Nortel obtains new waiver from Export Development Canada related to its delay in filing financial statements

Proximion receives order for its Wistom Optical Layer Monitor system

Insight Communications places multiple orders for the Cadant C4 Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS)

Oki increases revenues by 13.6% to ¥319.7B; cuts net loss from ¥10.5B in the first half of last fiscal year to ¥2.9B

Mike Nishiguchi is appointed president and CEO of ExceLight Communications

Zarlink expands portfolio of digital timing chips for networking

Nortel Networks declares Preferred Share dividends

Endavo announces two partnerships, including a critical component to its plan to launch a nationwide IP multicast network

Alliance Fiber Optic Products Inc. reports results for third quarter of 2004

Packet Design's Route Explorer 3.0 adds root-cause analysis for BGP networks

Alcatel Shanghai Bell delivers next-gen network infrastructure solutions powered by Continuous Computing

Tekelec announces record Q3 results; achieves orders of $150.8 million and revenue of $106.6 million

ADVA achieves 3Q04 revenue growth and record pro forma operating profitability

Verizon Communications' Q3 revenues increase 6.7% to a record $18.2 billion; wireless revenues up 23%

Infogate Online introduces improved broadband bandwidth utilization for video-on-demand services

Revenues of $718M were helped by currency exchange movement -- were up 0.8%, but down 1.4% on a constant currency basis

Posts revenues of €12.05B, up 3.5% year on year, and first ever increase in market share of fixed long-distance telephony in France

Alcatel posts 'solid performance' in Q3, with net income of €84M, and is on course to double-digit profitability, says CEO

Telenor increases revenues by 16% to NOK 15.6B; sees 'explosive' growth in broadband, and brings forward expansion plans for ADSL

AEP Systems expands sale of its SSL VPN into Europe and Israel by partnering with RanTek and Trekdata Technologies

Statement from Song's board of directors recommends shareholders accept TDC's acquisition offer

Report examines the market for a new class of metro gear that will transform the coverage and commercial potential of public-access WiFi

Revenues were a record $4.9M, a 32% increase from last year, but its net loss also increased 4% from last year's Q3

BJ Services, a leading provider of pressure pumping, selects AT&T to handle increasing network demands with a three-year, $7.2M contract

Omron lowers the threshold for control over 100-Mbit/s Ethernet by integrating a 100BaseTX Ethernet interface on its smallest modular PLC

Sprint extends its MPLS VPN offering to over 100 countries in Europe, Asia, and Latin America

Allot Communications announces its sales have tripled within the last 24 months

Marconi releases new management software for its Core Transport Node

Fall in information services revenue contributes to increase in net loss; from $147M in Q2 to $171M

Cube Optics, manufacturer of miniaturized fiber-optic components, appoints Francis Nedvidek as CEO

Nortel provides latest update; now expects to file its 2003, 1Q04, and 2Q04 results in November and its Q3 results in December

Marconi will open its first Next-Generation Multiservice Networks Centre in Shanghai to trial new services

Marconi adds agnostic switching card to its Access Hub, to handle migration from ATM to IP networks

AboveNet launches wide-area Ethernet virtual private line service

Scarlet Telecom uses Allied Data's integrated access devices to offer voice-over-DSL services

NTL launches Broadband Lite entry-level services for small businesses

President J. Francois Crepin leaves 'to pursue other business opportunities'; Ron Cates joins as VP of sales & business development

OptoTest's new OP831 bi-directional insertion loss meter streamlines singlemode and multimode fiber optic testing

Revenues were $43.6M, up $5.8M from last year, for a net loss of $37.1M ($1.13/share), down from a loss of $47.2M ($2.27/share)

Diversified Technology releases the ATC5231 Dual Processor Blade for symmetrical multiprocessing platforms in carrier-grade solutions

C9 Networks’ new C3000 wireless headend extends cable’s service offerings to include WiFi

Gigabit IPsec security processors released to production; EION Wireless integrates Hifn security processor in its broadband gateways

Asset InterTech's ScanWorks is the first JTAG system capable of testing high-speed 1- to 10-Gbit/s serial buses

Continuous Computing debuts Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture (ATCA) portfolio, enabling advanced 3G wireless and VOIP solutions

Alfalight begins development of wavelength-stabilized high-power laser diodes for $3.8M contract from Air Force Research Laboratory

Broadcom names Scott A. McGregor as president and CEO

Agere reports revenues of $439M, down from $504M a year ago, for a net loss of $127M compared with net income of $11M

