Extreme talks up Linux and VOIP as part of its WLAN switch strategy

Still in business, the VCSEL startup has turned its eye toward 1310nm devices

Lawrence Roberts has left the CTO post at Caspian to pursue his next venture

Last-minute offer from Lucent was on the table, sources say. But what happened next?

Scuttlebutt suggests carrier has reneged on Nokia push-to-talk deal in favor of domestic vendors

Acquires alternative business broadband operator Bulldog Communications

The company might have the numbers to go public, but the acquisition of ADC assets will delay any IPO aspirations

The former Motorola chip group stops development of the former C-Port's network processors

Will Comcast have 40 million VOIP customers by 2006? Not even close

Psytechnics doubles its funding on the back of its video test-and-measurement software plans

Canadian incumbent denies speculation it is considering acquisition of wireless router startup

Spanish startup finds its voice after earlier muted success

Calix goes from DLC to central-office DSLAM, while Adtran quietly wins the DSLAM price war

Nortel's appointed John Manley, former Deputy Prime Minister of Canada, to replace Frank Dunn

$3 billion acquisition heralds a move into the business user market

Startup backed by Kleiner Perkins and Accel says new box gives cable head ends 10 times the density at 1/10 the cost

Startup a good fit for Swedish wireless repeater vendor, apparently

Analysts tout US vendor as a potential surprise supplier of commercial UMTS network UPDATED MAY 27

Beware the Flying Phone!
It ain't easy to get real specs for wireless infrastructure products

Cisco says its new router will have a life cycle of 10 to 20 years. Carriers pray it's so

Frank Dunn finally severs the last cord with Nortel by quitting the board... Yes, he was still on it!

Former AFC marketing VP arrives at DSLAM startup to help build its triple-play story

Ridgeway Systems gets eaten by Tandberg, NexTone lays out its Asian plans, and Ingate gets more cash

OFC buys NFOEC from Telcordia, ending the show's 19-year run as a standalone event

CEO wants Cisco to rule every corner of the networking world, starting with the CRS-1 launch

Probably not, but WLAN startups are clearly starting to think about the MAN

Carrier confirms commitment to vendor’s kit, despite analyst reports of previous 'frosty' relationship

Now called the CRS-1, the core router includes a new operating system that could define the next era at Cisco

Software licensing models may need to change to support the grid computing movement

'Tentative' agreement between SBC and CWA includes reversal of offshoring deal and the right to next-gen jobs

Three former employees of Movaz are accusing the company of discrimination and harassment

Juniper just happens to realize its T-series core router is 25 months old the day before Cisco's big PR fest

Researchers predict double-digit growth for wireless LAN switch market through 2007

The vendor says its new IPeX400 box halves the cost of backhauling T1 traffic over Sonet metro access networks

Shells out $295M in stock and options for one of Light Reading's Top Ten Private Companies UPDATED 4PM

Cisco, Nortel & Tellabs will go head-to-head in a Webinar on multiservice edge platforms this Thursday

Face it: There's no percentage in concealing key details about wireless infrastructure products

Startup scores high-profile win in BellSouth's Latin America unit, and announces a big new 4-gigabit box

Startup scores high-profile win in BellSouth's Latin America unit, announces a big new 4-gigabit box

Stock transaction worth $23.5M aims to bolster optical amplifier product line Bookham acquired from Nortel

Software agents could give WLAN users more control than ever before, but they need standards first

UWB: From the Lab to Your Pad
Your living room will never be the same again

As Cisco prepares for a big announcement, more details of its next-gen router come to light

There's no lack of hosted VOIP service providers, but where are the signs of success?

Carlos Slim ups his stake in Global Crossing as the carrier secures a bridging loan from its majority owner

Be careful what you wish for...

Revised 802.11 kit sale figures look set to delay quarterly market milestone

Management and retired former employees look after the network during the CWA strike

Shares of Tellabs slide while analysts and investors ask, 'Why bother?'

