Nortel wins a new customer and settles its lawsuit with Extreme, but analysts still give it a good slapping
New digital TV gear has led to scattershot deployments. Why aren't the big fish biting?
Edge box maker brings in more funding and adds two new board members
Troubled German operator puts 3G expansion on ice as it restructures, but it still seeks interested parties for its existing assets
Swedish startup adds Sonet/SDH to its metro DWDM platform and announces its first customer -- Whampoa's Hi3G
IPWireless pushes UMTS in the US, but can it beat the big boys?
Swedish startup adds Sonet/SDH to its metro DWDM platform and announces its first customer -- Whampoa's Hi3G
Regulations are to blame for massive layoffs and capex cuts, SBC says. Analysts say its the bad business model
It's a tale of two press releases, with both Sun and Openwave claiming to 'power' the new services from Sprint PCS
Coarse WDM is supposed to bust the metro bottleneck. First, it must bust its own ** UPDATED 9/30 1:50 PM **
What's it take to get funding in this environment? A group of Texas startups is about to find out
Goalposts are shifted to meet a deadline as Nokia and Sonera get together for a next-gen jamboree
Optical Oracle ranks the companies most likely to prosper in a turnaround: You may be surprised by the results
Edge-routing contract near closure, but it will likely be a lot less than most people expect
The Wireless Oracle takes on this thorny topic in this month's comprehensive overview of the wireless router market
Nokia launches its first dualmode 3G handset with fanfare, then says: 'Now hang on 'til next year'
Name the Monkey and Win Valuable... well... Tolerable Prizes!
...and Win Valuable... well... Tolerable Prizes!
Depressing, indeed. Expected, yes. Can Nortel do anything new and interesting to lighten its load?
Another day, another Nortel acquisition bites the dust
Its parent, Ditech, will focus on optical transport subsystems instead
A Congressional hearing on Qwest and GlobalX's capacity swaps turns up tussle with Morgan Stanley
Incumbent Mobilkom arms 'friendly users' with singlemode devices to use on the carrier's live UMTS network
Former Salomon Smith Barney analyst gets hit with another lawsuit after his former firm gets a $5M fine
Former Salomon Smith Barney analyst gets hit with another lawsuit after his former firm gets a $5M fine
German startup IPAG gets another €4.5 million to develop high-speed receiver circuits
The latest report in Light Reading's series on metro networks details DWDM's role as a bottom-line booster
Williams has settled a conflict with customer SBC, but faces other hurdles to emergence from Ch. 11
First batch of phones arrives early in month to kickstart 'phased rollout' of 3G in the UK
Sun says upgrade to the mobile Java device profile should make handset compatibility issues a thing of the past
We still wonder what mobile .Net is exactly, but HP has been telling us how it's been using the 'architecture'
This quarter's capex will likely yield another sequential dip, and 2003 isn't looking so hot either
Cisco-backed carriers aren't too successful, but service provider wins might be worth losing a few million
Siemens is consolidating its carrier business, reducing its headcount by 2,300. But is it enough?
Last week, it said it was ditching Sonet in favor of SDH. This week, it begs to differ
The company is hoping the holiday season and new product revisions will yank it out of the doldrums
Orange CEO says wireless industry players must 'cooperate, collaborate, and compromise' to further the common cause
Startup carrier files for Chapter 11 protection; owes Cisco nearly $69 million
CoSine looks to market itself as a box that slices VPNs and dices MPLS, while tossing in a bit of IPsec
Will restate at least $950M in revenues related to capacity swaps: Only the beginning, observers say
Poll respondents agree to disagree over that trickiest of wireless topics: Do we need IPv6?
Says it's first to offer ATM over OC192c in a multiservice platform. Important? UPDATED 9/24 12:20PM
Agere's latest chip appears to be first to handle the full range of Sonet data rates, from OC3 to OC192
Ericsson wins GSM kit deal extension with French operator, but deems it too insignificant to mention publicly
Austria forgets that auctioning spectrum to mobile operators is no longer the Zeitgeist
Close to a deal with AT&T, Ma Bell wants it to have a big partner. Could it mean M&A with Cisco or Ciena?
Cisco's new optical metro switch created some buzz at NFOEC. But it might also replace its own ADMs
Nufern is positioning itself as an independent specialty fiber vendor, but is anyone buying?
The carrier will bust price barriers with its Sidekick device launch, but will no one think of the ARPUs?
