Banks and bondholders will decide the fate of the company within weeks
Celox closes its St. Louis R&D facility and offers engineers a place in Massachussetts
We know 3G is supposed to be 'sexy,' but is it meant to be a haven for Peeping Toms?
Help Unstrung pick hot startups in the run-up to a big revamp of the original Unstrung 25, scheduled for publication next month
NTT strengthens its position in battle for Japan's wireless broadband business, though the move may be more defensive than aggressive
Sycamore's talks with larger partners end in a deal with Siemens in which it will focus on its optical grooming switch
Overlapping products have many pundits clucking about what will happen once Juniper and Unisphere merge
Latest handset health scare — this time from Nokia's homeland
Lucent's fallen silent after allegedly threatening to raise rates on voice-switch maintenance services
Another communications breakthrough... or just plain creepier?
Now FOMA users can have both 3G and 2G phones with the same number – more dual-handset mode than dual-mode handset
Ciena wasted no time in cutting its headcount and guidance prior to closing the merger with ONI on Friday
The standard is ready and so are the products, but the 10-Gbit/s Ethernet switch vendors don't want to be tested
Vodafone fat cat rakes it in following massive losses - what will he get if the company makes a profit?
Qwest's new CEO hints at management changes, asset sales, and a new search for small-business customers
Redback is still struggling to convert its edge router trials to signed contracts
Its Australian deal could be followed by something similar for the upcoming US TDD spectrum auctions
KPN Mobile gets 50,000 customers in six weeks, but can it reach its million-user milestone?
Communications breakthrough or just plan creepy?
They get the most blame in Light Reading's latest poll, for 'over-inflating the bubble'
After seven months of talks, XO Communications goes to bankruptcy; creditors include Cisco, Lucent, Nortel, Qwest
Hints of security and multimedia improvements to J2ME in a possible bid to fend off potential rivals
Tellabs has lost its CEO to Qwest, in what analysts say is a boon to the carrier
As Tellium struggles with the capex crunch, sources say it's preparing a 20 to 30 percent layoff
Check diary, check email, check To Do list, check blood sugar levels…
Swedish telco's deal with Italy's Megabeam may not be a big money-spinner, but it has symbolic importance
Global Crossing is said to owe about a half million dollars to another Gary Winnick company
Analysts disagree over the pager company's future
Amid worker scuffles, diesel generators, and collection plates, KPNQwest manages to keep its Ebone up
Sprint's just cut guidance again, proving that the industry is still unable to find its own bottom
Router startup Timetra says the future of edge routing is in programmable network processers. Will it fly?
In-Stat/MDR sees growth coming to the optical MAN market. That is, unless a silly thing like the economy intervenes
"Waiter, there's a fly in my military network!"
Elata grabs prime service delivery contract as global 3G license-holder gears up for launch in UK
Rural operator beats the big boys to the UMTS punch
Sprint's just cut guidance again, proving that the industry is still unable to find its own bottom
The startup is rumored to have closed a new round of funding and appears to be doing well
Even as it cuts revenue expectations, Lucent's said to be gaining ground in new carrier contracts
Could alternative technology let Nextel offer high-speed data on the cheap and give it a way to bypass 3G?
It now looks possible the startup will secure funding, two weeks after it laid off most of its staff
Quarry edged out NetScreen in Light Reading's IPSec VPN performance test. No one else dared show up
'Back-door' CDMA conspiracy denied by new owner
Or: 'not another bloody mobile alliance'
A muscular Chinese competitor has set up shop in North America - and it's got Nortel and Cisco in its crosshairs
Tellium shows signs of going back to its roots: mining the U.S. government to boost revenues
Track Your Traffic – Peter Heywood
NTT DoCoMo has been stung by its 3G experience - Rob Hellstrom
Hotspot hopefuls such as BT can charge for 802.11b access
The way forward — or more vaporware?
