Its reverse merger with Tellium wins the No. 1 spot in Light Reading's 2003 Top Ten Turkeys

Sales will rise by nearly 20% next year but edge routers will do even better, says Synergy Research

Group aims to standardize multilevel signaling to boost the speed of backplane transceiver chips

Anti-Vodafone partnerships lambasted for likely future failure

Court quashes arbitration decision; sends the South African operator and OSS firm to the Supreme Court of Appeal

German regulator cuts interconnection charges by almost 10%, leaving Deutsche Telekom out of pocket

Says it now has basestation equipment that can be configured for CDMA or W-CDMA networks

VC's $12M injection into service provider Vonage is stepping stone to further investments, says partner

Wireless LAN chipmaker applies to SEC for a $100M listing as the US winds down for Thanksgiving

Light Reading's second annual Turkey awards

Small chip player lands a deal for RF management with large global manufacturer of access points

Wins deal with an alternative carrier that's looking to bypass high access charges

10-Gbit/s Ethernet heats up as prices fall, new markets emerge, and next-generation products roll out

Boardwatch Insider report profiles the service providers set to dominate the international IP VPN market

Says commercial systems may be only 2 or 3 years away, now that the technology has moved into field trials

Australian subsidiary forced into lone 3G network rollout

From A to Z, the network processor world continues to feel the pain. Can you say, 'offshoring'?

Wireless LAN startup targets ex-Cisco bigwig for top spot

Announces its agenda and panelists for the first VOIP Forum meeting on December 1

Files another shelf offering for up to $1B in various securities, as sources say it's angling for wireless plays

Files another shelf offering for up to $1B in various securities, as sources say it's angling for wireless plays

Avanex is shutting operations in Livingston, Scotland, the headquarters of former AWG startup Kymata

Vendor chews over the possibility of joining CDMA network infrastructure market

Analysts see WLAN chip vendors pulling out all the stops in 2004, supplying multi-purpose integrated gear

Ericsson Australia will market and sell Alloptic's Ethernet PON gear to carriers all over Asia

Q3 was weak, but next-gen voice products are on track for long-term growth, says Infonetics

A movement's afoot to help carriers migrate from expensive OSI- to IP-based management of Sonet/SDH nets

Unstrung Insider claims Voice Over Wireless LAN market could become key to 802.11 vendor success

Some carriers now offer so many VPN services that they're in danger of confusing customers

Veritas tops the ratings in our latest market perception report... truly

New Enterprise Associates leads round that takes VOIP service provider's total funding to $65.3M

Officials acknowledge the delays in its new Gigabit Ethernet switch chips, but say things are back on track

Industry scuttlebutt has it that Nortel will announce an OEM deal with switch startup Airespace soon... or not

All four North American regional incumbents have announced VOIP plans for next year, amid regulatory turmoil

DLC vendor grabs new funding, but the common stock is getting squeezed as it races to make a profit

It may be early days, but analysts reckon the WLAN switch market is a grower

To add 300 routers to its network, expand IP service offerings – Cisco & Juniper likely to benefit, say analysts

Court cites schedule clash, drops charges against Bernie. But it won't let the former WorldCom chief off the hook

RBOC wants to buy bankrupt Allegiance Telecom for $350M, according to media reports

Siemens is touting a test of long-haul gear at AT&T. But don't get your hopes up just yet

Despite the possibility of more layoffs, AT&T Wireless says it is committed to a limited UMTS rollout in 2004

Fills coffers via secondary stock offering to prepare for MSO marketing push; competition with Vonage heats up

The startup claims a cash infusion and deal with TriQuint will help it reach self-sufficiency

UK researchers are looking for a partner to help them commercialize silicon light-emitters at telecom wavelengths

More Jobs go overseas, Onetta loses a CEO, Photuris furloughs, Riverstone turnover is not a kind of dessert

Probably not, but that isn't stopping analysts talking up '3.5G' technology despite lack of demand for services

CFO says all lines of business to be profitable in 2004 following revamp and cost cuts

Has put an edge services and MPLS project on the back burner, affecting a number of equipment suppliers

Signs a deal with Qwest that might help draw a line under its past dithering in the softswitch market

802.11 switch startup is the latest player to jump aboard the European enterprise bandwagon

Euro incumbent to co-market specialty devices to drive premium content such as audio and video

The Verizon FTTP partnership with AFCI could boost revenues - but don't expect bubble-like expansion

Yipes has quietly replaced its CEO, and rumors are circulating that it could be in financial trouble again

AT&T CTO tops the list of new Movers & Shakers, as faces from the bubble slip into the past

Small switch geared to voice-over-wireless-LAN is unexciting - but cheap!

Wireless broadband pioneer might be closing out its second life

Components player consolidation continues as two indium phosphide specialists, ASIP and ThreeFive, join forces

Preparing to emerge from Chapter 11, MCI's revenues hit a bump as pricing pressures kick in

Partnering with the biggest software company in the world is sure to up the ante with Cisco

Big forecasts for fiber to the premises are likely overblown, according to figures from IDC

More interest is building in carrier investments in IP/MPLS infrastructure, says Infonetics

Broadcom tries to steal a march on rival Intel with software to make Bluetooth and 802.11 play nice

802.11 switch startup swings into Europe on back of first regional customer win

Company's first commercial PON chip aims at broadband deployments described in the FTTx RFP

Every startup needs a lift, and Aruba just got services and support equivalent with the big folks'

Global usage leaps again in Q3 and looks set to break 60M barrier by end of year, predicts Point Topic

TDS Metrocom is buying CWDM gear to deploy wavelength services

Wireless consultancy says operators will shrivel and die if they don't start working together

Even as volumes perk up, vendors still have to contend with falling prices

Zhone's founders made high-interest loans to their own company

Le SDH est mort... Vive le SDH!

