Verizon will likely counter in the $26 to $27 a share range, although the response may not come by midnight Friday

Comcast was unable top match the broadband pace of SBC Communications, Verizon and BellSouth, which all posted record DSL subscriber additions in the first quarter.

Fujitsu and Huawei may be the main suppliers of access kit for BT, but what, and who, do they bring to the party?

Grabs $30 million Series E to build specialized boxes for LDAP, DNS, and RADIUS management

Most folks don't see a cushy retirement coming, but there's no real panic, either

Metro optical vendor gets unspecified cash injection from its partner to help it set up operations in the UK

Carrier affirms commitment to proprietary technology as approval of Sprint deal looms

Huawei says it's mulling over 'internal issues,' and Marconi's share price is continuing to slide

Reported a 55% drop in quarterly earnings yesterday, and investors voted with their trades today

Reported a 55% drop in quarterly earnings yesterday, and investors voted with their trades today

BT's CTO Matt Bross explains how BT chose its 21CN suppliers, what's next, and Marconi

Shareprice crashes and company says 2,000 UK staff may lose their jobs following BT's 21CN announcement

Slovakian carrier win is believed to be first fruits of earlier OEM agreement

After a great deal of reluctance, SBC and Verizon are moving toward cooperation with VOIP providers on E911

Eight vendors named, including Huawei. The big shock: no Marconi as BT plays hardball on price

Juniper's proposed purchase of Peribit reflects momentum behind WAFS and WAN optimization

Denmark makes its mark in more ways than one, while the EU smacks the wrists of countries that aren't toeing the line

With revenues down from the previous quarter, JDSU announces another closure, this time in China

Mesh contenders get outdoors and smell the wireless

The growth of Ethernet services is reviving old fiber assets and Yipes is stepping into the spotlight again

SureWest CTO opines on IPTV's trench warfare to audience of tech arms dealers

Wireless IDS player plans a flotation on London Stock Exchange’s younger sibling

Selection for BT's next-generation network looks 'certain,' says Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein

Tier 2 carrier is tickling vendors with talk of a major metro Ethernet network that would energize its fiber assets

Making the anticipated dive into WAN acceleration, Juniper makes offers to buy Peribit and Redline

Picks up outsourcing specialist PEC Solutions for $448 million in a bid for the government services market

Reports suggest UMTS-TDD vendor has strengthened carrier relationship in Eastern Europe

Books solid results in line with analyst estimates, plans to launch new application switching and security products

Enhancements to the 7750 and 7450 aim at bringing the routers into the IP video market

The Canadian cable giant will use Ellacoya's deep packet inspection tool to wring profits from its data services

VOWLAN, metro mesh, and security are all hot topics for Cisco now that it has swallowed Airespace

The company's cuts finally reach Europe, as Avanex strives for positive cashflow by mid-2006

Growth in data services is slowly overcoming the long-term pinch in voice revenues, says the RBOC

Software stack for OEMs will open up the emerging market for session border controllers to a wider audience

Mobile's Core Competence
New Insider report covers alternative mechanisms for bringing IP access into the mobile core, with analysis of vendor positioning

Startup set to expand product offering with launch of 802.11 access point kit

Decides Qwest's latest offer is superior, but gives Verizon a chance to up its bid

The market might finally be ready for 10-Gbit/s network processors, as indicated by Xelerated's recent funding

CDMA vendor warms up to WiFi

Broadcasters met in Las Vegas last week and were given a good, close look at telco video and all that surrounds it

Broadwing president Jim Bannantine steps down and the carrier prepares to get rid of its Corvis switching business

Polaris gets handed over to its largest creditor and CEO Panditi is stepping down

Posts best quarter ever, beats estimates, guides for further growth – and sees its share price plummet

Launch of 3G device silicon could dwarf this week’s WiMax efforts

Spanish incumbent arms its field engineers with handheld video test tools as it prepares for mass deployment

Follows rivals with impressive set of first-quarter financials

The talks about M&A talks continue as Qwest sweetens its bid for MCI to $30 per share

The Bells tried 'video on demand' 12 years ago, and it flopped, but SBC says technology and consumers have changed

Q1 earnings beat expectations; meanwhile, chairman Surya Panditi plans to step down. So what's up at Polaris?