Popular Telephony will introduce consumer VOIP software but has its sights set on the business market

Pan-European carrier expands eastward with Cecom acquisition, says there's more M&A action on the way

Raynovich flubs breakaway, nearly blows game; ringer saves the day

Stock plunges as CEO is forced on the defensive over weak results and impact of job cuts on customers

Lack of Wideband-CDMA success has contributed to major fall in network market share, says Gartner

Tellabs acquires a major position in the access gear market with acquisition UPDATED 11AM

Test gear vendor sniffs out a partner in WildPackets

The US goverment has funded two projects to develop an optical packet router capable of scaling to 100 Tbit/s

Verizon launches its FTTP rollout with strategy and circumstance

The former Tiara Networks picks up $14.4M in a Series G round that officials really believe will be the last

Kool-aid drinkin' analysts claim absence of Nokia and Ericsson won't harm prospects for the WiMax industry

For a first-time exhibitor, there's no right answer to: How big is too big?

British Columbia is rounding up 400 servers from remote offices and collapsing them into 90 data centers

RBOC plans to talk up its commitments to FTTP today, which could help restore investor confidence in AFC

Once-ambitious hotspot startup shuts up shop

Enhances its 7670 routing switch platform, hints about significant wins with US carriers

Another Trapezoid marketeer has left for Peribit... something in the water, perhaps?

AT&T exec tells packed Light Reading conference that packet-aware Sonet kit can streamline chaotic metro networks

JDSU is buying folks again! For $60 million cash, the optics giant boosts its datacom portfolio and customer roster

Startup claims its software radio technology will keep base stations WiMax-compliant

Swedish vendor is latest big name to take a wary stance on future MAN plans

Lucent says it's settled for $25M, but embarrassing questions linger: What were the board and top execs doing?

Good Technology rakes in $45M and Sirific gets $17M, proving once and for all: It's VC like Monday morning

Cisco's network was hacked and some IOS 12.3 code lifted, according to a weekend report UPDATED 6PM

Morgan Keegan issues note discussing possible AFC-Tellabs marriage, supporting Light Reading's earlier reporting

'Ideas man' leaves Bluesocket to join some other startup we don't write about

Analysts cite recent subscriber boom and 3G network trials as evidence of healthy future market

Yet another company joins the multiservice edge race, with a Layer 2 box meant to fit both ATM and MPLS networks

The cable company sees 40 percent per-customer savings from VOIP

Attendees of the Nortel Carrier Inform conference say executives were noticeable by their absence

Behind the flashing lights, noise, and empty promises, the REAL stuff that was good at N+I

Infrastructure startup set to continue with successful low-key market strategy

On Sunday, Telekom Austria is putting 23 musicians in 'private exile' for a virtual symphony performance over broadband

Board directors need to be more objective and communicate more with their shareholders, says Light Reading poll

The feds are poking around Nortel, as the multi-year accounting scandal continues to unfold

Newport Networks' value has risen 30% since trading started on Wednesday, and it has yet to launch a product

Lucent wins the equipment contract but the project is only an interim step toward a true hosted VOIP service

At the eleventh hour, it almost lost the acquisition to Amdocs, says source close to deal

'Just in Time' protocol could reconfigure networks on the fly, many times more quickly than GMPLS

Vendor scotches talk of PDSN replacement deal with startup Starent

Issues note to London Stock Exchange to say it's in negotiations to buy ADC's billing unit

Vendor announcements should be taken with a big pinch of salt

Launches low-end video-over-IP gateway, in an attempt to fend off heavyweight competition

Startup unveils compact and bijou WLAN box -- just don't call it a switch

For Cisco's upcoming core router, a modular software overhaul is both a blessing and a curse, sources say

Oops! We did it again. Light Reading's list of the Top Ten Private Companies in the telecom space debuts today

World Wide Packets sews up the UK cable market, but is there much else on the horizon?

