Sweden's mobile meatball should be OK so long as there's no nasty surprises, speaking of which...

Content delivery networks are coming under the legal gun in escalating battles over patents

They're up for grabs in Finland and Cyprus, but will anyone want them?

Red Spectrum is targeting London businesses with a network based on free-space optics: 'We're not insane!'

History shows that Chapter 11 rarely works, especially if the same flawed business plan stays

Is the Finnish giant looking for a cost-cutting outsourcing deal?

Former Fujitsu Network Communications sales boss returns from his VC stint to become group president and COO

Red Spectrum is targeting London businesses with a network based on free-space optics: 'We're not insane!'

French operator starts its MMS ball rolling in the UK, but growth is still hampered by interoperability issues

Red faces at Nextel, as court case reveals the operator was conned by a guy already in jail

With a Gallic shrug some vendors are bailing out of next year's event. Is it all über for the huge telecom show?

Data-center switch player makes a sale, which sounds good if you overlook the fact that it's to a money-losing CLEC

Dude! You're getting a handheld! Dell may be trying to read corporates' palm plans, but it's really got its eye on their backends

Infineon claims to have produced the first multilayer electronic integrated circuit -- a chip 'sandwich,' if you will

VCs find the words "VPNs" and "wireless" an irresistable invitation to open their purse strings

Rumors abound as 3G launch in Europe draws nearer. Analyst doubts new entrant will start a price war

Siemens is leading a project called 'KING' that could provide an alternative to MPLS for large-scale networks

WorldCom's troubles won't quash a $450M defense contract -- one that Global Crossing apparently never had

Former telecom and optical networking execs are prodded to look outside of their industries to find work

Don't blink -- the amount may increase. So far, they're up to $7.1 billion in invented earnings

As long as it's absolutely guaranteed to make money, VCs still want to hear your wireless idea

In new Light Reading feature, Sprint 'Ops' guy tunes out WorldCom, turns on The Weakest Link

Is Vodafone D2 delaying rollout? Or not? The German mobile market shudders at the implications

Eight new startups are emerging to fill the shoes of those that have quietly disappeared in recent months

After 7 months in limbo, Global Crossing is being sold to the same companies that wanted to buy it to begin with

$4 billion, $6 billion, who's counting? WorldCom's accounting scandal is growing by leaps and bounds

You'll go blind!

Intel and Cisco say they won't expense employee stock options. What's it all mean?

From our truth-in-advertising dept: why the much-vaunted Sprint 1xRTT rollout isn't really nationwide

Even though it claims to have a shipping product, startup Calix is cutting jobs to conserve cash UPDATED 5:00 PM

Silicon Optics says its software takes the guesswork out of designing the shape of complex photonic circuits

Japanese company says it can make waveguide chips at one-tenth the cost of conventional methods

The carrier posted more losses in Q2 and lowered its full-year earnings forecast and capex outlook

Existing investors are stumping up a fourth round to keep the multiservice switch startup alive

The ghost of a dead rabbit -- a mobile service that flopped -- is stalking the streets of London

Thousands of WorldCom employees look to be out of work, and they may not get their severance pay

Metro fiber player guns for more POPs, stronger Ethernet services

The Swedish operator seeks more time for its 3G rollout

This startup is working on multiple products and may be building a core router with 960 Gbit/s of capacity

The carrier's assets and operations continue in suspended animation, as it postpones its auction for the fifth time

Larry Carter would like to retire in May 2003, but Cisco CEO John Chambers may convince him to stay longer

Yep, the HipTop is finally here (sort of), but forget your gadget frenzy for a second and consider the business model

Steve Wozniak and David Hasselhoff -- together at last!

Cisco beats expectations on strong enterprise sales, but yearly revenues slide UPDATED 6:30 PM

Chipmakers need software help. Can this startup fit the bill? UPDATED 8/7 10:30 AM

Japan's No. 2 wireless operator is cagey about where it's going but could be getting on track with a WLAN rail partnership

Through big deals with Siemens and Fujitsu, ADVA Optical is flouting the slump

The broadband battle goes a step further, as the courts begin defending CLEC antitrust claims

BellSouth and Access Integrated Networks have relationship issues, and they're sorting it out in court

MCI/WorldCom will start charging customers in 11 states additional access fees starting September 1

European carriers still haven't worked out the kinks in GPRS pricing schemes

Teem Photonics buys the assets of its competitor Northstar Photonics. How are other EDWA startups doing?

The latest scuttlebutt has 360networks boss Greg Maffei interviewing for the not-yet-vacant CFO post at Cisco

The proposed merger of Avanex and Oplink has some shareholders worried. Are their reservations well founded?

Salomon Smith Barney analyst Jack Grubman ceased coverage of WorldCom today, as the stock fell to pennies

Vodafone's anti-Telstra stunt backfires as it faces fines for rugby streak

Breaker 1-9! Qualcomm is the latest company to hitch itself to the homeland defense gravy train

Is working with Northrop Grumman to get a slice of a multibillion-dollar 'Homeland Defense' project

With the fiber market crumbling around it, OFS filed a patent infringement suit against competitor FiberCore today

All's quiet on whether the US Department of Defense will reconsider its contract with WorldCom

Now Sprint is the last of the US carriers without two-way intercarrier SMS

Execs realign along metro and international market lines, with bigger role for Ed Kennedy, ex-Ocular CEO

Are OADMs the optical future? A Light Reading report claims that the OADM market is growing 52% a year

Hmmm, is someone getting ready for Sprint's CDMA2000 Launch?

Rumors that Cisco's CFO may quit under a cloud seem to have tanked the stock today

European wireless operators will begin generating serious revenue from GPRS and 3G networks, says the Wireless Oracle

Consolidation intensifies as ADC, JDSU, and Bookham make moves to lighten their components load

WorldCom's former CFO and controller face fraud and conspiracy charges UPDATED 6:30PM

SBC Communications misclassified $750 million in short-term debt. No biggie, says SBC

Building Optical Networks Digitally – Scott Clavenna

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