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11 published in december 2006

2006 Top Ten: Emerging Trends


News Analysis - Nicole Willing - Comment (1)
December 29, 2006 : 2006 was a red-hot year for emerging markets. Now find out what to watch for in 2007

Nortel Nears Shareholder Settlement


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
December 27, 2006 : Still trying to turn the page on its financial woes, Nortel gets a couple of thumbs up for a proposed $2.2B settlement of a major shareholder lawsuit

Huawei Racks Up Euro Wins


News Analysis - Nicole Willing - Comment (1)
December 20, 2006 : Chinese vendor adds Telecom Italia to its growing list of European customers, as international contracts now account for 65% of its sales

Cisco Tracks PBT Standards Process


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (51)
December 14, 2006 : PBT, the controversial new flavor of Ethernet, is on the first rung of the standards ladder and is attracting attention from Cisco. Not everyone's keen on Nortel's Ethernet baby, though

Backhaul Packs 'Em In


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (4)
December 13, 2006 : Backhaul transport strategies for mobile operators is a hot topic, with vendors licking their lips as European wireless carriers lay out their access transport roadmaps at a London conference

Analyst Sees Booming Optical Growth


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (3)
December 12, 2006 : Triple play, 3G, and technological innovation are driving increasing demand for long-haul and metro optical network gear, with demand set to rise for the rest of the decade, analyst tells London event

Sources: Cisco Rejects Optical Bids


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (6)
December 11, 2006 : Anyone wanting to buy up Cisco's optical networking division had better be prepared to pay full price, as word has it Cisco has turned down two offers for being too low

Cisco Hearts India


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
December 6, 2006 : Updating his company's $1.1 billion courtship of India, CEO John Chambers pledges to triple Cisco's workforce there during the next three to five years

Big Guns Crash ITU Party


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (2)
December 5, 2006 : As the ITU's World Telecom event attracts questions about its strong regional flavor, vendors use show as news launchpad, with Cisco, Nortel, Motorola, Huawei, and ZTE flooding the newswires

GAO Cites Deregulation Doubts


News Analysis - Mark Sullivan - Comment (1)
December 1, 2006 : The GAO doesn't see evidence of increased competition and lower prices after loosening price controls on business data services. And that could fuel some trouble in the pending AT&T/BellSouth merger
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Globix Appoints CEO


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December 29, 2006 : Globix announced that Kurt Van Wagenen has been promoted to Chief Executive Officer of the Company effective January 1, 2007

Siemens Claims Speed Record


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December 21, 2006 : In cooperation with Micram, Siemens has successfully tested the network of the future

ZTE Wins WDM Deal


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December 19, 2006 : ZTE wins exclusive WDM backbone project for China Netcom's long-haul transmission network

Ciena Reports Q4


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December 14, 2006 : Ciena announced unaudited results for its fiscal fourth quarter and fiscal year ending October 31, 2006

Meriton Gets RDUP


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December 14, 2006 : Meriton Networks receives Rural Development Utilities Program (RDUP) acceptance for its 6400 optical transport platform

Nasdaq Warns Sycamore


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December 13, 2006 : Sycamore Networks has received a letter from Nasdaq indicating that the Company’s common stock is subject to delisting

NEC Uses Tpack for 10 Gbit/s


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December 12, 2006 : NEC selects Tpack's 10-Gbit/s Ethernet-over-Sonet/SDH technology for its SpectralWave UN5000 multiservice platform

Eircom Uses ADVA, Siemens


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December 6, 2006 : Irish incumbent Eircom builds national next-generation network with ADVA Optical Networking and Siemens

Verizon Picks Ciena for Atlantic Mesh


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December 6, 2006 : Verizon Business builds Atlantic mesh network using Ciena's CoreDirector

Sycamore Posts Q1


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December 5, 2006 : Sycamore reported its first quarter revenue results for the period ended October 28, 2006
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Bandwidth Is Back


Light Ranting - R. Scott Raynovich - Light Reading - Post a comment
December 18, 2006 : 6:00 PM -- Does the term 'transpacific optical cable' bring back some bad memories?

Telecom Goes South


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December 14, 2006 : 1:50 PM -- And East

John Landau, VP of Enterprise Products, VSNL International


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December 1, 2006 : It’s All Going Global
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