ECI Telecom introduces its new XDM-50, a miniature MSPP

Operax and Caspian Networks partner to deliver end-to-end guarantees for multiservice networks

Bandwidth.com launches nationwide business VOIP

iDirect Technologies achieves 100th satellite hub sale to Telenor

Verizon selects Motorola to provide infrastructure and customer premise equipment for video services on FTTP network

Qwest Communications upgrades US Department of Energy's research communications network

Nortel Networks, Foundry Networks announce patent license agreement and settlement of lawsuits

Tunisia Telecom creates new nationwide broadband network with Huawei and Redback

Satlynx selects Encore Networks to provide VPN solutions over broadband satellite networks

Revenue grew 16% to $284M, for earnings of $46M or $0.11 per share, compared with a loss of $65M or $0.16 in 3Q03

Alcatel expands its OmniSwitch 6000 enterprise workgroup product family for commercial and miltary networks

BATM announces OEM supplier agreement with Alcatel and new contract with major European carrier

Softbank acquires Cable & Wireless IDC for £72.4M; C&W retains network capability in Japan with two data nodes

AFC reports net income increased from $9.3M or $0.11 per share in 3Q03 to $17.3M or $0.19 per share

ZTE will open a manufacturing facility in Algeria to strengthen its position in North Africa and the Middle East

Calix president and CEO Carl Russo has been appointed to the USTA's board of directors

Riverstone showcases next-generation carrier Ethernet solutions at PT/Expo Comm China 2004

Multiservice Switching Forum announces the successful completion of its Global MSF Interoperability 2004 (GMI 2004) event

Array Networks names Andrew C. Wang, former chairman and CEO of Mobile Telesystems, to its board of directors

Former ADC chairman and chief executive officer Bill Cadogan named chairman and CEO of Mahi Networks

AMCC to leverage proven switch fabric architecture to enable advanced services in demanding packet-over-Sonet and Ethernet applications

Narad launches next-generation passive architecture and new pricing for cable operators' commercial services rollouts

Fortinet enhances FortiGate network security platform to increase performance, flexibility, and security for small/medium businesses

AT&T provides networking services to employment services company Randstad and equipment rental company United Rentals

Telefónica disagrees with UK Internet Federation's view that Ofcom is responsible for ISPs being priced out of the market

Philippine Long Distance Telephone signs three-year deal to offer Avaya's new hosted IP telephony and contact center solutions

China FTTH Forum opens annual conference in Beijing to promote the development of fiber-to-the-home

BellSouth posts earnings per share of $0.46, compared with $0.48 in the third quarter of 2003

New 100km backbone extension takes EuroFiber's fiber-optic network to 1,800km and 18 cities in the Benelux region

RAD Data Communications enables connection of Gigabit Ethernet traffic over STM-1/OC-3 lines with its RIC-155GE converter

Stargen appoints Ralph Schmitt, EVP of sales, marketing, and business development at Cypress, to its board of directors

Check Point Software upgrades its internal security gateway, InterSpect, with the release of version 2.0

Ciena unveils go-to-market strategy and new identity as 'network specialist'

Quake Technologies announces its has shipped its 100,000th unit of 10-Gbit/s Ethernet chips

Cogent has acquired the assets of Aleron Broadband, including customers, network, employees, and working capital

Layer N Networks changes its name to Britestream Networks and announces availability of its BN1010 self-contained security NIC

LeCroy introduces jitter measurement solution that allows for measurement correlation with TIA and sampling oscilloscope methods

Bashinformsvyaz, telecom provider in the Russian Republic of Bashkortostan, selects Marconi equipment for SDH services

Cisco's CallManager 4.1 IP telephony system extends voice media and signaling encryption support for the 7940G and 7960G Cisco IP phones

Liberty Media International acquires 14% indirect interest in Belgian cable operator Telenet

AboveNet subsidiary AboveNet Communications UK launches the first phase of its new Ethernet network, Metro-Ethernet

Revenues increased 33% year on year for a net loss of $184,000, which was down from $1M in 3Q03 and the lowest in four years

RCS&RDS Group deploys Alcatel's 1000 voice switching system to offer voice services to its Internet, data, and cable TV subscribers

ZTE showcases wireless and NGN products at Expo Comm China

WilTel Communications collaborates with Nortel and EMC to develop StorageXtend, a storage-over-Sonet service

VOIP provider Telio announces a European Flat Rate for unlimited calls to Western Europe and North America; partners with InterNLnet

