Xin Cheng lands at Dowslake Microsystems, which was founded by amplifier guru Dan Yang
Components startup sends 30 packing as long-haul sector remains stalled
One of the most vocal supporters of Resilient Packet Ring (RPR) technology is cutting jobs. Bad sign?
Qwest downplays quarterly losses today; says economic recovery will rescue telecom sector
Both claim to have the first Telcordia-qualified widely tunable lasers. Overall it's good news for the industry
Troubled phone company welcomes a new president and CEO to help it find ways to grow
They're favorites to buy VoiceStream, if Deutsche Telekom sells, but it's unlikely to happen this year
Startup Accumux announces a new kind of dispersion compensator, but JDS Uniphase might have a better one
Bell Canada's striking changes may send more chills through the North American equipment market
Optical switching company fails to find additional funds; vultures may be circling 'round the assets
Its new suite of products offers solutions to everyone from small offices to large service providers
Restructured carriers may put off core-router buys, making life even harder for startups
Juniper's former top marketing guy ends up as a VC at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Says aggressive prices will drive new services, such as its new corporate wireless email
Could the Swiss startup's pulse-generating laser be a breakthrough in high-speed transmission?
$43 million acquisition of Scion will give JDSU a second crack at getting into the AWG market
Lucent's looking to change many things -- including the way it compensates its workers
Wireless IP gear startup adds former FCC chairman to its board of directors
Wireless IP gear startup adds former FCC chairman to its board of directors
Shareholders tie up annual meeting with questions on executive compensation and the company's reporting
WorldCom blames outage on a train wreck, but Cisco confirms there were router problems UPDATED 6:44 PM ET
Its new chip combats timing and latency problems when sending TDM traffic over packet networks
Lucent says a US carrier will soon start testing its 40-Gbit/s LambdaXtreme. Onlookers shrug.
Speakers at NGN Ventures rant about clueless regulators and money-obsessed carriers holding back broadband
EVP and GM of Marconi's access group takes a hike
Analyst firm says only 1 million people are using GPRS data services in Europe because prices are too high
New agreement says Qwest will buy a minimum of $12 million of Corvis gear, knocked down from $150 million
Its new subsystems combine wavelength muxing with all-optical switching -- just like Corvis
Cable & Wireless says its new IP VPN network is 'Cisco Powered' -- but that doesn't mean it has dumped Juniper
Venture capital conference host says telecom downturn might last several more years
Well, AOL Time Warner is big -- and it's deploying Quantum Bridge's passive optical network gear
Lessons we learned at BT’s knee
Redback is edging out Cisco in one account, according to a companywide meeting held last week
Williams Communications Group surprised no one by filing for bankruptcy reorg today. What's the upshot?
Accelerant and Broadcom announce chips that send faster signals over copper traces in telecom equipment
Juniper finally announces the T640, once code-named 'Gibson,' along with three preliminary customers
The deal is potentially worth hundreds of millions to Lucent, but only if and when Verizon gets off the dime
Adds further momentum to smartphone operating system, but the jury's still out on whether it will capture the market
Questions linger about big-ticket acquisitions, overly enthusiastic projections, and complaints about overbilling
It's fourth with a 10-Gig network processor but says that's just for starters UPDATED 4/24 11:30AM
Targets June 1 flotation. Reports lower losses but plans further layoffs
Startup Hatteras networks looks to provide Ethernet over both copper and fiber networks
Company aims to help systems companies "plug in" quality of service with new software kit
XcelleNet beefs up its synchronization strategy by acquiring partner Ehand
The access startup is shuffling top management again and has decided it's time for a new CEO
They've settled the patent infringement and theft cases that Agere launched against Multiplex last summer
Startup founded by Intel veterans says it will drive down the costs of making integrated components such as AWGs
Analysts say capex could fall even lower than the latest lowered levels; RFPs could wither, even if approved
Despite gloom about Nokia’s lowered handset predictions, analysts still reckon the market is crawling out of the doldrums.
Nortel gives a nod to wireless as its revenues slow and losses pile up. Company sees flat growth ahead
Startup introduces a small, affordable, metro DWDM system with longer-range amplification
Inkra Networks hopes to cut opex costs by tying together disparate data-center services
Component powerhouse overcomes its shyness and tells Light Reading what it's up to
Optical routing company is shutting its doors after three years in business and $50M in funding
With all equipment segments in the dumper, a new report says the access market is the key to a telecom recovery
Wireless base-station technology aims to support more users
Another well funded Silicon Valley startup closes its doors and turns off the phones
Despite a balance sheet better than many, Tellabs' first quarter earnings report left Wall Street feeling flat
Video Over Déjà Vu — Scott Clavenna
German metro DWDM supplier gains a North American foothold through OEM agreement with Fujitsu
A CIR report says deployment of metro optical amplifiers won't take off until 2005. Can startups wait that long?
AT&T Wireless’s new mMode service is the talk of the town, but it's currently little more than WAP with a pretty face
Talk that Qwest may be scaling back its startup testing resources has the startup community quaking in its shoes
The optical switching startup puts roughly 80% of its staff on furlough as it runs out of cash
Capex cuts by Sprint have left leading equipment supplier Ciena bereft. Do signs of a comeback at Sprint bode well?
Missed Verizon payment comes as no surprise -- but how much longer before it finally throws in the towel?
NeoNetworks alleges the founders of NuSpeed, which Cisco bought in 2000, stole its secrets
Microsoft in "scary embrace and extend play" for WLAN dominance?
