Former Nortel exec Oscar Rodriguez has taken over as top dog at Riverstone, and he's got some work to do

Executives stress cash preservation on quarterly conference call; no news on Gig-BE; jobs still being cut

Recent reports look promising, but it's early to say M&A in telecom and networking has picked up

A 'clockless chip' out of CalTech aims to reshape the way line cards are designed

The session controller startup is getting plenty of action with Cisco. Is there a deal in the works?

Nearly 75% of enterprises manage their own VPNs - so carriers are offering bits & pieces to get in the door

Strings up a wireless LAN with RadioFrame, like we told you ages ago

Wireless LAN chipset startup receives another cash injection - and it probably won't be the last

Spirent's latest mega-announcement is further evidence of tester market consolidation

Exec compensation could cause a flap when Tellium merges with Zhone, according to an SEC filing

Will customers pay for hot-rod WLAN silicon?

Service providers are buying IP routers again. Does this mean a recovery is underway?

Optical technology created during the boom is finding a welcome reception in medical devices

Consultancy loses its entire OSS team overnight; scrambles to find replacements

Lehman refines its shortlists of likely winners of the GIG-BE and FTTP projects in the US

Imminent VC funding proves the catalyst for speculation over startup's future

Vendors get the chance to participate for free in a Light Reading performance test

'If we had the political stability, I’d say that this is the best place in the world to live,' says founder of Exalt

While competitors disappear from view, long-haul startup Xtera scores big bucks. What gives?

That's chapter two... in which we learn that no matter how bad things are, they can always get worse

Startup says a renegade operation in India tried to undermine the company in an effort to create a rival firm

Network vendor's restructuring on track after bankruptcy fears

The Internet worked but many phone circuits choked, raising more questions about telco operations

RBOCs issuing RFIs for optical management software, say sources. Is Telcordia's monopoly under threat?

If Ethernet services are so hot, how come the Ethernet switch market's still in decline?

The Swiss optoelectronic module maker has gone bust, and ex-staff are tripping over each other to rescue it

But even interest from Cisco - Cisco! - might not save this castaway of a 10-Gig Ethernet standard

Nortel is increasing its R&D in India. Could more domestic layoffs be around the corner?

Intel sez: "Sit on our hotspot... please!"

Voodoo's antipodean subsidiaries prep for 3G network sharing

Ciena has recently cut 50 more jobs, but it may need much bigger layoffs in the effort to break even

Verizon jumps on Nextel's tail, with push-to-talk service expected this week

Down to just one full-time employee, the parallel optics company is scanning for markets beyond telecom

Startups may have seen the worst of the downturn, says LR Insider... at least those with survival plans

Following flirtations with aviators, hotspots looking to ride the rails

Metro networking is a boon to the tough tester market, but not all players stand to profit, says a recent report

Rick Roscitt joins MCI as president and COO. What's behind this move from cooking utensil to inferno?

PMC's MIPS-based chips still dominate among control-plane processors, but rivals are coming on strong

Battle of the baksheesh? Saudi Arabian telecom operator called Silki La Silki says Lucent greased a few palms

Startup cuts staff, shakes up management, as it promises to 'behave responsibly' with VC money

Singlepoint purchase is latest attempt to cut out the middleman and bolster revenue

Alcatel aims at small to mid-sized businesses with a cute little fiber terminator

Lucent's reunified wireless and wireline sales. How will sales folk handle those tricky Cisco and Juniper NDAs?

