Boardwatch Insider identifies who's hot and who's not in the world of session initiation protocol (SIP)

Darlene Solomon, from the life sciences arm of Agilent Labs, replaces retiring director Tom Saponas

The companies lower the revenue target but extend the lifetime of their contract, as Solectron will continue manufacturing for Nortel

Sales and pro forma losses both drop, while the company restructures into two market segments

Company releases a 10-Gbit/s Ethernet version of its Plexis platform

Company produces an evaluation kit to go with its Puma bridge chip for XFP modules

Infineon Technologies opens its US office in the Big Apple to reaffirm its commitment to expanding its presence in the eastern US

Upgrades a 24km section of the Sea-Me-We 3 network; links the Azores and Madeira Islands to the Portuguese mainland for PT Comunicações

NTT's systems integration arm to use Terabeam free space optics (FSO) and high-frequency millimeter wave (MMW) broadband wireless systems

Azanda Network Devices to open design facility in Bangalore for silicon verification and software development

New Edge Networks to deliver national high-performance DSL and Frame Relay access for Netifice's IP VPN solutions

Planning design and management specialist Halcrow will install 10-Mbit/s Ethernet connection from Exponential-e in its London HQ

New $9M sale of Marconi's core switch-router supports critical US Government applications

Nortel to help Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom upgrade its GSM network, Guatemala's Sercom deploy the first GSM network in Central America

Brazil's BCP Telecomunicacoes receives immediate ROI from Micromuse's Netcool service management solution

Lucent supports Verizon Wireless's launch of 3G services in Washington; KPN Mobile picks Lucent to support 3G UMTS network

51° deepens its network coverage with an additional four new points of presence across London

Verizon revamps, expands sales agent program with more product and sales training to better serve small and medium-sized businesses

South Carolina trading company Automated Trading Desk uses BellSouth network solutions handles 2% to 3% of Nasdaq's daily volume

Seven of PMC's Metro IC products have been selected by Lucent Technologies for its Metropolis DMX system

Announces Tokyo office, plus partnerships including Fujitsu, Kyocera, NEC, Nissay Information Technology, and NTT Communications

'The service makes it possible for customers to hold natural conversations with computer-based systems...' Frost warnings in Hell!

Second round of funding includes initial backers Menlo Ventures and Canaan Partners plus Advanced Technology Ventures

Telefónica chooses Alcatel’s 1674 Lambda Gate multiservice optical crossconnect to enhance its broadband network in Spain

HyperTransport Consortium announces new DirectPacket HyperTransport 1.1 specification for efficient packet-based chip-to-chip traffic

Company has hired Bear Stearns & Co. to investigate possible mergers or the sale of the company

Develops a reference board linking TranSwitch Ethernet Controllers to Intel's IXP2400 network processor

Tapping FiconTEC will allow Telops to address automated facet and surface inspection for diode laser bars and laser dies sorting

Latest report examines vendor strategies in one of the fastest-growing segments of the storage market: midrange systems

Multiplex now offers custom compound semiconductor foundry services from cleanroom facilities at its corporate HQ in New Jersey

Aegis Semiconductor promotes Gary Ainsworth to vice president of operations

The Fiber-to-the-Home Council and Telecommunications Industry Association release updated 'US Optical Fiber Communities' list

Bob Wallace joins Minerva Networks as vice president of sales, North America, leading Minerva's IP television sales team

BT Global Solutions uses the Intelliden R-Series to manage its BT Transform information and communications technology platform

Frost & Sullivan names Neoteris the market share leader in SSL VPN products worldwide, with 36% of the market in 1H03

Discovery III system controllers deliver unprecedented performance and integration, receiving support from IBM, Motorola, and PMC-Sierra

The European Particle Physics Laboratory, CERN, launches its first computing Grid, covering 12 countries and three continents

Neoteris enhances its Instant Virtual Extranet platform to secure the deployment of corporate extranets and intranets

Companies team to create a new Web Services interface for N2 Broadband's OpenStream VOD solution using ICTV's HeadendWare

Colubris Networks to supply equipment to ADC and assist with creation and development of an integrated WiFi/DSL access device for ILECs

Fujitsu has developed a high-speed 80-channel optical switch based on MEMS (micro electro-mechanical system) mirrors

Five-year, $190M contract names AT&T as the exclusive telecom provider for insurance provider Geico Direct

Verizon Wireless launches BroadbandAccess 3G network in San Diego, powered exclusively by Nortel Networks

LightPoint deploys Redback's SmartEdge 800 router in its broadband network for IP service delivery

Level 3 subsidiary Level 3 Financing to sell $500M of 10.75% Senior Notes due 2011 in private offering to 'qualified institutional buyers'

