What's it mean when an analyst keeps recommending a falling stock? You might want to ask Vik Grover
Could Microsoft and AT&T Wireless's deal be the first harbinger of a tidal wave of crap arriving on your cellphone?
Its ertswhile partner has obtained a reprieve for Mobilcom; but even if it survives, its UMTS plans could be toast
Startups need to keep up appearances -- as Optical Switch Corp. has just discovered UPDATED 8/1 8AM
Verizon cuts 2002 guidance and capital spending again, but investors applaud quarterly earnings
Company melds Ethernet access with Sonet and has a two-pronged sales strategy
Redmond's redoubling its 'mobile worker' data push through a deal with AT&T Wireless
Caspian, Allegro, Movaz, and Centerpoint have all made cuts in the last two weeks. When will the bleeding stop?
Qualcomm works up WLAN/WAN wonders
Established chipmakers only want one thing from WLAN startups -- and that's some hot, dual-mode action
First-round financings are stabilizing, but investment levels overall are at a four-year low
Juniper introduces the T320, the entry box into the T-series. Could this be the reason Unisphere's MRX got canned?
3M and Shipley bid for the assets of bankrupt components startup Haleos in what's becoming a sign of the times
Doubles the capacity of its content-addressable memory chip, brags about low power consumption
A full 25% of Light Reading Index companies have been asked by the SEC to vouch for their earnings; one's responded
UMTS Forum gets with the program
Startup wants the industry to join it in embedding security for existing 802.11b WLAN systems
Qwest expects to restate its earnings for the past three years due to accounting irregularities. Sound familiar?
CIR says network management software revenues aren't falling that far, particularly for ISVs
After the Pringles maybe you could work off those extra pounds with cycle-powered WLAN
What will become of one of the largest data networks in the world?
Velio, TI and others form a group to address the problem of how to send 5- or 10-Gbit/s signals over the backplane
A worsening market and changing breakeven rates are forcing JDSU to make tough choices. What will the outcome be?
The optical access startup focusing on cable MSOs nails a $30M round of funding for hybrid coax/fiber networks
Internet backbone? Who wants a stinkin' Internet backbone in 2002?
DARPA is going beyond 3G, developing technology to use currently allocated spectrum up to 20 times more efficiently
UK operator makes its money back fast on 'celebrity' answering service (Bernie Ebbers is not among the voices)
Norway's telco is chugging along nicely, making a tidy sum from its mobile holdings at home and in faraway places
Pundits pick their spots on the continuum of hope, as carriers gear up for 2003 budgeting and RFPs
Ericsson and Nortel face revenue uncertainty as Group 3G puts its infrastructure plans on ice in Germany
Cisco announced its third acquisition of the year, yet another 'spin-in': Palo Alto-based AYR Networks
Vitesse halts work on new chips, effectively nullifying its acquisitions of Sitera, Xaqti, and Orologic
Digital Lightwave's quirky majority shareholder, Bryan Zwan, draws critics as losses mount
German banker says Deutsche Telekom will cash in its US mobile asset one way or another
Almost everything is up for France Telecom's mobile business, and its executives still insist 'the future's bright'
Internet Initiative Japan and Tokyo Electric Power Co. look to grab some data communications market share from NTT
Unstrung went looking for wireless, we ended up seeing stars
Virgin wants to get with the MTV generation, and its knighted figurehead doesn't care how he gets their attention
AT&T's president says WorldCom's troubles run deep and its customers will notice
Level 3's reported $1.1 billion bid for its bankrupt competitor, Williams, has been met with puzzled expressions
Spanish mobile operator is developing a reputation for putting itself about
And then there were five: partners Sonera and Telefonica Moviles cut their losses in Germany, close down 3G operations
It has a service trial with one mobile operator and is about to start with another, but which ones?
