Managing underwriter Paulson Investment Co. picks up another 187,000 units, or more than 500,000 shares

Revenues were $30.6M, down from $49.0M in 2Q02; loss $5.0M; Netro merger and stock split OK'd; $6M raised; 1st AirStar orders received

Quick Eagle Networks will launch its International Channel Value Program for partners outside North America on September 1st

The optical networking gear market declined 53% in 2002 to $10.1B and will decline another 6% in 2003 before rebounding in 2004, says KMI

Google deploys the NetScaler 9000 Series secure application networking system to enhance search performance

Encore Networks and MetaSwitch establish strategic partnership to provide universally compatible advanced converged voice solutions

Offers a 10G PIN photodiode in a novel Fiber-Ready Optical Assembly form-factor, the first of its Surface Mount Photonics products

Applied Micro Circuits Corp. plans to acquire Fibre Channel hardware and software supplier JNI for approximately $190 million in stock

American Fiber Systems closes an additional $6M equity round, led by North Atlantic Capital, to fund business expansion

Memscap to acquire GalayOr and raise at least $3.5M from financial investors; reports a 1H03 net loss of €13.87M, down 21% from 2H02

Japan's Planex Communications introduces a high-throughput VPN gateway powered by Jungo Software Technologies' OpenRG software

Hires Dave Weisman as CEO; names founder and CEO Dr. H. Dean Cubley as CTO; closes $10M financing round led by Aggregate Networks

Mark Fishburn, Spirent Communications' VP of technical strategy, elected chairman of the board of the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF)

Koncent unveils series of waveplates for polarization management; patents packaging methodology for DWDM and OADM applications

Russia's Central Telegraph picks Veraz Networks' Packet Telephony solution for deployment in its VOIP network under Multitel project

Corvis raises $77.4M via private placement of 67,278,280 shares of its common stock at $1.15 per share

TranSwitch Corp. commences exchange offer for its 4.5% convertible notes due 2005

Redback now has until Oct. 11, 2003, to comply with Nasdaq's minimum price requirement

Stratos Lightwave files Registration Statement with the SEC relating to the proposed merger with Sterling Holding Company

Lucent to supply optical networking systems to South Korean wireline and broadband service provider to expand its DWDM backbone network

Has expanded its dual, ring-protected, fiber optic routes from St. Louis into East St. Louis and Collinsville, Ill.

Moves forward with portfolio of local, long-distance, and nationwide wireless bundles in wake of FCC UNE-P order

Large part of this year’s US$100 million R&D funding for China goes to 3G, US$45 million for 3G infrastructure and app development

BT announces a £3.5 million contract with the Financial Times to deploy a new wide-area network

MCI has commenced a tender offer to purchase all of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock of Digex not already owned by MCI

Strategic alliance to offer BellSouth customers in residential homes, DIRECTV® digital satellite television service in early 2004

Investment by Masthead Venture Partners brings Netilla’s Series C financing to $8 million

Have begun certification testing to provide a wide range of PBX-type services and other features

Tellium and Zhone announce early termination of Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Review

Overstated its previously reported net revenues for the fiscal year ended March 2, 2002, of $210.8 million by as much as $85.5 million

China Netcom selects Nortel Networks to provide voice over IP, multimedia solutions for next-generation network

Preliminary review shows overstated revenues for the years ending March 2002 and March 2003.

Splicing losses as low as 0.03dB per splice achieved for Liekki highly-doped erbium fibers with Ericsson Network Technologies splicers

Communications Workers of America asks bankruptcy judge to appoint examiner to investigate Adelphia's 'scorched-earth' labor practices

Northwestern Georgia's Dalton Utilities selects Alcatel Fiber-to-the-User system to provide broadband voice, video, and data services

Inmarsat selects ADC's Singl.eView dynamic transaction management platform for its next-stage mobile satellite services

Chip firm signs Taiwanese firm Litz Technologies as a regional representative for selling platforms

Oxford Health Plans implements new Sprint voice, data, and wireless services, in multiyear agreement

ADC names Gokul Hemmady as chief financial officer; Mark Borman replaces Hemmady as treasurer, remains VP of investor relations

ISP Atlantic.Net uses Progress Telecom's new Fast Ethernet service to connect three Orlando metro sites to its new tier-one data center

Bob Annunziata, founder of Teleport Communications Group, will join Tropic Networks' board of directors as non-executive chairman

