TeliaSonera supplies Dante with 10-Gbit/s international circuit for the pan-European Géant network
RegTP lowers interconnection charges by 9.5%
Net income fell 18.9% in Q3 compared with 3Q02, from €148.5M to €120.5M
Cable & Wireless partners with ManagedStorage to provide enhanced data protection services for UK hosting customers
Broadened IP network provides business-class DSL access for managed VPNs
Planned financial restructuring enters final stages with SEC filing and board shuffle
Nexans and Mysticom extend 10 Gigabit Ethernet links to 25 meters over Cat.7
Broadband Plus bundle offers music, gaming, and education content to boost broadband sales
Nortel declares preferred share dividends
New version of the Siemens HiPath 4000 IP system offers high-capacity, real-time communication over IP
SES Astra signs four contracts for the provision of ASTRA one-way satellite broadband services
Band-X reports a transatlantic 10 Gbit/s submarine system experienced an outage this week
Partnership provides enhanced network security and mobility solution to enterprises
Nera signs a contract with Hispamar to build a broadband-via-satellite network in Latin America
Acreo teams up with Fibers and Technology (F&T) to develop and produce specialty optical fibers
University of Technology, Sydney, joins Alcatel's Research Partner Program
Performance-based routing services provider scores high in VOIP readiness assessment by NEC
Company will forgive $21.6M in loans to Tellium execs Harry Carr, Michael Losch, and Krishna Bala, all of whom have left the company
Adds Application Intelligence to Enhanced Provider-1 security management solution and VPN-1 VSX virtualized security offering
Big Bear Networks raises $18M in its Series C round of financing
Company receives a US patent for its optical interleaver
Gray Panthers says WorldCom/MCI's $250M deal with Virginia is a 'Turkey' that will cause indigestion for taxpayers and consumers
SingTel teams up with VDC to offer IP VPN services to corporate customers in Vietnam
National operator ONATEL selects Alcatel to interconnect Burkina Faso with neighboring countries
Belgian telecom provider Codenet selects Interoute to provide IP transit services
Company claims the lead in running ADSL services over 0.32mm subscriber lines
Federal Communications Commission announces a Forum to discuss VOIP
Michael M. Sears resigns from Sprint's board of directors
Sale includes the exercise of over-allotment option, for an additional 1M shares of common stock at $4.50 per share
Chip delivers superior performance and feature for Sonet/SDH line cards
Filing includes the process and method for its video usage tracking, invoicing application, and video operator assistance capability
Enterprise Rent-A-Car selects AT&T to implement an integrated networking platform for its European operations
Russia’s Combellga introduces VOIP services based on a next-generation IP-based infrastructure from Alcatel
Clients include Countrywide Assured Group and Interface Europe, for $6.7M of new and incremental business
BellSouth consolidates its staff functions under Mark Feidler, who moves from Cingular
Operating loss fell 65% to £3.0M compared with £8.6M during the same period the previous year
Network management specialist reports $1M turnover, with 15 contracts in 15 months
Revenue rose by 144% from €12.1M in Q3 of 2002 to €29.5M in 2003
Group revenue increased 9.8% to R20 billion compared with R18 billion the previous year; earnings per share rose 171.1%
Laser-based free space optics product GigaPico delivers ultra high bandwith wireless connectivity
Fiber optics component supplier receives US patent for its interleaver
Speech-enabled self-service telephone banking system based on Nortel solution handles its 70 millionth call
Finnish 2G selects Ericsson's Packet Backbone Network solution, which includes Juniper Networks routing products
Court approves sale of Globalstar assets to Thermo Capital Partners; Cogent makes competing offer
UTStarcom scores $31M contract with China Netcom for new PAS handsets in the Liao Ning province
Grande Communications unveils residential broadband, high-definition TV, and digital video recording services
Ixia debuts the first Application Load Module purpose-built for cost-effective application-layer transaction generation
SIP interoperability testing between IVR Technologies' Talking SIP IVR platform and NexTone Communications' MSC and MSW completed
Avanex plans to discontinue operations at Livingston, Scotland; CEO says they are 'investigating all of our options'
SIP Forum names Jay Batson, chairman and founder of Pingtel, as new chairman of the board
'Restructuring and cost-control measures' to result in 'the separation of approximately 2,000 employees across the corporation'
Ericsson signs distribution agreement to market Alloptic's optical access equipment in Asia-Pacific
Quake introduces IEEE802.3 10GBASE-LX4 and 10GBASE-CX4 compatible transceiver for ethernet and Fibre Channel
Synergy Research Group reports the service provider high-end router market grew 16% in Q3