Highwave appoints Philippe Brégi, former CEO of Avanex France and COO of Alcatel Optronics, to its advisory board of directors

Agilent introduce new OmniBER OTN products offering jitter accuracy maps and advanced next-generation Sonet

Empirix introduces Hammer XMS, its new next-generation monitoring system

Heavy Reading foresees commercial launch of first-gen WiMax products next year, but overcrowding will lead to an early vendor shakeout

ServiceFactory completes EUR 5.5 million financing round

China's Optiviva announces the general availability of its patented MEMS VOA product line for optical networking applications

Huawei Technologies and Fibernet Group convene carriers to discuss Ethernet opportunities

Ericsson reports solid Q3 -- net income was SEK4.8B, compared with a net loss of SEK3.9B in 3Q03

Sales stall at $50M, as previously announced, but are expected to climb to more than $72M in Q4

Revenues climb 39% over last year, to $30.1M, while net income reaches $4.7M, or 7 cents per share

Completes the deal announced Aug. 24

Broadcom reports record net revenue for the third quarter of 2004 $646.5 million

TriQuint Semiconductor Inc. announces results for the quarter ended September 30, 2004

Scientific-Atlanta reports Q1 earnings of $55.9M, or $0.36 per share, on sales of $452.7M

Emcore, MergeOptics, Opnext, Quake, and WaveSplitter form industry trade group to promote the Ethernet LX4 standard

Visual Networks announces the opening of its new European headquarters

University of Washington chooses Looking Glass dark fiber

Packeteer Inc. announces third-quarter financial results

C-COR reports financial results for first quarter of fiscal year 2005

SBC Communications delivers second consecutive quarter of revenue growth

AT&T announces third-quarter 2004 earnings

Avici Systems reports third quarter 2004 results

Cisco announces intent to acquire Perfigo, developer of packaged network access control solutions

Alltel's earnings per share of $1.05 were up 35% from 3Q03, thanks to strong wireless and broadband growth

Net income of $4M or $0.03 per share was up from $2.6M or $0.02 per share the previous year

Revenues for Zarlink Semiconductor were up 26% year on year to $58.8M; expects lower revenues in Q3

Anritsu introduces high sensitivity 10 Gbit/s photodetectors

France Telecom and Cisco announce collaboration to develop Cisco-based managed IP services for major corporations

Telenor sells its 4% share in satellite company Intelsat for $129M

Equant sells its 49% shareholding in Radianz to Reuters for $110M, brining joint venture agreements to an end

Verizon announces new FTTP deployment in six more states, bringing the total to nine; will hire 3,000 to 5,000 new employees

Interoute deploys additional Sonus equipment to meet demand for its Virtual Voice Network

C-COR to acquire nCUBE, provider of On Demand media and digital advertising systems, for $89.5M

MidStream Technologies expands its product line with the V2 Video Server, intergating PC platforms with its X2 Streaming board

Huawei introduces '[email protected]' solution for the delivery of NGN, broadband, and value-added services

New report sizes up integrated SRM and storage management

As predicted, revenues fall to $71.2M, while GAAP net income hits $6.3M, or 3 cents per share

Losses increase to $12.5M, or 24 cents per share, as revenues dip to $21M

Ciena chooses Ample for Gigabit Ethernet chips

SBC selects Alcatel as primary supplier for Project Lightspeed in $1.7 billion deal

BtNAccess deploys Kagoor's session controllers

ECI Telecom's Raman technology increases regional and long-haul networking capabilities

Chiaro Networks' Enstara platform demonstrates high-reliability techniques in Isocore leading-edge MPLS testing

RadiSys announces ATCA-based platform for blade server applications

Broadwing Communications launches Broadwing PRIorityConnect

Third-quarter loss fell by 11% year-on-year from £35.7M to £31.8M; outlines profit plans

Broadwing opens television operations center in Columbia, Maryland

Viola Networks announces revenue growth and new release of its IP network assessment and monitoring software

Engineers in Japan, Canada, US, the Netherlands, and Switzerland complete world's longest native 10-Gig E circuit

Adtran NetVanta products power network for Asian Cup

Check Point delivers new version of SmartView Reporter

Ericsson awarded MTNL broadband access contract in India

Netrake and Camiant partner to leverage CableLabs’ PacketCable Multimedia specification for SIP-based VOIP

'With net income of $1.14 billion, Lucent posts first profitable year since fiscal 2000'

Russian telecom player Sistema selects Tandberg Television to provide IPTV decoding, encoding, and streaming solutions