Alcatel, Avici, and Ciena closed the week with dire news. Where's that bottom? UPDATED 3PM
IEEE gets hot under the collar over media reports of 802.11g standard progress: It's early days, says the Institute
Vodafone's chairman throws his toys out of the pram at harsh media treatment of his CEO
Says restructing will help it to focus on existing major customers
It's bagged Sonet in favor of SDH, unveiling a slew of products today. Internal changes are afoot as well
WorldCom may have found another $2 billion in accounting errors. How much more will it find?
The bankrupt carrier continues to fight its critics and says it's set to exit Chapter 11 and ready to profit
Microsoft officially launches WLAN hardware, part of a larger strategy to push software and services for the home
Bargain hunters queuing up in Finland, Vodafone scrapping for control in France, and Hutchison 3G who?
Check out what our camera caught at NFOEC this week
Lucent's stock continues to trade below $1, marking all-time lows and bringing up the threat of delisting
The handset vendor says a major roadmap leak gives an outdated and incomplete picture of its plans for 2003
For execs with air guitar experience, here's the air keyboard
Scrapping a revised management incentive scheme may leave Tellium's top guns facing financial ruin
Companies like JDSU and Alcatel Optronics keep closing optical component plants: What if demand increases?
With the industry in the dumps, vendors and job seekers scan for opportunities at NFOEC
Can it make it for Christmas? Mid-range models rushed to market, says analyst, as P800 delay does little to help Symbian
It's looking to acquire startups following the collapse of its planned merger with Avanex
Motorola wants to create a kinder, gentler J2ME for developers, and that's just part of its renewed Java focus
Is this NJ-based startup Born to Run? It's got a combo DWDM/Sonet ADM system that could leapfrog Ciena, Nortel
A 58% staff cut and two plant selloffs are in the works. What goes, what stays, and will a sale be next?
Trousers that protect your nads from your AMPS? It's all a bit Docker's pants, we say
Ciena denies persistent rumors that Cyras's metro box can't cut the mustard and could be canned
The deal, which has yet to be announced, gives Intel thermally-tuned, polymer-enhanced grating technology
Carriers are getting more pragmatic over the rollout of 3G services, say analysts, as the FCC plots NextWave auction opt-out
Cisco's new optical switch combines optical switching and Sonet for the metro: targeting Ciena's CoreDirector?
Announces Ethernet enhancements and new international customers for its big optical switch
Says we're on the verge of mass broadband deployment -- we just have to get rid of the pesky regulators first
It's won the first order for its BXR-48000 switch, demonstrating the value of its US operations
Not a surprise, but a real contract all the same! Orange UK uses its gateway for GPRS/UMTS service creation and delivery
Their claims of unfair pricing don't stand up to the scrutiny of a study by Network Conceptions
Startup Essient says it'll make waves with its modulator, but shipments won't start for another year
Can Europe learn from the mistakes made while allocation 3G spectrum? EC officials live in hope
WorldCom's whole management structure is being revamped, according to a leaked internal memo
Abandoned by France Telecom, the company gets a financial leg-up from the German government just before a national election
A House Committee has called the GlobalX chairman to testify about his company's swap deals with Qwest
Maybe it's a good thing the investment bankers have moved on to other industries
The latest trend in WLAN: 802.11b systems that, like, know where you're at, man
Michel Bon departs as debt noose hangs France Telecom's grand fromage; MobilCom left to wither on the vine
Michel Bon departs as debt noose hangs France Telecom's grand fromage; MobilCom left to wither on the vine
Scuttlebutt has Nortel about to sell its components division for $50 million -- possibly to Bookham
Lucent's added its reduced earnings expectations to the dark chorus
Lucent's added its reduced earnings expectations to the dark chorus
Siemens's sale of Unisphere has led Juniper to develop joint GGSNs with competing vendors
AON's just starting out as a system vendor, but its future may hold something else
Watch for the Grid – Scott Clavenna
Euro carriers ask, Does this network make our ARPU look big? A new report from France's Idate answers: Er, nope
New access equipment startup raises $33M and gets a new CEO, former Siemens exec Mark Floyd
As the market falls away, Sony screams into third spot in handheld shipments, according to IDC
Could 802.11b be the cause of the next tech investor gold rush?