AT&T wins contract to provide data and voice networking services to athletic footwear retailer Finish Line
Nortel Networks releases a usage-based Internet access solution using it Shasta 5000 BSN
Re-branding reflects the company's strategy to focus on DSP cores and related applications
New Enterprise Associates leads $35M financing round, investing $12M
Prestera-98EX135 switch features scalable architecture optimized for enterprise business networks with advanced security capabilities
Service provider connects its pan-European IP network to the Czech Internet Exchange Point in Prague
Siemens, British Telecom and the Technical University of Eindhoven show a switch for a single wavelength carrying 160 Gbit/s
Qwest enhances Qwest Control, its online customer self-service tool
Arris promotes VP of sales Rich Matthews to senior VP of sales
ViaSat joins with ZyXEL to deliver broadband access to multi-tenant units, powered by Infineon’s VDSL chipsets
Infonetics says Q3 revenue for next-gen voice products is down 19% sequentially to $254M, but remains on track for growth in 2003
The International Telecommunication Union's Digital Access Index is the first to rank global access to information and comms technology
Norway's BlueCom selects Alcatel to speed transition from wholesaler to facilities-based DSL service provider
Service edge routers provider names Ascend co-founder Betsy Atkins and former Juniper Sales VP Don Pyle to its board of directors
Company plans to expand its system-on-a-chip (SoC) research and development center in Taiwan
Revenues totaled JPY 9,185M ($82.4M), up 10.1% from 1Q03 but down 13.1% from 2Q02; operating loss was JPY 830M ($ 7.4M)
David Parker has become VP of product marketing and Linda C. Reddick has been appointed acting CFO
Cal-(IT)², UC San Diego researchers to deploy BigBangwidth's lightpath technology to speed data flows for the 'OptIPuter' grid
Investors include a new institutional investor, In-Q-Tel, a private, independent enterprise funded by the Central Intelligence Agency
Revenues for Q3 totaled $25.3M, compared with $33.2M in the prior quarter and $30.2M for the same period last year
Signing over 900 contracts for Enterprise Advance Services in first year spurs ongoing expansion of nationwide network
BlueCom selects Alcatel to speed transition from wholesaler to facilities-based DSL service provider
Reports an increase of 5.7% in EBITDA to CHF 3.61 billion (US$2.78B) in the first nine months of 2003
Under the 'LINX from Anywhere' scheme some LINX members are offering other ISPs private P2P Ethernet connections on their networks
Revenue was $137.8M, down from $153.1M in last year's Q4, for net income of $14.8M ($0.06/share), down from $15.7M ($0.07/share) in 4Q02
SBC rolls out new service options, including SBC PremierSERVSM Hosted IP Communication Service and SBC PremierSERV IP-VPN
BTG acquires exclusive rights to commercialize Strain-Compensated Multiple Quantum Well VCSELs from the Cornell Research Foundation
Occam Networks secures $16.1M from existing investors in the first closing of its Series A-2 Preferred Stock financing
DMG Technologies and Adtech Technologies pool resources to establish Netchip, a Los Angeles-based optoelectronics semiconductor foundry
CoreOptics raises $15M from Crescendo Ventures, Techno Venture Management, High Tech Private Equity and Atila Ventures/ETV
Analyst firm CIR predicts the worldwide 10-Gbit/s market will surpass $3.2B in 2008
Japanese television station Asahi moves to new headquarters and interconnects to data center with ADVA's FSP 2000
Lucent signs optical expansion contract with China Netcom subsidiary Beijing Communication
Juniper Networks opens a new office in Osaka
Lucent supplies next-generation broadband solutions to Portugal Telecom
Virtual network operator, Sirocom signs contract with HSBC to provide global roaming services to the Group's Executives
Corning announces its FREEDM One indoor/outdoor LAN cable suitable for all building and campus networks
Net2Phone has priced a common stock offering for $58.5M, at $4.50 per share
NetTest introduces new features for its Tunics Reference tunable laser source
Svenska Bostäder deploys PacketFront's BECS control and provisioning system to install a student broadband network in Kista
COLT Telecom redeems all of its US Dollar 12% senior discount notes early
Alcatel acquires the Network Solutions Unit of PacketVideo, enabling one-stop shopping for turnkey multimedia solutions
Pandatel releases an interface converter for the interconnection of Ethernet LANs and a new inverse multiplexer > Pandatel announces an interface converter that facilitates the interconnection of Ethernet LANs and a new inverse multiplexer
Fiber components supplier Comcore launches its new broadband splitter
The NPSM selects Coventor products to develop MEMS design centers for magnetic, electromechanical and optical sensor research
Fiber optic producer OFS introduces new Flex-10(tm) coating for improved cable performance
Revenue for 2Q04 was $13.4M up 20% from $11.2M in 2Q03; net loss was $2.6M or $0.27 per share, compared to $5.1M or $0.58 in 2Q03