Net.com adds new features to its ShoutIP platform, including SIP registration

Adax adds redundancy to its signaling gateway for high availability

RNK VOIP selects Lucent's Compact Switch to enhance its voice-over-IP services

Path 1 video-over-IP gateways enable delivery of live high-definition video from Beijing and Rome to Seattle

Net loss for was $3.8M, or $0.11 per share, compared with net income of $702,000, or $0.03 per share, reported in 3Q03

Former Nortel exec David Caspari has been appointed VP of Cisco's service provider operations for the Asia/Pacific sales region

Dune Network provides packet forwarding switching device based on the Intel IXP28XX network processor

HyWire announces its HyCEM classification engine manager for security and Quality of Services (QOS) applications

Highwave Optical Technologies reports 40% growth in revenues in Q2 compared with 2Q03

Revenues were $61.1M, down from $67.4M last quarter but up from $25.1M last year, for a reduced net loss of $18.3M ($0.06/share)

The Lucent Retirees Organization asks the SEC to include Lucent in its examination of financial transactions of corporate pension plans

Lucent provides equipment for the T-Com's new EthernetConnect business services

Siemens integrates Mediatrix Gateways into its Surpass VOIP solution, allowing Swiss-based SOLPA to roll out residential IP telephony

Westell sells several product lines from its network service access business unit to Enginuity Communications

Interprovider MPLS service allows MPLS-based service providers to seamlessly extend IP VPN service reach beyond their region

Isocore announces opening of the 7th annual MPLS Conference

F5 introduces iRules to the enhanced DevCentral developer community Website with the latest release of its BIG-IP product

Odyssey HealthCare implements TippingPoint's UnityOne intrusion prevention systems

Spirent launches global services initiative and provides IPv6 testing for Multiservice Switching Forum's GMI 2004 demo

Analogix and Synopsys complete interoperability testing of SerDes solutions over Tyco Electronics's HM-Zd Legacy Backplane System

Occam Networks elects Thomas Pardun and Robert Bylin to its board of directors

Shanghai Mobile has migrated TDM-based billing traffic to its IP backbone using RAD's MegaplexT-2100 integrated access multiplexers

Netrake announces two-phase product enhancements for its nCite family of session controllers

Albis Optelectronics receives ISO 9001:2000 certification for its complete operations including product development, production, and sales

AT&T responds to 'false allegations' made by the Communications Workers of America (CWA)

FlexLight Networks has been awarded formal certification to import its optical access equipment into Russia

Verio introduces Remote Backup solution, which automatically stores a company's critical data in a Verio Premier Data Center

Loss per share was $1.32 for an operating loss of $2.7B, including a $3.5B long distance asset impairment charge

Foundry appoints VP of Layer 4-7 application switching and management sales, sales VP for Western North America, and VP of HR

Telenor has decided to step up its ADSL rollout plans, to reach 90% of Norway's population by the end of 2005

Communications Workers of America protest AT&T layoffs

EXFO announces its PON Power Meter has been selected by a Tier 1 network service provider for FTTP deployments

Newport Technology Fund relaunches as Neo Technology Ventures, with a renewed focus on early stage IT, Media, and Telecom technologies

Axiom Systems provides its Faststream for IP-VPN solution to Telecom New Zealand for service provisioning and activation

NDC selects WilTel's MPLS IP VPN and colocation infrastructure services to power its new multi-state IP communications backbone

Wavium delivers wavelength switching equipment to EuroFiber, provider of dark fiber networks in Belgium and The Netherlands

Alan Lowe, Former CEO of Interoute and SVP of BT Global Networks, joins Corvil as global managing director of service provider sales

General Bandwidth appoints new VP of worldwide sales and VP of marketing

Ekrantelecom awards Teledata Networks a $12M contract to deliver its BroadAccess integrated multiservice access platforms (IMAPs)

Xilinx introduces GFP Mapper IP core for its flagship Virtex-4 FPGAs

Intel announces two new families of network processor units for communmications and embedded networking applications

Xelerated doubles the throughput of its Xelerator X11 processor for Ethernet applications

Infinera raises $52M in additional funding to expand market coverage of its photonic integration technology

Net income of $479M, or $0.20 per share, was up 313% from the previous year

Arlon Martin, recently VP of sales and marketing at Agility Communications, joins Kotura

Losses and revenues both hit $8.3M, with losses translating to 9 cents per share

Agere Systems proposals for enabling new converged networks are accepted by international and US standards groups

Capella Photonics closes $6 million in series C funding and expands sales and marketing

