final version of 802.11g is nearly ready -- but will 'official' products work with 'pre-g' kit?
WLAN's Big Day Out
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May 22, 2003 : Hype machine sent into overdrive at London event. Is there a spin doctor in the house?
Ciena Sales Up, Outlook Cloudy
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May 22, 2003 : Ciena's latest quarter shows improvements, but the market is still a wild card, say executives UPDATED 3PM
Wanted: Multi-Wavelength Believers
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May 22, 2003 : ThreeFive Photonics's multi-wavelength receiver would have wowed equipment vendors a few years ago
Laurel: Startup Holdout?
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May 21, 2003 : Sources say Laurel Networks is being courted by the big boys, but she wants big bucks
Getting a Bead on B-RAS
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May 21, 2003 : Broadband Remote Access Servers are key to the future. But just a few vendors get the message, says LR Insider
Sonim: PTT Standard Soon
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May 21, 2003 : Sonim boss expects consolidation around major infrastructure vendors in the PTT market as services roll out this year
Net Processors Dip Into DSL
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May 21, 2003 : Having sold its small network processors into routers and switches, Wintegra is eyeing the cost-conscious DSL market
Chiaro Debuts a Big, Bad Router
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May 21, 2003 : Chiaro's Enstara has impressive technology, but the startup faces crazy odds in the service provider market
3G Farce Stings mmO2
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May 21, 2003 : Financial results provide evidence of Europe’s 3G license ripoff
Starent's PTT Workaround
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May 20, 2003 : Starent develops workaround for operators wanting to offer PTT-like services on olde worlde cellular nets. Giddyup, gramps!
Demand Grows for MPLS VPNs
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May 20, 2003 : Carriers at MPLS conference report growing user demand for Layer 3 IP/VPNS
Italia's Hotspot Hiccup
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May 20, 2003 : And we don't mean Etna! Just before launch, it discovers it hasn't got regulatory approval to offer its wireless service
Light Reading 10 (11?) Net.com 8 (9?)
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May 20, 2003 : The red raiders did their best to throw the match away, but finally notched a historic victory on fluffy Alameda turf
JDS Goes Undersea
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May 20, 2003 : For $6.6M cash, JDS Uniphase acquires a packaging technology for undersea pump lasers from TriQuint
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