Six leading UK communications companies have launched the Broadband Industry Group to promote the UK broadband market
Corning announces enhanced polarization maintaining fibers for specialized applications
Telus launches its IP telephony service to business customers in Ontario and Quebec
Nortel refiles its financial statements for 2000-2003, along with its 3Q03 results
Pro forma net income hits $35.1M, 25 cents per share, while revenues climb 58% year-over-year to $215M
Allstream, Inukshuk Internet, and NR Communications to launch new venture to build a Multipoint Communications System (MCS) network
Transaction Network Services offers TNS TransGate, providing a cost-effective alternative for accessing traditional SS7 services
IPVoice cites growing user base and accomplished and proposed acquisitions as progress in its long-term VOIP strategy
Nick Jeffery, currently VP and GM of Ciena's international operations, has been promoted to senior VP of worldwide sales
Santur hires Jack Gearin, most recently VP of manufacturing for all active components at JDSU, as vice president of operations
OneCleveland, a consortium looking to bring broadband to the region, picks City Signal Communications to provide the fiber backbone
The IEEE 802.17 Working Group has moved to the final stages of standardization of the RPR MAC
Metro transceivers supplier Luminent releases its SFP product family for low cost FTTH applications
Albis Optoelectronics appoints Peter Cairoli as Chief Executive Officer
Chunghwa Telecom selects VOIP and multimedia solutions from Nortel, upgrading its network to a packet-based infrastructure
Corrigent boasts about Heavy Reading report that concludes RPR with MPLS will be essential for next-gen Sonet/SDH platforms
Broadwing enhances its MultiConnect data product, offering new enterprise solutions
PacketExchange extends its European network coverage by connecting to Interxion data centers
Swedish alternative carrier Citylink deploys routing platforms from Juniper Networks to improve network reliability
Cisco signs fifth agreement with ChinaNet to expand the northern and southern backbone networks in China
VPIsystems signs deal with Siemens to become its exclusive global supplier of installation planning software
Riverstone Networks has appointed R. Christopher Chillingworth as Vice President of Finance and Controller
Lucent signs three-year deal to deploy its Acclerate technology for the migration of Qwest's network to VOIP
Third quarter net income was $1.8B or $1.05 per diluted share, compared with a loss of $123M in 3Q02
Network Elements partners with TriQuint on 10-Gbit/s optical networking modules; raises $15M in financing
Group revenues were up 1.7% to €1,019.4M in Q3 and net income rose by 46% to €84.1M compared with 3Q02
Service extends MCI's VPN suite to help companies securely and cost-effectively connect remote locations
Philips and France Telecom cooperate to develop the French broadband-connected home market
Newport expands its range of high-speed photodetectors targeted at test and measurement and laser-based R&D laboratory applications
Two new transponders extend JDSU's product family to cover all reaches and rates required for 10-Gbit/s optical comms systems
PMC-Sierra's clock management product family is optimized for MIPS-based microprocessor architectures
Anritsu introduces 10-GigE link fault signaling and 1-GigE auto-negotiation testing capabilities for MD1230A Ethernet/IP test system
Ex-JDSUer defects to the competition
Livermore, Sandia, Los Alamos National Labs and U. of Tokyo rely on Foundry for bandwidth challenge and supercomputing demonstrations
The NPF's Message Layer Implementation Agreement enables communication between multivendor network processing elements
Orca Interactive and Corecess Global form a co-marketing agreement to offer a complete broadband triple play to service providers
Global Crossing names Anthony Christie chief marketing officer
Native Networks extends its third round of financing, adding Tamir Fishman Ventures and Genevest as new investors
Siemens ICN integrates video over IP into its SIP-based optiClient 130, a desktop client that supports voice communication via PC
Synergy Research Group and In-Stat/MDR rank Sonus No. 1 in several key carrier packet voice segments for the third quarter
Access IP has become the 35th VOIP provider to sign a contract to use Terremark Worldwide's NAP of the Americas as a hub
MCI posted $1.951B in revenue for September 2003, down from $2.010B in August, for a net loss of $35M
Data, voice and video solutions provider Broadwing appoints Pete Crocitto as its chief information officer
Bookham and Aeluros demonstrate error-free interoperability across 10-Gbp/s XFP transceiver interface
Huawei and Microsoft China introduce integrated enterprise communications solution U-SYS WorkSpace
Fibranet deploys Lumentis' optical connectivity platform for a 526km fiber network in Guatemala and El Salvador
AT&T selects Siemens' SURPASS® hiT 7500 optical transport solution for testing on high-capacity routes in its network
InfoVista releases version 4 of its performance troubleshooting solution; provides MPLS IP-VPN management to Easynet
