MCI files audited financial statements for 2003 including net income of $22B, updates 2004 earnings guidance

Telindus confirms its target of 5% growth in revenues and a modest operating profit for 2004, based on its 9% increase of services in Q1

Boards of eBiscom and FastWeb approve the merger of the two companies

Net loss was $33.9M or $0.07 per share, down from a net loss of $47< or $0.12 per share in the year-ago quarter

Complaint alleges Nortel caused shares to trade at artificially high levels through false and misleading financial statements

Finisar has agreed to acquire Infineon’s Fiber Optics Business Unit for 135M shares, valued at approximately $263M

American Fiber Systems signs MOU to acquire the operating assets of fiber optic transport business Marietta FiberNet for $12.2M in cash

CableLabs awards Siemens ICN's Surpass hiQ 8000 softswitch the PacketCable 1.0 qualification as a call management server

Alcatel reports operating income of €80M compared with a loss of €150M in 1Q03; net income was €134M or €0.10 per share

Occam Networks reports its revenue more than doubled in Q1 from $1.5M the previous year to $3.2M

Riverstone expects Q4 revenues of between $10.5M and $11.5M, compared with $9M estimated for Q3

Arris receives CableLabs' Docsis 2.0 qualification for its Cadant C3 cable modem termination system

Nortel appoints Dr. rer. pol. Manfred Bischoff to the board

Revenues were $15.9M, up 66.3% from last year, for a loss of $97,000 ($0.00/share), down from a loss of $1.7M ($0.02/share) in 2Q03

Nortel's board declares a dividend on a couple of kinds of shares, the amount of which is determined by advanced calculus equations

Revenues were $5.3M, up 49% from 1Q03, for a loss of $2.8M ($0.15/share), down from a loss of $3.4M ($0.18/share) last year

Finisar has agreed to acquire Infineon's Fiber Optics Business Unit, based in Munich, for 135 million shares of Finisar common stock

ICSA Labs has tested and certified F5 Networks's FirePass Controller SSL VPN system

Emcore ships its ECX-7700 four-channel CX4 Xenpak module; transfers manufacturing resources to Asia

QinetiQ and Tronic's Microsystems team up on MEMS manufacturing to ensure process and design tool compatibility

BinOptics introduces its new 1310nm Horizontal Cavity Surface Emitting Laser (HCSEL)

Verlink acquires Larscom in an all-stock transaction for approximiately 6M shares to enhance its first mile, access solutions

Suggests migration from competition based on UNE-P to facilities-based competition using standalone unbundled loops

Announce a new solution, Cisco Business Ready Data Centre Optimized with IBM, for the on-demand operating environment

Spirit Telecom migrates its data network to an IP/MPLS backbone using Alcatel's service router solution

Alcatel will deploy an optical transmission network for PT Comunicações to broadcast the Euro 2004 football championship

Consolidated revenue was $89M, down from $988M in the previous quarter; net loss increased to $147M or $0.22 per share from $121M

Defense Interoperability Communications Exercise testing group picks Ixia for IPv6 network layer performance and application testing

Revenues increased 8.3% year over year to €23M from €21.3M in 1Q03; net income fell from €0.6M to €0.2M

Consolidated revenues were €11.45B, up 0.6% on a historical basis; growth in wireless and Internet segments offset decline in fixed

NTT-ME deploys Force10's E-Series for its 10-Gigabit Ethernet core upgrade to provide advanced voice and data services for broadband users

Time Warner Telecom posts $161.6M revenues and a net loss of $38.8M, compared with revenues of $165M and a net loss of $33.3M in 1Q03

Revenues were up from $80.5M in 1Q03 to $92.8M; net loss was $2.7M or $0.03 per share, including costs related to the acquisition of NAA

JDS Uniphase meets guidance, with a 6% increase in revenue from the previous quarter to $161M, down from $166M in Q3 of fiscal 2003

Advanced Fibre Communications, Cable & Wireless, Ericsson, and Nortel Networks have joined the Multiservice Switching Forum

PortWise mVPN Device Security Control can intelligently scan every remote access client for security vulnerabilities

Global Crossing provides Telkom SA with international private line services to London, Amsterdam, New York, and Washington

Level 3 signs agreement to provide MPLS-based data networking and services to Teliris to support is GlobalTable conferencing service

Revenue increased to $57M in Q1, compared with $41.8M the previous year; net loss was $9.3M or $0.21 per share

Cisco and Ericsson have signed a strategic alliance to offer joint solutions for wireline operators

Switch Communications announces the launch of SwitchIP offering voice, real-time video conferencing, and data communications

Enterasys Networks introduces its Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) program; announces NetSec as its first partner

Giga Stream uses IP Infusion's ZebOS Advanced Routing Suite to power platform switch that integrates 3G, WLAN, and IP packet transmission

Ellacoya Networks introduces its Multimedia Services Manager based on CableLabs’s PacketCable Multimedia (PCMM) specification

MERA announces v.2.1.8 of its MVTS session controller, enabling Web-based monitoring and enhanced interoperability

Lucent has been awarded two contracts by the United States Department of Defense for laser communication and super-fast optical routing

Cegetel and Alcatel announce they have installed an 8-Mbit/s DSL link between two pilot sites in Paris and Lyon

Sun adds 20 new partners to its High Performance and Technical Computing (HPTC) Alliance partner program; wins F&S award

EZchip announces availability of its NPU-based platform with ten 1 Gigabit ports for software application vendors