AMCC's new 10-Gbit/s transceivers deliver electronic compensation, on-chip test and monitor capabilities, and low power consumption

Cox Communications selects Ciena's Online Metro and Edge platforms to support advanced data services on its multiservice broadband network

Fortinet closes $30M Series D round of funding, led by Redpoint Ventures and including Meritech Capital Partners as a new investor

PingTone releases Call Assurance Design Integrated User Support (Cadius), the first real-time IP telephony call-quality system

Bechtel awards Lucent a $25M subcontract to carry out emergency repair and rehabilitation of the communications network in Iraq

Calls the FCC's Triennial Review the "most significant and important regulatory document in the country's telecommunications history"

The worldwide service provider router and market grew 4% to $669M in 2Q03, fueled by spending in the core router segment

SBC Internet Services extends contract with Level 3 for dial-up Internet access service by two years, through the end of 2006

Quarry Technologies announces the iQ-IDS network-based Intrusion Detection System for its iQ series platforms

Agilent Technologies introduces industry's first standards-based test kit that shortens test-system setup and coding time

Ellacoya Networks announces gENIOS, the first operating system for building and managing Application Aware Networks

Riverhead solution provides key technology for new distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) protection service from Rackspace Managed Hosting

CoWare forms seven-person Technical Advisory Board, to be headed by chief scientist Dr. Heinrich Meyr

Brunei's DST Communications selects CommVerge Solutions to upgrade its SDH optical network to accommodate 2.5G/3G mobile services

Alaskan IOC Matanuska Telephone Association deploys Minerva Networks' IP television headend for delivery of triple-play services

Agere Systems acquires Massana, an Irish developer of Gigabit Ethernet physical layer device (PHY) technologies, for $26.2M in stock

ADC'S IP Cable Business Unit receives ISO 9001:2000 certification

ISP and cable operator QCOL selects Motorola and Quantum Bridge to provide an FTTP network for delivery of triple-play services

Network Associates' Sniffer Technologies division awarded patent on selective filtering in analysis of Voice over Internet Protocol calls

US Telecom Association is 'relieved' that the FCC has finally issued its Triennial Review order, but still doesn't know what it's about

DSL.net applauds the FCC's ruling for sustaining its ability to provide broadband access for businesses

Alcatel to supply Netcom with 400,000 DSL lines; Dell'Oro confirms Alcatel as worldwide DSL leader, with 3.1M lines shipped in Q2

Commissioner Copps says the Triennial Review decision 'plays fast and loose with the country’s broadband future,' damages competition

The acquisition announced in June is done, bringing the tranceiver vendor into the Vitesse fold

Substantially all of the assets of Vitesse's Optical Systems Division land in Avanex's hands for roughly $6M in stock

The Telecommunications Industry Association is 'elated' by the deregulation of new broadband facilities in the FCC's Triennial Review

NetScaler to license F5's 'Cookie Persistence' patent; F5 to license a NetScaler patent; NetScaler to pay an undisclosed licensing fee

Leading a team of network systems experts, Raytheon submits proposal for Transformational Communications MilSatCom Network Segment

It's 'heartened' by the preservation of UNE-P, but 'wholeheartedly disappointed' about the elimination of line-sharing for broadband

Qwest declares itself happy with the FCC's ruling on broadband, but remains 'disappointed' with the decision on UNE-P

Sprint cheers the FCC's order on UNE-P, but is 'disappointed' by the exclusion of wireless companies from buying transport at UNE prices

KT builds its first long-haul DWDM network, using Nortel's OPTera Long Haul 1600

Revenues were a record $192.9M, up 61% over last year, for net income of $9.4M ($0.07/share), up from a loss of $9.3M ($0.08/share) in 2Q03

Jozef Straus is stepping down from the CEO seat on Sept. 1, with Kevin Kennedy, most recently COO of Openwave Systems, taking the helm

The MPLS/Frame Relay Alliance approves a new Implementation Agreement for TDM transport over MPLS using ATM Adaptation Layer 1

Bell Labs scientists find naturally-occuring optical fiber in deep-sea sponges that may have advantages over industrial optical fiber

Koncent Communication awarded US patent for its two-stage optical isolator with simplified assembly process and improved performance

Sonet-based storage-over-distance solutions provider Akara to merge with Ciena subsidiary; $31M in cash and $14M in stock changes hands

Revenues were $68.5M, up 37% from last year's Q3, for a net loss of $88.9M ($0.20/share), down from a loss of $160.0M ($0.20/share)

