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The handset vendor says a major roadmap leak gives an outdated and incomplete picture of its plans for 2003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