Core Networks announces support for the newest PacketCable provisioning specification with its CoreOS platform

Nortel announces management changes, expects reduction of around 50% in previously announced net earnings for 2003, delays Q1 prelims

Genesys and IBM partner on speech-enabled self-service solutions to link contact centres with enterprise resources and IT infrastructures

Freescale adds communications processor to SoC-based PowerQuicc III family; introduces PowerQuicc II Pro family; adds DSPs to VOIP solutions

Freescale Seminconductor announces a roadmap for PowerPC processor cores for its system-on-chip platforms; launches SemiCustom operation

Net income rose to SEK 2.3B from 1.6B in 1Q03; earnings per share increased from $0.35 to $0.50

Global Crossing announces review of its financial statements for 2003 and 2002 to examine accrued cost access liabilities

Verizon Wireless has already invested more than $1B this year to install new cell sites, increase network capacity, and improve service

Just-in-Time (JIT) optical protocol from MCNC Research & Development Institute delivers lightpath provisioning breakthrough

Revenues were $87.2M, down from $120.8M last year, for a net loss of $35.7M ($0.16/share), down from a loss of $13.7M ($0.07) in 1Q03

Guidance-beating Q1 results include revenues of $622.3M, up 88% from last year, for net income of $54.8M ($0.40/share), up 47% from 1Q03

Sonus Networks 'comments' on its business in Q1, updates review of financial statements, and announces that it's in trouble with Nasdaq

ClearPath Networks debuts SNAP VPN, the first line of enterprise-class network security appliances designed specifically for SMB market

Verizon reports earnings of $1.2B or $0.43 per share; revenue was up 3.9% to $17.1B

Overall access infrastructure market will exceed $21.6B in 2007, with a compound annual growth rate of 11.7%, according to Citrix

Fujitsu reports net income of 49.7B yen ($469M) for fiscal year 2003, a turnaround from its 122.1B yen net loss the previous year

Force10 Networks announced it expanded revenue and worldwide customer base during the first quarter; names Mark Cooper VP of sales

Interpeak introduces new versions of its IPlite and IPnet TCP/IP protocol stacks for Freescale's PowerQuicc III processors

Mercury Computer Systems and Tundra Semiconductor demonstrate their Ensemble serial RapidIO AdvancedTCA development platform

Morgan Stanley extends its agreement with IBM to include an on-demand computing infrastructure

Zarlink touts its ZL50111 family of TDM-over-IP packet processors for seamless transmission of timing, signaling, and traffic across PSNs

Aegis Semiconductor expands its worldwide sales and distribution channels, appoints Mike Sullivan as director of sales

Marvell launches Prestera 16 port- and 24 port- managed GigE packet processors with integrated SerDes interfaces for the SMB market

Mindspeed Technologies appoints Esteban R. Torres as vice president of strategy and business development

Al-Noor Ramji has been appointed chief information officer of BT Group and chief executive officer of BT Exact

UTStarcom provides its AN-2000 IB IP-DSLAM solution to Versatel Nederland, enabling it to offer triple play services in the future

MCI and VeriSign join forces to deliver best-in-class security services to businesses

Qwest eliminates access charges on true VOIP traffic; plans to offer local services to VOIP providers, enabling them to purchase ISDN-PRI

Tut Systems reports its net loss increased from $2.2M or $0.11 per share in 1Q03 to $4.4M or $0.22 per share

Rich Cowper, recently VP of product development for Nortel's Optical Networks group, joins the technical advisory board of CoreOptics

Ixia has been granted a patent for its real-time data latency measurement methodology

Freescale Semiconductor licenses IP Cores from GDA Technologies for its interconnect IP portfolio

NIST certifies Layer N's UltraLock Security Processor for use in high-security FIPS applications; BIS gives retail export status

VoEx becomes corporate member of Internet2; will collaborate with other members to develop and deploy VOIP applications and solutions

Ikanos Communications raises $15M in a Series E round of financing led by Copan, to expand its partnerships and alliances

William Savoy resigns from the board of Charter Communications, will be replaced by Jo Allen Patton, president and CEO of Vulcan

Telica unveils new voice routing engine for its next-gen softswitch to deliver cost savings and flexibility to service providers

Investment strengthens their three-year OEM relationship in FTTP and VOIP deployments

GTC Telecom agrees to acquire TelSpan, which owns the rights to acquire the fourth largest fiber optic network in Mexico

BT extends Teradyne's Celerity DSL test system across its entire network to support its 100% DSL initiative

Arroyo Video Solutions receives $13M in its first round of financing, led by Doll Capital Management and Foundation Capital

Lucent selects Xilinx's FPGAs for its 10-Gbit/s tunable optical translator unit, part of DWDM-based metro optical equipment offerings

Revenues of $61.1M were up 26% from 1Q03; net income was $2.8M or $0.15 per share, up from a net loss of $4.2M or $0.24 per share in 1Q03

CyberGuard acquires high-end content security vendor Webwasher for $40M in cash and shares, and up to an additional $10M

Infonetics ranks Alcatel as leader in the intelligent optical networking market for the fourth consecutive quarter

LG Electronics ships Mindspeed's OC-12 ATM Shaper in its MSR40 multiservice switch

Stealth Communications announces launch of the Voice Peering Fabric ENUM Registry

Broadcom becomes market share leader in Ethernet semiconductor revenues with 50% year-on-year growth, according to IDC

