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Posted in December 2011

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UTStarcom CEO Becoming Chairman


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December 30, 2011 : Multiple changes to the UTStarcom board include the appointment of CEO Jack Lu as chairman
Comment: Opnext timetable - Craig Matsumoto December 30, 2011

Huawei Execs Take Turns as Acting CEOs


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December 29, 2011 : Eight executives are taking turns at playing CEO, setting up what some think is a succession plan for chief executive Ren Zhengfei

Thai Flooding Clocks Opnext


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December 29, 2011 : Revenues are going to take a hit until at least March while Opnext recovers from Fabrinet's flood damage

2011 Top Ten: Corporate Gloom & Doom


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December 28, 2011 : The year had its share of layoffs, but the company topping our list had that extra special something
Comment: Allot & Iran - Craig Matsumoto December 23, 2011

GigOptix Adopts Poison Pill


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December 23, 2011 : New shareholder rights provision kicks in if anyone comes to own more than 10 percent of the company
Comment: Re: puh-leeez - Craig Matsumoto December 23, 2011

Rambus, Broadcom Settle Patent Suits


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December 23, 2011 : The companies call a truce, with Rambus licensing Broadcom's technology

AT&T Gets Approval for Qualcomm Deal


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December 22, 2011 : At least something went right for Ma Bell this week
Comment: Re: Spending! - Craig Matsumoto December 22, 2011
Comment: Re: Spending! - Craig Matsumoto December 22, 2011

Akamai Goes Mobile by Acquiring Cotendo


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December 22, 2011 : The proposed $268M deal takes the hot CDN startup out of the (speculated) grasp of AT&T and Juniper
Comment: #1a.? - Craig Matsumoto December 21, 2011

Cisco Adds Another Juniper Exec


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December 21, 2011 : Two CTO-level executives have joined Cisco's ranks from Juniper. One, you already knew about
Comment: Re: puh-leeez - Craig Matsumoto December 21, 2011

Infinera CTO Departs


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December 21, 2011 : Another of the company's founders is moving on, as Drew Perkins downshifts into an advisory role

Maybe AT&T Won't Accelerate Capex


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December 21, 2011 : The money saved by not getting T-Mobile might not be spent so quickly, one analyst thinks
Comment: Flip - Craig Matsumoto December 21, 2011

2011 Top Ten: Cisco News Bites


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December 21, 2011 : John Chambers's company gave us even more than usual to talk about in 2011

ITC Makes a Moto/Microsoft Ruling


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December 20, 2011 : If you've lost track of which patent suit is which, we don't blame you. This is the one from August where we mentioned Google
Comment: LightSquared's argument - Craig Matsumoto December 20, 2011

Why Boards & Councils Failed Cisco


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December 20, 2011 : 5:25 PM A lot of people thought Cisco's new-age structure was dumb, but suppose it wasn't. What went wrong? It all comes down to the boss man

Ciena Shows Off Optical VPNs


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December 19, 2011 : From the Vectors customer event in Ottawa, Ciena shows how its gear obeys VPN rules in creating new optical paths

2011 Top Ten: Huawei Mini-Dramas


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December 19, 2011 : Never mind what Huawei actually sells. Here's how the company's mere existence came across in headlines

It's BT's Turn to Sue Google


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December 19, 2011 : It's mostly about Google Maps, but several other big services (and Google+) are cited in the patent infringement suit

The Fabless Tab


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December 16, 2011 : 5:15 PM It was right for chip startups to stop owning manufacturing, but somehow that added up to a wrong turn
Comment: K Street - Craig Matsumoto December 16, 2011

Why Broadcom Might Buy BroadLight


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December 16, 2011 : It's not because both names start with 'Broad' ... one analyst believes it's more to do with taking on Qualcomm
Comment: Re: Non-high-tech - Craig Matsumoto December 15, 2011
Comment: Non-high-tech - Craig Matsumoto December 15, 2011
Comment: Gadgets - Craig Matsumoto December 15, 2011

Gadget Night!


