Tellabs prepares to cut, Mahi hires sales muscle, Nortel vet founds a startup, and Jedai is not dead yet
Startup says that running power over Ethernet cable can remove hidden costs of WLAN rollout
Cisco's new 10 GigE announcement matches competitors on performance and beats them on pricing
VPI's latest simulation software could slash system design times, but it's got a lot to prove first
Boasting Cablevision as customer, Internet Photonics unveils new gear for MSO video-on-demand
Vendor outlines WLAN strategy to a suspecting market
Dynegy will sell the rest of its telecom business to 360networks, in a deal that could be good for both companies
Companies such as Infineon and E20 aren't giving up, planning a new round of surface-emitting laser products
Cisco's orders are light going into the third month of the quarter, according to several sources
Texas carrier confirms it swapped its SanteraOne Class 5 switch for a Taqua box
A fiber cut affecting Allegiance, WorldCom, and MCI is believed to be the reason behind our Friday afternoon nap...
Enterprise product to ship in June will take on the wireless LAN startups
Lucent closes the books on shareholder lawsuits with a $568 million settlement
But its 802.11 services are hardly ubiquitous
It could be 2007 before North American public access hotspot owners start to make profits, predicts Gartner
Richard Perle resigns as chairman of a Pentagon advisory group after being criticized for a Global Crossing deal
It's handbags at ten paces as GSM Association head honcho hits back at Congressman’s 'ill-timed' jibes
Carrier completes a successful debt overhaul and recapitalizes; questions linger about sale of broadband subsidiary
Riverstone's revenues were as expected, but large reductions in gross margins signal more trouble UPDATED 3:30
Oh, dear: Our photo coverage of OFC continues
WaveSmith's got the break most startups dream of. What's next?
TI's aggressive tactics put pressure on 802.11b product prices, which are dropping by the week, says Lehman
The prospects for vendors of dedicated 802.11 security systems look enticing, says the Wireless Oracle
We came. We saw. We took pictures...
Startup Aelis claims a breakthrough in dispersion compensation, while others show off electronic techniques
One of Korea's big industrial conglomerates is aiming to become a big player in components and modules
Congressman rallies for CDMA rollout in post-conflict Iraq, slamming plans for 'outdated' European GSM tech
Its halting of trials of VT1.5 grooming switches could be very bad news for startup Polaris
An all-optical motherboard is one of several concepts the MEMS startup is pursuing
Short tenure as CEO of hotspot hopeful Cometa was not a flame-out, insists 'old fart' Larry Brilliant
Carriers say they're encouraged by next-generation optical switching demo conducted by 24 vendors
Vendor announces CDMA2000 1X launch in Nigeria, but it won’t be breaking out the Champa- er, Freedom Fizz just yet
Corvis says it may reduce its share in the acquisition, but deal continues to puzzle
A cheaper PON technology from Hitachi could be heading toward North America
Data revenues are on the rise in Western Europe, according to research firm, so those GPRS networks are under pressure
The former CTO of Avanex is now CEO of Arasor and is touting some nifty lithium niobate developments at OFC
Infonetics predicts N.American carriers will continue to slash capital spending in 2003. When will they stop?
A bunch of startups at OFC are aiming to help others make optical components and subsystems
Says a small amount of its router software was copied, but continues to fight lawsuit brought by Cisco
Incumbent equipment vendor delves into VLANs, GFP to help carriers blend Ethernet services with Sonet transport
The hot new trend in telecom optics is to get out of telecom optics, according to OFC's keynoters
Alarm bells raised over carrier billing strategies for new data services
Ernst & Young believes VCs and private equity investors will be attracted to the European wireless market in 2003
Vendor joins aging IPv6 supporters club, but doubts linger over future rollout
First-round investors pony up extra money for the startup as it unveils new waveguide amplifiers
Marty gets snubbed, LuxN backpedals, ex-Digilens workers get stiffed, Narad cuts, Novalux goes bankrupt
Injury forces Intel's Sean Maloney to the bench; CTO to substitute
And AT&T Wireless says any UWB interference issues will be resolved by the time it launches its 3G services
Has spring sprung? As Tellabs invests an undisclosed sum and integrates the product, romance is in the air
New remote access server features give Telliant a few more jobs in the carrier central office
Will announce reconfigurable silicon products for wireless network gear in June
UK company will unveil "the closest thing to an optical circuit board" at OFC this week
Vendors at OFC say the next-gen transceiver standard is advancing more quickly than expected
Announces a new customer and some equipment improvements but has yet to score big with an incumbent carrier
Global Crossing hired Defense Policy Board chairman Richard Perle to guide it through its regulatory problems
Targeting the metro core with broadband crossconnect, Sonet ADM, and optical switching functions
F5 Networks is suing Radware and two other companies for infringing on its cookie persistence technology
It’s Europe’s turn to drive wireless LANs, but has it learned its 3G lessons?