Radware extends bulletproof global high availability with the release of Web Server Director version 8

Net sales were $188.5M, down from $235.1M in 3Q02, for a net loss of $15.1 ($0.02/share), improving from a loss of $629.1M ($0.79/share)

Alcatel and Avici increase market share in Q2 as the router market posts its highest growth in over two years, says Synergy Research

Allstream signs multi-year deal to provide Internet, data, security, and hosting services to commercial advertising distribution firm MIJO

Launches new BPON and GPON standards-compliant FiberPath 500 fiber-to-the-premises system for triple-play services at gigabit speeds

Innovance Networks successfully completes field trial of AgileCore, the world's first automated, tunable, agile photonic network

Lightwaves2020 introduces two MSA-compliant compact EDFAs

TeleGeography forecasts 67% growth in international Internet traffic this year

The latest version of Codima's Express Suite automates network discovery and delivers 'intelligent visibility' with autoMap feature

K2 Optronics develops narrow linewidth external cavity lasers for fiber optic sensing and test and measurement applications

The Metro Ethernet Forum welcomes eight new members, expands board and elects new directors, touts technical progress at annual meeting

Agsm Telecomunicazioni selects Acme Packet Net-Net session border controllers to enable hosted SIP services in Italy

Fibernet extends the reach of its metro network services in London, bringing the total length of its MAN to over 300 route kilometres

Juniper Networks to build advanced MPLS VPN information network for the Government Information Centre in China's Jiangxi Province

Golden Telecom to acquire Comincom and Combellga from Telenor in exchange for shares equalling 19.5% of Golden Telecom

Oscar Rodriguez succeeds Romulus Pereira as prez and CEO; Nasdaq lets company stay listed for now, provided it files statements by 9/8

Birch Telecom picks Ciena's DN7100 multiservice switching platform to converge Frame Relay, ATM, and CES traffic in Texas and Oklahoma

Tandberg Television and Larscom to bundle technology for integrated offering that enables delivery of digital video to remote locations

RSoft Design Group's BandSolve version 1.2 automates and accelerates calculation of photonic band structures for photonic crystal devices

Revenues were $10.9M, up from $8.5M in 4Q02, for a net loss of $9.7M ($0.04/share), down from a loss of $73.5M ($0.28/share) in 4Q02

MCI/WorldCom reaffirms current financial guidance, clarifies 8-K filing

Time Warner Telecom wins $1.5 million contract for Ethernet and data communications service to Orange County, Fla.

Telefónica Deutschland converges voice and data networks using Cisco gear, with NetCentrex software and Dimension Data systems integration

Leading Mexican ISP delivers voice and broadband services with Alcatel's Next-Generation Network (NGN) solutions

SingTel and China Telecom to jointly offer full suite of end-to-end data services to and from China

Netopia's Cayman Gateways support Netifice IP VPN implementation at Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurants

Chipotle Mexican Grill selects Netifice to deploy and manage a broadband network linking 250 restaurants nationwide

Aegis Semiconductor announces the world's first multi-cavity tunable thin film filter chip, enabling reconfigurable network nodes

Ipsum Networks names David J. Rega, most recently CFO at Ensoniq, as its chief financial officer

LVL7's Fastpath networking software powers the latest Layer 3 Gigabit Switch from Netgear

Lucent Technologies to build CDMA2000 1xEV-DO network for KTF in South Korea in an $80M deal

Negotiations among Verizon, the Communication Workers of America, and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers will resume today

Level 3 to sell Midwest Fiber Optic Network, a regional network acquired in the Genuity transaction, to CenturyTel for $17M in cash

Bell Canada, BellSouth, SBC, and Verizon work with the DSL Forum on its DSLHome initiative to boost uptake of DSL-based home networks

DenseLight Semiconductors rolls out high-power superluminescent light emitting diodes (SLEDs), featuring at least 20mW power at 1550nm

Lumentis successfully completes Network Equipment Building Standards (NEBS) Level 1 compliance testing

Dalton Utilities selects General Bandwidth's G6 platform for Fiber-to-the-Premises (FTTP) deployment in Dalton, Georgia

Virtela Communications launches Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Toolkit for global enterprise wide-area networks (WANs)

Orcom deploys Peribit Networks' SR-20 Sequence Reducers for mission-critical data mirroring application supporting 7M utility customers

Unveils 'Check Point Express,' a comprehensive VPN/security solution designed for midsize businesses with up to 500 users