PMC-Sierra, Vativ team on interoperable framer/mapper and line interface unit (LIU) devices

Greenfield Networks launches an Ethernet switching silicon solution and an IPv6 and MPLS Gigabit Ethernet fixed configuration switch

Erlang Technology launches its flaghsip ASIC-based switch fabric chipset, the Erlang Network Element Technology (ENET) Xe

Lucent selects Shenick's diversifEye integrated network application emulation and performance assuarnce test system

Progress Telecom announces it will offer Ethernet Transport with three distinct levels of service: Voice Grade, Data Grade, and Basic Grade

NexTone Communications creates NexTone User Forum for VOIP service providers to network and share best practices

Lumentis optical wavelength platform selected by fiber carrier Stokab to provide a redundant network between Stockholm and Visby, Gotland

Network Associates outlines business, productivity, and branding changes; will sell Sniffer product line, rename company to McAfee

KPN replaces its existing payphones with Marconi's Neptune 3000 phones, enabling it to offer voice and SMS services

The Linley Group ranks AMCC as leader in the worldwide network processor market, which grew 30% in 2003

telx selects Turin Networks' Traverse multiservice transport platform to support its expanded interconnection service offerings

Marlink launches programs in Africa and the Middle East to make wireless packet data satellite service available

Song Networks has chosen NetTest's CMA 5000 Gigabit Ethernet module to test customers’ Ethernet connections

MRV's net loss fell from $6.4M or $0.06 per share in 1Q03 to 4.8M or $0.05 per share, on revenues of $59.6M, up from $51.1M

Pac-West picks Tekelec as switching and signaling supplier, launching the first phase of its transition to a next-gen network

Highwave reports revenues of €0.8M for the quarter and €3.3M for the full fiscal year

ITXC cuts net loss from $17.7M or $0.41 per share in 1Q03 to $7.9M or $0.18 per share

Scientific-Atlanta's earnings increased 101% from $26.8M or $0.18 per share in 1Q03 to $54M or $0.35 per share

Revenue increased 43% year over year to $78.9M; net income was $5.8M or $0.09 per share, up from $1.5M or $0.02 per share in 1Q03

Italtel acquires One-Ans as part of it strategy to focus on network management and control solutions

Transmode supplies its System 1100 WDM transmission platform to Swiss cable TV operator Cablecom

Revenues were $56.0M, up from $38.1M last year, for a net loss of $17.4M ($0.08/share), down from a loss of $25.1M ($0.12) in 2Q03

Revenues were $21.0M, up from $17.1M in 1Q03, for a net loss of $13.4M, flat with last year

Q4 revenues were $6.4M, down 24% from last year's Q4, but net loss for the year declined to $5.4M ($0.75/share) from $26.2M last year

Tellabs stockholders elect CEO and president Krish Prabhu to the board of directors; 2004 Incentive Compensation Plan approved

Revenues were $24.9M, up 32% from last year's Q1, for net income of $3.0M ($0.05/share), up from income of $1.5M ($0.02/share)

Sales were $844M, beating its guidance and creating net income of $55M ($0.04/share)

All-stock deal would add CWDM And DWDM -- which Sorrento got by acquiring LuxN -- to Zhone's widening portfolio

Revenues were $9.2M, up 63% from last year's Q3, for a net loss of $1.5M ($0.01/share), up from a loss of $3.0M ($0.02/share)

Record revenues of $573.4M, up 75.1% from last year's Q1, create net income of $39.9M ($0.12/share), improving from a loss of $67.9M

Valdor Fiber Optics appoints Ross Kocen as our vice president of marketing and sales; closes $432,918 private placement

ITU announces All Star Access Network Workshop to debate the future of access technology, regulatory issues, and standardization efforts

EU ministers take stock of progress in stimulating demand for faster Internet connections

Alcatel to distribute Navini's Ripwave products, including base stations, element management systems, and PCMCIA cards

DSL.net intends to appeal Nasdaq delisting determination

Francois Barrault, previously president of Lucent Mobility International, has been appointed president at BT International

CEO attributes fall in net loss from $12.7M to $9.1M despite fall in revenue from $7.6M to $7M in Q1 to 'prudent expense management'

Consolidated revenues for the quarter were $5B, down 0.8% year on year; earnings per share were $0.63, compared with $0.46 in 1Q03

Sycamore completes interoperability and performance testing by the DISA Joint Interoperability Test Command

Tito Sharma has been appointed as CFO and general manager for the Americas at VPIsystems

First quarter revenues increased 119% from $1.60M in 1Q03 to $3.50M; net loss was down from $3.18M to $576,000

Reports consolidated revenue of $8B and net income of $304M, or earnings per share of $0.08

Revenue was for the quarter was £301.1M, up 11% on a constant currency basis; EBITDA increased by 37% year on year to £46.5M

Posts Q1 revenues of $18.69M, up 20% from 1Q03; net income was $182,000 or $0.01 per share, compared with a $1.66M net loss in 1Q03

Solid Information Technology raises €11.7M ($14M) from a consortium led by CapMan and Apax Partners

AEP Systems announces it is actively recruiting distribution partners for its SureWare A-Gate suite of SS VPN hardware appliances

Jabatan Telekom Brunei and Huawei launch NGN network consolidation program

VOIP will disrupt the US telecom market, causing fragmentation of supply and services, says Analysys Research

