Light Reading - Telecom News, Analysis, Events, and Research
Sign up for our Free Telecom Weekly Newsletter
Connect with us
Posted by Craig Matsumoto
Craig Matsumoto
Member Since: November 20, 2002
User Ranking
Articles: 2474
Posts: 3047

Posted in October 2005

All (42)           Blog Posts (23)           Comments (19)          
All

Motorola, Nortel Settle Suit


News Wire Feed - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
October 31, 2005 : The quibble over Nortel's hiring of Mike Zafirovski as CEO has come to a peaceful conclusion

PMC Bites a Bit of Agilent


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
October 31, 2005 : PMC's anticipated acquisition has come through, and the winner is one of the favorites: the storage portion of Agilent's cast-off semiconductor division
Comment: Re: No big deal - Craig Matsumoto October 28, 2005
Comment: Re: No big deal - Craig Matsumoto October 28, 2005

More Trouble for Avanex


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (9)
October 28, 2005 : As if the struggling components firm didn't have enough problems, two bondholders are now crying default, citing concerns listed in the Avanex 10-K report

AMCC Faces Flat Revenues


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
October 28, 2005 : New CEO Kambiz Hooshmand's plan for AMCC is in gear, but it's going to result in flat revenues next quarter and tepid performance from the communications sector for even longer
Comment: Re: vtss, amcc.... - Craig Matsumoto October 27, 2005
Comment: Agere verdict - Craig Matsumoto October 26, 2005

Extreme Reports Q1


News Wire Feed - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
October 26, 2005 : Company posts revenues of $97.9M, up 3% from the previous year, and net income of $4.4M, or 3 cents per share

Agere Shines on CEO's Debut


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
October 26, 2005 : Stock climbs more than 10 percent as Q4 earnings pack some positive surprises and a new CEO steps in to replace Lucent veteran John Dickson

Is PMC Storage Shopping?


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
October 26, 2005 : With the subtlety of a Humvee, PMC-Sierra is readying an acquisition. The target's identity hasn't been disclosed, but a couple of interesting storage possibilities loom
Comment: Carrier Ethernet cost - Craig Matsumoto October 25, 2005

Cisco Beefs Up the Edge


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (9)
October 25, 2005 : With a new access box and new switch/router cards, Cisco wants to stretch its carrier Ethernet offerings from edge to edge, spanning the entire service provider network

Slowdowns Smack Level 3, Verio


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
October 21, 2005 : A portion of the Internet was stuck in traffic early Friday thanks to problems at Verio and Level3. Everything seems fine as of Friday night
Comment: Re: surprised - Craig Matsumoto October 21, 2005

Chips Brace for 40-Gig


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (32)
October 21, 2005 : The long-awaited move to OC768 isn't the same as the jump to OC192. Services such as IPTV are a big driver this time, and chipmakers say that's making them an important part of 40 Gbit/s
Comment: Singles hitters - Craig Matsumoto October 20, 2005

Avici Swings & Misses in Q3


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (6)
October 20, 2005 : The router vendor continues its efforts to lessen dependence on AT&T, but some delays with its newer customers led to a dip in revenues for Q3
Comment: Juniper and IPTV - Craig Matsumoto October 19, 2005

Juniper Scores Big Q3


LR Mobile News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
October 19, 2005 : Boosts from security and enterprise business help Juniper beat expectations

Juniper Comes Through Big in Q3


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (3)
October 19, 2005 : Security is growing well and enterprise business now accounts for one-third of Juniper's business, figures that added up to a sunny third-quarter earnings call

IBM Plugs Into DataPower


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
October 19, 2005 : On the heels of Intel's acquisition of Sarvega in August, IBM makes its own XML play, picking up an appliance vendor Data Power to add to its Service Oriented Architecture strategy
Comment: Bookham's latest trick - Craig Matsumoto October 18, 2005

Bookham, Avanex Shore Up


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (6)
October 18, 2005 : Early this year, the components companies pledged to find ways to keep from running out of cash. The latest moves include a $50M stock offering from Bookham
Comment: Ethernet shopping - Craig Matsumoto October 14, 2005

Ethernet Expo: Shop 'Til You Drop


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
October 13, 2005 : Customers want Ethernet services, and carriers want to sell Ethernet services, but getting the two together is apparently not so simple

Ready for 100-Gig Ethernet?


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (3)
October 13, 2005 : With the first 100-Gbit/s trials emerging and some Internet exchange backbones choking, vendors are looking ahead to the next likely Ethernet speed grade

Ethernet Expo: Gurus Grade Themselves


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (5)
October 12, 2005 : Speakers at the Ethernet Expo discuss the gap between what carrier Ethernet ought to be and what the US carriers are offering. Among the hangups: availability
Comment: NetSolve - Craig Matsumoto October 12, 2005
Comment: Wave7 GPON - Craig Matsumoto October 10, 2005

GPON Vendors Line Up


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (21)
October 10, 2005 : The RBOC RFP for GPON is almost certainly a big-vendors game, but the unusually rapid timing and the entrance of some worthy new names could mean the obvious candidates won't win

UTStarcom Stung by Softbank


LR Mobile News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
October 7, 2005 : A $40M shortfall in IPTV revenues – and a few other surprises – spoil UTStarcom's third-quarter results

UTStarcom Stung by Softbank


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (10)
October 7, 2005 : Missing IPTV features are delaying $40M in revenues from Softbank, enough to make UTStarcom miss its Q3 forecast. Then there's the goodwill problem and the SEC thing...
Comment: OLT + Router - Craig Matsumoto October 6, 2005

Tellabs Edges Into GPON


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (19)
October 6, 2005 : More vendors are climbing into the GPON game, including Tellabs, which is readying a new combination of routers and OLTs
Comment: AVNX furthermore - Craig Matsumoto October 3, 2005
Comment: Enterprise examples - Craig Matsumoto October 3, 2005

Avanex Concerns Continue


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (22)
October 3, 2005 : The optical components firm's stock takes a hit as auditors question Avanex's long-term viability. Bookham, however, sees its shares rise