The Dominican Republic's Tricom upgrades its network with AFC's UniversalDSL solution for DSL service delivery to more customers

Rolls out ten new products for its performance analysis platforms, adding broadband access, security, IP telephony, and routing features

Revenues were $1.50B, for a net loss of $1.56B ($3.28/share), thanks to a $1.4B non-cash charge on income taxes

APA Optics subsidiary APA Cables & Networks receives RUS acceptance for its Americable fiber distribution system

Tellium and Zhone file a registration statement on Form S-4 with the SEC regarding their proposed merger

RAD Data's IPmux TDM over IP gateway chosen by England's St. Helens College to deliver voice and data to staff and students

Accelerant delivers 10 Gbit/s through Tyco Electronics backplanes with error-free operation over three connector reference platforms

NexTone Multiprotocol Session Controllers to interconnect ITXC.net, the world's largest VOIP network, with other carrier networks

Metro optical gear sales are being hurt by low traffic demand, capex cuts, carrier consolidation, and lack of profitable services

Net Insight wins $1.7M equipment order from a US next-generation service provider to carry rich media over a global, IP-based network

VPN accelerator card based on Cavium's Nitrox lite processor improves throughput, cuts cost for Crossbeam C30 security services switch users

China Unicom picks NetScreen to provide firewall and security solutions for its Internet Data and Managed Services Centers

Judge's ruling exempts Broadcom's BCM3416 advanced digital tuner from court injunction, clearing the way for volume shipments

Riverstone Networks introduces powerful Advanced Services Module to increase revenue from new Ethernet services

ITU approves a set of standards to allow greater interoperability between different network elements, linking ATM and MPLS technologies

Ten industry leaders form the IBPAK multi-source agreement for hot-swap-capable transceivers that support InfiniBand-defined ports

Forecasts an improvement of global shipment value of optoelectronic ASICs in 2003, with a return to serious growth in 2004-2007

Band-X reports a notable increase in packet loss on Internet routes between Europe and North America following Thursday night's blackout

The worldwide DSL equipment market posted strong growth of 16% for 2Q03, according to preliminary results from Gartner

MCI reports $2.075B in revenue during June, up from $2.034B in May, for net income of $84M, up from $46M in May

Xtera Communications closes on $30 million of new financing, mostly from existing investors

A power outage spanning from New York to Detroit appears to have left the Net unharmed

Worldwide service provider router (SPR) revenues were $455.4M in 2Q, up 6% from Q1 -- the first up quarter since declines began a year ago

Second-quarter port shipments fell 2.6% year-over-year to 37.4M, while vendor revenue fell 15% to $2.3B, according to Gartner

Bell Canada says its networks remain functional despite power outage, but it urges customers to restrict phone use

Verizon says its networks are operating well despite the blackout, as call routing centers automatically convert to diesel generators

Group revenue increased by 5.7% year-on-year to €27.2B, while net income improved by €5.0B to a positive €1.1B

Moscow Cellular Communications chooses Lucent to deploy advanced mobile network for coverage in Moscow and the surrounding suburbs

Anritsu's data quality analyzer mainframes enhanced by add-on packet over Sonet (POS) capability, from 155 Mbit/s to 10 Gbit/s

Relizon signs with Sprint for another four years, in a $4M deal to connect 100+ facilities nationwide with VPN, FR, and IP services

Arris completes the acquisition of the CMTS-related assets of Com21, including the stock of its Irish subsidiary, for $2.8M

Sprint expands its SprintLink IP network to include Taiwan, acquires a license to provision corporate data and IPL services in Taiwan

Ciena integrates Ethernet multiplexing (EMUX) capabilities in its Online Edge coarse wavelength division multiplexing (CWDM) platform

Ixia appoints Alan Amrod, vice president of marketing at Alcatel since 2000, as its new marketing VP

Alliance Fiber Optic Products releases a series of Miniature Integrated Power Monitors for DWDM systems and add/drop modules

According to a new report from The Linley Group, Motorola and Broadcom threaten PMC-Sierra's standing in control-plane market

To expand deployments of China Netcom's IP-based PAS ('The People's Technology') systems in Shandong Province

Kam Saifi steps down as president and CEO but will remain on the board

Yet another China contract for the IP-based PAS system, this time for $30M to deploy in Shandong Province

Estimated $85B in federal IT contract awards available over the next three years, especially in security, integration, and net architecture