TeliaSonera International Carrier launches L2Connect global Ethernet service over its MPLS backbone

Launches LINX from Anywhere peering service, enabling smmaller ISPs to access its network by piggy-backing on existing members' routes

Adds new points of presence in Austria, the Czech Republic, and Portugal; expends services in Greece, Finland, and Poland

Revenues were $111.6M in Q1; net loss was $18.7M, or $0.24 per share, compared to a profit of $3.4M or $0.04 per share in 1Q03

Band-X appoints Nick Robertson, formerly manager for Fibernet in Scotland, as manager of its Telecoms Trading Exchange account

Video browsing technology supplier IPV receives additional funding from investors

CEO and managing director Tomas Franzen steps down, Kjell Nilsson takes over as CEO, Mats Lindqvist becomes acting managing director

COLT Telecom announces Jean-Yves Charlier will become the successor president and CEO Steve Akin, who returns to a new position in the US

University of Granada deploys IP telephony solutions from Nortel to migrate to a converged network across its five campuses

Oki Electric Industry introduces its IPGW Series optical ring-type Ethernet switch to construct highly-reliable networks

Group sales for Q4 ended March 31 were £394M, compared with Q3 sales of £408M

Viatel receives $52M in senior secured convertible debt securities from six investors including Morgan Stanley & Co.

Nortel enhances its Optical Cross Connect HDX optical switching platform; extends network simplicity, ease of management, efficiency

CIR disputes 'myth' of 5% penetration for fiber to the building; report examines building type, office submarket, and tenant industry

Enterprise holds most hope for wireline network vendors; corporate market for switching, transmission, and routing will hit $28.2B in 2008

Cox Communications deploys Harmonic's Narrowcast Services Gateway to enhance its Entertainment on Demand-branded VOD service

Reports revenues of $224M, up from $157M a year ago, and net income of $33.5M compared with $3.7M a year ago

Posts earnings of $1.9B ($0.59/share) on revenues of $10.1B, down from $10.4B in 1Q03; adds 446,000 DSL lines, it's best-ever increase

Check Point Software Technologies addresses a security vulnerability in the implementations of TCP designed in accordance with the TCP RFC

Revenues were $10.4M, up 128% from 2Q03, for a net loss of $2.6M ($0.20/share); opens Chinese subsidiary, Saian Microsystems

Ixia enhances its IxAccess suite, providing the highest scaleability with application traffic for testing next-gen networks and devices

Lewis Ranieri becomes chairman of CA, Sanjay Kumar steps down as chairman and CEO and has been named chief software architect

Texas Instruments touts continued success of its Broadband Communications Group

In-Stat/MDR expects worldwide MTU in-building related service revenues to grow from $364.8M in 2003 to $3.7B in 2008

Salira partners with Teknovus to develop EPON systems that comply with the IEEE 802.3ah EPON standard for its Salira 2000 platform

Joe Fragoso, previously managing director EMEA at AirFiber, has joined FlexLight Networks as vice president of EMEA operations

Qwest develops service level agreement to guarantee that jitter levels will never exceed two milliseconds

Sales increase 19% to $264M in Q1, as Tellabs turns a $13M profit

Nokia signs agreement to resell Optibase's MGW 5100 carrier-grade TV streaming platform as part of its video-over-xDSL offerings

Infineon reports a net income of €39M, up 15% sequentially from €34M in Q1 and a net loss of €328M in 2Q03

Tele2 announces it has launched residential fixed line services in Hungary

BT completes direct link between London and Singapore; boosts service capability in the Asia/Pacific through partnerships

Empirix launches Baseline service to help companies benchmark the performance of automated systems in their contact centers

Loral Skynet uses SkyStream's Mediaplex-20 video services platform for the delivery of SkyReach, its family of IP-based services

Global MSF Interoperability event will demonstrate point-to-point VOIP, value-added services, and PSTN and direct connectivity

Fiber-to the-Home Council applauds European companies that have formed a sister organization

Isocore evaluates migration strategies for IPv6 transition and techniques for detecting data-plane failures in MPLS-based networks

Nortel receives PacketCable Media Gateway Controller (MGC) qualification for its Succession Communication Server (CS) 2000

Net loss was $5.7M, or $0.99 per share, compared to a net loss of $5.4 million, or $0.93 per share, in 4Q03

Axxis Communications becomes 100th customer of Tekelec's switching division, formerly Taqua

Net revenues were $47.4M, up 136% from 4Q03, for a net loss of $2.1M ($0.01/share), down from a net loss of $229.1M ($0.76/share) last year

RBN pockets $9.5M from existing investors Allen & Buckeridge, Macquarie Technology Fund, Paecal Ventures, and Redfern Photonics

PMC-Sierra announces production of packet processors and framer products for growing voice and data convergence market

Integrated Circuit Systems debuts its new M675 and M685 single and dual voltage-controlled SAW oscillators (VCSOs) for Sonet/SDH/GigE

Ciena to close its San Jose, Calif. facility on September 30, 2004, cutting approximately 425 employees, or 25% of its workforce

Whale Communications included in Gartner's SSL VPN Magic Quadrant

MCI emerges from Chapter 11, boasts global assets, sound financial position, and a broad enterprise customer base

Iolon supplies widely tunable lasers for StrataLight's OTS-4000 Optical Terminal Subsystem; agreement extends to mid-2005

RAD demonstrates its IPmux-1 and IPmux-1000 TDM-over-IP/MPLS gateways at the MPLS & Frame Relay Alliance’s interoperability event