NetScreen completes the acquisition of Neoteris, developer of SSL VPN products
ADC signs a Letter of Agreement with Verizon for FTTP trials of AFC’s FiberDirectSM solution
Media and entertainment company Ministry of Sound replaces its leased line technology with Ethernet connectivity
Alcatel launches its OmniTouch Unified Communication solution implementing XML/SOAP, SIP, and VXML
Xilinx announces shipment of the first FPGAs with integrated multi-gigabit transceivers
FDK launches its 1x16 and 1x8 optical splitters for FTTH networks
The new E300 is the latest in a series of 10 Gbit/s Ethernet switches
U.S. Rural Utilities Service puts OPTera Metro 5000 on its approved list
Digital broadcasting company SKY Perfect upgrades its video infrastructure with Harmonic digital headend systems
BT aims for 100% broadband coverage of the UK by 2005
New agreement enables the companies to jointly deliver comprehensive operations support system (OSS) solutions to global service providers
Ciena announces multi-year contract selling online metro multiservice switches to Singapore service provider
Truckee Donner PUD selects Wave7 Optics to build new FTTU network to deliver high-speed triple play voice, IP video and data services
Data rate, size, performance and power efficiency are optimized for broadcast video routing and production switcher applications
Combined company brings together world-class photonics integration platforms
Imtech Telecom selects Lucent Technologies to manage the network operations for its customer Eurofiber
ORSPI4 FPSC offers two low-power embedded SPI4.2, embedded QDR II memory controller plus 16K field programmable logic elements
Ixia’s Optixia, the industry’s most advanced network test platform, ships to Cisco, Extreme, and Force10
Russia's first Ethernet service provider offers VPNs to enterprises in Moscow
The filing of Redback's reorganization plan could have implications for the company's possible delisting
Files with the SEC to offer 6 million additional shares
Testing solutions provider NetTest introduces a new “Jitter and Wander” option for its SDH/SONET module
Total Q3 revenue was $28M, debt fell by 64% from $77M to $28M
Following its merger with Tellium, Zhone Technologies begins trading on NASDAQ and announces staff reduction
City of Pau announces one of the world’s largest residential Ethernet deployments for 100Mbps access to triple play services
New portal at the London Internet Exchange links ISPs to network transport and communications services provider FLAG Telecom
PacketFront upgrades its Intelligent Broadband Solution to support ADSL; signs Canadian contract with CMON
Qwest purchases assets from Touch America and 360networks to provide end-to-end frame relay and ATM data communications
AppGate releases version 6 of its security solution with increased VPN functionality
Cisco and CC&I claim major milestone with video over DSL test results
Market research group Dell'Oro reports copper-based Gigabit Ethernet port shipments surge during the third quarter
Metalink's VDSL product shipments to South Korea exceed 200,000 ports
Alcatel supplies its optical transmission solution to Dutch cable and data operator Casema to enhance its Gigabit Ethernet network
Telecom platforms supplier Calix demonstrates IP-based switched video services delivery over DSL at TelcoTV in Las Vegas
Gartner reports worldwide Ethernet switch port shipments increased 10% in Q3, totalling 43.5M units
Osaka University becomes the first to deploy Terabeam’s gigabit Ethernet Gigalink system in Asia
According to Gartner research, the worldwide service provider router (SPR) market increased 19% to $541M in Q3
Ownership of Finnish manufacturing plant to be passed to Elcoteq. R&D activity to be cut back
MCI seeks to sell its investment stake in Embratel Participações to focus on core businesses
Standard & Poor's Rating Services revises its outlook on BT to positive in response to the telecom operator's new financial policy
Venture capital firm Innovacom closes second round, bringing the fund to €120M
Net loss for Q2 and Q3 was €5.5M, down 53% from €11.7M in the previous two quarters; sales rose to €1.7M from €0.98M
Verizon company Codetel selects Nortel Networks to deploy a VOIP network that will converge voice and data traffic
Tyco signs contract with Indian telecom carrier VSNL for an undersea fiber optic system connecting India to Singapore
Nortel Networks enhances its carrier Voice over IP portfolio; introduces new IP capability on Succession Media Gateway 9000
Charles L. Brown, Chairman and CEO of AT&T from 1979-1986 has died at 82
Revenues for the first nine months of 2003 increased 20% to $11.8M compared with $9.8M during the same period in 2002
Third quarter revenue reached $6.7M, up 4% from $6.5M for Q2 and up 14% from $5.9M for 3Q02
AT&T wins $2.3M global networking contract from Sykes Enterprises
BT reports half year profits of £1,031M; Q2 profits of £529M, up 7% and earnings per share of £0.044, up 19%
Zhone announces copper carrier solutions enabling telephone companies to provide triple play voice, data and video services
