The DSL chipmaker unveils its FTTP play, involving system-on-a-chip integration and a former Alloptic CEO

Galazar Networks has a framer chip that maps SAN protocols to Sonet/SDH networks

Cisco nabs Riverhead for $39M, continuing its strategy of buying up specialist security vendors

Chinese vendor bought OptiMight, Cognigine, and may be hungry for more

Cisco main man says partnerships are key for company's mobile ambitions

Chinese vendor bullish on future deals following initial CDMA450 success

Muted response to Eircom's flotation, while Belgacom trades up during its first day on the Euronext

It sticks with Lucent and Nortel for a high-speed data upgrade of its CDMA network

Sacré Bleu! Canadian vendor sweeps up softswitch deals in France, according to startup

Hotspot firm's relationship with its chief has, er, cooled off

Aggressive competition appears to be hampering the 3Com/Huawei joint venture – and 3Com's revenues

Its first three customers are fairly obscure, but they say the router port concentrator gets the job done

The technology could enable carriers to sell central office buildings in prime city sites, says Veraz

Their lips say no, but their eyes... Germans laugh off suggestion they're ogling their French neighbors

Their lips say no, but their eyes... Germans laugh off suggestion they're ogling their French neighbors

Delays in multiple orders will cut Avici's revenues to as little as $6 million this quarter

Picking startups that are destined for success is a daunting task... but one analyst is equal to it

Metro Ethernet startup wants a piece of the residential FTTP market – but margin pressure makes it dangerous

Says its new servers can be roasted, dropped, spat-on, 'shaken violently' – and they'll continue to run

Another 'Cisco killer' pipes up, ECI dishes some M&A dirt, Nortel and Siemens square off, and much more

Switch startup will next week announce its biggest ever win in Europe

Analyst's forecast of 10 percent growth gives cause for vendor cheer – or not

All the fun of the fair! Cisco and Nortel play the enterprise card, Marconi scores in Belgium, and more

And you thought the deal was done? Lucent reaches another settlement with the SEC

Tepid 3G rollouts from Hutchison are leading, eventually, to a $50M revenue shortfall at Agere

Tepid 3G rollouts from Hutchison are leading, eventually, to a $50M revenue shortfall at Agere

Announces up to €250 million in contract awards at the European tradeshow. Bratwurst and beer all 'round!

Finnish vendor abandons rivals with its own PTT technology

An open standard for building telecom gear is proving popular with carriers, but not with Cisco

There's little opportunity for competitive voice-over-broadband service providers in Europe, says Analysys

B-RAS vendor gets a boost from OEM deal with Ericsson

Suppliers renew interest in the 10-Gbit/s Ethernet interface, while an alternative starts down the standards road

(Nearly) everyone in this market has got a new boss; now its ReefEdge's turn

Unstrung survey set to delve into 3G network market undergrowth

Picking startups that are destined for success is a daunting task... but this analyst is equal to it

Russian reports put Amdocs at center of $500 million billing contract at Svyazinvest

Traffic management and security specialist bags a $20 million boost for further expansion

Posts messages on Light Reading to say that yesterday, March 15, was his final day with Procket

Agere reports 150 Mbit/s for 802.11g, while Atheros patches up its chatty Super G technology

Scandal looms at Nortel, Ciena cuts 40, FutureWei shuffles sales force, and Headcount initiates 'Average Joe' contest

Price wars rage on as Foundry announces new switches and Extreme prepares its latest 10-Gig add-ons

Either IPO or acquisition an option for CEO of startup rave P-Cube

New backers invest in P2P VOIP provider as it heads towards offering billed premium services

Nortel announced this morning that it's replaced its CFO, following problems associated with its 2003 financial audit

Trapeze has a 'major' product rev – in 3D!

Heavy Reading ranks Airespace & Aruba as most likely to IPO – while Trapeze is most likely to be bought

AFC says product gaffe cost it $2M, but analysts say the news is nothing to worry about

After its breakup with Avanex, Oplink has moved into the manufacturing realm – and Asia

Cisco's Twingo purchase may increase price competition in the SSL VPN market

Regional network deals could lead to massive global capex increase in 2004

Russian operator will team with mobile operators in optical network expansion as revenues ramp up in 2004

Competitive carriers push back after Powell's comments

Ixia produces what appears to be the first Power-Over-Ethernet test module, checking both power and data flow

ADVA's still growing, and the company says it may be getting into the M&A game soon

Ding! Ding! The methodology is here, time to put up or shut up

UK incumbent offers voice over broadband, but it's available only to those with a POTS account

Analysts play down technology’s potential impact on vendor fortunes

The audit saga continues as the company restates and delays filing its annual report

M&A and executive departure rumors pile on as AFC's tech troubles at Verizon get more play on Wall Street

Chipmaker says it won't implement Chinese WLAN security spec in time to meet June deadline

Regulator eases up on rollout deadlines. C’est très bien!