TurnTide launches ASR-Outbound, an anti-spam router designed to help service providers prevent spam being sent from their domains

Lucent records third consecutive quarter of profitability with net income of $68M or $0.02 per share; posts revenues of $2.19B

Sprint's net operating revenues were up 6% from $6.3B to $6.7B, boasts solid gains in wireless and DSL customers

Acterna introduces OSA-300/301 high-precision optical spectrum analyzers for ultra dense wavelength division multiplexing (U-DWDM)

Outlook for Spanish cable operator Cableuropa revised from stable to positive due to operating progress and proposed refinancing

Telstar deploys NexTone's session controller to streamline is VOIP network, increasing capacity by 50%

iBasis completes VOIP interconnection with Golden Telecom through its DirectVoIP service

Sun Microsystems names Q3 customer contracts

Cisco closes on the acquisition of desktop security solutions provider Twingo Systems

Check Point Software reports net income of $41.9M or $0.16 per share, including an in-process R&D charge for Zone Labs acquisition

Group of VOIP companies agrees to support language proposed to the FCC by PointOne to reaffirm existing ISP/ESP exemption rules

Net Insight will demonstrate its Nimbra multicast transport platform for broadcasters at National Association of Broadcasters conference

Equant signs six-year, $144M communications outsourcing deal with Japan Tobacco's international division

Slovak Telecom awards Alcatel a €25M contract for a next-generation multimedia/VOIP network solution to upgrade its infrastructure

LastMile unveils LightPilot, a compact unit featuring 8 channel CWDM multiplexing system, redundant power supplies and integrated fans

New breed of communications processors is emerging for complex CPE appliances; Motorola maintains dominance says Linley Group

Copper Mountain selects Ixia's IxAccess broadband test suite for its VantEdge broadband remote access server (BRAS)

New features of CoSine's InGage customer network management system include SLA reporting, granular firewall reporting, and data mining

Marvell appoints Douglas King to its board of directors

TranSwitch's EtherMap-3 Ethernet over Sonet/SDH mapper has been designed into Larscom's Orion 7400 Multiservice Access Platform

SSL, MPLS, and intrusion prevention will drive heavy investments in VPNs and security over the next year, according to Infonetics

Mindspeed Technologies posts Q2 revenues of $30.8M, up 68% over the same quarter last year, for a net loss of $21.3M ($0.22/share)

Qovia closes $10.6M in second round equity financing, led by Canaan Partners with participation from other returning investors

Metalink leads an EC-selected consortium in the U-Broad project, intended to create ultra-high-bit-rate over copper technologies

The Fabless Semiconductor Association says 40 fabless firms raised $560.1M in 1Q04, up 32% over the same period in 2003

3Com to open an engineering design center based in Hyderabad, India to speed development of its VOIP networking solutions

Tech Pacific signs agreement to distribute Fortinet's FortiGate antivirus firewall systems in the SAARC region

DSLAM port shipments doubled in 2003, driven by strong DSL subscriber growth and service providers adding capacity

IDT introduces low-cost network search engines in 32Kx72 (2 Mbit) configurations, enabling value-added functions for applications

TriQuint Semiconductor launches modulator driver amplifier, transimpedance amplifier, and low pass filters for the cable TV industry

T-Systems ICSS teams with New World Telcom to provide global MPLS-based IP VPN services using ICSS's carrier managed network solution

Expand Networks introduces new generation of acceleration appliances to provide branch-office access solutions

Little Optics offers 8-bit long path length programmable delay lines

Dynavar Networking selects Encore's SignalPath gateways and converged broadband Bandit VPN solutions to bridge legacy networks to IP

Kotura appoints Jean-Louis Malinge, previously VP of optical networking products at Corning, as chief executive officer

Netifice, Internap launch VPN services based on Cisco's routing technology

TeliaSonera selects Alcatel's service routing solution to build its next-gen metro network

THUS has signed an exclusive, two-year agreement with Ciena for the supply of its Online multiservice platforms

Great Wall Broadband Network Service selects LightningEdge suite from World Wide Packets to deliver IP converged services

Netmarks signs agreement to distribute Corrigent's CM-100 family of packet add/drop multiplexers in the Japanese market

Berlin Research Area Information Network (BRAIN) deploys solution from Riverstone and T-Systems to offer Virtual Private LAN services

VegaStream announces agreement to bundle its VOIP gateways with 8hertz's voice business platform to bring voice-activated data to Europe

Furukawa Electric introduces 24-fiber mass fusion splicer, Fitel S199M24 for the North American market

ECI selects the Ikanos SmartLeap VDSL-DMT chipset for use in its Hi-Focus multiservice access gateway

ZTE posts net income of RMB 752.5M, up 32.72% over the previous year; sees overseas markets and handsets as key growth for 2004

System integrator and ASP Bell Net Corporation invests €5M in Hotsip, applications provider for large scale SIP-enabled networks

THUS launches high-speed Ethernet service for businesses over its UK-wide MPLS network

Lumentis introduces an extended CWDM solution for IP, SAN transport, and broadcast networks up to 120 km without amplification

EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering intros the FTB-7000D Optical Time Domain Reflectometer for FTTP, access, and metropolitan networks

London Internet Exchange signs agreement with telx enabling American ISPs to establish a virtual presence at LINX; offers POPs in New York