Bell Canada's making a move with its secured VPN service, and others are preparing such services

Outside North America, DLC upgrades are gaining momentum with growth in demand for more data services

The testing company, whose stock hovers above $1, has reached a settlement with its landlord

WLAN Switch startup adds more RF management, monitoring, planning and security capabilities to its product line

Investors and service providers push forward in the VOD market, despite the naysayers

Rise in publicly announced network deals brings glimmer of hope to troubled market

Industry group says ISPs can't be caught in the middle of the RIAA's legal battle against copyright piracy

Interest from the optics giant might indicate a good start for the 10-Gig serial MSA

Sources say Internet Photonics has quietly joined Ericsson for a campaign in Europe and Asia/Pac

Or the man who mistook his wife for a hotspot

Time to change its name from MCI to UUnet? Poll says the weak should go to the wall

The CLEC crop withered two years ago. Now, a more vigorous strain has taken root

Most respondents favor restricting H-1B visas, even though they believe it'd hurt US business

Swedish regulatory action is latest evidence that Europe is softening its stance on 3G Bork Bork Bork!

CoSine's largest institutional investor has backed down from its plan to return company assets to shareholders

Continuing its blitz of new products, Picolight's planning 1310nm transmitter/receiver arrays

Interim CEO looks for more cash and slashes spending, as the company continues booking revenue from Asia

Founder/CEO Raju Chekuri has left the building, and the company is fending off rumors that it's for sale

DLC and PON vendors are pacing their offices, waiting for 3 RBOCs to reveal who's making the cut in a big FTTP deal

Scuttlebutt has it the startups are shortlisters for investment and possible merger

The Triennial Review appears to be on the backburner, while the commissioners catch some rays...

Danger! Will Robinson! Robot dog approaching!

Startup denies rumours of imminent demise

Service provider is following in Cometa's footsteps with plans for a massive public WLAN network in the US

Ellacoya engineer finds himself on the wrong side of the law while downloading P2P files for 'research'

A bevy of investors likes its pitch and customer traction. Can it last?

The market for low-cost Ethernet boxes is making Layer 2 an attractive target for software vendors

Local government looks to hatch security startups in the DC area with an incubator

Startup beats out Cisco in deal to supply services and billing-related software for wireless router platform

At last! IPWireless has some contract wins to crow about

The company's been taken over by its investors. Now it must prove itself

Another long-haul vendor may be taking the long walk this week, sources say

They want to bring content distribution closer to customers; vendors are scrambling to meet their needs

And Furthermore, Bill – Geoff Bennett

Analysts and startups predict that the enterprise WLAN market should take off by 2005

Cisco hits its numbers, but investors are not impressed as inventories rise and gross margins slip

Broadband equipment maker aims to achieve cable economics using DSL technology

Verizon leans on Wayport for hotspot rollout as market continues to doubt revenue potential

Telefònica Mòviles wins regulatory approval for 3G spectrum trading - will that help ease its financial woes?

Cisco hits its numbers, but investors are not impressed as inventories rise and gross margins slip

The MCI brouhaha is raising questions over why so many bankrupt carriers are given a second chance

Wobbly board says so long to long-haul long shot

The startup raises $53M more, apparently to build systems that could obviate the need for optical amplifiers

Tellabs, BellSouth outsource; Verizon labor talks continue; and the rumor mill is spinning out of control

The chip company's two-year-old plan to expand its markets could come to fruition in the next few quarters

The chip company's two-year-old plan to expand its markets could come to fruition in the next few quarters

Aventail and Neoteris add bells and whistles to SSL security gear, to keep up with the IPSec crowd

Wholesale carrier Transcom rips out and replaces 50,000 ports of Cisco gateways with Veraz gear

VARs and system integrators tout alternatives to Cisco 802.11 gear

Talks continue, but 'key issues remain unresolved' UPDATED 8/4 9:30 AM

Unstrung editor makes fowl discovery

The AWG plant in San Jose gives up on long haul, and sources say some optical investments are on the block

Members of the VLAN standards group are (gasp!) getting along, while reporters long for the RPR salad days

Will they, won't they? Terse operator is still in talks over the acquisition of 3G spectrum from NextWave

WLAN is creating new business for systems integrators and resellers, but are there enough partners to go around?

Startup says it has a way to manage Ethernet services as it would T1 circuits

New studies say VC funding's stopped dropping, but it's too soon to call a trend

Cancels CMTS product line it acquired for $200M when it bought Pacific Broadband Communications