The European service provider market is still growing but faces unique problems, according to recent reports
The telecom access company announced losses but saw revenue grow and reiterated guidance
Quarterly results show telecom sales worsening, but Corning execs say they'll take any action needed to get profitable
Oh, give me a home where the businessmen roam, and the ARPU keeps growing all day
NYC's local Fox 5 News affiliate finds employees who say WorldCom invented a customer service exec
Doubts remain over CDMA's potential challenge to GSM in China, especially if Qualcomm remains rigid over its licensing
Palm uses IBM to crack corporate nut
After horrible Q3 numbers, Lucent plots job cuts in its wireless division
The 'latest' multiservice switches indicate a renaissance for ATM -- and a possible delay for MPLS
Former ONI Systems and Nortel executive takes his first CEO job at Optovation
Drumbeat of tough earnings news from SBC, AT&T, and Lucent weighs on the telecom sector
Groups representing competitive carriers blast FCC Chairman Michael Powell for blaming telecom woes on competition
Sir Richard promises an "eye-popping" display for Virgin's US launch
VoiceStream finally becomes T-Mobile US, but is now such a good time?
Off-the-shelf components are the future of the telecom systems market, claims Intel communications group CTO
Sonera and Nokia stick by their 3G timetable, but all signs point to little more than a media showcase
BellSouth doesn't ring up earnings as expected: It reports lower net income for Q2 and cuts its full-year forecast
Finally, Transwitch announces some of the products resulting from its Onex acquisition
Analysts say long-haul DWDM sales continue to plummet. Startups like Ceyba and Innovance are hanging tough
NTT DoCoMo's customers are strangely quiet over botched service
A lawsuit pokes into trades by execs and raises questions about a partnership called TOES Corp.
Telecom giant claims the crown for the largest bankruptcy in US history UPDATED 7/22 11:00 AM
Hey, July is National Cellphone Courtesy Month (August: National Corporate Honesty Month?)
Alternative infrastructure player has nowhere to go but down on Unstrung's Top 25 private wireless companies list
Network Equipment Technologies shows that having lots of cash and government business pays off in 2002
Shares plummet as pricing of rights issue makes the Swedish giant seem increasingly needy and uncertain
Nortel met analyst expectations, but more cuts are needed to get the company to breakeven
Cogent's new deal secures fiber at a time when the fate of some fiber sellers is unsure
For many years, WorldCom's Internet traffic counts were taken as the truth. Now that's all being questioned
On earnings eve, a Canadian class-action lawsuit accuses Nortel of cooking its books. But reaction is muted
Intel and friends are working on enabling roaming between their planned US WLAN network and existing 2.5G networks
The success or failure of mobile data services will determine whether carriers drown in debt, says Analysys
David Dorman will become the company CEO, probably by the end of the year: Sign o'the times?
AFC is one of the few optical stocks that hasn't become a single-digit midget. It must be the cash
Gigabit Ethernet player meets expectations and sees a slight increase in demand from US enterprise customers
UK venture capitalist MTI pulls out of an investment at the last minute, leaving ProtoDel in the proverbial
KDDI boss pits Asia against the Euros and Americans as he disses GSM and questions Vodafone's strategy
Y'see, selling cheap phones is the key
CEO Dunn is done doing double duty as CFO, but the new guy's an insider nobody knows
Market predictions for wireless technology are largely 'baloney' according to some analysts -- now they tell us!
Specialist firm BTG prepares to rake in the royalties after intellectual property office rules against SIM card giants
Top Cisco service provider exec Bill Nuti takes an East Coast job with Symbol Technologies. What's it mean?
Bullish analysts appear to have overhyped the free space optics market and are backhauling toward reality
Top Cisco service provider exec Bill Nuti takes an East Coast job with Symbol Technologies. What's it mean?
Tellabs' Q2 news isn't terrible. And being less than terrible these days may mean progress
Alcatel, a relative newcomer to the PON world, has won a key contract with SBC. What's it mean for other players?