Alcatel equipment chosen by BellSouth to complete 100 cercent build-out of Mississippi's DSL central office network

Revenues totaled ¥8,344 million (US$69.6 million), a decrease of 15.3% compared to 1Q02 and a decrease of 36.0% from 4Q02

Integration has begun with the previously announced Universal Broadband Communications asset purchase and C2C Exchange merger

GRIC Communications has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Axcelerant, a provider of managed broadband VPN services

'little more than a determined effort by MCI's competitors to disrupt its bankruptcy reorganization'

Trading company to market and distribute Ingate Firewalls and SIParatorsin Japan and throughout Asia

Wholesale agreement allows New Edge to offer business broadband connections in the Eastern US over the DSL.net broadband network

Chicago Mercantile Exchange selects Sprint as part of telecommunications connectivity enhancement

Appoints Richard R. Roscitt, ex-ADC CEO, its president and chief operating officer

To stock more complete line of AFL products, including copper interconnect products, fiber closures, test and inspection equipment

NEC provides next-gen multimedia applications to businesses and gov't agencies in Japan across Asia Netcom's fiber optic infrastructure

Revenues for the fiscal 2003 first quarter of $1,566,992, up from the $72,451 posted for the same period of fiscal 2003

Consolidated revenue in the second quarter of 2003 was $80.7 million, and consolidated net income was $11.9 million; acquisitions planned

Net revenue increased $173,000 or nearly 32% to $714,000, for the quarter ended June 30, 2003

Revenues for the second quarter of 2003 increased to $6.5 million, up 1% from $6.4 million for the first quarter of 2003

Operator plans to use free-space optics to close an SDH ring in Chongquing, China

Releases sample IPv6 routing code for the NP-1c network processor

Names Robert E. Switz President and CEO; J. A. Blanchard III, Non-Executive Chairman; Rick Roscitt accepts new position at... MCI!

Turkey Telecom Industries (TTI) has awarded a contract for DSL broadband infrastructure and services to NEC Corp.

Signs agreement with United Expitaxy Company to set up a joint venture for manufacture and development of fiber optics components

Siemens IC Networks has been commissioned by China’s leading carrier, China Telecom, to upgrade the company’s optical network in Gansu

In H1 2003, Pandatel booked sales of €8.9M, as against €15.2 one year earlier; for the first time in 3 quarters, sales rose in Q2

Frost & Sullivan study finds world MAN test equipment market was worth $565.8M in 2002 and is likely to reach $836.4M by 2009

TANDBERG Television joins with partners to show world’s first end-to-end Windows Media 9 Series System for TV over DSL

nVox IP telephony suite will be made available to resellers immediately

Idaho Falls Power chooses Luminous PacketWave platform to support data, voice, and video services in metro network

Cicada Semiconductor names industry veteran to Andrew J. Rava to executive sales post

The proposed deal has the former Williams Communications becoming a subsidiary of the Leucadia holding company

LU1055M200 1055nm pump laser for S-band amplifier promises 'kink-free' power up to 200mW

Launches direct operations in Mumbai

EDS data centers in Plano to be armed with Inkra's Virtual Service Switches

Multikabel deployment of Cuda 12000 Next Generation CMTS marks the first Cuda sale for ADC in the region

ADVA's FSP 3000 to be installed in major Australian cities under Siemens's 3-year frame contract for optical backbone networks

A dividend of 12.5 cents per share on Sprint FON Common Stock, Series 1 was declared and will be paid Sept. 30, 2003,

Adds 7340 FTTU Business Optical Network Termination (B-ONT) family to its industry leading Fiber-to-the-User (FTTU) portfolio

Acqisition of SiByte and its BCM1250 dual-core processor has paid off in design wins, company claims

Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE), the country's sole telecom provider, will deploy next-gen optical solutions from Lucent

To provide long-distance and consolidated communications services

Next-gen silicon solution incorporates a Line Interface Unit (LIU) and framer in one combination device family

OIF to solicit input from backplane designers on design practices and methodologies regarding the Forum's Common Electrical I/O project

New subsidiary provides in-country sales, service, and support from its Beijing headquarters

New security startup, MagniFire, will protect Web-based applications

Gets new funds from investors including Comcast Interactive Capital, AOL Time Warner, Shaw Communications, and Amerindo Investment Advisors

Has completed the acquisition of certain assets of Nortel's High-Speed Modules business and entered into a 3-year supply agreement