Deutsche Telekom reaches debt reduction target of between €49.5B and €52.3B ahead of schedule; net income almost triples to €463M
eBiscom announces Q3 results and strategic business plan; revenues rose 75% to €148.4M, users expected to reach over 800,000 by 2006
Company expects revenue in 2Q04 to increase 20% to $13.4M, compared to $11.2M in the same quarter last year
Abacus, a TCO analytical tool, helps customers determine current maintenance costs and benchmark against best practices
Revenues fell to SEK546M, a decrease of 6% from 3Q03; gross margin rose during the first nine months from 40.9% in 2002 to 44.4%
ADL report predicts global broadband market set to increase from $30B to $80B over next five years, with highest growth in Europe
Sales rose 6% from £367M in Q1 to £389m in Q2; operating loss fell from £87M in Q1 to £62M in Q2
Group profit from operations for 2003 increased 14% to €4.2B, while sales fell 12% from the previous year to €74.2B
Broadlight ships over 1000 PON controller chips to FTTP equipment vendors
Optical Research Associates adds system visualization capabilities to its optical design program CODE V
Encore Networks upgrades its Bandit VPN product with application enhancements and more supported legacy protocols
Anritsu introduces Network Performance Tester for accurate FEC evaluations on OTN transmission equipment
UTStarcom achieves ISO 9001:2000 certification worldwide establishing quality standards for at all of its R&D centers
France Telecom confirms its 2005 guidance, with 2004 and 2005 revenue growth at the top end of the range of 3% to 5%
Revenues were £555.2M (US$894.1M), up 3.8% from last year's Q3, for a net loss of £117.3M (US$188.9M), down 68.2% from £369.1M in 3Q02
Nortel Networks forms new strategic product memberships in its voice over IP and multimedia interoperability testing program
Service provider StraitShot deploys Quarry's security service routers to enable a new private networking model
Business continuity provider CGI implements CWDM technology from Nortel Networks for storage connectivity
Cisco acquires Latitude Communications, adding rich-media conferencing capability to its IP communications portfolio
Tyco delists its common shares from the London Stock Exchange
Dedicated processor transports fast Ethernet traffic across PSNs using pseudo-wires, setting the stage for cheap, efficient services
Orca Interactive and Huawei demonstrate a complete triple play of broadband solutions at PT Wireless and Networks Comm 2003
AT&T announces contracts with Skanska and Lincoln Education Services to provide integrated data and voice networking solutions
Hunan selects the Salira 2000 Platform to deliver broadband Internet services during China's Inter-City Games
Silex demonstrates optical gain in silicon, opening potential for a direct link between optical telecom and the silicon chip
Booz Allen Study finds 75% of telecom executives consider outsourcing a key business lever
University of Cambridge deploys Procket's PRO/8801 router into its research network to develop deep packet inspection applications
Array SP product lines extend and accelerate secure remote access for internal and external users through a single platform
Equant signs 5-year, $35M contract to provide ZF Friedrichshafen with a customized IP VPN solution
In the first nine months of 2003, loss rose to €3.6M from a profit of €0.5m the previous year
Revenues were $8.4M, up from $5.9M in last year's Q1, for a net loss of $12.2M ($0.05/share), down from a loss of $17.4M ($0.07/share)
Miranda Media Networks introduces the Series 100 dual-stream MPEG-2 encoder/decoder entry-level video and data networking edge device
Sweden's Acreo orders network equipment from Net Insight for testing of qualified TV and video services
Kailight Photonics approves Princeton Optronics' PowerSweep 2000 tunable laser for use in its Tunable All-optical Signal Regenerator
Net sales fell to $9.4M (Canadian), down 31% from 3Q02, for a net loss of $298K ($0.04/share), up from a loss of $113K ($0.02/share)
William Slakey, previously chief financial officer for Handspring, joins Extreme Networks as senior VP and CFO
FutureSoft partners with Wintegra; announces Intelligent Switching Solution (ISS) will run on Broadcom's enterprise switches
Ipsum Networks expands its Route Dynamics solution with support for IP Application Management
Avanex announces private placement of 6.8M shares at $4.63 per share for proceeds of approximately $31.5M
Welsh e-Science Centre teams with BAE Systems, Hewlett Packard, the Institute of High Performance Computing and the University of Wales
HOTnet selects routing platforms from Juniper Networks for its new 10-Gigabit MPLS network
London Internet Exchange hits a data transmission record of 30 Gbit/s per second
Lebanese Ministry of Telecommunications chooses Tellabs' managed access system to handle services across its national network
DIATEM Networks completes deployment of 10-Gigabit Metro-Ethernet service control platform for Telecom Ottawa
ACREO selects Lumentis' optical platform for the Swedish National Broadband Test-bed