O2 Ireland is considering enhanced GSM technology, saying it may fit some niches for which 3G is unsuitable
Light Readers reflect worldwide debate on the impact of the conflict
Cheap-and-dirty WDM products hit the streets for the spring tradeshow season, but unresolved issues surface UPDATED 3/24 10:30 AM
Some companies are restricting international travel, but OFC officials say they still expect a good turnout
Plans to use technology from its Playstation and other consumer products to develop low-cost optical modules
This month's Optical Oracle spotlights the protocol that could help drive the next wave of telecom spending
RHK looks to go upscale by ceasing public distribution of basic market research data
New research finds that ultrawideband radios could interfere with 3G UMTS networks
Carriers agree WLAN roaming pact. Is Europe next?
A group of international researchers has broken the Internet2 Land Speed Record -- again
Enterprise networking giant moves in on fellow wireless LAN system vendor Linksys UPDATED 3:00 PM
Enterprise networking giant moves in on fellow 802.11 kit vendor Linksys UPDATED 3:00 PM
At OFC, startup will reveal its scheme for eliminating costly active alignment in packaging optical components
Microcomputing motes are just one of the out-there ideas being pursued by Intel's newish research division
It's one of several out-there ideas being pursued by Intel's research division
Jaw-jaw about war: What effect will the conflict with Iraq have on the wireless equipment industry?
Diving straight at Cisco, 3Com has entered a joint venture with Huawei to boost its IP switching and routing portfolio UPDATED 2/20 12:15PM
Sing me a song of network testing... a-rumpty-tumpty-tumpty-tum! fiddle-dee-dee, fiddle-dee-dee!
After two years of little action in the Web switching market, Extreme looks to be throwing in the towel
WLAN player sets its sights on more lucrative markets
CTIA hosts a film festival for movies made especially for mobiles. Mogul madness ensues…
Cisco's paying roughly $13.5M in stock for a small, cagey maker of voice processing software. Here's why...
World's largest mobile operator reports rising profits as it cuts back on spending over next three years
Former BellSouth exec Gary Forsee becomes new Sprint chief, but deal makes him 'CEO-who-can't-do-lots-of-stuff'
EV-DOes it for Verizon Wireless as it catches folk off guard with its next-gen data service offer
Vivato unveils its long-range hotspot box at the CTIA show and even names its price
German metro DWDM equipment vendor scores a fourth-quarter profit and shows market-share gains
Two established carrier equipment vendors seek merger for greater strength. Is it a good plan?
Long session setup delays exposed in tests of Sprint, T-Mobile, AT&T Wireless, and Verizon services at the CTIA show UPDATED 3/19 2:30PM
The company has two new partners using nanostructures to shrink the size of conventional optical components
Regains top spot from South Korea after adding more than 2M subscribers in 2002, according to Point Topic
Motorola product launches leave observers skeptical over its chances
Will 2003 be the year of location-based services? Only if privacy issues are overcome, says CeBIT panel
Acquisition of lackluster Commworks wireless router bemuses some, but CEO says there's method to his apparent lunacy
Execs earmark early May for Marconi's return to public trading – but they're bearish on sales
Zhone claims its new DSLAM product family, Raptor, is set to soar, and that it underprices its competitors
European companies take 802.11 technology on board but are cooler on Bluetooth, finds Frost & Sullivan
Nettest workers strike to avert layoff (huh?), Allegro waltzes off, Caspian cuts again, and others lose top dogs
Switch and Data says deal boosts business -- and it's actually growing
After a three-year RFP process, AT&T looks to be no closer to choosing a vendor for ultra-long-haul DWDM
Chip giant releases a Marvell-free PHY chip and (for 10-Gig) an XFP module
TeleGeography reports that submarine cable builds have finally come to a halt, with no new builds due until 2006
Ericsson's demo of its new push-to-talk system didn't exactly go as planned
A new competitor in New York is sneaking past the RBOCs via a back door in the last mile: utility rights-of-way
Will follow AT&T Wireless in offering customers 802.11 access via Wayport's hotspot network
Chipmaker says it could invest money on other WLAN switch startups, despite already investing in Vivato
Showgoers who want to use CeBIT's 802.11 hotspots must fork over major wads of cash
North American carriers have lit over 40 percent of key long-haul WDM connections, PointEast says
AT&T’s New Gods – Scott Clavenna
Chairman Steve Sharp will be at OFC courting potential buyers of certain Agere product lines
One more network-processor startup, Cognigine Corp., appears to be closing up shop
What made us laugh, cry, and roll our eyeballs at this year's CeBIT show in Germany
What made us laugh, cry, and roll our eyeballs at this year's CeBIT show in Germany
The hot issues surrounding location-based services will be discussed on March 15
In a surprising development 3Com is said to be getting set to re-enter the enterprise market via major acquisitions
Loose lips at a VC conference let the funding cat out of this startup's bag. Now it won't climb back in!
