Can the purchase of key US data centers boost C&W's global presence in IP services?
The digital crossconnect king buys a startup competitor for $355 million UPDATED 1PM ET
The optical access startup hires a former Xircom exec as CFO and names Cisco's Carl Russo chairman
BeamExpress gets $4.5M to develop a new kind of light emitter for metro and access networks
The collapse of Enron leaves serious questions about the viability of bandwidth as a tradeable business
Terahertz Photonics has shut two divisions and is trying to sell its optical coatings business
The company says its product for residential access based on Ethernet is the fastest yet. Is there a market?
Is Asia where the money is? Startup Appian Communications seals a deal with a major Japanese carrier
IP technology incubator gets a few million bucks from Sun Microsystems
Last year at this time, Nina Aversano blew the whistle on Rich McGinn. Now, she's at a startup
Riverstone's focus on Ethernet for the service-provider market helped it land the deal with Cox
The optical subsystem maker also saw reduced losses, however, and management sees stabilization
Tellium's share of the core optical switch market has grown 53% this year, says RHK. What's it mean?
Routing expert hits a wall, as humming and other geeky antics prevail in IETF standards meetings
Announcements by Global Crossing and Level 3 reflect a general trend favoring wave services. Will they sell?
A bevy of former JDSU execs are developing low-cost transponders with microprocessors inside
Startup aims to make it easier for 10-gig Ethernet module makers to incorporate its SerDes chip
Sorrento has quietly reshuffled executives and says its long-awaited restructuring plan is coming next month
After rebounding off its lows, Lucent stock has some short-term hurdles on the road to recovery, say analysts
A growing number of companies are developing all-optical wavelength converters
It'll offer two solutions for resilient packet rings -- SRP (proprietary) and RPR (standardized)
UK-based Pipistrelle is developing the all-optical equivalent of an Ethernet bus
Allegations of unethical behavior during Marconi's acquisition of Fore Systems have resurfaced
Startup gets an $8 million loan to further the manufacture of its fiber Bragg grating-based components
Nortel's upgraded metro DWDM product may put further pressure on ONI, the number two in the market
Nearly a year after it filed for an IPO, the MRV subsidiary has finally thrown in the towel
It's Aladdin vs Gandalf, as Cisco changes tack on the proposed resilient packet ring standard
Mahi CEO Greg Peters has resigned and Sequoia's Christopher Rust is now interim CEO
Optovation raises $20 million in a second round of funding
Core switch startup uses new name to solidify strategy, tout alliances with Vitesse and ExceLight
Optical switching startup raises a $60 million round, claiming it's got a God-box that will work
Who says there's no money left? Jerusalem Venture Partners raises $400M and will put much of it into networking
Corvis and Tellabs cut more jobs, while their stocks bounce upward: It's all about preserving cash
It's fired software developers working on its OC192 network processor, but denies this will have an impact
With new trials and revenues on the way, startup says all systems are go despite layoffs and cutbacks
On the Crest of a Wave - Scott Clavenna
Another member of the Unstrung 25 inks a deal with Motorola.
NEA's Dick Kramlich mints a tidy $27 million gain trading Juniper shares with venture capital
Needham & Co. downgrades Cisco and Juniper as stocks climb toward target prices
Artifical opals could hold the key to making the ultimate in miniature optical components
Furukawa and CommScope shaved 16 percent off their Lucent fiber offer UPDATED 11/16 3:30PM
The Israeli metro equipment startup gets the thumbs-up from its first trial customer
Communications company valuations haven't budged in six months, but startup investment levels continue to fall
Tellium's management is doubling down on the company's stock... by holding on to it
Carrier capex likely to decline up to 35% in 2002, says the Optical Oracle
HyperTransport and RapidIO both aim to improve chip throughput: But what's the difference between 'em?