Startup claims it has fulfilled more than 20 orders for 'subwavelength optical elements' in the last few months
Light Reading looks back at the events of Sept. 11, 2001
Group 3G and MobilCom are up against the wall, and France Telecom, which will decide MobilCom's fate, has likely noticed
John Sidgmore heads for the door, but who will want his job? And what about Bernie Ebbers's $1.5M pension?
Finns fankfull for fones, frankly
Cambridge Silicon Radio squeezes its Bluetooth silicon even harder and eyes up a broader reach into the handset sector
AFC launches another product through a startup partnership, this one an optical ADM from Redfern Broadband
Canadian startup making fiber-based passive components gets a vote of confidence
News reports have former CEO John A. Roth selling a huge chunk of his remaining stake in Nortel
Conference is sparsely attended, but some interesting stuff is on offer... if anyone wants it
Alcatel's apparently struck a key alliance for fiber success in China. But how big could the win be?
Switch or network appliance? Either way, Symbol's low-cost WLAN box aims to 'kill Cisco'
Details its first product, taking aim at Tellabs with a switch that combines a crossconnect and Sonet ADM
Tellabs' latest warning and product announcement evince a worsening downturn
Notebaert says Qwest isn't considering bankruptcy. It may sell 10 non-core businesses to save $1 billion
But a roadmap that takes China Unicom down the road to extensive upgrades to CDMA 1x-EVDV/DO looks unlikely
Wireless games developers say 'write once, run anywhere' evaporates when it comes to mobile Java
EXFO hopes to tap Gnubi's customer base and multichannel capabilities for a thimbleful of cash
A new report says US networks are well connected and full of fiber. Getting to them is the problem
Service providers and enterprise customers want products that enhance networks, rather than replace them
Lucent's use of Iolon's tunable lasers in its LambdaXtreme platform could help the technology gain acceptance
Companies of all sizes are realizing that wireless can help their bottom lines, but data access isn't a solution on its own
Telecom firms want to be seen at NFOEC, but many aren't spending the big bucks for specialized booths
After years in the PDC wilderness, Vodafone's global roaming initiative could give Motorola a shot at the Japanese handset market
Unstrung 25 startup learns the A, B, Gs of wireless LAN. Will it follow this victory with an IPO?
A Canadian Supreme Court endorses carrier's restructuring plan, but it must still clear courts in the US
In the battle of the X2 and XPAK optical module standards, Intel's talking peace, but Agilent's talking trash
One of the most heavily funded optical startups in the long-haul space jettisons another 80. What next?
Never mind the fake snow, wonder at the new 3650 camera phone. Will the Nokia execs, like, wear shades, man?
The ex-CTO of Avanex is behind a super-stealthy startup called Corlux. But what's he doing?
Corning Cable Solutions is hyping next-gen products for fiber in the last mile. Some analysts are wary
We name the innovators who are making the moves and breaking the rules in the service provider industry
Cisco must continue to invest in new markets like wireless if it wants to keep leadership position, says company veep
Switching guru says company will continue to invest in engineering and snack on startups
Anil Khatod, ex-Nortel marketing chief, says software will be key to carrier recovery
For service providers, it's innovate or die. Light Reading names its Top 10 Service Provider Innovators
French operator Bouygues chooses NEC platform for launch of i-mode services; now race is on to win handset contract
KERPOW! Texas plays its integration Joker, says development times will be cut and battery life extended
Freedom of the press? We've heard of it!
Lightscape's decision to offer Agility's tunable lasers to its customers could be a turning point
A new tester addresses multiple components, but is Agilent's approach aimed at customers, or its own financials?
Verizon has sold 1.27 million access lines in three states to help pay down its debt. Is it worth it?
OSS firm's CEO gazes into the future, sees teething troubles for 3G operators and a move into handset production for the beast of Redmond
Collapsing data and Sonet framing capabilities into one chip is a popular trend, but there's ample competition
ECI Telecom subsidiary Enavis readies its T::CORE switch to go up against the likes of Ciena
Pressure from corporate customers could force mobile operators to invest in SLA software, according to Comnitel CEO
When will customers be ready for Cisco's bright and shiny new wireless routers?
When will customers be ready for Cisco's bright and shiny new wireless routers?
Another wild success, like Gigabit Ethernet? Probably not, but Force10's developments still mark a milestone
Can yet another industry forum put some wind in their sails? UPDATED 9/3 11:50AM
Analyst says the Swedish vendor is crazy to even think about quitting the CDMA2000 business