Broadwing launches Media Services network for broadcast television and media markets; plans to open new Television Operations Center

Luminous deploys multiservice transport network in ChongQing city, western China

SkyStream demonstrates broadcast-quality MPEG-4 encoding capability of its Mediaplex-20 video delivery platform; launches edge video encoder

Popular retailer accelerates and secures its business-critical applications with NetScaler's purpose-built systems

Stockholders of each company approved Juniper Networks' proposed acquisition of NetScreen at special meetings held today

Tellion's utility pole-unstalled VDSL product passes KT's benchmark testing, powered by Metalink's Total-VDSL solution

Phyworks' new Advanced FEC design doubles bandwidth capacity of existing land-based and submarine optical networks

Vitesse Semiconductor sets a record of 152 GHz for static frequency divider circuits using its Indium Phosphide HBT VIP-2 process

LightPointe has been selected by MobileOne (M1) to provide optical wireless connectivity for new and existing networks in Singapore

Princeton Optronics win the first phase of a multi-phase contract from Navair for providing integrated, tunable transmitters

OFS sells its optical channel monitor product line to Princeton Lightwave for an undisclosed amount

Swisscom Broadcast launches Premium Digital TV service for cable operators

VOIP test equipment market generated revenues of $133.2M in 2003, and are expected to reach $606.9M by 2010, says Frost & Sullivan

Net income for the fiscal year increased 23% to Rs. 9.99B ($230M)

Revenues climb to $78.7M compared with $55.4M a year ago, while net income climbs to $10.8M

For $35M, IDT picks up the switch fabric and traffic manager startup with an eye towards standard interfaces

In an apparent attempt to be taken more seriously in the industry, DSL.net hires Buddy Pickle as its chief executive officer

Alcatel launches middleware solution for triple play services

Hong Kong Broadband Network deploys Cisco's Optical Core Network solution for its digital pay-TV service

C-Cor agrees to acquire the assets of Lantern Communications, provider of MAN packet-based transport solutions

Cisco completes the acquisition of Riverhead Networks, enhancing its Self Defending Network strategy

Net.com launches version 3.0 of its Scream broadband services platform with QOS capabilities for carriers deploying triple play services

RSoft Design Group launches DiffractMOD, a design tool for diffractive optical structures

Sign three-year commercial line-sharing agreement enabling Covad to continue offering DSL services in seven states within Qwest's region

Redback announces third consecutive quarter of revenue growth and net loss of $33M, up from $24.9M in 1Q03

Western Iowa Telephone selects MetaSwitch VP3500 for VOIP network

Q4 revenue fell 19.8% year on year, net loss was $3.5M; full-year revenue increased 4% to $127M, net loss was $559,000, down from $18.4M

Revenues were $88.9M, up 4% from 3Q03, for a net loss of $1.1M ($0.01/share), improving from a loss of $7.1M ($0.06/share) last year

Agilent Technologies introduces complete family of 10-Gbit/s optical transceivers for enterprise, storage, and metro networks

Allied Telesyn announces it is taking its triple play strategy to 50 colleges and universities in the US

Ptera Wireless announces it has completed the first phase of its network expansion and reliability improvement program

Siemens ICN supplies its multiservice platform Surpass hiX 5300, and Juniper supplies its E-Series routers to FastWeb for digital TV

Solution monitors and troubleshoots LAN, WAN, ATM, Packet over Sonet, and metro technologies at up to 2.48 Gbit/s OC-48 rates

Cisco announces its Business Ready Data Center initiative to address the need for an intelligent network architecture

Kagoor partners with Fujitsu Asia to provide its session border controllers to carriers, service providers, and enterprise customers

Tut Systems introduces advanced features and new platforms for its Astria digital video processing solution

Asia/Pacific capital expenditure increased 4% to $44.2B in 2003, and will increase 13% in 2004, according to Infonetics

Telefonica Brasil selects ADC's WorldDSL access systems to deliver voice, data, Internet, and leased-line services to businesses

China Telecom selects Huawei's NE5000 and NE80 core routers for its project to optimize Guangdong's provincial 163 backbone network

Shenick announces availability of its new compact chassis diversifEye 4200, offering portability and ease of use

Worldwide telecom revenue will grow at a sustainable compound annual growth rate of 8% from 2004 to 2009, says Insight Research

Network integrity solutions provider Lancope completes a $12.5M Series C round of financing led by Canaan Partners

Cox Communications uses Path 1's Cx1000 products to broadcast baseball games and other sports events in High Definition TV

Revenues rise to $4.2M while operating losses drop to $1.5M; also announces consolidation into Montreal facility

The Ontario Securities Commission is investigating Nortel's past and anticipated restatements of financial results

Atlantic Engineering and Wave7 Optics selected for new fiber-to-the-premises network in Sallisaw, Oklahoma

Seasonal weakness brings revenues to $8.1B, down 7% sequentially but up 20% year-over-year, for net income of $1.7B

NetScreen introduces its NetScreen-ISG 2000 integrated security gateway to protect against network- and application-level threats

AMCC acquires intellectual property and portfolio of assets from IBM’s 400 series embedded PowerPC products, and a Power Architecture license

Mindspeed's inverse multiplexing-over-ATM (IMA) devices have sucessfully completed interoperability testing at UNH-IOL

Corecess has developed a broadband access product line with scaleable VDSL capabilities, using Metalink's Total-VDSL solution