Startup plans to flesh out PON components for big contracts with help from Asian partner
It has the boxes, it has the customers, and it has the only official lab for interoperability testing. So what's next?
Cisco will probably need outside help with 802.11 hardware for service provider hotspots, says top exec
Intel-watcher puts a figure on the chipmaker's Centrino spend
Will companies with optical core solutions use coming tradeshows to seek the perfect match? UPDATED 3/14 11 AM
France Telecom move could make life hard for the tiddlers in this market
It's at the heart of a device that could save your life if your ticker misses a beat!
Says it's now serious about selling SDH multiservice provisioning platforms to European carriers
Marketing effort behind Intel's first 802.11b chipset could be bigger than the Pentium push
Radcom confirms GPRS concerns but reckons latest product will help make deployment easier
ECI repackages its metro transport and WDM technology for customer premises and access use
Wi-Fi Alliance says true access point security is almost with us. Well it would say that, wouldn't it?
German bully poised to pound the hell out of pasty-faced northerners -- it just doesn't know when
Their funding cut, a group of Korean switch engineers bolt St. Louis for the startup life in Orange County
The small Israeli company focusing on Layer 4-7 Web switches is expected to have another solid quarter
The OPTera Long Haul DT has new long-haul equipment; the pitch is longer reach for additional channels
The company leaps into IPv6 and beefs up its enterprise and wireless offerings
The company leaps into IPv6 and beefs up its enterprise and wireless offerings
Launches product at CeBIT that could give the low-cost access and metro technology a big boost
A startup service provider? Yes. It's taking advantage of cheap core bandwidth to offer low-cost VPN services
The chipmaker is lagging behind rivals in the 802.11 multimode race because it tried to go it alone on RF technology
Competition and broadband growth are healthy, but capex and several markets are shrinking, says Lehman report
A pending Supreme Court review could unleash a flood of antitrust complaints against the RBOCs
Networks division responsible for declining revenues; further cuts foreseen
CEO Russo says it's too early to quit the UMTS infrastructure market, despite Lucent's dearth of contract wins
CEO Patricia Russo offers cautious optimism at CeBIT, talks up DT contract, and says 'Ha ha ha' to Ericsson
Agere announces its dualmode chipset, while Broadcom now claims 3 million served. But who's more integrated?
Deal should bolster WCDMA's prospects in the Chinese market
Changes at Tellabs, Tropic trims, Quarry looks for quarry, Herring deader than a mackerel, 'decruitment' proceeds
After wobbling like a blancmange at the outset, sales of WLAN to service providers are forecast to go through roof
Foundry Networks seems to be bucking the industry's recessionary trend: What's its secret?
WLAN switch startup says it will spend Intel's cash on next-gen product using Intel silicon (natch!)
Teutonik Telko kicks off Europe's biggest tech show by announcing an enormous annual financial loss
Teutonik Telko kicks off Europe's biggest tech show by announcing an enormous annual financial loss
Enterprises with frame relay networks aren't rushing to IP VPNs, according to Vertical Systems Group
And that's just for starters. The former CEO of Corning won't need retirement cash anytime soon UPDATED 2:45 PM
We asked. You told us
Finally out of deep freeze, the 802.11a startup claims it's ready for an 802.11g world. But will it get burnt?