Allied Telesyn announces its new line of residential gateways and optical networking products
China Netcom and China Telecom select Nortel's Shasta 5000 Broadband Service Node to provide value-added IP services
Nortel Networks wins a Recognition Award from Verizon for next generation Sonet solutions
Nokia puts its OSS foot forward at the TeleManagement World conference in Dallas
Unveils 10 (ten!) new SSL acceleration boards, including a fancy FIPS model
Mohawk/CDT debuts VersaLite, a fully water-blocked fiber optic cable that meets the demands of both indoor and outdoor plant requirements
Duo intros spec for SerialLite, the industry’s most streamlined serial comms protocol for high-speed point-to-point data transmission
Wave Three Software deploys SIP communication solution at the University of Southern California, covering more than 45,000 users
Quanta Services joins the Muni Consortium, a group dedicated to helping municipalities and utilities deploy PONs for broadband
New investors Ironside Ventures and CommVest to round out StarGen's Series C round with an additional $1.3M in funding
Vitesse expands portfolio of Gbit/s and 10-Gbit/s Ethernet MACs with the Meigs-IIe, which incorporates its new MAC Application Software
Gartner says we need radical changes to unbundled network elements policies and a new forward-looking regulatory approach
Revenues were $188.2M, down 14.3% from last year's Q3, but it manages to cut loss from operations from $86.6M to $60.7M
O2 awards Siemens Business Services a 5-year contract to provide support for computer workstations and telephone terminals
Clientless VPN broadens solutions for remote user network access, allowing high security connectivity through a standard web browser
IVSTEL and Phitech join Excel's global application partner program to offer services on Excel's Converged Services Platform (CSP)
Azimuth enters the wireless data communications performance validation market; releases W-Series 802.11 WLAN Test Platform
Multilink Frame Relay (MFR) solution enables service providers to offer cost-effective bandwidth services
Xignal launches a new high-speed input/output product line with the release of its VCSEL-driver design for single-package hybrids
Bell Microproducts signs distribution deal to offer value-added solutions with Finisar optics products in North America
Net profit increases from €241M in 3Q02 to €451M; KPN resumes cash dividend at €0.12 per share
Merger includes an additional financing round; combined company to focus on dynamic opto-electronic components and sub-systems
Partnership will introduce Riverstone's carrier-class routers and switches to the Italian Enterprise market
After nine quarters of net losses, Q4 net income reached €49M and revenues increased to €1.76B, up 37% year-on-year
New sales and support office, Neoteris Benelux, to serve Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg
Agilent Technologies purchases intellectual property from Synthetic Networks for its network stress-testing solution
New International Telecommunication Union standard quadruples fibre optic transmission capacity and lowers cost
Hifn and Interphase team to jointly deliver hardware security accelerator boards to network equipment manufacturers
Tundra Semiconductor now expects Q2 revenue to grow by 51%-53% sequentially, up from its previous forecast of 35%-40% growth
Revenues were $3.3M, up from $3.2M in last year's Q3, for a net loss of $1.9M ($0.06/share), up from a loss of $2.7M ($0.09/share)
Adelphia Communications to begin offering its Adelphia OnDemand service to select California communities by mid-December
Truckee Donner Public Utility District hires Eagle Broadband to deliver broadband technology, services, and content
NetTest promotes the multilayer test platform concept with the availability of its CMA 5000 with large bay adapter (LBA)
Paltek enters cooperation agreement with Lenslet for the Japanese optical processing market
Canarie and SURFnet partner with Carleton and CERN to demonstrate the first transatlantic connection using native 10-GigE technology
Corning introduces its Versatile Access Pedestal, which supports all network platforms including FTTx
Tyco prices $1B in debt securities and negotiates new credit facilities of $2.5B
Micro-optical startup closes €6.2M financing round from existing venture capital partners to increase marketing and production capabilities
Commercial release of the BTT-N-61 transceiver completes BroadLight's offering of semiconductors and transceivers
Revenues down 7.3% compared to last year's Q3, from $301.5M to $279.4M, for a loss of $35.9M
Riverstone, provider of carrier-class switches and routers, adds Michael Ressner to its Board of Directors
Verizon announces Charles R. Lee to retire from its Board of Directors; appoints Ivan Seidenberg as chairman
Harris Corp. selects Sprint to provide private line and Frame Relay services for Initial Joint Polar-orbiting Operational System (IJPS)
Dittberner Associates study reveals that 'the complete death of digital central office switching is approaching...'
