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Broadcom: One-Chip Wonder?
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August 29, 2003 : Broadcom's 'single-chip' 802.11 efforts could be the subject of a big Sept. 9 announcement
Bells Challenge FCC Ruling
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August 29, 2003 : BellSouth, Qwest, and SBC get the Triennial Review legal bandwagon rolling by filing the first appeal
Memscap to Acquire GalayOr
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August 29, 2003 : MEMS manufacturer hopes to bolster its optical efforts by scooping up the Israel-based startup
Veraz Has the Hot VOIP Hand
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August 29, 2003 : Cisco finds its VOIP kit replaced by softswitch and gateways from Veraz... again
AMCC Moves Into Storage
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August 28, 2003 : A $190M bid for host bus adapter vendor JNI would expand AMCC's horizons beyond long-haul
Zhone's Strange Saga
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August 28, 2003 : As Zhone looks to swallows its ninth company, Tellium, it will have churned through $500M with little to show
Corvis Looks to Sell More Stock
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August 28, 2003 : Though already sitting on $300M cash, company plans to raise more than $70M after privately placing 67.3M shares
SOMA Untethers the Last Mile
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August 28, 2003 : With a proprietary W-CDMA spin, the startup hopes to revive fixed wireless as an alterative to DSL or cable
Mobility Roams No More
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August 27, 2003 : Wireless roaming software startup Mobility Networks shuffles off to the boneyard for lack of venture capital
Merrill Boosts AFC
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August 27, 2003 : Merrill Lynch ups its AFC estimates thanks to future FTTP deployments and Verizon DSL upgrades
Hotspots Hit the Spin Cyle
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August 27, 2003 : Now you can wash your underwear while reading email with Serynade's laundromat hotspot
Bells Embrace the Dishes
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August 27, 2003 : BellSouth latest to join the satellite gang as the battle against the cable guy heats up
Riverstone Oops! Level Rises
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August 27, 2003 : Company multiplies the amount of revenue overstated in 2002 and 2003
Strix Picks Elcoteq
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August 26, 2003 : Try saying that 3 times fast... The wireless LAN access point maker and Swedish contract manufacturer link up
Ciena's Stock Spikes
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August 26, 2003 : Ciena's in line to win $200M over two years in a long-haul contract with MCI, UBS Warburg says
Sprint Smacks Phone Books
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August 26, 2003 : Well, will ya look at those pretty flowers...
Tropic Shuffles Upstairs
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August 26, 2003 : Tropic Networks moves key advisor Robert Annunziata, ex-CEO of Velocita and GlobalX, into chairman's seat
Netgear's Indoor Speeding
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August 26, 2003 : SOHO kitmaker cuts a rug with faster WLAN cards
Verizon Deal: Too Soon to Hope?
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August 26, 2003 : Yes, there's a Verizon long-haul RFP in the works. No, it's not certain when or how much
Fortinet Score $30M Funding Round
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August 26, 2003 : Fortinet, a security appliance startup, says it will use the new cash to add more application-aware features
Kevin Kennedy Gets His Dream Job
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August 26, 2003 : The former Cisco and Openwave Exec is getting his shot at CEO with the high-risk, high-visibility JDS Uniphase post
UWB Startup Alereon Uncloaks
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August 25, 2003 : Alereon: Not the homeworld of beautiful, green alien-women, but a chip startup. Set phasers on ultra-wideband!
Agere Goes Gaga Over Gig-E
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August 25, 2003 : Agere spends $26M on Ireland's Massana; says it will help it tap the growing market for copper Gigabit Ethernet PHYs
WorldCom Lashes Back
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August 25, 2003 : Following a string of discouraging events, WorldCom's creditors are demanding detractors put up or shut up
Report: Carriers Get Hip to IP
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August 25, 2003 : Infonetics says demand for IP routers outpaces demand for multiservice switches as carriers migrate their networks
WLAN Security Blues
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August 22, 2003 : As 802.11 proliferates, many corporate and consumer users are still clueless about security
Nokia Preps for W-CDMA War
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August 22, 2003 : Finnish vendor admits to previous W-CDMA problems as it guns for #1 spot
Fiber Surprise in FCC Rules?
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August 22, 2003 : New FCC rules have a big impact on the Fiber-to-the-whatever market, but results aren't as positive as was hoped
FCC Rumbles on the Rules
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August 22, 2003 : FCC Commissioners Powell and Copps slam the Triennial Review. What's going on here?
Nexagent Promises VPN Nirvana
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August 22, 2003 : UK startup says it's cracked the problem of how to provide global VPNs with achievable quality of service
FCC Rules Out!
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August 21, 2003 : Triennial Review finally results in some dead trees ... only six months late and 576 pages. Read up
Storage Services for Sale
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August 21, 2003 : As companies increase investment in storage area networking, service providers look to provide new services
JDSU Launches Regime Change
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August 21, 2003 : CEO Jozef Straus and COO Syrus Madavi are leaving, while ex-Cisco exec Kevin Kennedy takes the reins
W-CDMA: China's No. 1 Son?
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August 21, 2003 : Chinese 3G makes waves again as W-CDMA tipped to dominate
Boardwatch Insider Kicks Off
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August 21, 2003 : Subscription service from Boardwatch debuts with a report that finds some gems in the billing market
Ciena Loses More, Spends More
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August 21, 2003 : Ciena plans $45M SAN acquisition... after announcing net losses larger than its quarterly revenues
Hutch Bullish on Targets
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August 21, 2003 : 3G startup sticks to subscriber goals but remains way off track
XPAK Setback?
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August 21, 2003 : Component vendors report Cisco is favoring the X2 multiservice agreement for 10-Gig transceivers
Motia: Smart 'n' Stealthy?
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August 20, 2003 : Another silicon startup is working on a 802.11 'smart antenna' chipset on the QT
Hutch UK Clings to Network
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August 20, 2003 : Subscriber figures may be disappointing, but this network ain't for sale
Corona Networks Disappears
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August 20, 2003 : Looks as if the IP edge startup's bitten the dust. What's to become of its deal with Alcatel?
Riverstone's Got a New Chief
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August 20, 2003 : Former Nortel exec Oscar Rodriguez has taken over as top dog at Riverstone, and he's got some work to do
Sycamore Slouches After Earnings
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August 20, 2003 : Executives stress cash preservation on quarterly conference call; no news on Gig-BE; jobs still being cut
Is Startup M&A on the Rebound?
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August 20, 2003 : Recent reports look promising, but it's early to say M&A in telecom and networking has picked up
Fulcrum Beats the Clock
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August 19, 2003 : A 'clockless chip' out of CalTech aims to reshape the way line cards are designed
NexTone in Tune With Cisco?
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August 19, 2003 : The session controller startup is getting plenty of action with Cisco. Is there a deal in the works?
VPNs à la Carte
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August 19, 2003 : Nearly 75% of enterprises manage their own VPNs - so carriers are offering bits & pieces to get in the door
Nextel Goes Indoors
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August 19, 2003 : Strings up a wireless LAN with RadioFrame, like we told you ages ago
Engim Drives Multi Chipsets
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August 19, 2003 : Wireless LAN chipset startup receives another cash injection - and it probably won't be the last
What's Behind Spirent Spate?
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August 19, 2003 : Spirent's latest mega-announcement is further evidence of tester market consolidation
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