Hutchison 3G UK wants more money from its three shareholders, two of which appear reluctant to stump up
Research firm follows in Unstrung's footsteps with dire warning for corporates planning to use 'proprietary' WLAN kit
Heading into OFC, new startup bags $7M as it strives to make a video-on-demand dream come true
Bids for European hotspot dominance by acquiring Unstrung Top 25er Megabeam and Germany's WLAN AG UPDATED 3PM
PARENTAL ADVISORY: This story contains yucky photos of a dead snake and some telecom gear
Will Fortinet's launch of a new 4-Gbit/s antivirus firewall next week allow it to compete with the big boys?
CEO steps down, business development VP steps up as startup heads into next phase of Ethernet access campaign
In-Stat says broadband links are booming in so-called planned communities in the US. But they're not made of fiber
A survey of 350 IT managers in Western Europe shows that wireless spending is up this year, particularly on WLANs
A report from a Cisco reseller confirms that enterprise sales in the first quarter of 2003 will be down
Verizon has put its weight behind the Metro Ethernet Forum, which should accelerate Ethernet service rollouts
One small step for WLAN, one giant leap for pointless world records
Telecom recession. War. Doesn't sound like a fun combination, does it?
Hey, apparently times aren't that bad! A CLEC named NewSouth has landed $62.5 million in new funding
PWLAN newcomer plans a pub-based, 3,000 access point network called 'The Cloud' by the end of this year
Telecom recession. War. Doesn't sound like a fun combination, does it?
Meet Kireeti and Vach Kompella, two amiable brothers on opposite sides of the battle over VPLS standards
Unable to outrun a bad economy, the network processor startup looks for a fast exit through a sale
France Telecom says it lost a whopping €20.7 billion last year but insists that better times are around the corner
France Telecom says it lost a whopping €20.7 billion last year but insists that better times are around the corner
ADVA intros a smaller version of its FSP 3000 platform and talks up a deal with a German carrier
While Europe and Latin America offer some hope, North America looks grim for network suppliers, says Ericsson
Canada's Telus is a new investor in this circuit-to-packet migration startup with an access twist UPDATED 3/6 8AM
NVP Brightstar looks to recycle startups from BT's incubator. It's just the start, says a managing partner
SBC has been awarded the right to compete for government contracts worth $35 billion. Will it land them?
UTStarcom buys most of 3Com's CommWorks division for $100M in cash to gain access to North American carriers
UTStarcom buys most of 3Com's CommWorks division for $100M in cash to gain access to North American carriers
The pros and cons of ATM and Ethernet in access networks will be discussed by leading players on March 13
Whether MPLS has got what it takes to deliver on carriers' quality-of-service goals will be discussed on March 12
The issues surrounding one of the hottest technologies in the mobile market will be discussed on March 15
Operator group plans to use its muscle with suppliers and standards bodies, while members get vocal on billing issues
A symbol of the end of an era? The maker of all-optical switches is preparing to shut down on Friday
Startup's DLC upgrade kit seems to be catching on. Will its full-blown system do as well?
It's scheming to make its chips pervasive by attaching conditions to its investments in startups, says source
Corvis has won a partial legal victory in Ciena's patent lawsuit, but analysts say the company faces larger issues
Infonetics forecasts strong growth for security product revenues, predicts IDS/IPS products to hit mainstream
An OFC Top Ten – Jay Liebowitz
It could be on the cards if you consider how Cisco has cultivated the security and network management startup
Mahi gets new blood, Lucent makes cuts, Aralight says Buh-Bye, and execs find new ways to say 'You're fired'
Cable MSOs have wound up being the prime market for the optical packet node Atoga's offering
Says its extra cool RF power amplifier chips will cut base station costs and eat into Motorola's market dominance
Rumors say Cisco may discontinue some of its long-haul DWDM products
Zia Laser gets $5.4M to help it commercialize 'quantum dot' lasers; to present a paper at OFC
As tunable laser demos are scheduled for OFC, last week's OIF-based mulitsource agreement is disparaged by Agility
But the access specialist and hotspot newcomer might come out in (hot)spots once they've read the fine print
Joltage Networks' collapse may well be the starting gun that sends PWLAN investors racing for the exits
Digital Bridges cuts staff from WAP and SMS teams, announces further major European carrier relationships
Part of the startup's ongoing effort to survive by adding breadth; set to show its VOA mux at OFC
3G newcomer misses cheesy marketing opportunity, but it's now only days away from European milestone