Vermont Electric Power Company deploys optical ethernet solutions from Nortel Networks
Redback signs T S Telecom as a strategic partner, expanding sales in China; both companies win CNC Hebei project
Tellabs reports sales for its 6350 switch nodes have exceeded 250, ten months after the product's launch
Revenue rose to $105M but was down from $147M in 3Q02, for a net loss of $19.1M, actually less than in 3Q02
fSONA announces Fares Salloum has joined the company's Board of Directors
Combination creates largest single supplier of 3.5 Ghz fixed wireless access solutions
Dacom Corporation selects Nortel Networks to provide a next generation network VOIP and multimedia solution
Structured Communication Systems to distribute AEP Systems’ hardware security products to businesses in the Northwestern US
The MPLS/Frame Relay Alliance's new Service Provider Committee meets for the first time at the Alliance's quarterly meeting in London
Revenues were $143.2M, mostly from its Broadwing subsidiary, for a net loss of $112.3M ($0.26/share), actually down slightly from 3Q02
Teradiant appoints Mark Vecchiarelli, most recently vice president of sales and support for Zettacom, as its vice president of sales
Spirent Communications' new dual-protocol security module supports both IPSec and SSL testing to aid deployment of secure networks
Net sales were $5.1B, up from $4.8B in last year's Q1, for net income of $1.1B ($0.15/share), up from $618M ($0.08/share) last year
New ITU standard for Coarse Wave Division Multiplexing makes fat pipes fatter, allowing carriers to optimize use of fiber optics
VeriSign's Managed PKI services combine with Aladdin's eToken authentication offering to provide managed security for KPN
AMCC builds on its DispersionXX electronic dispersion compensation technology with the addition of a 10-Gbit/s receiver device
Glowpoint names Karen Basian to its board; she will chair the audit committee and serve on the compensation committee
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power deploys a metropolitan optical network solution from Nortel Networks
Fiber Optic Network Solutions (FONS) hires Rick Arsenault as vice president of business development
Jo Anne Anderson will lead ADC's Software Systems Business, in addition to her job as president of the Systems Integration Business
Progress Telecom and EPIK Communications merge to focus on delivering wholesale broadband solutions
Market research firm Instat continues to expect 16.7% growth in the global semiconductor market for 2003
Announces availabilty of its optical multiservice platform
Chairman, CEO, and founder Mark C. Smith sells 4 million shares of Adtran common stock, leaving him with about 4 million more
City-owned Enmax Envision offers optical broadband services to Calgary with Nortel Networks' optical Ethernet MAN solutions
Future Electronics to distribute Tundra Semiconductor products throughout Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg
Battery Ventures leads $3.5M Series A funding for Quantum Leap Packaging, scores a seat on the board of directors
Broadcom's ADSL customer premises equipment chip is now shipping in volume to customers in Asia, specifically targeting China
Michael J. Birck, co-founder and chairman/CEO for the past 26 years, plans to step down as CEO of Tellabs by April 2004
Portview Communications Partners and Stage One Ventures lead $3M round for FiberZone Networks, with help from the Israeli government
BT Americas to use Level 3's (3)Hub Private Line and (3)Center Colocation services to expand its MPLS backbone in the Americas
Intense appoints Don McDonald, former managing director (CEO) of JDS Uniphase's operations in the Netherlands, as chief operating officer
Nortel to assume full ownership of Nortel Networks Israel (Sales and Marketing) by buying the remaining 28% stake held by Koor Industries
The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute of Korea selects Ample's Harrier silicon for Ethernet aggregation projects
Revenues were $1.48M, up from $1.04M in last year's Q3, on the strength of seven new customers, including two large US ILECs
Lumentis installs its Mentis all-in-one transport system in 3's optical networks in Sweden
Companies integrate Layer 3 route analysis with traditional network management, facilitating root-cause analysis of network problems
Sumitomo Electric Lightwave fully converts its standard single-mode fiber product lines to its new PureBand low water peak optical fiber
Revenues were $3.7M, up 6.2% from last year's Q3, for an operating loss of $1.6M, down 40% from a loss of $2.6M last year
Infineon Technologies demos a 10-GigE, XPAK-compliant transceiver module operating over 300 meters of low-bandwidth multimode fiber
Tektronix offers a comprehensive oscilloscope-based solution for Gigabit Ethernet (1000Base-T or GbE) compliance tests
Glimmerglass and the University of Illinois at Chicago join forces to develop new LambdaGrid applications
GreenNet selects Mindspeed's Miro communications convergence processor and Chagall silicon PBX packet voice solutions
Tiscali France transforms its broadband service offerings with the deployment of Juniper Networks M- and T-series routing platforms
E2O Communications declares a breakthrough with its electrically pumped 1310nm-1550nm long-wavelength VCSEL technology
SnowShore Networks CTO Eric Burger elected to SIP Forum board, re-elected to board of International Packet Communications Consortium