Demand for RPR has put Cisco and Nortel atop the heap, while startups struggle for recognition

Zhone Technologies kicks off its first official day as a public company by slashing jobs after buying Tellium

Finnish allegedly-exploding-handset maker at last has reason to smile as Belgian watchdog is hoodwinked

The Death & Life of Sonet/SDH – Scott Clavenna

WLAN appliance startup snags $13M, talks up branch office products, and denies talk of layoffs

The company's new Ethernet chip adds to the pool of circuit emulation silicon

Warren Buffett's investment company rids itself of more than 18 million Level 3 shares

Reports from three incumbent carriers bolster hopes that Europe's emerged from the telecom downturn

Light Reading poll suggests RBOCs aren't going to go crazy on fiber to the premises

French carrier admits it is contemplating investment in EDGE technology

The price has dropped, and the science is more practical, but that doesn't mean it's for everyone

Broadband TV suppliers say video is key to enhancing services for carriers, and they don't mean just triple play

Cisco's long on talk and short on details about when all the pieces of its wired/ wireless integration play will be in place

Sales of wireless LAN equipment hit strongest-ever quarter

With UWB standards process in a deadlock, rival groups may go their own ways

Shareholders turned down a Sisterly proposal to report pay disparities, but at least they were nice about it

Buys Web conference software maker to enhance its IP PBX call server, but it will be competing with Microsoft

Experts say DSL, not fiber to the premises, is what the RBOCs mean by 'access'

802.11g, security, and management upgrades chief among Cisco's plans for WLAN launch mañana

Nortel trims optical jobs, Gluon moves on, Trapeze VP swings away, and it's musical chairs at ADC

German service provider awards contract to optical Ethernet startup

Authority disputes claims that high-profile GSM license awards were plagued by 'cronyism'

Other security tech firms have moved from chips to boards, but Cavium claims the chip biz is still solid

Long-haul startup can't find customers for 40 Gig, even with $178M in funding

Cisco's new SSL solution targets upgrades, but it might not scale enough for new buildouts

Vendor stays loyal to loss-making CDMA business in light of future plans

Motorola acquires ultrawideband ally XtremeSpectrum -- some say it was a forced sale

WLAN testing startup Azimuth claims to offer better 802.11 performance testing -- by removing troublesome RF weirdness

Azimuth claims to offer better 802.11 performance testing - by removing troublesome RF weirdness

Justice Department and SEC investigations now include several telecom equipment vendors

Optical 'Mover & Shaker' Kevin Kalkhoven looks to have produced a portfolio pockmarked with limbo startups

Light Reading poll weighs up the pros and cons of engineers working for vendors rather than carriers

Stealth Communications has introduced an exchange point for voice-over-IP traffic

Cisco on Monday will be announcing plans to add SSL capabilities to its 3000 VPN concentrator

The big testing players are taking on SANs: Here's why

UK startup hints that million subscriber goal by year end remains unrealistic target

Startup 'firesale' should add to firm's Bluetooth and WLAN offerings for mobile devices UPDATED 2:00:00 PM

It may just be inventory burn-off, but JDS and Avanex say long-haul business picked up last quarter

As 2003 winds down, analysts say carriers are starting to make final product selections for key RFPs

Swedish Ethernet access company lands its first North American customer, says it's got a triple-play plan

Semiconductor vendors called on to make sure their companies and products are correctly listed

Introducing... Normenscatoni! – R. Scott Raynovich

Carrier is looking for another back door into Europe for its wireless data platform

The company's earnings come in ahead of plan, but revenue guidance remains lukewarm

The company's earnings come in ahead of plan, but revenue guidance remains lukewarm

Chip firm thinks the low-cost Ethernet market is ready for network processors, even if others don't agree

Metro optical gear and SANs will benefit from standard CWDM interfaces

Startups develop systems that can stop enterprise 802.11 networks from being a backdoor for viruses and worms

A panel of four venture capitalists at NGN 2003 vote to keep their jobs

Conglomerate cuts 7,200 jobs and says it will sell the world's largest undersea telecom network

Michael Birck says he's going for good next April. The search for a successor has begun

Media reports hint at possible 2005 award date for 3G licences

Nortel is the first company to combine IPSec and SSL VPNs onto the same platform

After a false start, E2O announces it's produced VCSELs at 1310nm and even 1550nm

More trouble at Trapeze: The US sales boss is gone

Analysts say it creates a giant wholesale powerhouse, but the margins are still a bit thin

Quantum cryptography goes commercial as startup MagiQ begins shipping its first system

The new alliance reflects the growing demand for voice-over-IP services in the enterprise

Considers return to a market it abandoned in 2001 and expands further in growing German market

Unstrung readers give big thumbs up to voice over wireless LAN technology

The mammoth 'merger of equals' could be a boost for GlobespanVirata's recently acquired 802.11 chip operations

Accuses AT&T of breaking Do-Not-Call rules, proposes fine of $780,000

One-time broadband equipment leader files for bankruptcy, proposes leaving shareholders with only 5%

Juniper gets some new edge routers, which it's using to target Cisco 7200 and 7500 for replacement

Switch startup goes big on security as it announces general availability of its boxes

The mammoth 'merger of equals' could be a boost for GlobespanVirata's recently acquired 802.11 chip operations

Finnish vendor adds remaining Tahoe staff to payroll but refutes suggestion of 'acquisition'

Finnish vendor adds remaining Tahoe staff to payroll but refutes suggestion of 'acquisition'