News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) April 28, 2006 : BT exec says the carrier's PSTN will be switched off in 2010 or 2011, leaving wiggle room for a deadline shift. Also, BT denies rumors that all is not well in South Wales
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) April 28, 2006 : SEC filing shows the VOIP specialist plans to net nearly $500 million from an IPO that would value it at around $2.65 billion, selling shares for $16 to $18
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment April 27, 2006 : Revenues are up and its IP gear position is strengthening, but competitive and pricing pressures leave Alcatel's operating margins short of expectations, sending the stock down 7 percent in Paris
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (7) April 26, 2006 : Metro Ethernet Forum awards seven operators with Carrier Ethernet Service certificates that show their services meet standards. Carriers say their customers will care
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) April 26, 2006 : BT's next-generation network is essentially a massive end-to-end Ethernet network, says the project's program director Matt Beal, who says today's Ethernet services aren't up to snuff
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment April 25, 2006 : Here at Light Reading's Ethernet Expo, Zhone leads the news charge with its launch into the Ethernet-over-copper market
Eurobites - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment April 24, 2006 : All the latest merger and acquisition news and gossip from the Old Continent, including an investment in Deutsche Telekom by private equity group Blackstone
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (3) April 24, 2006 : Session border controller vendor Newport Networks has hired BT's 21CN chief voice architect as its new CTO. Why would he jump ship from a major carrier to a niche vendor?
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (2) April 21, 2006 : Shhhhh! IP Centrex vendor raises another round but keeps the funding quiet. CEO says it's for expansion and that an IPO is still in the cards
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment April 21, 2006 : Ericsson's CEO dampened any M&A expectations as the vendor presented first-quarter results that missed analysts' expectations; other players called 'weak'
Eurobites - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) April 20, 2006 : The Light Reading Live! showboat is swinging into London town next week with Ethernet on the brain and a new interactive format to get the utmost from the specialists
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (16) April 20, 2006 : Record quarterly revenue, nearly all from AT&T, sends core router's stock soaring 80 percent as the CEO increases 2006 revenue forecast by 50 percent
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) April 20, 2006 : Database giant takes on Microsoft and other big hitters with its big push intp the service delivery platform sector and buys another telecom specialist to shore up its capabilities
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment April 19, 2006 : Cisco joins latest round of investment in digital rights management specialist Widevine, along with Canadian carrier Telus. But what's behind Cisco's move?
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (19) April 19, 2006 : Lucent says Alcatel's French staff are as much in the firing line as Lucent employees when it comes to the planned post-merger 8,800 headcount reductions
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (2) April 19, 2006 : Optical systems vendor scores metro win at Korea Telecom to add to its BT account. Analyst reckons the deal could be worth tens of millions to the WDM specialist
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) April 18, 2006 : Amdocs is paying $275 million in cash, more than six times annual revenues, for content download system vendor Qpass as such systems already in use by mobile carriers become relevant to fixed broadband
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment April 11, 2006 : Back-office specialists JacobsRimell and Apertio team up to offer carriers a mine of IMS data. This is just one combination of companies that hope to cash in as carrier information managers
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) April 10, 2006 : Vodafone and O2 have both taken presentations on DSLAM capabilities and local loop unbundling, with 2006 likely to see these and other pure-play wireless carriers encroaching on fixed-line turf
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment April 6, 2006 : Alcatel's President of Europe, Jacques Dunogué, has left suddenly following the merger deal with Lucent. Insiders say he wanted Mike Quigley's COO position
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment April 5, 2006 : Tomorrow's TV is the focus of the MIPTV event in Cannes this week, as discussions about IPTV, Internet TV and mobile TV surround the content wheeling and dealing
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment April 5, 2006 : Exhibitors at giant TV content tradeshow are torn between excitement and fear over the potential of telecom operators giving them a direct distribution channel to consumers
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) April 4, 2006 : But the business case for replacing circuits with pseudowire connections over Ethernet networks is complicated by operational and integration challenges, says Heavy Reading report
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (15) April 3, 2006 : There's no indication about how the near 9,000 jobs to be cut at the combined giant will pan out. Plus, other views and thoughts from Tchuruk and Russo
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (6) April 3, 2006 : The deal is on, but can these two companies make a decent match? Initial analyst reaction suggests they've got a lot of hard work to do on the financial, cultural, and political fronts
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (51) April 3, 2006 : Vendors agree to merge, creating a global giant with revenues of $25 billion a year that will have Lucent's Pat Russo as its CEO. About 9,000 jobs will be culled
LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment April 2, 2006 : Vendors agree to merge, creating a global giant with revenues of $25B a year, with Lucent's Russo as its CEO
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) April 28, 2006 : BT exec says the carrier's PSTN will be switched off in 2010 or 2011, leaving wiggle room for a deadline shift. Also, BT denies rumors that all is not well in South Wales
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) April 28, 2006 : SEC filing shows the VOIP specialist plans to net nearly $500 million from an IPO that would value it at around $2.65 billion, selling shares for $16 to $18
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment April 27, 2006 : Revenues are up and its IP gear position is strengthening, but competitive and pricing pressures leave Alcatel's operating margins short of expectations, sending the stock down 7 percent in Paris
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (7) April 26, 2006 : Metro Ethernet Forum awards seven operators with Carrier Ethernet Service certificates that show their services meet standards. Carriers say their customers will care
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) April 26, 2006 : BT's next-generation network is essentially a massive end-to-end Ethernet network, says the project's program director Matt Beal, who says today's Ethernet services aren't up to snuff
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment April 25, 2006 : Here at Light Reading's Ethernet Expo, Zhone leads the news charge with its launch into the Ethernet-over-copper market
Eurobites - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment April 24, 2006 : All the latest merger and acquisition news and gossip from the Old Continent, including an investment in Deutsche Telekom by private equity group Blackstone
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (3) April 24, 2006 : Session border controller vendor Newport Networks has hired BT's 21CN chief voice architect as its new CTO. Why would he jump ship from a major carrier to a niche vendor?