Telecom Italia to enlarge its broadband network infrastructure, adding Cisco's new 10000 series routers to its existing Cisco gear
Zarlink sets benchmark for time-division multiplex switch market with mid-density platform delivering industry's widest range of features
Swisscom/Bluewin selects IPTV solution from Microsoft TV to test broadband delivery of pay-TV services
Avaya and Extreme Networks entered a strategic alliance to jointly develop, resell, and market converged communications solutions
Revenues were $74.6M, up 6.4% from last year's Q3, for a net loss of $9.9M ($0.23/share), up from a loss of $8.8M last year ($0.19/share)
E.piphany survey says more than two-thirds of companies believe they are prepared to comply with federal Do-Not-Call (DNC) laws
Woolstock Mutual Telephone Assoc. to begin a Rural Utilities Service field trial with Sentito's New End Office softswitching platform
Teleglobe has signed a definitive agreement to acquire ITXC, the largest provider of VOIP wholesale services
Tyco International reports a loss of $0.15 per share, down from a loss of $0.72 per share in last year's Q4
Equant implements IP VPN solution globally for aviation parts distributor Aviall, linking 40 sites in a four-year, $7M deal
Nortel offers the first VPN gateway to support both Secure Socket Layer (SSL) and IP Security (IPSec) VPNs from the same device
Critical Telecom and PlastiComm Industries team up to give carriers a comprehensive, cost-effective way to extend DSL to subscribers
Spirent debuts the first 10-Gigabit Ethernet over copper test interface based on 10GBASE-CX4, the IEEE draft standard 802.3ak
Merger would create a $1.2B-a-year company focused on broadband and home networking
Alliance Fiber Optic Products to acquire substantially all the assets of Ritek's Photonics Division in Taiwan for 1.7M shares of AFOP stock
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) gets a DSL network, thoughtfully supplied by Alcatel to Makedonski Telekomunkacii
Data Connection ships of its Intermediate System Intermediate System (IS-IS) protocol product, completing its IP routing protocol suite
Qwest Communications creates a systems integrator alliances division, specifically to work for and with integrators and outsourcers
Ericsson win contract with SATEL to supply Russia's first Ethernet DSL Access network, in the Moscow region
Offering services in Leipzig; now serving eight German markets
Revenues were $10.4M, up 17.1% from last year's Q4, for a net loss of $2.1M ($0.02/share), down from net income of $858,000 ($0.01/share)
Tellium's board of directors unanimously approves a one-for-four reverse split of its common stock; split already approved by stockholders
Revenues after the Alcatel and Corning acquisitions hit $18.1M; net losses hit $27M, or 25 cents per share
Alcatel files a response in court denying the infringement of a patent alleged in a complaint brought by OFS/Fitel
Revenues were a record $14.0M, up 27% from last year's Q3, for a net profit of $1.9M ($0.10/share), up from a loss of $0.4M ($0.02/share)
NTT picks Acme Packet's Net-Net session border controllers to meet availability and security requirements for its commercial network
Sonus Networks broadens sales presence in Asia through sales partnerships with solutions integrators in Indonesia and Japan
Level 3 leverages its Ontap system to launch the (3)Hub wholesale, 'self-service' private line service in the US and Europe
OnFiber Communications achieves positive cash flow from operations in the third quarter of 2003; expects profitability in 1H04
Federal Communications Commission proposes to fine AT&T $780K for apparent violations of the new 'Do-Not-Call' telemarketing rules
Test module offers Forward Error Correction support for 10-Gigabit Ethernet LANs based on Optical Transport Network G.709 features
Vitesse Semiconductor debuts 'Gatwick,' a Layer 3 10-Gigabit Switch/Router IC, and 'Fairoaks,' a Layer-2+ 10-Gigabit Switch IC
MagiQ Technologies debuts 'Navajo' quantum cryptography security gateway; releases 'open' quantum key distribution for researchers
Tensilica's Xtensa processor powers revolutionary new 'microcommunications processors' from Crimson Microsystems
Hitachi Consulting has deployed NetScreen's integrated firewall and VPN security solutions to support its multimedia IP network
Fujitsu Network Communications and Tellabs successfully demonstrate enhanced service activation using the OIF UNI 1.0 specification
Agere Systems demonstrates the fastest SerDes circuitry, utilizing 90-nanometer low-k technology to enable 12-Gbit/s performance
Azanda Network Devices hires Dean Grumlose to lead its global marketing and product strategy
Network Simulation Platform designed to test thousands of VT/TU channels simultaneously for next-gen Sonet/SDH MSPPs
1H03 loss before tax reduced 67% to £10.2 million, on target for cashflow positive
Compact M7i and M10i routing platforms aimed at small and medium-sized POPs, campus networks, and managed services environments
Has filed a voluntary pre-packaged plan of reorganization under Chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Code
Adaptif Photonics polarization measurement and management equipment to be distributed in Europe by BFi Optilas
Has selected TVC Communications to distribute its portfolio of products to the cable TV industry in the US
Lumera closes $800,000 private equity financing
Proof-of-concept device may pave the way for new and powerful laser-on-a-chip applications