DSL.net's integrated voice and data T1 service offering to run on Cisco infrastructure equipment, including routers and gateways

Its integrated firewall and VPN security solutions have been selected by PCCW, a telecommunications and data network carrier

Sorrento Networks has successfully closed the acquisition of LuxN for a combination of stock, warrants, and cash

Bell services, powered by Aventail, offer SSL access from any Internet-enabled device over a 'clientless' VPN

Sprint now offering local phone service to businesses in downtown Houston and the metropolitan area

Telefònica has awarded a series of contracts to Nortel estimated at US$20 million for expansion of Telefònica Brasil's optical network

Movielink and BellSouth launch co-branded movie rental service for BellSouth customers

US Networks, based in Morrisville, NC, using the AdventNet Web NMS to power its SureNet network Monitoring and trouble resolution system

Xignal Technologies, a leading IP solutions provider for the semiconductor industry, appoints Paul Engle, former Avanex CEO

Nortel Networks extends warranty network service agreements with China Telecom, China Unicom, and China Mobile for one more year

BTexact's tests confirm high performance and scaleability of Data Connection's BGP routing software

Tyco requests that the SEC make its shelf registration statement effective ASAP; SEC completes review of restated financials

Time Warner Telecom wins two-year contract to deliver local Internet, voice, and data services to MedAire, increasing bandwidth four-fold

Broadcom to pay Intel $60M in cash for dismissal of all patent claims; companies enter patent cross-license agreement

Great Yarmouth Borough Council opens up high-bandwidth connectivity using PAV Data Systems' Free Space Optic technology

Con Edison Communications gains momentum in NYC, boosting its customer base by more than 125% in the first half of 2003

In talks with Verizon, the IBEW and CWA refer job security issues to regional bargaining tables for the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic

Turk Telecom picks Redback's SmartEdge 800 Service Gateway and new NetOp Policy Manager for Turkey’s first major broadband deployment

New line-splitting collaboration for business-class local and long-distance voice and high-speed Internet services

Converts a non-uniform UV Excimer laser beam into a homogeneous beam with 95% uniformity while utilizing >80% of the laser power

Zarlink raises the performance bar with family of small, intelligent Fast Ethernet switches with advanced access and QOS features

Silicon Graphics (SGI) becomes reseller of TeraBurst optical networking products for connectivity between SGI Reality Centers

Insensys acquires Indigo Photonics, a spinoff from Aston University, in an all-stock deal; 3i becomes an Insensys shareholder

IntelliRisk selects Sprint to connect nine of its First Contact subsidiary's customer care centers in the US and Canada

Redback Networks announces NetOp Policy Manager, a policy and service management software solution for broadband networks

Settlement calls for a penalty of $2.25B, but the company only has to pay $500M cash, plus $250M in stock to shareholders and bondholders

MCI says AT&T has misrepresented the facts in its 'salacious' claims, all part of a scheme to obstruct MCI's emergence from Chapter 11

Revenues were $102M, down from $174M last year, for a net loss of $35.0M ($0.32/share), up from a loss of $7.5M ($0.07/share) in 2Q02

Signs deal with Mali's Sotelma to deploy 50,000 lines of its IP-based PAS system in Bamako; intends to pursue a two-for-one stock split

AT&T says MCI/WorldCom's response to its allegations of deception and fraud actually admits to the same; denies MCI's counteraccusations

Next-generation WAN compression leader Expand Networks raises $9M in financing, led by Tamir Fishman Ventures

Revenues trickle down to $600k, for a net loss of $15.3M ($2.00/share), as Multilink prepares to be acquired by Vitesse

Telus selects the iXTools software solution from Telarix to enable better management of interconnect traffic, dial codes, and pricing

Terabeam awarded two more patents relating to its Free Space Optics and high-frequency Millimeter Wave systems; 79 other patents pending

Optical Communication Products revenues were $9.5M, down 3.6% from 3Q02, for a net loss of $4.3M ($0.04/share), up from just $265,000

IP Infusion adds Layer 2 switching protocols and an Intel interface mapper to its ZebOS Advanced Routing Suite

FCC Commissioner Kevin Martin to open the FTTH Council's second annual Conference & Expo with an open forum dialogue

Broadband4Britain says plan to wire the public sector for broadband is unlikely to stimulate new investment and is probably illegal

Metrodata's Ethernet-to-Serial interface converters enables links to Mentat's SkyX satellite link accelerators without a separate router