Impressive set of first-quarter results prove previous network fears unfounded

I want my Video+

French media systems firm buys softswitch vendor as it looks to beef up its telecom activities

Service assurance weakness sends test vendor's stock into freefall as it scrambles to develop IP monitoring systems

As expected, JDSU shifts more operations to China and tallies another 850 layoffs

Spoofing and other hacks are possible on IPTV systems, but most security efforts are focused on content protection

And says it will stay strong for Q2, but is keeping a tight hand on the purse strings

The losses get smaller and Redback says it's headed for profitability later this year

LongBoard picks new head to ride the convergence curve

Motorola has officially won a piece of the action, and it's also launched its new fiber access device

Encouraged by the strength of Ethernet demand, carriers offer services sooner than expected

It's not as big or as costly as BT's, but the idea's the same – collapse networks and save big bucks

Tidbits of gossip from the Wireless LAN Event in London

Tellabs exceeds revenue expectations, but analysts focus on FTTP developments at Verizon

Continuing its hot streak, Juniper increases profits and beats estimates by a penny

But can it continue to build on its unwired success in the long-term?

But can it continue to build on its unwired success in the long-term?

N. American President Mike Quigley is named new President and COO at Alcatel – next stop, the CEO's chair?

Combines its fixed and wireless units with unknown number of job losses

Carrier reveals specifics of Dutch trial last year

Scientific-Atlanta agrees to OEM Tropic's gear to the cable MSO market

Combines its fixed and wireless units with unknown number of job losses UPDATED 1PM

Company officials claim business is booming, but that won't stop Q1 revenues from falling short

Cisco adds its IOS XR operating system to the GSR 12000 routers, but some software features won't be ready until 2006

Verizon's CEO asks broadcast industry for help in changing the rules that govern cable (and cable-like) TV services

Plans to buy European business of middleware firm Liberate to connect with cable providers, increase software sales

Startup unveils centralized wireless strategy but won't count calories for its access points

As expected, Intel finally launches 802.16 silicon as industry preps for interoperability testing

Infineon offloads its 13% stake in Finisar, further reducing the value of January's transceiver unit sale

Telecom Italia earmarks €500M for extensive broadband plans in France, but analyst questions the move

CPUC has come around to the FCC's thinking that VOIP service does not fit neatly within state borders

Says bubble-era ideas are back as new services push optical networks to be flexible, fast, and service-rich

Publishes 'Who Makes What' report, calls on readers to help refine the basis of competitive analysis of products

Startup to launch a virtualization device on Monday, targeted at Java-based apps in the data center

Loan facility wins $200 million deal in Nigeria for Huawei, while ZTE admits to multiple vendor financing deals

Loan facility wins $200 million deal in Nigeria for Huawei, while ZTE admits to multiple vendor financing deals

Wireless LAN startup taps Regent Pacific’s Gary J. Sbona in effort to salvage company fortunes

The rise of Ethernet will transform the data services landscape

The rise of Ethernet will transform the data services landscape

After a difficult two years, TriQuint sells off the former Agere optoelectronics unit to CyOptics

Even without feeling threatened by IPTV, Comcast has teamed with Motorola to get more cable content on more devices

Virtualization startup gets snapped up for $250 million as Cisco boosts its data center story

As Ethernet switch chip vendor SwitchCore enters the DSLAM sector, Infineon claims a technical breakthrough

Silicon vendor will next week officially unveil its long-awaited WiMax chipset

Colt Telecom launches pan-European managed VOIP service for businesses

Claims it will sign up three to five new IOCs in each of the next few quarters, but guidance is modest

Another vulnerability in TCP has cropped up, prompting a flurry of vendor security advisories

Cisco senior VP pipes up on cable MSOs, the CRS-1, and the competition with Alcatel and Juniper

Corrigent ADM sales allow Orckit to report a profit and raise its 2005 forecasts

Mobile convergence infrastructure startup has a new man at the top

Earnings season off to a rocky start as switch vendor slashes its Q1 guidance

India's Atlas Interactive seeks to raise funds for its IPTV and mobile network rollouts

Proxim is plotting a possible selloff, but will it net enough to make ends meet?