Trading update shows handset sales up and revenues down — but margins still hover above 20 percent
Brian McFadden's at the helm of all optical products, metro as well as long haul -- except for optical Ethernet
Largest European data carrier has been given a few more weeks to sell assets -- while some employees work for free
Details sketchy as Dutch hole up in Tokyo
The MPLS switchmaker may have cut as much as 40% of its staff and has closed down its Edinburgh R&D facility
GPRS in the Rue Morgue
Auction process unveiled as ugly cousin in Europe's UMTS license awards
Research from several worldwide telecom groups highlights broadband access as key to telecom's future
The research firm says the cost of ownership of devices is rising but expects wireless boom in the enterprise
European mobile data roaming fails to take off: revenues little more than wishful thinking
Claims it's first to guarantee QOS while handling terabits-a-second of packet-based traffic
Members approve interface spec that could act as a catalyst for chip developments
CEO Scott Kriens says Juniper hopes to close the Unisphere deal in July and employees will know their roles
Waiting for the devices and networks
Service providers are relying on different types of VPNs to roll out their managed services
HomeRF admits defeat on data, looks to voice home networking
A lower-grade investment status could hamper Sprint's efforts to raise money
A lower-grade investment status could hamper Sprint's efforts to raise money
The beer was flowing and the flash bulbs were popping at Light Reading's Unstrung.com launch party at Supercomm
The beer was flowing and flash bulbs popping at Light Reading's Unstrung launch party at Supercomm
Riverstone's outlook gets more grim after an earnings warning
Meet XG, Son of 3G, the carrier's vision of wide-area wireless Ethernet
Nortel anticipates a much-needed $1.3B in a sale of equity and common shares. What's the downside?
Cisco, CoSine, net.com, Nortel, and Unisphere all announced new service features at Supercomm this week
HOW MUCH!!!??
The fixed wireless firm buys Hybrid, Sprint's MMDS kit supplier, and says that's just for starters
We talked with Nokia at Supercomm about its infrastructure dream, and it's IP to the core
Industry sources say OSSs are draining carrier resources. Is there hope for a better future?
Atrica has integrated DWDM with its Ethernet switch. Will there be takers?
Sprint's CEO blasts shaky investors, blames defunct carriers for their own demise, trumpets his vision of the future
Carrier dumps the wireless resale business and eliminates 2,200 jobs; reports say thousands more layoffs are coming
Range-boosting antics such as adding a Pringles® can to an antenna might prove to be unsafe
A big RBOC deal is in the works, most likely with Verizon, sources say -- which may explain Juniper's enthusiasm UPDATED 5:20PM
Service providers have to provide much more than voice and data connections to survive, says Cisco CEO
Cisco, Nortel, Tellabs, and Sycamore are among the equipment providers running to shape Ethernet offerings for carriers
St. Paul leads a gang of 12 investors in support of Mahi's combo Sonet/Ethernet metro grooming switch
Verizon vice chairman and president says deregulation is a must for a telecom comeback
Nortel explains it all
Picture gigabit optics to the desktop: It's coming within ten years, says Eric Mentzer
AT&T Wireless saddles up W-CDMA in Dallas
Test equipment on display at Supercomm highlights trends toward optical Ethernet, DWDM, and multiservice metro
Sony weighs in on the mobile storage standards battle
The chip giant wants to raise its profile in the wireless market with dual-mode local-area chipsets
Tellabs announces product upgrades in several areas in an effort to further entrench itself with big carriers
Siemens ICN and Microsoft are among those to sign on for yet another industry collective
Laurel has finally announced a customer, but will Level 3's financial woes dampen the celebration?
Four startups are betting that sophisticated service nodes will provide the engine power that drives 3G services. But are the carriers buying it?
That was the question at SuperComm session.
NTT DoCoMo's FOMA service hasn't been a roaring success so far - but it's early days
It shoots, it misses.
Networking without distractions.
Welcome to the New Unstrung.
Once again, there's talk of somebody buying Sycamore, and sources say that this time a deal may be reached
Bankrupt Dutch carrier says AT&T is among the companies negotiating to buy its network
Edge-switch maker Coriolis adds data features to its OptiFlow products, but big incumbent contracts remain elusive
Software-based services platform will compete with IP service boxes from CoSine, Nortel's Shasta, and Net.com
IP services gearmaker adds protection against denial-of-service attacks to its menu of security features
A 'we don't care' attitude among users will lead to disappointment for 3G hopefuls, says one business consultancy
Ethernet Over Copper: Now You’re Talking – Scott Clavenna
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