Alcatel and Verizon target SMBs with managed communication services solutions

Acme Packet demonstrates session border controller at Global MSF Interoperability 2004

New version of Packet Design's Route Explorer offers visibility into MPLS VPN infrastructure

Polychromix receives National Science Foundation grant

C-COR expands business development team in Asia Pacific with three cable industry veterans

Amedia Networks and LB&T announce a European marketing initiative for FTTP systems

TeraChip announces four new fabric interfaces for OC48 and OC192 applications

VOIP is moving from early-adopter to mass acceptance despite still small numbers of users, Probe Group concludes

Optical Solutions is awarded FTTP contract from Dickey Rural Networks of North Dakota

Critical Telecom supports for the FCC 'Deep Fiber' ruling, allowing RBOCs to deploy fiber in the access network 500 feet from the home

AMCC addresses convergence of multi-protocol data networks with Mission Access

Allied Telesyn ships IPv6 switch powered with the EZchip NP-1c

Lucent Technologies ships 2500th Stinger DSL broadband access system to Telekomunikacja Polska

Aeluros raises $10 million in series B financing round

Spirent Communications announces triple-play testing, network assessment service, and trunking protocol support on its Abacus 5000

StarGen has achieved a major business milestone by shipping 250,000 StarFabric ports into 75 product designs worldwide

Veraz Networks announced its Midcom-based open standards initiative for border gateway control (BGC) capabilities

New Fulcrum Microsystems PivotPoint device offers flexible, low-latency interconnect for multi-gigabit designs

Sandburst introduces the QE-2000 next-generation traffic manager device

Hammerhead Systems announces Jack Reeves as VP of global sales

Sumitomo Electric Networks and NEC Magnus use Ikanos's chipsets

Corrigent Systems establishes subsidiary in Japan

Altera opens sales office in Osaka, Japan

IDT offers next-gen solution comprised of its network search engines with dual LA-1 interfaces and AMCC’s nP3700 NPU family

Swan Labs introduces NetCelera enterprise application shaping solutions

Cisco and Microsoft join forces to help customers address security threats

F5 Networks deploys Cavium Networks' Nitrox security processors across BIG-IP switch family

Foundry enhances integrated WLAN solutions

Radcom integrates 105 test line capability in its Omni-Q voice-over-packet quality monitor

Iowa Network Services completes testing of MetaSwitch's VP3500 series Class 5 softswitch for VOIP and SS7 interconnection

HyperTransport Technology Consortium announces Specification 2.0 compliant devices are now available from member companies

Telution adds IP service ordering capabilities to its OSS software with the COMX NextGen IP Portal

MPLS/Frame Relay Alliance supports IP telephony and multimedia applications with two new IAs on scaleable bandwidth reservation

White Rock claims to set 'land speed record' for Sonet network element software download

Will take an impairment charge on long-distance network assets, then cut its workforce by up to 700, mostly in sales and support

MetaSwitch demonstrates VP3500 Series softswitch for PSTN migration at Global MSF Interoperability Event

NTT-ME will distribute Copper Mountain's VantEdge 3300 Access B-RAS under its NTT-ME Global WAVE product portfolio in Japan

FCC grants BellSouth's petition for unbundling relief for fiber-to-the-curb (FTTC) loops

Current Communications Group and Cinergy applaud FCC's decision to affirm deployment of Broadband over Powerline services

MERA releases new version of its MVTS session controller

Tekelec completes acquisition of Steleus; modifies terms to pay $55M in cash, instead of $29M in cash and $27M in stock

Sales of £305M were up 6% compared with Q1 and in line with Q2 -- 'consistent with full year guidance'

Telindus France signs agreement to deliver Sandvine's traffic management and worm mitigation products to broadband ISPs in France

Telvita launches Fidelio VOIP telephony service, providing SMEs with private network and long distance service

Tele2 acquires UTA, an alternative telecom operator in Austria

Revenues climb to $21.3M, while losses drop to $2.3M, or 3 cents per share

Riverstone Networks reports preliminary revenue for second quarter; Riverstone gets Grant Thornton LLP as its accountant

Juniper reports $375.0 million in net revenues for the third quarter

Anagran Inc. receives $8.0 million in funding

Nortel Networks provides status update

Alcatel participates in worldwide VOIP interoperability test

SBC will rapidly accelerate fiber network deployment in wake of positive FCC broadband rulings

Nortel Networks updates on agreement with Flextronics to divest certain Nortel manufacturing operations