Ixia launches IxChariot Runtime, its application performance test software for field validation of newly installed IP services

AFS selects IP transit services from Global Crossing and Level 3 for Ethernet Internet Access service in five metropolitan areas

Lucent announces contracts with Andinatel in Ecuador, Hondutel in Honduras, and MoviStar P.R. in Puerto Rico

Adtran enters the Ethernet switch market with the launch of its NetVanta 1000 Series; announces all-in-one platform

AdventNet releases version 4.1 of its Simulation Toolkit to develop and test network management applications

Alcatel's DSL line cards lead it to a 34% share of the digital loop carrier market, according to analyst firm RHK

Radware has been awarded a patent for its method determining network proximity and the use of it as part of load balancing decisions

Vonage launches its broadband telephony service in Canada

eBiscom's Q1 revenues increased 55% year on year to €157M; EBITDA increased from €13.8M in 1Q03 to €46M

Gary Hale has been appointed to the newly-created position of VP of global operations to lead the company's push into IP services

Chiaro Networks signs value-added reseller agreements with Delta Info-Comm and JMC&T in South Korea

Inkra Networks licenses NextHop’s GateD NGC 2.x routing software; Internet Photonics deploys its LightStack products using GateD

Cedar Point Communications raises $20M in a financing round led by JP Morgan Partners

NetLogic Microsystems offers an integrated development environment that supports Intel's latest, AdvancedTCA-based development platforms

Calix hires Cisco veteran John Colvin as vice president of North American field operations

Lambda Optical Systems, now going by LAMBDA OPTICALSYSTEMS, gets $14M in Series B funding from Sevin Rosen Funds and ComVentures

Cortina Systems closes $20M in VC financing, led by Kodiak; hires Bruce Margetson as VP and CFO, Behrooz Yadegar as VP of operations

Foundry Networks unveils a complete portfolio of ServerIron Layer 4-7 switches for advanced application switching and security solutions

Telefonica selects Juniper's E-series, deployed with integration partner Siemens to deliver VPN services over DSL in Brazil

Has won contracts from Avaya, Cedar Point, Ceterus, Integral Access, KS Telecom, Mangrove, Navini, Pannaway, Polycom, Seranoa, and Telica

Telution enhances COMX Cable order management and service assurance software to help cable operators add VOIP to their service mix

Accton establishes new UK-based product development team, expanding its R&D presence and experience base to meet needs of Tier 1 vendors

David Stewart will resign from the Russian telecommunications operator in the middle of 2004

NeoWave will incorporate Metalink's long-reach Total-VDSL solution into its new set of broadband access products

ADC ships high-density DOCSIS 2.0 module for Cuda 12000 next-generation CMTS

Alcatel signs contract to provide an integrated communication solution to an onshore gas plant and three offshore platforms in Iran

Comcore Optical Technologies announces availability of its new 980/1550nm WDMs

Wall Street technology firm deploys Foundry’s ServerIron 400 Layer 4-7 load balancing switches

Yankee Group rates AT&T as number one for global network services; Atrium Companies selects AT&T to host its networking applications

ZTE has been granted the right to draft he new ITU-T standard, X.msec-3, as an editor

NetTest adds CMA 5300 CD-OTDR module to its CMA 5000 multi-layer test platform to measure dispersion over a wide band

Tradingcom Europe has opened a new point of presence (POP) in New York City, adding to its existing points in France, Germany, and the UK

NextHop Technologies partners with Interpeak and Jaluna to ensure compatibility of their products with its GateD routing software

Net Insight adds integrated CWDM transport functionality and next-generation SDH/Sonet (GFP) to its portfolio with purchase of Q2 Labs

Jeff Santos joins Covaro as vice president of sales from Cisco's Optical Technology Group

Telus selects Juniper's infranet-ready E-series routing platform to deliver high-quality broadband services to its customers

Lucent announces contracts to support T-Systems' Telekom Global Net, upgrade KPN's ATM network, and provide Hutchinson 3G with PC cards

Symbol promotes Todd Abbott to SVP of worldwide operations and appoints Thomas Collins to VP of worldwide supply chain operations

NTL consolidates its 13 call centers into three specialist centers, cutting 1,500 jobs from its workforce

Western European approach to telephony competition will hamper development of central and eastern European telecom, warns Analysys

Broadcom buys Sand Video, developer of advanced video compression semiconductor technology, for $70.1M in stock and $7.4M in cash

Nortel enhances its enterprise convergence portfolio to offer solutions for SMBs and branch offices

Erenis delivers broadband Ethernet services to apartment buildings in Paris using Cisco technology

BT launches rich media platform for online content providers; has partnered with Real Networks to provide easy-to-use management tools

NP Photonics appoints Patrick Edsell, previously president and CEO of Gigabit Optics and Spectra-Physics

Grocery chain Kroger uses performance management system Visual UpTime Select to roll out applications on its MPLS-based IP VPN

StockerYale will release its Q1 results on April 13; revenues will be between $4.1M and $4.2M, up 25% to 28% of 4Q03

Increases its revenue prediction for Q1 and files a shelf registration for up to $60M

MidStream Technologies and DataDirect Networks deliver massive on-demand streaming and storage solution

Syndesis announces release 5.0 of its DSL service provisioning suite for value-added broadband services

COLT Telecom has now implemented IP VPN solutions for over 700 business customers at over 5,000 sites across Europe