NetScreen offers firewall speeds of up to 12 Gbit/s with hopes of luring large enterprise and carrier customers
NextHop says it has the routing software to make building a router more plug-and-play
Corning announces better-than-expected earnings but lower revenue, shakes up the management
Says it's got a way of eliminating traffic holdups that occur when routers are reconfigured to handle network problems
More than 20 vendors have been invited to participate in bakeoff sponsored by Light Reading
Philips is first to get the go-ahead to sell an IEEE 802.11a wireless LAN card in Europe, jumping the gun on approval of the standard
Verizon's warning earlier this week has given weight to rumors that the RBOC will be cutting capital spending again
Bay Microsystems becomes one of a handful of companies actually shipping 10-Gbit/s network processors
Equant and WorldCom deliver the best services (but they still charge too much) according to poll of corporate IP users
Telecom carrier FLAG files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, listing $2.6 billion in debts
Lucent and others are said to be mulling more layoffs as carrier capex crisis continues
Frost & Sullivan outdoes fellow analysts claiming big OSS numbers
Juniper reports revenues in line with lowered guidance and offers a limited, flat view of the future
Cisco officially kills its partnership with Brocade. What next?
The SEC has stepped up to clear IBM of probe fears UPDATED 4/12/02
Redback keeps cutting expenses, as SMS products pave the road for its edge router business UPDATED 3:30 PM
The Carrier Sell – Doug Green
The crusty old incumbent will be first to roll out a network of wireless LAN hotspots in the UK - so long as it gets the regulatory green light
Is the Swedish networking company getting ready to sell some of its misfit divisions, including wireline networking?
WorldCom's stock gets hammered amid earnings fears, and the company is rumored to be cutting capex again
Analysts say this technology will help, not hinder, carriers' deployment of optical facilities
Qwest paid its CEO some $24M as part of a long-term incentive plan, filing says
Israel's KiloLambda is developing a laser subsystem that delivers hundreds of wavelengths simultaneously
Startup angst abounds as investors crack down on companies and try to save their investments
The company has convinced bankers to revise a key credit facility; investors say the signs are positive
Broadcom is buying Mobilink so it can develop combined wireless LAN and WAN chips -- others may follow suit
Bidding wars for bankrupt and struggling carriers are postponing restructuring and hurting the industry, observers say
Sources say Corning has beat out Furukawa for SBC fiber deal
Is the Swedish networking company getting ready to sell some of its misfit divisions, including wireline networking?
Guidance is down yet again, and Nortel is drawing on $1.75B as bankers give thumbs down to new facilities
Swedish metro DWDM startup gets an 'up' round and a Japanese strategic investor
No new Bluetooth spec -- industry wants to keep on truckin’ with 1.1
The Silicon Valley rumor machine is once again revving up rumors of high-profile departures at Procket
MontaVista says it's got the first version of Linux suited to carrier equipment. Is it early or late to the party?
Marconi says it won't go bankrupt, but financing speculation abounds as the stock continues to plunge
RIM wants to spread the BlackBerry technology, but who will jam with the pager mavens?
Enterasys stock slipped nearly 65% today on a heap of bad news
Some vendors will wait longer than others to feel the benefit of reduced components inventory levels, says CSFB
Says carriers will spend over $30B on OSS software this year -- and $50B by 2005. Are they for real?
Things looking very grim at Vivace Networks, Village Networks, and VIPswitch UPDATED 11:30AM
Wall Street is angry. Is Qwest CEO Joe Nacchio about to get the boot?
The capex crunch has prompted Moody's to downgrade Nortel to junk status
It's taken a round of layoffs to get Mukesh Chatter to talk about his Axiowave startup UPDATED 4/5 1:30 PM
DoCoMo is revving up next-generation technology, despite NTT's gloomy financials
Depths of Denial, Cries for Help – R. Scott Raynovich
WorldCom cuts 3,700 US-based jobs; stock dips, is downgraded
Startup Tahoe Networks is attacking two hot markets: edge routing and wireless
Startup Tahoe Networks is attacking two hot markets: edge routing and wireless
Incumbent carriers don't seem to be in a hurry to buy next-gen Sonet gear
Disclosure of patent applications halts OIF 40-gig standard. Nortel says it's a misunderstanding UPDATED 5:40 PM
Cogent continues to acquire, closing the PSINet deal. But is a time bomb ticking beneath the brash façade?
XO Communications and MFN are the next carriers in line for restructuring, creating a glut of distressed assets
Unisphere and others are adding integrated support for both MPLS and IPSec VPNs: Could the market finally come to life?
ReefEdge is bringing together wired and wireless management with a Computer Associates deal
Broadband access player Catena appoints Joe Costello, former Cadence CEO, as chairman of the board
Qwest's revised its latest earnings downward and may take up to $30 billion off its goodwill value, while the SEC hovers
Its new chip integrates a line-interface unit with a desynchronizer for applications in Sonet-to-DS3 conversion
A split is emerging in the industry over new IEEE WLAN standards. The Wireless Oracle thinks that multimode is answer
After two years of legal battles, Nortel drops four out of its five claims against ONI; but the final suit still looms
Telecom equipment startups continue to pare staff and expenses
Banc of America analyst predicts a rebound and upgrades eight systems OEMs. April Fools?
The industry was rocked by the At Home bankruptcy, but new initiatives aim to move past the debacle