Heavy Reading report finds carriers' revenue expectations for Ethernet services are higher than customers say they are willing to spend

Marconi will demonstrate VOIP interoperability at MSF GMI 2004

CyberGuard introduces Webwasher CSM appliance

Ipsum Networks announced enhancements to RouteDynamics

World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly outlines plans for next-generation network standards

White Rock Networks launches advisory board

Network Equipment Technologies Inc. announces earnings of $0.06 per share

Don LeBeau joins NetScaler's board of directors

Comparex Poland has chosen LastMile´s CWDM FiberPilot platform

NetTest introduces the Osics ECL-400 tunable laser source

Helix announces burst-capable 1000BASE-PX20-D receiver chip

USB ADSL modem from STMicroelectronics shatters 10 Euro full-modem cost barrier

Samsung announces specification enhancements to multimode fibers

Bharti Telesoft selects Continuous Computing to accelerate deployment of value-added services platforms

EXFO releases new software suite for Ethernet testing

Alltel evolves network using Nortel Networks carrier-VOIP solutions

Redback Networks partners with Orca Interactive to enhance IP TV

Symantec system recovery solutions support Microsoft data protection server

Array Networks introduces the enterprise VPN -- the SPX family of next-generation SSL VPN appliances

USTA survey says majority of telecom industry executives say regulatory reform is important for future of the industry

Empirix's success drives expansion into new, bigger headquarters

Acterna introduces NetAnalyst 5.1, a next-generation test OSS system

Psytechnics and NetTest partner to deliver voice-quality measurement capabilities to NetTest's service-assurance tools for VOIP networks

Teleglobe announces the resignation of non-executive chairman and the departure of its general counsel

C-COR now anticipates Q1 net sales of $62M, down from its previous guidance of between $64M and $67M, due to 'delays in software sales'

Bookham gets the OK to use registration form S-3, confirms it has no financing transactions planned, and reports preliminary results

Intel reports third-quarter revenue of $8.5 Billion

Xelerated and Dune provide industry’s first 20-Gig metro Ethernet solution

AMCC remains No. 1 worldwide vendor of merchant switch fabrics, reports In-Stat/MDR

College students choose Agere Systems network processor over others for convenience, computer-networking expert Doug Corner writes

Harmonic announces preliminary third quarter results

Cedar Point Communications is selected by Comcast as primary partner for voice switching

Redback introduces dynamic subscriber identification technology for on-demand broadband access and services

TippingPoint unveils UnityOne-100E intrusion prevention system

Australian bank has deployed a Radware intelligent application switching solution

UTStarcom introduces mVision, an end-to-end carrier TV-over-IP solution

Acterna adds IP video and ADSL2+ test capabilities to its HST-3000 handheld services test platform

Alcatel and Telefónica Soluciones partner to provide enterprises with value-added IP communications solutions

Shanghai Netcom launches advanced voice, data, and multimedia services based on NGN solution from Nortel

Scientific-Atlanta showcases its solutions for RF video and IP-based applications over FTTx at the Telecom '04 Conference

Kasenna launches TotalTV, a turnkey IP TV services solution for video network operators

Glimmerglass introduces new 16-port fiber connection management system; announces four reseller partnerships

Revenues of $115M and net income of $18.8M top last year's Q3 and meet last week's revised Q3 forecast

Spirent Communications introduces VOIP support for Coppermax

Vocal Technologies introduces high-performance, low-cost ATA solution for VOIP market

Spirent wins major contract for next-generation IP and ATM diagnostics

Epok unveils next-generation identity rights management platform

Laurel introduces new interface cards for the ST50 service edge router

Deutsche Telekom launches T-Online merger

Telchemy announces general availability of VQmon 2.1 fault and performance management technology

BellSouth CTO says U.S. Chamber of Commerce telecom study documents costs of outdated regulation

Light Reading announces 'Leading Lights' awards program

Virtela announces world's first multi-carrier MPLS service

Covaro Networks bridges gap between service provider and customer networks with its CC-410 Etherjack device

Veraz appoints new manager of Asia/Pacific regional sales in Singapore

Expedient partners with Hatteras Networks to expand metro Ethernet services to copper-fed businesses

MRV announces 10-GigE and OC-192 transponders for metro and long-haul WDM applications

Tekelec's multimedia gateway powers Budget Phone Inc. and Pine Tree Networks

Tasman Networks adds new entry-level multiservice router

Siemens announces AT&T certification of Siemens Surpass hiT 7500 system for network use

