Cisco and others are set to announce improvements in existing products that will give them more B-RAS functions

Italian carrier breaks free of rosso tape after initial hotspot brouhaha

Traditional messaging giant is out of the starting blocks in MMSC race, but has it missed the gun?

VCs asked to dig deep as wireless LAN switch vendors start to ramp up commercial operations

ADC, Lucent, and Juniper are jumping on the convertible bondwagon, stoked by a revival of the market

Former Unstung editor's hamster dies, foul play not ruled out

One VOIP chip maker has a $15 million Korean contract; the other appears to be shutting down

Nokia gets a pat on the back and a kick in the pants for its efforts to motivate mobile content publishing

BellSouth, SBC, and Verizon promise fiber-to-the-home RFPs soon. Has PON's ship finally come in?

Corvis is getting the DISA deal, say stocktalkers. No wait, it's Cisco. Hold on... it could be Nortel... but no...

Renames its metro transport switches and introduces an upgrade to its Ocular platform

VCs asked to dig deep as wireless LAN switch vendors start to ramp up commercial operations

Jumbo Optics – Drew Lanza

Glasses tinkle as Notebaert talks about Qwest becoming 'a much stronger company' this year

Bill Quigley is bullish on optical technology transfer to the military. Will it work?

All is not well in 3G marriage, according to the scuttlebutters. Call the fire brigade?

Carriers are starting to use them to force vendors to openly bid against each other for work

Pumps up business continuity offerings with storage transport service. Does it go the distance?

The startup takes a break from OC768 to develop an Ethernet analogue to virtual concatenation

Bluesocket doesn't like Trapeze using the words 'secure mobility.' Jury still out on 'varekai, varekai'

Yes, that's billion

UK startup CacheLogic is offering ISPs a novel way of coping with avalanches of P2P traffic

With a $350M offering of convertible stock, is Juniper stocking up for a longer winter or feeling acquisitive?

Juniper is the latest routing vendor to beef up security in a bid to add new services to its routers

Marconi plans to resell Laurel's ST200 edge routers to the Feds

The long-rumored megamillion-dollar Fed contract is coming into focus... and everybody wants a piece of it

Migrates to the building premises, as the E500 platform is designed to make ring nodes out of customer sites

Alcatel shuffles Canadian jobs, Lasercomm sells its assets, Turin trims, Altamar goes on the block

Vodafone chief Chris Gent delivers swan song high but leaves incoming boss with 3G noose

The metro Ethernet startup has three new boxes on the way and claims it's shipping ports like mad

Startup looks for 'big brother' with a ticker symbol. Terms undisclosed, but there may not be many

Switch startups are in full speculation mode about Cisco's wireless LAN announcement next month

Pundits say that wired switch vendor Foundry could follow rivals into the wireless arena

The IEEE spec isn't officially done, but by July it should be good enough for vendors to ship equipment

Swedish startup says it's found a way to run CWDM and DWDM channels on one link

Most vendors dismiss potential 802.11g incompatibility issues at London show; only Nortel holds out for ratification

Europe’s carriers to rule hotspot market once roaming issues are overcome, say industry pundits

Double your pleasure... It's a phone! It's a torture device! It's both!

At 30 years old, Bob Metcalfe's brainchild Ethernet has an impressive string of knockouts. Will it rule in wireless?

At 30 years old, Bob Metcalfe's brainchild Ethernet has an impressive string of knockouts. Is Fibre Channel next?

Netscreen, Checkpoint, and Cisco have all recently launched a barrage of products to keep out the bad guys

It's racing Photuris to deliver reconfigurable metro networks, but Marconi appears to be way ahead of them

Petaluma startup Valo offers a few more details about its coming 'ultimate access system'

The all-optical switching firm whose development paralleled OMM's keeps in step: it closes up shop

Mellon HBV is on its way toward gaining more control. Can CoSine's owners hold tight?

Hype machine sent into overdrive at London event. Is there a spin doctor in the house?

The final version of 802.11g is nearly ready -- but will 'official' products work with 'pre-g' kit?

Ciena's latest quarter shows improvements, but the market is still a wild card, say executives UPDATED 3PM

ThreeFive Photonics's multi-wavelength receiver would have wowed equipment vendors a few years ago

Sources say Laurel Networks is being courted by the big boys, but she wants big bucks

Broadband Remote Access Servers are key to the future. But just a few vendors get the message, says LR Insider

Sonim boss expects consolidation around major infrastructure vendors in the PTT market as services roll out this year

Having sold its small network processors into routers and switches, Wintegra is eyeing the cost-conscious DSL market

Chiaro's Enstara has impressive technology, but the startup faces crazy odds in the service provider market

Financial results provide evidence of Europe’s 3G license ripoff

Starent develops workaround for operators wanting to offer PTT-like services on olde worlde cellular nets. Giddyup, gramps!

