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10 published in may 2008

Sycamore's Freefall Continues


News Analysis - Raymond McConville - Post a comment
May 29, 2008 : As expected, Sycamore's revenues fell more than 50 percent due to instability from one major customer. The vendor now says it will almost assuredly miss its 2008 revenue targets

Ericsson: Ready to Ramp GPON


News Analysis - Raymond McConville - Comments (3)
May 26, 2008 : Ericsson's North American CTO says the company's GPON deployments at AT&T are coming in late 2008 or early 2009

Africa Tackles Its Capacity Bottleneck


News Analysis - Nicole Willing - Comment (1)
May 15, 2008 : More satellites are planned to go into service in Africa, but the high cost of bandwidth has spurred plans for at least 12 new submarine cables to hook up Africa to the rest of the world

CoreOptics Lands $25M


News Analysis - Ryan Lawler - Post a comment
May 14, 2008 : Optical component startup gets funding to pursue 40-Gig opportunities

Ullal Calls It Quits at Cisco


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
May 12, 2008 : Jayshree Ullal, former head of Cisco's optical division, and most recently SVP in charge of data center products, is ending her 15-year tenure

Cisco, Teliris Cheapen Telepresence


News Analysis - Raymond McConville - Post a comment
May 12, 2008 : Cisco and Teliris are both looking to capture the larger low end of the telepresence market with new cheaper configurations that provide a less immersive experience but a more affordable price tag

FiberNet Plans to Expand


News Analysis - Raymond McConville - Comment (1)
May 9, 2008 : FiberNet has announced a significant network expansion project on the heels of its successful collocation upgrade last year

FiOS in NYC: Verizon's Daunting Task


News Analysis - Raymond McConville - Post a comment
May 8, 2008 : Verizon shows us some of the challenges and benefits of outfitting the dense urban jungle of New York City for FiOS

JV Helps Nortel Bust Q1 Estimates


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comment (1)
May 2, 2008 : Income from its joint venture with LG helped Nortel boost revenues by 11%, much higher than expected, but restructuring costs hit the bottom line

Copper Leads XO’s Ethernet Push


News Analysis - Raymond McConville - Comments (3)
May 1, 2008 : XO has greatly expanded its national Ethernet footprint largely through the use of copper. Fine-tuning and a move into wholesale could be next
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Sorrento Buys Optical Assets


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May 30, 2008 : Sorrento Networks acquires assets of Redfern Broadband Networks

Turk Telecom Picks AlcaLu


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May 29, 2008 : Türk Telekom signs Euro 21.6M contract with Alcatel-Lucent to deploy intelligent control-plane based optical network

Softbank Picks MRV


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May 29, 2008 : MRV announced Softbank has chosen the Fiber Driver optical multi-service platform as the basis for its Japan-wide ATM access network

Telx Deploys Ciena


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May 29, 2008 : Telx has deployed Ciena’s CN 4200 FlexSelect Advanced Services Platform in two key metro markets, Dallas and New York

Huawei Deploys 40G in Russia


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May 29, 2008 : Has deployed the industry¡¯s longest 40G commercial transport network for TransTeleCom, connecting Moscow and St. Petersburg

Sycamore Reports Q3


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May 29, 2008 : Revenue for the third quarter of fiscal 2008 was $21.0 million, compared with $43.6 million for the third quarter of fiscal 2007

Unitymedia Upgrades


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May 28, 2008 : Unitymedia upgrades its network for new multimedia services with Nortel solutions

ADVA Signs in Luxembourg


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May 28, 2008 : Adva Optical Networking's FSP 150 deployed by P&TLuxembourg to offer intelligent Ethernet services

ECI Scores Wins


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May 28, 2008 : Golden Telecom selects ECI Telecom to provide its metro DWDM/ROADM Network

Belgacom, Omantel Team


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May 27, 2008 : Omantel and Belgacom ICS are pleased to announce a next step in their partnership with the joint investment in the Europe India Gateway
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Optimized Networks


LRTV Documentaries - Post a comment
May 21, 2008 : Cable vs Telco

The Best Telecom Analysts


Raynman - Raymond McConville - Post a comment
May 20, 2008 : 5:00 PM -- Who made the best calls in 2007?

Boost for T-MPLS?


EuroBlog - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
May 15, 2008 : 1:40 PM -- NTT is checking out PBT rival T-MPLS

Ullal Leaving Cisco


Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
May 12, 2008 : 2:15 PM -- Another exec breaks ranks
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