Juniper Networks announces new hardware and software features for its E-series edge routing platform

CopperCom announces packet-based host-remote switching solution

BT Group selects Radcom for 21st Century network trial deployment

Quarry enables auto-provisioning of security services

TippingPoint and Tenable collaborate to provide integrated security information to end users

Global Crossing files restated financial results for 2003 and files results for the first two quarters of 2004

Internet backbones now account for over 85% of the world's cross-border capacity used in fiber-optic networks, says TeleGeography

Falcon Communications signs VAR agreement to offer Occam's BLC 6000 platform as an integral part of its broadband VOD and VOIP solutions

Caymas Systems launches, announcing management team, $37M funding, and new products -- Identity-Driven Access Gateways

Finisar and Infineon modify agreement to acquire Infineon's Fiber Optics Business Unit

Apex Technologies releases its next-generation optical spectrum analyzer

Telecom carrier capex is increasing, according to Infonetics Research

Calix showcases IP TV over FTTP and ADSL2+ at USTA Telecom 2004

Highwave Optical Technologies signs MOU for the acquisition of DA-LightCom

Terayon announces preliminary third quarter 2004 financial results

SBC applauds report Of key FCC broadband vote

Alcatel has been awarded two multi-million dollar contracts by VNPT in Vietnam to deploy switching and mobile infrastructure solutions

NextGenTel deploys an Alcatel IP/MPLS-based metro Ethernet solution to broaden its service offering and network reach

KPN EnterCom Solutions announces 750 layoffs -- 140 this year and the rest in 2005

AT&T continues restructuring and cost-reduction efforts

IPG Laser GmbH picks HM Laser as a new distributor in China

Telus selects Atreus Systems to deliver VOIP and messaging services

Picolight promotes Steve Hane to president and CEO

Qwest and DirecTV partner to deliver fully integrated satellite TV services

Cramer today announced a landmark multi-million dollar contract with BT

Says state intervention to unbundle the last mile 'distorts competition'

Offshore outsourcing market continues to grow -- average enterprise will offshore 60% of application work by 2009, says META Group

Laura Howard joins Ciena as SVP of marketing and Suzanne DuLong, VP of investor relations, becomes chief communications officer

Company will take charges of $2.8B to $2.9B against Q3 revenues, including $1.4B of goodwill related to telecom

Qwest Communications expands VOIP solutions for enterprise customers with IP Centrex Prime

Lightmaze offers its YUMIX 4ooo platform for setting up an optical infrastructure that supports new video services

Equant introduces a fully integrated, scaleable, and customized on-demand adaptive VPN

Level 3 signs new network services agreements with NTL

Pedestal Networks' universal broadband server is ready for RBOC deployments

EXFO launches next-generation Sonet/SDH analyzer

Song Networks considers acquisition offers from TDC and Tele2

Empirix introduces Release 2.0 of its Hammer FX-IP VOIP feature test platform, which provides control over signaling call flows

NTT-ME will resell NexTone's signaling switches and session controllers in the Japanese market

Telecom regulation is rejuvenating the Asia/Pacific region's wholesale data services market, says Frost & Sullivan

Revenues fail to meet expectations -- are expected to be around $115M; earnings are expected to range from $0.23 to $0.24 per share

Lucent begins negotiations with CWA and IBEW in Washington

e92plus will handle AEP's SSL VPN solution for resellers in the UK

Luminous introduces PacketWave E100 family of packet ring access platforms for multiservice applications over Ethernet MANs

Luminous Networks provides MSPP to Resilient Networks for Ethernet services and expands Zhejiang Power's telecom services

Broadcom and Agere Systems settle patent litigation

Vitesse Semiconductor unveils its VSC874, a highly-integrated 10-Gbit/s queue manager with an integrated SPI-4.2 interface

Spirent Communications announces Skinny support on its IP telephony test migration platform

AT&T announces its position as the clear market leader in the highly competitive enterprise IP VPN market

Alcatel unveils new 1352 Compact Manager for transport network management

Net Insight launches DVB-T network solution with two-way time and frequency transfer

SingTel and Virtela Communications expand mutual IP network services portfolio

MidStream Technologies announces expansion of its video server product line

Kagoor and MetaSwitch partner to deliver broadband softswitch/session border control solution

JEA is building an optical Ethernet network based on Nortel's optical products

Xelerated appoints Mr. G. Venkatesh as the new chairman of its board of directors; raises another $10 million

Applied Micro Circuits Corp. today unveiled its high-performance PowerPC 440SPe processor