Free-space optics vendor Terabeam is streamlining its workforce and adding new radio products
Intel, AT&T, and others are said to be plotting a nationwide WLAN network
Free-space optics vendor Terabeam is streamlining its workforce and adding new radio products
Proponents of Resilient Packet Ring technology want to lock down draft changes in September and finish in fall 2003
Southampton Photonics introduces a new fiber technology that could cut the cost of L-band amplifiers by 50%
Japanese giant sets up task force in Amsterdam to close further licensing deals
Readers fire in suggestions about government involvement and technological solutions for the telecom industry
Interoute appears to have bought the primary assets of the Ebone portion of KPNQwest for pennies on the dollar
Broadcom says it will have an 802.11a/b chipset on the market by Q4 -- but so do Intel and others
OnFiber says it's booking a million per month after acquiring Sphera. Is that enough to support a turnaround?
Swiss researchers have sent an 'uncrackable' quantum key over a 67km fiber link between Geneva and Lausanne
The incumbent's scouting core multiservice switches, sources say. Is this really good news? and for whom?
The fuss over Juniper's 2Q numbers today may have a simple explanation
Big Ron plans his Sommer vacation as the German government names its preferred successor for the Telekom CEO chair
We suspect there is one big reason why rumors about Microsoft acquiring Ericsson will come to naught
For a company unconvinced by the potential of WLAN technology, KDDI sure is spending a lot of time and energy on it
Intel VP sees WLAN as the new Ethernet and displays a strange fixation on hockey sticks, in this interview from London
A road trip to DC with fizzy pop, chips, and some base stations
Or rather, it's told its employees to take an indefinite vacation while it tries to raise a third round
Companies have met on technology solutions, but both dismiss merger rumors
Intel's VC arm has made a honking big profit from investing in communications startups
Regulator hits Telefonica Moviles and Vodafone where it hurts with interconnection rate cut
Analysts suspect some (legal) shenanigans in the accounts may be disguising some of Unisphere's revenues
Its entry into the hot mobile management software market is going to be lackluster and late
Merger of Telia and Sonera leaves a UMTS license up for grabs -- if anyone wants it
Continuum and Optimer have raised respectable funding for building components with ceramics or polymers
Could home-made lasers be on the horizon? Yes, if a hoaxy-sounding post on Slashdot is to be believed
Juniper is expected to announce headcount reductions and product cancellations on its 2Q02 earnings call tonight
Redback's revenues and losses remain lean, as it leans on Nokia for sales
Xalted files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, while White Rock Networks cuts staff UPDATED 07/11 6PM
Things look beret bleak for Alcatel as it becomes latest telecom company to have its debt downgraded to junk status
DoCoMo executive tells Unstrung it will be one to two years before its 3G service properly takes off
Japanese giant chews the fat with fellow Asia/Pac leviathans -- but, we cry, about what exactly?
OMD, an optical foundry, has gone into the UK equivalent of Chapter 11
Lucent shares have climbed nearly 40 percent in the past few days with no real catalyst
The FCC has asked an Appeals Court to reverse an unbundling decision that favors RBOCs
100 percent of respondents to a Light Reading poll say guilty WorldCom execs should be jailed (for a long time)
Unstrung turns to the lexicon in a bid to comprehend Virgin Mobile announcement
A published report suggests that AT&T and VoiceStream are in preliminary merger talks, but who's doing the driving?