GWR, using an IP/MPLS network provided by THUS, becomes the first radio broadcaster in the UK to multicast commercial audio over MPLS

Esmertec's Jbed Java Virtual Machine (JVM) to help Time Warner Cable with its OCAP (Open Cable Application Platform) development

ORION and MERIT to interconnect across the US/Canada border and collaborate on advanced networking technologies and research

Permeo Application Security Gateway 5.1 boosts management, commerce applications capabilities

Continuum Photonics completes $17.5M Series C round of financing led by JK&B Capital

Enterasys Networks names Steve Macri as regional vice president for northern Europe and South Africa

Tropic Networks completes Telcordia's Osmine services process for the reconfigurable TRX-24000 DWDM transport platform

Sonus expands review to include additional periods; appoints CEO Hassa Ahmed as chairman and Bert Notini as president and COO

New Edge Networks offers low cost multi-site IP-based managed VPN service using DSL

Infonet Services outlines plans for delivering advanced converged voice and video multimedia services capabilities

Swift deploys NetScreen's firewall and VPN solutions to secure its IP data network and IP-based messaging platform, SwiftNet

MCI teams with Aventail to extend its managed remote access IP VPN suite with SSL VPN technology; adds new security to Remote Access

Mindspeed launches media interface product suite for the broadcast video market, enabling migration to high definition

Phyworks announces its Advanced FEC algorithm has been standardized by the ITU in its recently approved Recommendation G.975.1

Finisar introduces new Xgig analyzer blade solutions for Fiber Channel and SAN development

Websense reports number of pornographic websites 17 times greater than in 2000, clogging bandwidth and taking up IT management's time

Fibernet Group reports interim results for the six months ended February 2004; revenue was £18.4M, up from £17.6M in H1 2003

TIA supports federal legislation for VOIP to prevent piecemeal regulation

Griffin Internet becomes Redbus Interhouse's 60th connectivity provider

KPN appoints Marcel Smits as chief financial officer and member of its management board following the resignation of Maarten Henderson

Alcatel partners with Telstra for a fibre-to-the-premise pilot in Queensland, Australia

Intellon raises $23.5M in new equity financing, led by Comcast Interactive Capital, EnerTech Capital, and Liberty Associated Partners

Bulldog throws down the gauntlet to AOL, BT, Freeserve, and Tiscali with 'real' broadband at dialup prices -- £15.99/month

Google search results and targeted advertisements now available to BellSouth retail dialup and DSL Internet subscribers

Bookham Technology appoints Conrad Burke as senior vice president of its worldwide sales organization

Version 5 of RouteScience's adaptive networking software ensures application quality over private/public hybrid networks

NetScreen introduces dedicated SSL-based appliances for secure online meetings and peer-to-peer collaboration

Demos seamless handoff between cable and WiFi at the NTCA show; also announces a customer win in Brazil

Thorlabs purchases Melles Griot UK facility, which manufactures nano-positioning systems for high precision alignment applications

Network processor developer Xelerated appoints Michael Barar as vice president of sales

Analogix Semiconductor boasts first high-speed backplane SerDes ICs with adaptive dsp-based noise cancellation, signs Huawei-3Com contract

SEC issues a formal order of investigation into Nortel's financial restatements

F5 Networks announces SSL VPN technology alliances; interoperability enables customers to integrate FirePass with existing infrastructure

Fiberxon completes $10M second round of financing led by Jafco Investments to accelerate product development

Spanish electric utility Iberdrola selects Alcatel's IP service router to migrate its telecom network to IP/MPLS and offer VPLS

Procket Networks names David White, formerly part of FORE Systems' initial management team, as vice president of worldwide sales

Occam Networks completes its private placement of stock, garnering an additional investment of $1.5M

Steven East, former VP of Broadwing's International Carrier Division, joins Net Insight as global sales manager

Embratel selects next-generation platform from Huawei, enabling it to offer local lines and Internet access through ADSL/VDSL

TIA predicts network equipment spending will reach $14.4B this year, an increase of 2.3%, and will grow to $16.4B in 2005

Home Town Cable Plus deploys ADC OmniReach fiber-to-the-premises solutions

Applied Micro Circuits dots the Ts and crosses the Is on its acquisition of 3ware

Metalink expands its sales and marketing team in China, hiring Joe Xue as country sales manager

10-Gbit/s Ethernet market bolstered by big improvements in component price and performace, concludes new Heavy Reading report

AIG, Pfizer, and Verizon will replace AT&T, Eastman Kodak, and International Paper in the Dow Jones Industrial Average on April 8

AT&T responds to its removal from the Dow Jones Industrial Average

Global Crossing signs deal with financial extranet Rede de Telecomunicações para o Mercado to offer multimedia services

Level 3 acquires wholesale dial access business from ICG communications for around $35M in cash

Fiber Optic Network Solutions gains RUS acceptance for its Central Office and CPE wall/rack mount enclosures

Enabling Grids for E-Science in Europe (EGEE) project launches to create a permanent, reliable Grid infrastructure across Europe

Launches Ultrafast Pulse Measurement System to measure temporal, spectral, and spatial characteristics of ultrafast mode-locked laser pulses

Fujitsu Quantum Devices and the electronic devices division of Sumitomo Electric have been re-launched as Eudyna Devices

Alcatel and TDC to jointly evaluate a series of broadband applications enabled by Alcatel’s OPEN portfolio over TDC's DSL network

Exony releases version 4 of its cost control software for contact centers