Introduces 10-Gbit/s PIN photodiode compliant with OC192 SDH/Sonet, 4- and 10-Gbit/s FC, 10GE standards, and proprietary 10-Gbit/s protocols

Analog PLL timing chip from Zarlink surpasses performance requirements for OC192 optical line cards

PowerOverEthernet.com hopes to help raise the stature of the recently approved IEEE 802.3af Power Over Ethernet standard

ECI Telecom names Gerd Tenzer, former Deutsche Telekom exec and German ministry advisor, to its board of directors

AMT Group to distribute Tellabs' managed access and next-gen optical networking equipment to operators in Russia and the rest of the CIS

Taiwanese parent company Walsin Lihwa shutters VTR Optoelectronics to place more emphasis on its interests in mainland China

Amsterdam Internet Exchange selects Foundry Networks' new BigIron MG8 terabit-capacity system for 10-Gigabit Ethernet infrastructure

Optical Antenna Solutions' optical concentrator boasts performance levels of up to 50 times the gain provided by a hemispherical lens

Cicada Semiconductor signs with Paltek in distribution agreement for its SimpliPHY transceivers in Japan

Actelis Networks' MetaLight 1500 and 100 win 'Technical Acceptance' and 'Buy American' status from the USDA's Rural Utilities Service

StarGen's StarFabric established as new AdvancedTCA Fabric in PICMG 3.3 specification; PCI Express also adopted in PICMG 3.4

Says the GSA Inspector General's request to consider barring it from government deals because of billing discrepancy is 'unprecedented'

The Society of Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications (Swift) cites Infonet as a provider of choice for IP services

3i and Crown Crystal Investments lead international consortium in $67M first round for Chinese semiconductor foundry

Micromuse extends Netcool management solutions to help organizations achieve maximum ROI from voice over IP networks

Net sales were $4.7B, down 2.6% from 4Q02, for net income of $982M ($0.14/share), up from $772M ($0.10) for 4Q02; annual earnings also up

Revenues were $7.5M, up 7% from $6.9M last year, for net income of $280,000, up 372% from a net loss of $103,000 for 1H02

Progress Telecom launches FlexBand, offering customers the ability to bundle current and future bandwidth needs into a single transaction

DataPower offers government agencies a free XML Web services security immersion program; signs reseller agreement with SAIC to boost program

South Carolina's Hargray and Georgia's Knology have deployed Alloptic's passive optical networks to deliver triple play services

Revenues were $50.3M, up 16.7% from last year, for net income of $2.7M ($0.19/share), up from $1.7M ($0.12/share) in 2Q02

Version 2.0 of Riverhead Guard and Riverhead Detector offer enhanced recognition features for detecting and defeating stealthy attacks

ISP CPCNet opts for scalable MPLS platform from Juniper Networks to boost VPN services in greater China

NetScreen Technologies signs distribution deal enabling NEC to offer co-branded NetScreen security products in Japan

Radware Radware's application switching solutions ensure optimized performance and uptime for C-Span.org for live-on-demand Webcasts

Celite Systems scores $10M in second round funding from Austin Ventures and Highland Capital Partners

Copper Mountain unveils the VantEdge Subscriber Management Switch, a subscriber management application for the VantEdge Access BRAS

Riverstone Networks and NTT-ME to jointly deliver 10-Gigabit Ethernet solutions to Japanese carriers and businesses

New Edge Networks now generated positive cash flow of $7.5M in June 2003, for the first time since the company was formed four years ago

Synplicity's FPGA synthesis software delivers increased support for Actel's FPGAs, gets in Actel’s Libero Integrated Design Environment

New wireless/wireline deal delivers better performance at the same bandwidth for 1000-location jewelry retailer Finlay Enterprises

Revenues were a record $18.1M, up 56% from last year's Q2, for a net loss of $8.7M ($0.20/share), up 7% from a loss of $9.4M in 2Q02

Telewest Broadband launches a wireless self-installation pack for its 'blueyonder' Internet services, beating BT Broadband's price

Alcatel outsources GPRS/EDGE network implementation, integration, testing, and technical support in Brunei to CommVerge Solutions

Sprint begins deployment of large metro area network in Boston, will add more fiber optic rings this year and the next

Sorrento targets cable multi-system operators (MSOs) with new product line for video-on-demand transport; predicts down Q2

Upgraded access options combine the desktop security and application support of an IPSec VPN with the clientless convenience of a SSL VPN