Gent & Co. are waiting for the new grand fromage at Vivendi to settle on a plan of action before bidding for a bigger Gallic stake
Financing troubles and a grim market kill another core router maker
The market for tunable lasers is taking a long time to develop. So long, in fact, that some analysts are dropping out of it
Oren Shaffer, who briefly served as Sorrento's president and COO, is the new CFO at Qwest
Ciena lands a deal with Telefonos de Mexico, the AT&T of Mexico; experts say foreign deals are now key for the firm
Danish operator TDC is latest Euro carrier to go ape for 802.11b
The Big Problem – R. Scott Raynovich
Sources say handheld rivals are resisting a potential merger, but the market may force them to look again
Salomon analyst explains how he rated the stock from the company's boardroom, as WorldCom execs plead the Fifth
Core router maker shuts down after four years in business and more than $200 million in investment, sources say
Some investors pushed Yipes into bankruptcy in order to snatch more for themselves, charges former exec
Redmond opts to build its own Windows wireless network kit, posing a threat to Cisco, Intel, et alia
Mobile operators need to invest in billing systems and treat content creators better if they want to make money, report says
Level 3 raises $500 million via investments from Warren Buffett and others UPDATED 5:45PM
A box of Light Reading T-shirts has been stolen from Light Reading's Chicago sales office
The startup clinches a monster OEM deal, probably with Alcatel, for its Ethernet-over-Sonet boxes UPDATED 4:30PM
NTT's mobile behemoth regains new subscriber crown and seems to be adding cameras to anything it can lay its hands on
Buyouts remain the prime way to liquidity for venture-backed startups, but the opportunity is shrinking
Where are the fruits of Wozniak's wireless endavour?
Chapter 11 is almost a sure thing. Bondholders hope for a fast, clean process, but it's likely to get messy
Focus on your bottom line, not future ARPU - Ray Le Maistre
Adds Swisscom Mobile on top of BT deal, set to announce more telco customers for 802.11 kit
Savvis just raised an additional $20M, showing the importance of a focused strategy during a downturn
Report says they're winning lots of customers that nobody else wants
Psst, it's a secret -- the old Ortel gang has got back together again, making lasers and receivers
Some optical companies are extending the US and Canadian holidays this week to cut back on operational costs
Billing specialist pips ADC to buy up TelesensKSCL assets, including mobile operator client list
Stronger algorithm ties in with next-generation security, quelling authorities' fears of hacker breakthrough
Virgin and BeVocal find the lowest common denominator for the teen wireless market
Dropping your mobile down the toilet only comes in at number five in U.K. mishaps
Love the '3' but hate the 'G'? Hutchison Whampoa's got you covered
Lucent has sold its enterprise service business in an effort to focus on service-provider customers
America's leading SMS services company has reached 1 billion text messages a month but isn't holding its breath for MMS
Decision to ease rollout timeline makes little difference or does not go far enough, say UMTS license-holders
An old lawsuit reveals that Redback has been staking out the wireless equipment space for several years
An old lawsuit reveals that Redback has been staking out the wireless equipment space for several years
Verizon, using Nortel equipment, moves toward 'widespread' deployment of packet switches for its voice networks
New WorldCom CEO fingers former execs for the company's woes, but says new team can right the ship
Lucent announced availability of its new IP Service router, raising questions about its strategy in the edge-router market
Next-gen PDSN contender cuts staff but says it will have kit in customer networks by the end of the year
As global giant restates its rollout plans, market pressures drag stock price to four-year nadir
What's next for Procket? A source says it plans to sell to enterprise customers as well as service providers
Scion accidentally leaves its customer list lying around where Light Reading can find it
'Waves give me a headache,' says WHO boss
After buyout efforts fall apart, the Ebone portion of the KPNQwest network is shut down
WorldCom says it's reviewing financial statements as far back as 1999. What's left to find?
Light Reading has won widespread support from carriers for its plans to test grooming switches
ADC confirms rumors that it will close its tunable laser division in Järfälla, Sweden
These devices aren't stupid, they're just memory-constrained...
Tellium's stock was slammed after reporting it would only have $3 million in revenue for Q2 2002
Vodafone's Japanese operator says its W-CDMA trial isn't worth announcing. With just 160 on board, it may have a point
Report on Western European 3G says France has the best conditions for a successful UMTS market. C'est bon!
Stealthy startup took on $24M in funding in April and says it's going after the edge routing market
WorldCom may be the largest accounting scandal in US history, but it won't be the last, observers say.
Bad news for attention seekers -- scientists have developed a wood laminate that blocks mobile calls