Carriers at MPLS conference report growing user demand for Layer 3 IP/VPNS

And we don't mean Etna! Just before launch, it discovers it hasn't got regulatory approval to offer its wireless service

The red raiders did their best to throw the match away, but finally notched a historic victory on fluffy Alameda turf

For $6.6M cash, JDS Uniphase acquires a packaging technology for undersea pump lasers from TriQuint

MCI plans a settlement of $500M with the SEC. Has the other shoe really dropped?

UK group raises hotspot targets but is it missing the point?

Renegade Wall Street analysts should get more than a wrist slap, say a majority of respondents in our latest Work Poll

Eight forums and alliances will stage demos at Supercomm. Will carriers see it as proof that stuff works together?

It's ended up with different, incompatible softswitches in North America and elsewhere

West beats East in the first leg of what could evolve into the football rivalry of the decade (but probably won't)

Canadian 'hotspot-in-a-box' vendor becomes first partner to provide a front end for Juniper's wireless B-RAS play

The carrier formerly known as WorldCom still has several rungs to scale in its climb from disgrace

The T1 mux master looks for rejuvenation in the Ethernet access market

HP's new wireless LAN security devices are actually rebadged Vernier appliances, sources say

Western Europe’s hotspot minnows are set to struggle as revenues sliiiiiide

The 7301 could help carriers boost revenues by addressing limitations of Alcatel's flagship product

Alcatel offers $150M in stock for IP/MPLS routing startup

Fixed-line carrier causes a commotion with high-profile GSM deal

Shares in the new company will start trading on Monday. Potential acquirers could be in the wings

Unstrung Webinar reflects plenty of interest... and plenty of contoversy

Stackable 24-port DSLAM will be on show at Supercomm and is already in trials in India

Industry association tries to drum up support for its database of approved Wi-Fi hotspots

Cypress Semiconductor is willing to risk its 10-Gbit/s stake to put emphasis on access networks. Good move?

Ultra wideband prop-heads get down to details at the IEEE standards meeting

Europe's largest carrier posts higher than expected Q1 profits, plans to expand its wireless business

France Telecom ISP to stake claim on Europe’s SOHO market

To tackle circuit emulation, this chip startup's focused on Sonet timing over packet networks

Ten-Gig Ethernet testers are making the scene in greater numbers, heralding an uptick in product rollouts UPDATED 5/29 11:30 AM

Équipe downsizes, Ciena and Juniper shuffle sales, Zagros and Essient call it quits, but Bandwidth9 lives on

Big Mo has made an undisclosed investment in the small Petaluma startup, giving it more OEM power

Europe's largest carrier posts higher than expected Q1 profits, raises its guidance for the year

New wireless multimedia spec will live side-by-side with wireless LAN, says the man from 802.15.3

Avanex has grabbed the last big spot at the optical-components table. How's the meal shaping up?

Fails to reduce its debt and is forced to seek bankruptcy protection

Edge routing startup TiMetra is looking for a big brother, sources say. Is anybody up for it?

AFC founder says the company isn't doing enough with its cash

Philip Anschutz is first of several execs targeted by NY Attorney General for payback of IPO funds

Hutchison shifts boss of successful Italian operator to the UK in effort to boost disappointing subscriber numbers

Websites crash after Boston's neverending construction project crashes on Allegiance Telecom's POP

Websites crash after Boston's neverending construction project crashes on Allegiance Telecom's POP

BellSouth's the latest ILEC to start serious deployment of MPLS/IP in a regional backbone. Will it go national?

Verizon pushes WLAN access as a sweetener for its DSL subscribers

The former Ocular team leads Tellabs into the IP/MPLS market with the acquisition of startup Vivace

It's a juggernaut!

Will acquire Alcatel Optronics and assets of Corning's components division in $63.5m deal *UPDATED 5/13*

Optical transport solutions targeting the cable MSO market surface at the Cable-Tec show in Philadelphia

The company plans an undisclosed number of job cuts, says 'foundation engineering effort' is largely complete

It went back into profit in the first quarter of 2003, thanks to healthy growth of mobile revenues

Its new IPSG+ will target wireless and DSL aggregation, but is the faster chipset too late for the ailing company?

Its new IPSG+ will target wireless and DSL aggregation, but is the faster chipset too late for the ailing company?

