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Posted in July 2009

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Partners in WDM-PON


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July 31, 2009 : 6:15 PM LG-Nortel doesn't want two boxes in your home

Sonus's Next Trick


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July 31, 2009 : 1:10 PM Of new products, KDDI, and Cox

Ex-Cisco Exec Now an Ex-ADVA Exec


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July 30, 2009 : Ron Martin, hired to beef up ADVA's cred with North American carriers, has moved on

Score 1 for Comcast


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July 29, 2009 : 1:40 PM Cable gets its name on an AT&T-sponsored event

Don't Pick Up the Soapstone


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July 28, 2009 : 5:50 PM The Avici story comes to an end
Comment: Bandwidth boost - Craig Matsumoto July 28, 2009
Comment: Canary Fighting - Craig Matsumoto July 28, 2009
Comment: Tunable M&A - Craig Matsumoto July 28, 2009

Zeugma Adds 'Turbo' Button


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July 27, 2009 : Touching on another hot issue in cable circles, the edge router startup adds a bandwidth boosting application controlled by the subscriber

Santur Reaches for 100-Gig


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July 27, 2009 : Denying reports that it's struggling, tunable laser vendor Santur picks up $13 million to nurture a possible 100-Gig product suite
Comment: Nan Chen - Craig Matsumoto July 27, 2009

Nan Chen Takes CENX Route


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July 27, 2009 : What is MEF president Nan Chen's newest Ethernet startup? We're willing to take a guess
Comment: Ericsson wins - Craig Matsumoto July 25, 2009

Nortel Wireless Winner: It's Ericsson!


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July 25, 2009 : For $1.13B, Ericsson beats out Nokia Siemens to take ownership of CDMA and LTE assets, pending court approval

Verizon Deal's Not AlcaLu's, Yet


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July 24, 2009 : A reported Ethernet services contract is still up in the air, with Juniper a contender

Auction Day for Nortel


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July 24, 2009 : 7:50 AM The real bidding war for the wireless assets starts (and probably ends) today

Juniper Stays Cautious After Q2


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July 23, 2009 : Service provider spending might be stabilizing, but Juniper isn't willing to call it an upturn yet

Oclaro's First Report


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July 23, 2009 : 5:15 PM A snapshot of the former Bookham and Avanex's debut on the earnings-call circuit

AlcaLu Grabs Verizon Deal


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July 22, 2009 : One analyst reports Alcatel-Lucent nabbed a $150M Ethernet services deal away from Juniper
Comment: Re: Why not? - Craig Matsumoto July 22, 2009

VC Eyes Nortel


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July 22, 2009 : 2:10 PM Plenty of people are window-shopping these days

IBM, Juniper Become BFFs


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July 22, 2009 : With IBM and Juniper doing cloud computing together, it's no surprise to see them strike up an OEM deal to possibly face off against Cisco

PE Firm Edges NSN's Nortel Bid


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July 21, 2009 : Private equity firm MatlinPatterson has put up a $725M offer for Nortel's wireless assets, versus Nokia Siemens's $650M. It's on!

Busy Day at Infinera


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July 21, 2009 : NTT win, new CEO, 50 layoffs, and a smattering of earnings
Comment: Huawei 400G - Craig Matsumoto July 21, 2009

Huawei's Doing 100-Gig, Too


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July 21, 2009 : On the heels of big talk by Alcatel-Lucent and Juniper, Huawei says its next NetEngine router will get a 100-Gigabit Ethernet port in mid-2010
Comment: Infinera - Craig Matsumoto July 20, 2009

Avaya Offers $475M for Nortel's Enterprise


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July 20, 2009 : The Enterprise Solutions unit is the next to draw a bid, on the eve of the stalking-horse auction of Nortel's wireless assets
Comment: Re: Nortel Pension - Craig Matsumoto July 17, 2009
Comment: 7750 Core router - Craig Matsumoto July 17, 2009

Nortel/Cisco Updates


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July 16, 2009 : 5:55 PM Workers in France get their meeting; workers in San Jose get their pink slips

AlcaLu Readies 100GigE Cards


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July 16, 2009 : The 7750 routers will get 100GE interfaces by mid-2010 – possibly putting them in line to compete with the likes of Cisco's CRS-1

When Cisco Got Social


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July 15, 2009 : 4:00 PM Whatever happened to Five Across, anyway?

IBM & Cisco, Still Pals


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July 14, 2009 : 5:45 PM At least when it comes to the Nexus 5000 and certain green projects

MPLS-TP vs. PBB-TE


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July 14, 2009 : 5:20 PM Poll results. Which one gets used everywhere?
Comment: Re: Dead end maybe - Craig Matsumoto July 14, 2009

Does Juniper Need Packet-Optical?


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July 14, 2009 : 1:15 PM At least one analyst sees a trend in Verizon's plans that doesn't bode well for router vendors

IP Infusion Goes All-In


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July 14, 2009 : Seeing OEMs wanting to outsource more of their engineering, IP Infusion jumps into the business of designing entire systems

Juniper: Getting a Move On?


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July 13, 2009 : 4:25 PM New theory: Mobility group in the works

Cisco's Eos Press Conference


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July 10, 2009 : A few pics from a press meeting inside Cisco digital media nerve center
Comment: Cisco Field - Craig Matsumoto July 10, 2009

Nortel Disqualified From 2012 Olympics


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July 10, 2009 : Guess who's taking its place?

Cisco Lags DPI Rivals


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July 10, 2009 : Cisco's gear performed well in an EANTC peer-to-peer traffic test, but ipoque and Procera can outdo Cisco in a rather obvious way

JDSU Deal Addresses Finisar's Debt


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July 9, 2009 : A looming 2010 payment would get a little easier with the sell-off of Finisar's test division
Comment: Privacy - Craig Matsumoto July 9, 2009

Cisco's Eos Takes Aim at Internet Media Management


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July 8, 2009 : With Eos software and services, the router vendor looks to save media companies from Google by having them host everything with Cisco

Hooper's Ascent Continues at Cisco


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July 8, 2009 : The head of Cisco's consumer division gets the high-profile job of chief strategy officer

Cisco's Way of Four


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July 7, 2009 : 5:20 PM Another view of the company's long-term ambitions

Tellabs to Cut 150 More


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July 6, 2009 : Tellabs resizes in a market where mid-sized is the wrong size

The Bear Gets a Checkbook


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July 6, 2009 : 4:35 PM Everyone's abuzz about Andreessen Horowitz

Photos: Cisco, Live in San Fran


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July 2, 2009 : Cisco's annual customer lovefest comes back to the Bay Area

Cisco Plays in the Clouds


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July 1, 2009 : The cloud is nice, but who's going to provide the links between clouds? Any guesses?
Comment: Bun E. Carlos? - Craig Matsumoto July 1, 2009

Rock Star!


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July 1, 2009 : 4:00 PM Would you really want to be the next David Bowie?

Nortel: Think Big


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July 1, 2009 : 11:00 AM Why not take all of Nortel, a private equity firm asks