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Government Bans MCI
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July 31, 2003 : Could prove to be the last straw for the scandal-plagued carrier
Government Bans MCI
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July 31, 2003 : Could prove to be the last straw for the scandal-plagued carrier
Path 1 Takes the Plunge
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July 31, 2003 : After years on the bulletin board, IP video firm joins bigger-league Amex today. Here's how it went
Netgear Shares Soar After IPO
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July 31, 2003 : Netgear follows iPass to market with $98M offering, but don't hold your breath for a rush of 802.11-related IPOs
Quarry Wins First Customer
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July 31, 2003 : After 4 years, the IP service startup lands a big customer
Broadcom Tackles 10-Gig Copper
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July 31, 2003 : A new 10-Gigabit Ethernet chip is the lastest attempt to bring prices down and demand up
Siemens Slashes Staff
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July 31, 2003 : Network vendor slashes workforce as financial community looks on in dismay
Workers Oppose H-1B Bill
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July 31, 2003 : Nearly 16,000 respond to an online petition to halt legislation that would affect foreign engineers in the US
Cisco Looking for Control?
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July 31, 2003 : Will it or won't it acquire a session controller startup this year?
ADVA Profits in Q2
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July 31, 2003 : Metro DWDM equipment vendor benefits from rising demand for Ethernet and storage services
TI Snaps Up Radia
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July 30, 2003 : TI says the startup's technology will help it build multimode 802.11 chipsets
UWB Caught on the Hop
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July 30, 2003 : Wrangling over FCC rules threatens to drag the IEEE ultrawideband standard process into a regulatory quagmire
Vodafone: Cooling Off on Hotspots?
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July 30, 2003 : Piddly Irish deal triggers doubts over hotspot ambitions
Corvis Solo in Bake-Off Boast
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July 30, 2003 : Corvis says it's a finalist in the US Government's GIG-BE RFP, but no one else is speaking up
Équipe Switches Paths
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July 30, 2003 : Équipe takes on IP core routing vendors as it adds native IP support to its multiservice switching platform
P2P & VOIP: Coming Together?
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July 30, 2003 : Is KaZaA founder Niklas Zennstrom cooking up a dynamic, distributed global VOIP directory based on P2P?
Accelerant Pulls Power Play
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July 29, 2003 : Startup claims it can upgrade system backplanes to 10-Gbit/s with a low-power transceiver
Were MCI Engineers In On It Too?
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July 29, 2003 : AT&T is claiming fraud ran rife through the engineering organization at MCI, but analysts doubt it
Cometa's Hotspot Happy Meal
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July 29, 2003 : Signs another deal with Mickey's Steak House, touts super value of its bargain basement hotspot services pricing model
Italians Invade Germany
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July 29, 2003 : Telecom Italia is buying HanseNet, a Hamburg broadband operator, for €250 million in cash
BT's Mobile Ménage à Trois
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July 29, 2003 : UK carrier returns to wireless consumer market via T-Mobile but will also continue to play network footsie with mm02
Carrier Revenues Keep Sliding
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July 29, 2003 : With few exceptions, carrier revenues are down, even as cost cutting continues and quarterly profits roll in
Zhone Cashes In on Tellium, Part II
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July 29, 2003 : Tellium says its new metro product was the real reason behind the Zhone merger
MCI's 'Creative Routing'
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July 28, 2003 : As it wades neck-deep in fraud allegations, will anyone trust MCI enough to hand over the keys to their data?
Headcount: Nice Job
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July 28, 2003 : Terawave cuts, Broadcom scans for a CEO, Zhone and Tellium get together, and Stratos eyes its branches for cuts
Strix Signs Ralph Ungermann
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July 28, 2003 : Networking daddyman finds a nice warm seat on the board of WLAN startup Strix
Zhone Cashes In on Tellium
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July 28, 2003 : Zhone may be buying optical switch maker Tellium for its green instead of its gear
Cavium Claims Security First
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July 28, 2003 : Security-chip startup says it's the first to support Advanced Encryption Standard in 802.11i
World Wide Packets out of the Woods
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July 28, 2003 : It's won three protentially big European contracts and is close to getting some more money
Vodafone's Data Use Drags
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July 28, 2003 : Carrier has a mountain to climb if data revenue targets are to be achieved
Ciena May Be Eyeing Catena
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July 28, 2003 : As Catena enters trials with SBC, Ciena has taken a liking to the access network, sources say
Can DSL.net Dodge Delisting?
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July 28, 2003 : Broadband provider hopes a $30M funding round will convince the Nasdaq to keep it on board
Catena Earns Top Ten Spot
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July 25, 2003 : The access player is ringing up customers and looks well-positioned for an upgrade wave in hybrid DLC/broadband gear
Contract Manufacturer Eyes Optics
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July 25, 2003 : BreconRidge's acquisition of Nortel's modules biz shows contract manufacturers are gearing up for photonics
Verizon Swats Bug (Finally)
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July 25, 2003 : Ignores warnings and takes a whole month to fix a security hole in its text messaging service
PTT: The New SMS?
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July 25, 2003 : Can push-to-talk reprise the surprise success of text messaging in Europe?
F5 Buys Into SSL VPNs
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July 25, 2003 : F5 Networks is getting into the SSL market, but what's the big deal about SSL anyway?
JDSU Revenues Still Declining
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July 25, 2003 : The communications business has leveled out, but a dip in display business will cause revenues to slide again
Nortel Still Profitable in 2003
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July 24, 2003 : In the race with Lucent to get back to the black, Nortel appears to be winning
AFC Profits in Odd Times
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July 24, 2003 : AFC turns a profit and keeps cutting costs as its customers waffle on access buildouts
Nortel Still Profitable in 2003
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July 24, 2003 : In the race with Lucent to get back to the black, Nortel appears to be winning
WLAN Chipset Market Sizzles
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July 24, 2003 : Unstrung Insider predicts a billion dollar market for wireless LAN chipsets
Fibre Channel Market Gets Rattled
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July 24, 2003 : Cisco's SAN push and other factors are shaking up the status quo, says latest B&S Insider report
AT&T Makes Avici's Quarter
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July 24, 2003 : Additional revenue from AT&T helps boost Avici's revenues almost 30%, but the company is still losing money
Hammerhead Heads for the Edge
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July 24, 2003 : A startup with similarities to WaveSmith, TiMetra, and Vivace has emerged from stealth mode
AT&T Firms Up 3G Plans
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July 23, 2003 : Likely to spend around $144M with Ericsson and Nortel on UMTS network rollout in four cities
ASIP Gets $16M Boost
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July 23, 2003 : Series C venture funding will help the company ramp manufacturing of lasers for 10-Gbit/s transceivers
RHK Changes CEOs
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July 23, 2003 : Marc Litvinoff resigns and John Soden, who leads RHK's consulting practice, takes the top job, sources say
Hotspot Roaming Fires Up
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July 23, 2003 : BT and T-Mobile help kickstart global wireless LAN roaming initiative
Lucent's Revenue, Losses Shrink
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July 23, 2003 : Lucent reports an 18% decline in revenue for Q3, but its losses decline as well
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