India's Tata Power deploys ECI Telecom's XDM multiservice optical platform in its DWDM network backbone; further expansion expected

NTT Electronics and Oki Electric Industry will integrate production lines, jointly develop new devices, and combine sales channels

Series D round includes new investor Mobius Venture Capital, which also gets a seat on Infinera's board

Revenues were $5.5M, down from $8.0M last year, for a net loss of $6.6M ($0.10 per share), up from a loss of $12.5M ($0.19) last year

Sumitomo Electric Lightwave names Hiroaki Horima as chief executive officer and Fred McDuffee as president and chief operating officer

Vitesse expands Asia/Pacific distribution channel through Singapore's Nu Horizons Electronics

DMG Technologies launches, acquires assets and IP rights of Demeter Module Group from Finisar in a privately funded purchase

Stefan Kindt appointed as managing director for Marconi Germany, taking over the role from Jürgen Beer, who is retiring

China's Ministry of Information Industry certifies Luminous Networks’ RPR-based PacketWave E-Series platform for use in metro area networks

Citizens Telephone Cooperative selects Occam Networks' BLC 6000 System to provide voice and data services to subscribers

Promises new systems, modules, and components at the European Conference on Optical Communication (Rimini, Italy, Sept. 22-24)

The Network Processing Forum (NPF) elects four to its board of directors, including two system OEMs

Files reorganization plan and disclosure statement, sees Chapter 11 emergence in early October; names ex-Nortel exec Grant Barber CFO

Neoteris offers a Network Connect Upgrade option for its Access Series family, expanding resources and applications for secure access

Confluence Research predicts there will be 51.7M US residential high-speed Internet subscribers, or 50% of all Internet households, by 2007

Intros the OEngine family of VCSELs, detectors, and LC sleeve assemblies for embedded systems and access/datacom transceivers

Marvell Technology Group launches the third generation of the Horizon WAN to Gigabit Ethernet LAN communication controller

Transcom Enhanced Services standardizes on Veraz VOIP solution for network expansion of one of the largest VOIP networks in the US

The Chesapeake Innovation Center, the USA's first homeland security business incubator, opens; NSA, Nokia/Innovent sign as partners

MCI names former Sears Roebuck general counsel Anastasia 'Stasia' Kelly as executive VP, general counsel, and corporate secretary

IntelliNet to help enable cutting-edge wireless and intelligent network services to be offered on Excel's Converged Services Platform

Qwest will offer PCS Vision from Sprint, the company's advanced wireless data service

Frost & Sullivan survey of major service providers shows a positive future for IP VPN services in Europe

Private access DSL (PADSL) services avoid risks of using the public Internet

CMOS-based Analog Front End (AFE) intellectual property makes single-chip VDSL solutions possible

Time-Bandwidth Products buys GigaTera in an all-cash transaction

Proficient Networks debuts its Network Policy Engine model NPE210A, enabling enterprises to improve performance and cut costs of IP VPNs

IBEW and the Communications Workers of America say members will remain on the job while talks continue

GSI Lumonics withdraws proposal to restructure the company as a US corporation, cancels special shareholders' meeting

BT and Marconi sign three-year Access Hub frame contract; Marconi to supply at least 70% of BT's optical network equipment requirements

First-half revenues totaled €278M, up 2% on last year's H1, for income of €0.4M, up from a loss of €7.7M in the same period a year ago

Paradyne appoints Gene J. Frantz, principal of Texas Pacific Group, to its board of directors; David Bonderman resigns from board

Photline Technologies announces the release of NIR-LN modulators, a complete family of 1064 nm lithium niobate (LiNb03) modulators

WebNetTrak delivers network resource management solution to design, deploy, implement, and track entire voice and data networks

Verizon plans to offer symmetric high bit-rate DSL SHDSL featuring symmetric speeds up to 1.5M and with higher network priority

All printed circuit board assembly and repair services for Tellabs' North American products to be transferred to Sanmina-SCI facilities

Juniper collaborates with Arris to deliver CMTS and IP solutions for MSOs; Juniper will discontinue the G-series product line

New Edge Networks names Stephen E. Lovas vice president of sales

Indonesian telco Indosat picks Siemens and Pirelli to expand its network in East Java, Jakarta-Bandung, and Sumatra, in a €20M deal

Cavium Networks secures $18M in Series C funding, hires former Intel exec Rajiv Khemani as vice president of marketing