Check Point expands leadership position with hundreds of new IPv6 security deployments

Axtel selects Nortel Networks for next-generation telephony services in Mexico

Sycamore Networks appoints Richard J. Gaynor as CFO and VP of finance and administration

Global Crossing appoints Phil Metcalf to lead UK business

Telco Systems launches new EdgeGate CPE GW-482 VOIP media gateway for ILECs, utilities, and municipalities

Psytechnics launches white paper on measuring video-over-IP quality

Hitachi Telecom (USA) and Corning team to demonstrate triple-play services over NexCor optical fiber

Zhone announces availability of its new Raptor 100 DSLAM with support for ADSL2+ and a broader array of Ethernet uplink options

Former Cisco exec Scott Marshall and former Ciena exec Arpit Joshipura, join Redback

ADC announces new service pack to help speed fiber-to-the-x deployment by optimizing a carrier's central offices

Sunflower Technologies appoints Jim Kernahan, recently managing director of Wireless AirWare, as worldwide sales and marketing director

Teleware Group appoints Lesley Hansen, a former Net to Net executive, to the new position of marketing director

Launches services in Dublin and increases network capacity into Manchester, UK

Ericsson converts 265,519,834 B-shares to A-shares

Faraday Technology launches NetComposer-II, a high-end structured ASIC programmable NPU solution

Edward Kozel, managing director of International Finance Ltd. (IFLTD), has joined Red Hat's board of directors

Adds full Layer 3 support for its FastIron Edge X-series family of 10-GigE edge switches

Vendor of traffic-generating equipment will be participating in the Department of Defense IPv6 trials

OFS Laboratories receives Advanced Technology Program funding to commercialize high-power fiber lasers

OFS teams up with Hitachi and Alloptic for triple-play services

Performance Technologies introduces powerful new network access processor

Qovia broadens appliance offerings for VOIP monitoring and management system

Agilent surpasses double-digit bandwidth barrier with 13GHz real-time oscilloscope and probing measurement system

IDT speeds packet processing on Greenfield Networks' reference design platforms

Optical Solutions gains FTTP foothold in Pembroke Telephone of Georgia

Valdor unveils its HeptoPortä technology production line at its ISO9001 manufacturing facility in Shanghai

Telco Systems introduces new triple-play IP media gateway

UTStarcom deploys largest GEPON network in the world for Japan's Softbank

Alloptic and Terracom announce nationwide deployment of optical network on African continent

Corning will feature FTTH model at 2004 FTTH Conference and Expo

Mitel and Viola Networks partner to maximize initial and long-term service quality for VOIP

PMC-Sierra unveils dual 64-bit MIPS chip-powered multiprocessor

Siemens and Huawei agree to integrate communication solutions for enterprise customers

Vitesse updates guidance for 4Q04

F5 Networks delivers its TrafficShield application firewall and new version of its FirePass controller

WatchGuard launches network security resource site for SMBs

Interxion extends managed services portfolio with Secure Monitoring Service

NKT Integration develops PLC triplexer transceivers for BPON, GPON, and EPON

Myrio signs strategic worldwide OEM agreement with Siemens to provide end-to-end IP video solution

Ciena and MetaSwitch provide AMA.TechTel Communications with a VOIP migration solution

Sanef Telecoms will offer Ethernet services based on Optical Ethernet and MPLS solutions from Nortel

BT reduces the price of its entry-level consumer broadband service

Corning Cable Systems announces enhancements to its OptiSheath Advantage Terminal family and OptiTect Cabinet products

RED-C selects Aegis as a primary supplier of tunable optical detectors for its line of self-managed optical amplifiers

Now expects Q3 revenues to be between $37.5M and $38.5M, compared with previous guidance of between $41M and $43M

Wave7 adds extended reach optics to Last Mile Link and Layer 2 capabilities to its Last Mile Gateway; announces new customers

Pembroke Telephone selects Optical Solutions to deploy FTTP triple play solutions to four new subdivisions

Force10 incorporates NetLogic's knowledge-based processors into its TeraScale E-Series family of switch/routers

Probe says VOIP growth is critical for the future of the telecom industry

New Siemens Communications Group is ready for business

Hitachi and NEC establish joint venture company Alaxala Networks specializing in backbone routers/switches

Light Reading details Lucent’s huge offshoring effort

The Linley Group reports VOIP ramping to support triple-play access equipment

DenseLight delivers world's first G.984 compliant GPON-ONU transceiver

Redback Networks expects lower third quarter 2004 revenue