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December 15, 2011 : 12:00 PM Toys and tools -- some of them useful! -- took the stage at the annual geek-out dinner hosted by The Churchill Club in Silicon Valley
Comment: Sonic.net - Craig Matsumoto December 14, 2011

The Network Gets Virtualized


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December 14, 2011 : Call it network as a service if you want. Ciena's Jim Morin discusses the intermediate steps toward the creation of truly on-demand bandwidth

Clearwire Gets Its Funding: $715.5M


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December 13, 2011 : The stock offering and Sprint investment go off without a hitch. Time for Clearwire to go build that network

Grid Startup Takes to the Data Center


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December 13, 2011 : ConteXtream says it's got a nifty, BitTorrent-like add-on for top-of-rack switches
Comment: CRS-3 in Verizon - Craig Matsumoto December 13, 2011

Verizon Likes Cisco's CRS-3


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December 13, 2011 : The carrier likes Juniper's T-series core routers, too, but Cisco gets the 100G headline, at least for today

Embrane Floats Appliance Alliance Idea


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December 13, 2011 : The company's virtualized appliances might compete with firewalls and load balancers at first, but its CEO is hoping to make friends later
Comment: Ericsson CTO - Craig Matsumoto December 12, 2011

Adtran Wants NSN's International Pull


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December 12, 2011 : Having mostly saturated its Tier 1 US prospects, Adtran wanted to boost international sales. NSN's broadband unit could provide a nice head start
Comment: Wi-LAN gets into video - Craig Matsumoto December 9, 2011

DoJ Wants to Postpone AT&T/T-Mobile Trial


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December 9, 2011 : The trial scheduled for February now seems less urgent, the DoJ says, and that's not good news for AT&T

Cloud Watch: More and More Mergers


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December 9, 2011 : Also: another Cisco departure, what VMware did right (and wrong) and the trouble with OpenStack
Comment: OIF signaling - Craig Matsumoto December 8, 2011

OIF's Fabric Unification Isn't About the Fabric


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December 8, 2011 : If you're going to mash packet and OTN traffic together, why not make the line card do all the work?
Comment: Ciena stock is up - Craig Matsumoto December 8, 2011
Comment: MRV selloff - Craig Matsumoto December 8, 2011

MRV Starts Shedding Pieces


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December 8, 2011 : A chunk of the networking group is gone, as is the interim CEO

Amazon Gets Reboot-Happy


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December 8, 2011 : There's no panic in the streets, but reboot notices from Amazon Web Services paint a puzzling picture
Comment: Re: LightSquared - Craig Matsumoto December 7, 2011
Comment: LightSquared - Craig Matsumoto December 7, 2011
Comment: Hosting the cloud - Craig Matsumoto December 6, 2011
Comment: Cisco webcast - Craig Matsumoto December 6, 2011
Comment: Re: ferment or foment - Craig Matsumoto December 6, 2011

Cisco Opens Up the CloudVerse


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (5)
December 6, 2011 : Vendors want to help build and manage cloud networks, and of course, Cisco wants in on that game, too

AlcaLu Extends Its 100G


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December 6, 2011 : If you've heard AlcaLu has problems with its 100G reach, well, now the company's saying that ain't so
Comment: Couple points - Craig Matsumoto December 5, 2011

AlcaLu Could Restructure Even More


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December 5, 2011 : The liquidity thing just isn't getting better, and one analyst thinks that might spur Alcatel-Lucent into action
Comment: Adtran and optical - Craig Matsumoto December 5, 2011

Vitesse Targets Ethernet Backhaul


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
December 5, 2011 : The company's latest Ethernet switch aims to bring lots more OAM to access and backhaul networks

Adtran Pushes ROADMs & OTN


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December 5, 2011 : As the TA 5000 gets loaded with more transport features, Adtran makes its bid to become a factor in optical networking