Reemerges as an independent optical components startup after being acquired by Finisar

Finances are moving along, but a hoped-for buyout may be delayed

Upgrades its flagship edge router so that it can be used to furnish services over DSL access infrastructure

802.11 contender finds it has room at top for its VC. Expects to announce new funding soon. Co-inkydink?

Rumor has it that the RPR startup is for sale and that NEC has said no thanks

The startup's laid off one third of its staff but sees light at the end of the long-haul tunnel

Many of Jack's stock opinions were dead on... too bad he didn't share them with the investing public

PMG? Criiikey!

Marconi says it's in talks with the edge routing startup. An OEM deal rather than an acquisition looks likely

The operator's US branch pioneers a single bill for both cell phone and wireless LAN hotspot services UPDATED 5/9 11AM

Carbon nanotubes, touted as possible transistors of the future, could be a light source as well

Lucent and Fujitsu make gains as the market lowers its sights... again

DoCoMo, KDDI post profits and breathe life into fledgling 3G market

The UK carrier is extending its MPLS backbone in the US, but don't expect a monster contract

Rival proposals for line-code standards are being put to the test in the 'VDSL Olympics'

Thanks to SARS and a crapulous economy, the Supercomm show looks more interesting and less predictable

Thanks to SARS and a crapulous economy, the Supercomm show looks more interesting and less predictable

Our homage to Jack Grubman and all things grubby debuts on Light Reading's home page

Cisco engineer no longer involved in thin access point point work at the IETF

T-Mobile USA splashes $300M on more network upgrades; but no word on when it will actually launch EDGE services

One tester, many options. That's what customers want, says Ixia, pointing to a trend toward 'multilayer testing'

Says it's expanding IP VPNs along with other services, and aiming to make MPLS the glue that holds it together

PCTEL unveils Windows-based software that can turn a PC into an access point

All fingers point to KPN for purchase of failed German carrier’s 3G assets

Sticking to its guns and not making moves to sell, despite investor requests to do so. Sprint offers support

Says its N4901A 13.5-Gbit/s tester will slay the competition for serial bit error rate testers

Cisco appears to stay out of the economy's death-grip with profits, though revenues and guidance remain flat

The Ethernet DWDM startup eschews VCs and gets a 'vote of confidence' in the form of $10M in bank credit

Nortel beefs up its Contivity VPN gear to go after higher-end users

'Ahoy! Have ye seen the Grrreat Bluetooth?' GPRgonauts put to sea...

CMOS transceivers running at 10-Gbit/s could help solidify a place for programmable chips on line cards

A tiny buyout and a letter of intent mark baby steps in Euro hotspot market. They have in their hands a piece of paper?

Procket, CopperCom, and others make cuts, while Pelago and Transparent sell their assets

It's time to update our Master list... and you can help!

The upcoming 'Frea' follows an industry trend of emphasizing how RPR and Sonet can be friends

Frank Plastina, once whispered to be the next leader of Nortel, has surfaced at the third-largest wireless LAN vendor

Frank Plastina, once whispered to be the next leader of Nortel, has surfaced at the third-largest wireless LAN vendor

Seen as a late but important move to block cable operators and their triple-play plans

Lucent, Juniper say their marketing deal won't affect existing wireless infrastructure relationships

Months after it was first reported, Lucent and Juniper officially team up for IP migration

RPR’s New Guise: The Packet ADM – Scott Clavenna

What's coming down the pike, according to the vendors building 802.11 kit

April's Unstrung poll provides glimmer of hope for network slump

Sprint employees and retirees are gearing up for the May 13th stockholder meeting

Paralleling its Sonet product line, the chip maker plans a switch fabric targeting Fibre Channel

Components maker sees its share price sail skyward (well, around $1, anyway), but no one seems to know why

Its merger with Santera marks another milestone on a so-far-successful trip away from test equipment

Magazine relaunches as Light Reading Website covering telecom software, publishes Top 10 ranking of startups

George W. Bush has chosen some top telecom execs to serve on his telecom security advisory committee

Joel Arnold is among those being investigated by federal prosecutors as part of a criminal investigation at Qwest

The market for Frame Relay services isn't going anywhere but up for the near term, says Vertical Systems Group

Former Clarity Wireless execs are working on what sounds like (yet) another WLAN switch

No shindig this year for Asia’s wireless techies

IETF draft does not signal its intent to develop 'dumb' access points, says Cisco

Tellium beat its own revenue projections for Q1, but losses continue and cash is still burning

Cisco has first WLAN phone but sees obstacles to offering combined LAN/WAN handset

The network of the future, according to Stitt -- and why customers shouldn't buy from wireless startups

How significant is Ciena's deal with BT as a 'strategic partner' for its new optical backbone? UPDATED 1:40PM