Provides a $1B credit line to Indian customer, which says ZTE isn't alone in providing financial facilities

Qwest says it will continue to do greenfield FTTP deployments in selected locations

ROADMs, Sonet, RPR, CWDM? The wheels on the optical bandwagon have been reattached

Startup appoints new head man with plans for third round of funding

A Metro Ethernet Forum certification program puts a formal stamp on 'carrier-class' Ethernet

When phones speak IP, their functionality increases – but so does their vulnerability to mischief

European operator aims to capitalize on the Ethernet services craze

Vendor of 40-Gbit/s systems scores its second funding round in five years

Insider digs into Microsoft's WLAN mesh research

A Quarry acquisition isn't in Avici's plans, but some upcoming security features are

Shareholder segregation is alive and well

Chinese vendor more than doubles international revenues in 2004 but faces margin erosion in a key business unit

Chinese vendor more than doubles international revenues in 2004 but faces margin erosion in a key business unit

A VPN authentication command and a remote management application highlight Cisco's latest security disclosures

According to news reports today, Adelphia creditors have reached a preliminary agreement to sell its 5.3 million cable subscribers to Comcast and Time Warner for some $18 billion. The move could help Time Warner lock-up the Los Angeles market.

Fixed-mobile convergence, IP convergence, IPTV grab spotlight at the Light Reading Telecom Investment Conference

With twenty questions for your phone

The company has shed most of its optical networking business, but its restructuring has a long way to go

First step in developing another directory aimed at helping buyers shortlist and analyze suppliers and products

First step in developing directory to help buyers shortlist and analyze suppliers and products

$33 million acquisition gets it into the hot IP performance management market – and into BT's 21CN plans

German giant acquires its IPTV middleware partner Myrio. Could digital rights system vendor Verimatrix be next?

The launch draws mixed reaction from analysts as most see VOIP as an 'interesting' add-on

It's the company's sixth round of funding, but Picolight says it's eyeing profitability this year

Switch startup plans to grow with its final funding round

VOIP and wireless convergence was a major talking point at the LR Telecom Investment conference

VOIP and wireless convergence was a major talking point at the LR Telecom Investment conference

The network is growing and vendors are looking to IP

Says its long-haul network will enable grid computing and data services that save time, money, and servers

Analysts say cable operators have the edge over the RBOCs, but they need to keep spending to keep it

For the first time in years, there was a genuine sense of urgency and focus at The National Show as cable industry concerns about satellite and telco competition crystallized. So what's hot? Read on.

French operator plans June launch of voice services over 802.16 technology

Partnership with ECI pays off as emerging core router vendor lands deal with Tiscali International

Marconi's wireless CEO quits, Arieso swaps out top job, and PicoChip talks up CFO

Wireless, IP, and better bandwidth dominated the technology side of this year's NCTA Show

Having failed to tease a higher offer, MCI rejects Qwest and settles for Verizon. Now a hostile bid is a possibility

Provides free research tools for finding and comparing Ethernet services and IP services software

Startup has its own proposal for the IETF WLAN interoperability group

New FCC chairman Martin says he prefers markets and competition to regulation

UK government committee rejects case for breaking up BT, sees 21CN as opportunity for competitive landscape

A VOIP marketing critic gets a rise out of the cable guys

When will this market be ready for takeoff?

Ireland's Talktelecom launches commercial VOWLAN service based on equipment from startup Cicero

Ireland's Talktelecom launches commercial voice-over-wireless-LAN service based on kit from startup Cicero

Says it'll withdraw its acquisition offer if MCI recognizes Qwest's bid as superior

At NCTA, the habits of youth provide a wakeup call for flexible networks

Company's latest network processors line up against Intel and Wintegra in access networks

The company's latest network processors line up against Intel and Wintegra in access networks

New switch fabric means more flexibility for the Flashwave 7500. But how soon will the market be ready for it?

Unstrung poll finds core network issues to be biggest stumbling block to 802.11/cellular convergence

Deployments are growing, specialist vendors are making headway, and the incumbents have services in the pipeline

MIMO chip designer could go public in 2006

Alcatel is developing its own media gateway, but sources disagree on the timing of the new product's release

Alcatel is developing its own media gateway, but sources disagree on the timing of the new product's release

The company finds its way back into core routing with a contract from the Korean government

Tut had hoped to complete the $24.1M deal by the end of March, but there's still work to do

In a recent report Banc of America Securities cable industry analyst Doug Shapiro uncovered a chink in cable's armor when it comes to broadband Internet access.

Is that an access point in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?

Heavy Reading market perception report shows smaller, privately held OSS vendors punching above their weight

Asian startup may have as much as $300M to build a combination core router and optical switch

Unannounced Series-C funding round takes total investment to over $63M

SBC awards Scientific-Atlanta a $195 million contract to provide video hardware for Project Lightspeed