A strange saviour may have arrived to rescue the floundering startup

It's only a rumor, but the Swedish startup has got some metro and access DWDM gear that Cisco needs.

Scalability problems stymie first mover's foray into open source routing

Juniper's M160 router has four times the horsepower of the M40 -- but it's still not a terabit terror

Optical Micro Machines plans to launch switch with "thousands" of ports in the coming weeks.

Startup uses MPLS and Diff Serv in new release of QOS software

How To Build A Successful Optical Networking Startup

Some hot startups' Web sites leave surfers cold

Startup beats the 1,000 port barrier, with an electrical core

Startup uses simple but risky strategy to attract customers

New carriers may find it to their liking, but incumbents might not

Coretek's technology could prove to be real winner, but two big question marks hang over its future

Alcatel law suit claims Cisco’s Monterey box contains stolen code

Startup carrier will let customers set up and tear down connections from their own consoles, in a matter of minutes

Buying Xros's "fat, dumb" switch for $3.25 billion is a smart move, it says.

Europe's biggest Internet exchange shows Cisco the door

The optical integrated circuit developer is out of the "pinks"

Roctest provides a back-door for investors wanting to take a stake in the hot startup

But is it paying too much for too little?

Investors can buy now, if they're willing to take a long term gamble on optical integrated circuits

Accuses multiple "malicious" infractions

Avici and Tellium's joint demo left OFC visitors more depressed than impressed.

New gear is intended to speed service deployment

Dozens of new products were launched at the OFC exhibition this week. Here's the most memorable ones.

Shows 32 x 32 port photonic switch based on bubble jet printer technology

Solves a growing problem for carriers and brings all-optical backbones closer to reality

Vendor's new age Sonet gear is part of a hot trend -- but do carriers really want all the features it's selling?

The startup is playing catch up with Corning on its liquid crystal developments according to industry experts.

Its acquisition of Atlantech Technologies for $180 million could give its carrier equipment a key advantage over competitors

Stock breaks $200 barrier following vendor’s fourth acquisition in two months