Sources suggest interconnect and mediation specialist is set to add ADC's billing unit to its growing portfolio

WLAN vendor makes a bold move into enterprise-wide mobile management software

Startup carrier remains bullish on future of troubled networks

Bids for test and measurement services revenues with structured offering of services, support, training

Vendor takes low-key approach to PTT with muted double partnership deal

Frost & Sullivan sees 77-fold increase in North American sales of residential VOIP adapters and phones by 2007

CEO John Chambers reports a good Q3, predicts 1,000 new hirings in 2004, and dodges questions about the HFR

Its latest Ethernet switch chips add some Layer 3 extras in a bid for work in service provider networks

Startup claims its software-defined radio could handle multiple standards on common hardware

Networking giant's stock ticks up prior to earnings, as everybody expects good numbers. But what about the future?

As 7,500 jobs are cut, MCI reveals monster payout for briefly tenured former president Rick Roscitt

The ILEC is pushing for increased UNE-P prices, but CLECs want UNE-L price cuts in return

Unstrung Insider cites UWB startups as key players in potential $630M market

There are many paths to wireless-ness, grasshopper

Iometrix sets up test lab for first-mile Ethernet solutions as IEEE preps standard

Service providers with SIP-based strategies could quickly reap rewards, finds a new Heavy Reading report

Media gateway provider is still independent, but Alcatel looks to have tightened its grip UPDATED 5/11 10:30 AM

Finns dislodge Swedes in monster Vodafone 3G network deal down under

Nortel finally presents its multiservice edge router, the MPE 9000, but a few key features will have to wait

Layoffs rumored at another switch startup

Ciena shuffles, Polaris outsources, Vivace guys roll, and much more

All-optical switching didn't work out, so the startup is trying its hand at access, particularly 802.3ah Ethernet PONs

IP bandwidth use is growing fast, but there's plenty of capacity in fiber backbones, says Telegeography study

OSS giant set for legal wrangle with S. African carrier that could cost it hundreds of millions of dollars

German vendor grabs NetCom 3G contract from under Nokia’s nose

Russian alternative operator wants to own more of its own network to cut back on costs

Buyers aren't aware of the breadth and depth of Chinese optical component makers' portfolios, says Heavy Reading

VOIP switch maker scores three cable customers in one week, pushing it further toward profitability - and an IPO?

Vodafone denies rumors of Russian M&A, but analysts say more Euro acquisitions could still be on the cards

East European operator plans further expansion with Chinese vendor's gear

Alternative wireless broadband startup adds Japanese deal to trial wins

As major carriers begin considering RPR, Luminous hires Alcatel Optics bigwig Chris Stark

'Screaming Eagle' ripped my flesh! It's Cisco's first wireless LAN switch!

Partners with Nuera to go one better than Cisco in offering a PacketCable-qualified softswitch/gateway combo

Surprise! Unstrung readers tip US chip monster to dominate nascent WiMax metro market

When the buyer takes a hit, look out below for the supplier. What's more, a major contract is expiring

Pan-European player set to announce major network acquisition, with wholesale play Cecom looking likely

Buys its way into Europe with acquisition of inventory system specialist Granite for up to $100M

Cisco may be going further into the WLAN switch arena with a 'Screaming Eagle' UPDATED 5/5, 11:30 AM

Chip vendor Cypress gained market share against leader IDT, largely through help from you-know-who

The new hot market for restructured telecom vendors? Property management

Nortel's fumbled again, but can Lucent pick up the slippery pigskin?

Euro exec says it's developing a cheaper multiservice box that marries SDH and metro Ethernet

Chipmaker reluctant to commit to single chip 802.11g launch date

Lays out strategy based on Ethernet displacing ATM in broadband access networks

Sources say the RPR metro equipment startup has found a new CEO, Chris Stark

Cisco's HFR will super-size the core, but then Cisco will half-size the HFR, according to sources close to the company

The networking firm is plotting an 802.11 OEM deal with Trapeze, sources say

Services middleman bets that VOIP and number portability will spur demand for inter-carrier clearinghouse services

Bill Eversole becomes the wireless LAN startup's third chief

Stealthy startup is rewriting the rules of WDM networks, on the basis that OEO conversion can be cool

Pan-European carrier adds extra softswitches, deploys session controllers as VOIP demand skyrockets