What's Next for GX?
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December 31, 2001 : Global Crossing's bankers give it more time to find a way to cover billions in debt UPDATED 12/31/01 5PM ET
White Rock Expands
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December 28, 2001 : In a land whipped by layoffs, White Rock Networks moves to bigger offices and adds staff
2001 Top Ten: Fat Cats
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December 28, 2001 : Top execs feasted on rich compensation in 2001, even as layoffs spread famine throughout the industry
2001 Top Ten: Forecasting Follies
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December 26, 2001 : Which financial analysts, market researchers, and journalists fired widest of the mark in 2001?
Occam's Merger
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December 26, 2001 : Occam bails out Accelerated with merger deal
No Go for Yafo?
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December 24, 2001 : Layoffs and lack of customer demand dog 40-Gbit/s startup
2001 Top Ten: Components
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December 21, 2001 : Light Reading's take on the 10 most important developments in the components industry this year
Nortel: The Bad News is Good
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December 21, 2001 : Wall Street rewarded Nortel for not disappointing them too much. The stock was up as much as 10%
Lights Out at InLight
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December 21, 2001 : The optical add/drop multiplexer subsystem maker shuts its doors after it couldn't find customers
JDSU's Bid for the Enterprise
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December 20, 2001 : JDSU will pay $340M for IBM's optical data comm chip business. Just what is it buying, and why?
Juniper Spooks the Street
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December 20, 2001 : Carrier spending decline takes another chunk out of the core router player's revenues in Q4
Last Mile Political Battle Heats Up
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December 19, 2001 : Vote on the broadband bill has been put off until March, but expect some bloody politics in the meantime
Lightscape Looks West
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December 19, 2001 : Lightscape, global player in metro networking, is still waiting to make a big splash in the North American market
Blaze Hits the Xenpak Trail
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December 18, 2001 : Blaze ships 10-Gbit/s Ethernet Xenpak modules, adding to other options from Agilent and Agere
Corvis Feels Qwest Fallout
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December 18, 2001 : Merrill Lynch cuts estimates for Corvis following last week's spending cut announcement by Qwest
Atrica Closing in on Third Round
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December 17, 2001 : After snagging investments from top carriers last February, Atrica is about to close a $30M round, say sources
Intel Snaps Up Templex
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December 17, 2001 : Intel's quiet purchase of a small components startup might mean a big future for OCDMA technology
Nortel Bets on Mumford
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December 17, 2001 : The Harley-riding career Nortel man takes CTO post. Can he return Nortel to optical leadership? HDX is the first test.
Bookham Gets a Bargain
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December 17, 2001 : It's buying Marconi's 500-staff components division for stock worth a mere $29 million
Palm's Up? Palm's Out?
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December 17, 2001 : Palm takes aim at enterprises, Pocket PC takes aim at entertainment, and a new study predicts that Pocket PC will have market share by 2005.
What's Behind Qwest's Numbers?
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December 14, 2001 : Qwest reduces its capex spending by more than a billion dollars. Which vendors are most likely to feel the pain?
CoSine and Net.Com End Lawsuit
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December 14, 2001 : A puzzling 'settlement' seems typical of the uphill battle being waged by cranky IP services switch vendors
Zepton Has an $86M War Chest
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December 14, 2001 : Cash flows to stealthy startup from investors including Accel Partners, Juniper Networks, and Kleiner-Perkins
Qusion Touts Wideband Modulator
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December 14, 2001 : Who's got the widest wideband modulator? Qusion says it's got something special, but Agility scoffs
Ex-Lucent Group Starts Anew
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December 13, 2001 : Internet Photonics is out of stealth mode, raising cash and about to beta test its first product
Gigabit Security's in the Chips
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December 13, 2001 : With prices dropping and security needs rising, experts see a rising tide for high-speed security hardware
Ciena Casts Cloud Over 2002
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December 13, 2001 : In spite of solid sales this year, it's forecasting a 30 to 40 percent fall in revenues in the next quarter
Intel Targets Telecom Server Market
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December 12, 2001 : Intel's making a big noise about eclipsing Sun's dominance in the carrier market. Is it really a threat?
Lucent Takes the Gloves Off
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December 12, 2001 : Lucent contract activity points to a renewed fight for incumbent carrier deals
What's Inside Sabeus
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December 12, 2001 : Optical components company lands $16M third round in pursuit of new optical techniques such as 'cold writing'
No Riches From Optical Switches
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December 11, 2001 : Most optical switch manufacturers are in a pickle, according to the latest report from the Optical Oracle
Hold the Champagne
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December 11, 2001 : Large-scale holiday bashes aren't on tap this year, according to a recent poll and interviews with some companies
Startup Gets Clever With Cubes
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December 11, 2001 : Germany's Cube Optics has come up with a passive assembly process for making tiny optical components
Swedes Cut Metro WDM Costs
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December 11, 2001 : Swedish startup Transmode says its logical rings can cut the cost of metro DWDM nets by a factor of three
What's in a Poison Pill?
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December 10, 2001 : Avici is the latest equipment maker to adopt a shareholder rights plan to protect itself against unwanted takeovers
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