MPLS Vendors Demo Fast Reroute
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October 31, 2002 : Cisco, Avici, and Juniper join forces to demonstrate that MPLS Fast Reroute is for real
Virgin On Expansion
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October 31, 2002 : Dickie Branson's wireless crew is looking to spread its wings in Europe, with Scandinavia and France atop the agenda
Report: DSL Is Profitable
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October 31, 2002 : A research report out this month claims DSL services are both profitable and essential for carriers
Lucent on SEC: 'Nothing New'
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October 31, 2002 : Lucent says USA Today's report that the SEC may file charges is old business
A Discreet Peek at Picarro
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October 31, 2002 : The former BlueLeaf has turned over a new one: tunable lasers for metro and long-haul markets
ADVA Holds Its Own
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October 31, 2002 : ADVA's reseller strategy appears to be working, as it announces three customers this week
PMC Targets Enterprise Ethernet
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October 31, 2002 : It's got a piece of 10-Gbit/s Ethernet territory, moving it closer to players like Broadcom and Marvell
Radioframe's Euro Duality
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October 30, 2002 : Startup Radioframe says it has a European customer for its dualmode wireless WAN/LAN in-building system
The Abbott Habit
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October 30, 2002 : Maybe Symbol will try to dip into the Cisco talent pool again... or maybe they won't
Lucent Chops TMX 880
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October 30, 2002 : Some say Lucent's turned into a giant chop shop. But the company insists it's just picking its spots
Alcatel and FT: Vive la France!
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October 30, 2002 : Alcatel's upbeat Q4 prognosis follows better-than-terrible France Telecom report, raising investor hopes
OIF Gets Backplane-Happy
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October 30, 2002 : Standards bodies working on specs for new high-speed backplanes may be getting their act together
Cisco 'Realigns' Optical Unit
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October 30, 2002 : People have been shuffled -- but products, headcount, and direction pretty much stay the same, Cisco says
Orange Needs Target Practice
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October 30, 2002 : Operator increases revenues and subscriber numbers but may struggle to reach its projections
Riverstone Wins Over Spanish PTT
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October 30, 2002 : Telefónica de España has chosen Riverstone to help build its metro Ethernet network and deliver Layer 2 MPLS VPNs
Nortel: It's Enterprise VOIP!
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October 29, 2002 : Nortel announced a string of enhanced IP telephony products today, cranking up the VOIP message
China Unicom Picks Starent
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October 29, 2002 : Wireless router startup lands a China Unicom deal to supply wireless data services
Dell to Shake Up PDAs
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October 29, 2002 : Gartner says Dell entry into PDA market will kill off the weak and strengthen Microsoft's hand
Out of the Lab: Erbium-Doped Chips?
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October 29, 2002 : A breakthrough at STMicroelectronics paves the way to silicon circuits that integrate optics and electronics
Carrier Tech Architects Pipe Up
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October 29, 2002 : Finally, straight from the horse's mouth: Carriers talk about what they're looking for from vendors
VC Funding: Drip, Drip, Drip
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October 29, 2002 : Telecom startup investments down 50 percent from last year as VC scene stays grim
Euro Mud Slinging
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October 28, 2002 : President Chirac swears hypocritical oath
Rambus SerDes Hits 10-Gig
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October 28, 2002 : They're also asking: At what speed does a separate chip stop making sense?
CoSine's Quest for Cash
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October 28, 2002 : CoSine has been adding to its customer list, so why are its revenues still around $5 million a quarter?
Time Please, M'sieurs
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October 28, 2002 : What is it about Belgium in October? This year it's a proposed 3G deadline moratorium for the mobile carriers
Ikanos Integrates DSL Chips
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October 28, 2002 : Claims to have the only chipset that supports ADSL, VDSL, and Ethernet in the First Mile
Cuban Checks Into Charter
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October 28, 2002 : Billionaire Mark Cuban sees cable company Charter Communications as leading 'bit merchant,' grabs a 5.3% stake
Microsoft at Mobile Crossroads
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October 28, 2002 : Microsoft's making headway in mobile through partnerships rather than products, says a Wireless Oracle report
Alcatel Adds to DSL Dominance
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October 28, 2002 : Alcatel shores up its strength in the DSL market with a kinder, denser DSLAM and two contract extensions
Net.com Targets Low-End VOIP
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October 28, 2002 : Launches easy-to-use VOIP gateway for small operators in the international reseller market
Wireless Grabs $488M Since July
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October 25, 2002 : VCs invested almost half a billion dollars in wireless startups in just three months -- that's nearly half our annual bar bill!!
Can FSO Go the Distance?
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October 25, 2002 : Free-space optics is now a viable option for backhaul over distances of 2 km to 3 km, says specialist startup
Carriers Reap Mixed Harvest
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October 25, 2002 : Earnings season shows carriers beginning to stabilize earnings, but there's still no sign of new project spending
Corvis Posts $1.4M Quarter
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October 24, 2002 : Carrier spending on its long-haul kit dwindles; it may have less than $530 in monthly revenue per employee
Lantern Changes Its Bulb
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October 24, 2002 : Lantern has selected a CEO with RBOC connections. Is that enough for survival?
Trio Takes WLAN to Carriers
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October 24, 2002 : Proxim, Ericsson, and Agere combine to tempt operators with WLAN. But will the new partnership be called PEA or APE?
Le Legal Action
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October 24, 2002 : Stalling for time? Just sue everyone in sight
Fortinet Goes Gigabit
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October 24, 2002 : Fortinet readies a gigabit hardware-based firewall and antivirus product
Will Offload Chips Be Uploaded?
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October 24, 2002 : Startups announce more chips targeting TCP traffic this week at the Network Processor Conference
Foundry Bucks the Trend
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October 24, 2002 : Foundry's new focus on enterprise switching pays dividends; stock pops after Q3 profits, improved fundamentals
Colt Kicked by Bondholder
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October 23, 2002 : Bondholder in Colt Telecom is getting spooked, saying the company is insolvent and should be reorganized
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