Juniper CFO responds to questions regarding the acquisition of Pacific Broadband. More questions remain
Former Cisco big wheel and Openwave CEO Don Listwin forges ties with Redback; Bibb is out as sales VP
Word on the Street is that Cisco may be poking around BrightLink for the startup's optical switch
Tomorrow's announcement of a tunable laser isn't the full story, says company from the same stable as Gemfire
Bankruptcy court says it must liquidate its assets now that it's failed to come up with a rescue plan
A bevy of optical players in Germany look to make inroads in America with do-it-all DWDM access gear
Raj Sing and Raj Parekh take over RealChip, probably to guide the company toward an acquisition
Lehman Brothers analyst Steve Levy cuts 2002 estimates, citing risk of further carrier spending reductions
Sycamore books revenue of $21 million for the quarter, coming in at the low end of forecast revised just last month
Atoga Systems and Village Networks say they're unbowed by recent layoffs
Germany's Schott Optovance says its connectors are perfekt for backplanes and optical switches
Deal for Pacific, for $200M, marks a more pronounced move into edge routing and cable UPDATED 4:15 PM ET
Boosts guidance, cuts 10% of its workforce, writes off $1.7B; Wall Street cheers
Alcatel's former COO becomes a venture partner with Morgenthaler
Yankee says storage, VPNs, and content delivery will fuel the metro Ethernet services market
The word from the NGN show in Boston is that MPLS isn’t dead; it’s just been a little under the weather
Think a recovery is in sight? A look at the case of OCPI may be cause to hold back on the optimism
Layoffs and hiring freezes add to the chill in the air here in Telecom Corridor
A Light Reading survey identifies hot markets and product categories in optical networking
The startup's got an impressive firewall, but will that be enough to impress investors?
German components startup is trying to re-invent itself, but time is running out on raising the money
Sphera Optical and Yipes develop new strategies for building bulk, not reach
It's the health of the carriers, stupid!
Scottish startup is out to prove that it isn't going to be another Nanovation or Zenastra
In a two-hour conference, execs intro new optical gear and describe the products that will shape Lucent's future
White Rock's cheap Sonet box gets a $60 million vote of confidence from investors
Mayan has filed for Chapter 11, but it's business as usual at Vital Network Services, its recent acquisition
Chip maker says it has the best chip for 10-gig Ethernet, but Broadcom and Marvell disagree
Less than a week after it laid off 35 workers, the startup announces a $25 million third round of funding
Companies need to pick their shots and focus on making a profit, Cisco's Mike Volpi tells NGN delegates
Metro DWDM startup says it's now got sufficient funds to complete first-product trials by 2Q02
It's developing an advanced subsystem for Nortel that combines switching, demultiplexing, and detecting
The Fall of Fibre Channel – Stephen Saunders
Industry observers speculate the company is preparing to announce two new products
Startup looks set to sell a 'double digit' number of its all-optical switches to Japan Telecom
Cisco beats the Street by two cents and pledges confidence in its battered optical business
Company continues to struggle with its optical strategy, discarding its high-end 6700 switch. What next?
Plans to use MPLS to build protected metro Ethernet sparks debate among analysts and service providers
Swedish startup touts a cut-down version of a Tellium switch, at a cut-down price
Its new publicity campaign is drawing attention to a small but growing market for optical field test equipment
The shutdown of sub-contracting work at Qwest scares the market; Juniper and Tellium fall the hardest
PMC-Sierra disbands its Internet routing division, invents an alternate strategy in double-quick time
The Danish photonics company is a startup again, after completing a management buyout from ADC
Telseon is scaling back its metro Ethernet plans and may be running out of money. Sound familiar?
Report says use of gigabit Ethernet in MANs and WANs will boom. Are hopes too high? UPDATED 11/2 1:00pm
Nortel is auctioning off 20,000 lots of optical component assets in one of the industry's largest liquidations
Ellacoya Networks and Quantum Bridge announce a second round of job cuts to keep burn rates down