The Chinese vendor is behind one of several broadband services to be announced by the UK incumbent tomorrow

Plans SIP interface for service control point, bringing it up to speed with the competition

Chinese vendors will be among the world's biggest by the end of the decade, says LR poll

Confined to a high-end niche, VDSL is getting some attention as a supplement to Japan's FTTP buildouts

New report outlines private market opportunities, including which companies are likely to go public

One analyst says AFC is having technical trouble at Verizon, which could give Alcatel another shot

Swedish carrier to activate 3G services tomorrow

LU-lovers, rejoice! Heavy Reading thinks Lucent's CBX 3500 looks like a winner

AirMagnet adds security capabilities to software, looks to network management future

Ethernet vendor adds two new investors and another $8.7M to its third funding round, which now totals $24M

A new router allegedly called 'Pepsi' will go head-to-head with Cisco's 2600 series, according to an analyst report

But analysts claim demise of next-gen CDMA network won't damage future market growth

Kinda Canadian WLAN startup says this is its last VC round, but it ain't talkin' exit yet

Pays with stock and takes on debt to pair Focal Communications with its existing service provider Broadwing

Golden Telecom's share price is heading for the skies as Russia's economic health continues to improve

Will LU make a move on the core packet-switch startup? Tongues are wagging that a deal may be near

Well, blow me down! Italian carrier Wind set for IPO as Eircom reveals details of its own offer

Analysis firm questions vendor’s ability to survive in UMTS-dominated market UPDATED 4/14

In the battle of VPN security testing, Ixia claims it's gotten the upper hand with a gigabit-speed security tester

Well, blow me down! Italian carrier Wind set for IPO as Eircom reveals details of its own offer

Lucent is prepping its multiservice answer to WaveSmith, but it won't see the light of day until summer

Which ultrawideband standard will rule? Maybe both, says Motorola

Unstrung Insider cites potential for market growth after lackluster start

SchlumbergerSema has finally offloaded its billing business – to the guy who sold it to them for a fortune in 2000

As Ebbers pleads his innocence, a financial timebomb is ticking underneath Ericsson's HQ

Utilities continue fiber buildouts, giving Meriton its first announced customer and ECI a foothold in Portugal

WaveSmith looks to be paying off, as Ciena signs the contract that the startup had sewn up last year

RBOC shares give back some of yesterday's gains as doubts set in about yesterday's big court victory on UNE-P

A significant commercial opportunity for switch fabric vendors is on the horizon, says a new LR report

Analyst Steve Levy sees modest capital spending increases driving revenue, margin growth for equipment providers

Base-station power amp newcomer targets second-place market share within two years

Two incumbent operators, Belgacom and Eircom, to list shares before the end of March

Former WorldCom CFO Scott Sullivan confesses to fraud and is set to testify against his former boss Bernie Ebbers

The Next-gen Data Center Forum will serve as a hub for technophiles looking for a data center news and opinion fix

Federal courts overturn FCC efforts to keep UNE-P line sharing, eight years after the Telecom Act was passed

Eight months after a $30M Series D, the security appliance company grabs $50M more

Readers say that a lack of interoperability between services could hold back the adoption of push-to-talk

Ciena restructuring rumors persist, Wolters quits Sentito, Pagani leaves Nortel, and Hyperchip cuts some staff

Revamped vendor denies speculation that Asian win isn’t the real deal

Moscow carrier isn't stallin' on its new broadband infrastructure buildout, with Nokia & Redback the beneficiaries

Former WorldCom CEO to be charged today with fraud and conspiracy by Attorney General, according to TV report

Survivors have gotten hold of the startup's technology, hope to revive its big-ticket switching ideas

Launches a super dense, modular combination of a crossconnect, add/drop mux, and Layer 2 switch

Incumbent vendors add VOIP capabilities to WLAN lines using Airespace and SpectraLink know-how UPDATED 2PM

New CEO Jon Hopper says he'll use an additional $30M in funding to make the company self-sustaining

Security service router vendor closes its fourth round of funding

Former Gotham Networks CEO takes top role ahead of latest cash injection

Japanese giant earmarks ¥280 billion on expansion of fiber access networks in next financial year