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (2) April 21, 2006 : Shhhhh! IP Centrex vendor raises another round but keeps the funding quiet. CEO says it's for expansion and that an IPO is still in the cards
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment April 21, 2006 : Ericsson's CEO dampened any M&A expectations as the vendor presented first-quarter results that missed analysts' expectations; other players called 'weak'
Eurobites - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) April 20, 2006 : The Light Reading Live! showboat is swinging into London town next week with Ethernet on the brain and a new interactive format to get the utmost from the specialists
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (16) April 20, 2006 : Record quarterly revenue, nearly all from AT&T, sends core router's stock soaring 80 percent as the CEO increases 2006 revenue forecast by 50 percent
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) April 20, 2006 : Database giant takes on Microsoft and other big hitters with its big push intp the service delivery platform sector and buys another telecom specialist to shore up its capabilities
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment April 19, 2006 : Cisco joins latest round of investment in digital rights management specialist Widevine, along with Canadian carrier Telus. But what's behind Cisco's move?
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (19) April 19, 2006 : Lucent says Alcatel's French staff are as much in the firing line as Lucent employees when it comes to the planned post-merger 8,800 headcount reductions
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (2) April 19, 2006 : Optical systems vendor scores metro win at Korea Telecom to add to its BT account. Analyst reckons the deal could be worth tens of millions to the WDM specialist
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) April 18, 2006 : Amdocs is paying $275 million in cash, more than six times annual revenues, for content download system vendor Qpass as such systems already in use by mobile carriers become relevant to fixed broadband
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment April 11, 2006 : Back-office specialists JacobsRimell and Apertio team up to offer carriers a mine of IMS data. This is just one combination of companies that hope to cash in as carrier information managers
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) April 10, 2006 : Vodafone and O2 have both taken presentations on DSLAM capabilities and local loop unbundling, with 2006 likely to see these and other pure-play wireless carriers encroaching on fixed-line turf
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment April 6, 2006 : Alcatel's President of Europe, Jacques Dunogué, has left suddenly following the merger deal with Lucent. Insiders say he wanted Mike Quigley's COO position
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment April 5, 2006 : Tomorrow's TV is the focus of the MIPTV event in Cannes this week, as discussions about IPTV, Internet TV and mobile TV surround the content wheeling and dealing
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment April 5, 2006 : Exhibitors at giant TV content tradeshow are torn between excitement and fear over the potential of telecom operators giving them a direct distribution channel to consumers
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1) April 4, 2006 : But the business case for replacing circuits with pseudowire connections over Ethernet networks is complicated by operational and integration challenges, says Heavy Reading report
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (15) April 3, 2006 : There's no indication about how the near 9,000 jobs to be cut at the combined giant will pan out. Plus, other views and thoughts from Tchuruk and Russo
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (6) April 3, 2006 : The deal is on, but can these two companies make a decent match? Initial analyst reaction suggests they've got a lot of hard work to do on the financial, cultural, and political fronts
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (51) April 3, 2006 : Vendors agree to merge, creating a global giant with revenues of $25 billion a year that will have Lucent's Pat Russo as its CEO. About 9,000 jobs will be culled
LR Mobile News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment April 2, 2006 : Vendors agree to merge, creating a global giant with revenues of $25B a year, with Lucent's Russo as its CEO
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