New versions of the PowerQuicc processor incorporate IPSec and SSL functions previously found in separate chips

A spate of TDM and Sonet/SDH chips finds its way into Lucent's Metroplis DMX system

Company expects revenues of $6.8M to $7M for the quarter ended Sept. 28, with breakeven cash flow

AT&T offers MAN Ethernet Switched Service high-speed local service for multiple offices connected to a VPN within a metro area

City of Tulsa deploys Foundry Networks' high-performance and intelligent switching and routing solution for secure citywide network

Level 3 increases network capacity into Stockholm, plans to offer services in Copenhagen in October, strikes deal to serve Danish ISP

Applied Micro Circuits Corp. to acquire IBM's PowerPRS switch fabric product line for about $47M; IBM to manufacture it for AMCC

Crystal Fibre presents a portfolio of standard Large Mode Area Fibers

Chiaro Networks opens European office in Amsterdam and picks Ronald Cornelisse as its managing director, European product marketing

Announces a 4.25-Gbit/s serializer-deserializer for use inside Fibre Channel ASICs

Company is sampling modules for 4Gbit/s Fibre Channel, with production expected in early 2004

SBC Communications declares quarterly dividend of $0.2825 a share and additional dividend of $0.10 a share

Allstream says removal of foreign investment restrictions would serve Canada's national interest

The European Competitive Telecommunications Association's DSL Scorecard says incumbents continue to dominate broadband rollouts

'Outraged and disgusted' Lucent retirees await face-to-face sessions with boardmember Henry Schacht between September 30 and October 8

Juniper Networks opens new technical facility in Bangalore and expands its Technical Certification Program in India

Princeton Lightwave signs supply agreement with major, unnamed South American telecom equipment vendor

All America Casting International (AMEI) and its Vietnamese provider partner start testing a beta telephone system featuring VOIP

TeraXion presents its latest chromatic dispersion compensation products, featuring tuning over the full C-band, at ECOC 2003

Telekom Malaysia adopts MediaRing VoizBridge carrier-class core session controller for use in its VOIP network solution

BCE supports the removal of restrictions on foreign ownership of telcos -- following a thorough review of the issues, of course

Mpower Communications raises $17.47M through the private placement of 12.9M common shares at $1.35 per share, a premium of nearly 5%

Bascom Mutual to serve the Fostoria and Tiffin, Ohio area with triple-play services using Optical Solutions' FiberPath 500 FTTP system

Pirelli to supply Emirates Telecommunications & Marine Services with 400km of submarine fiber optic cable to link Kuwait and Iran

Mindspeed broadens its family of crosspoint switches with 2x2 and 4x4 switches designed for storage, local, and wide area networks

Tundra Semiconductor acquires Motorola's PowerPC Host Bridge product line (the MPC106 and the MPC107) for $20M

Nortel's board declares a dividend on shares, the amount of which will be calculated by some arcane financial alchemy

UTStarcom to discuss the strength of its business, positive outlook, and 'discuss recent investor concerns' on a conference call today

IDC Japan says NetScreen won the top spot in unit and revenue market share for both security appliances and firewall/VPN markets in 2H02

Preliminary results show revenues between $10.0M and $12.0M (last year: $10.7M), as it continues to review its accounting practices

NSF grants $7.5M to the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, among others, to wire 100 households with 100-Mbit/s Internet connections

Announces a novel process for making free-space isolators for optical components

Does a week go by without UTStarcom winning another PAS expansion contract with another Chinese telco?

Intelliden R-Series software integrated with IBM Tivoli NetView and IBM Tivoli Access Manager, certified as Ready for IBM Tivoli software

Wave Three Software chooses Hughes Software Systems' SIP Server Framework as infrastructure for video conferencing/collaboration suite

Companies to supply multiservice network, based on Italtel's iMSS platform and Cisco's data networking technology, to Germany's Freenet

Sprint provides high-performance voice and data services for leading transportation and logistics provider

Lucent wins China Unicom contracts in six provinces, together valued at more than $230M, in initial stage of phase III expansion

TranSwitch announces successful exchange offer with a tender of 79% of its existing notes and placement of $24M of its new Plus Cash Notes

US Bankruptcy Court approves Acterna's Plan of Reorganization; company to emerge from Chapter 11 within 10 days

NEC selects Ixia's Linux Software Development Toolkit to speed development of its 10-Gigabit GlobalOpenEthernet switch

The MPLS/Frame Relay Alliance approves the I.366.2 Voice Trunking Format over MPLS Implementation Agreement (IA)

Reorganizes into four groups: Enterprise Computing, Networking Infrastructure, Mobile & Wireless, and Broadband Communications

The Office of Homeland Security deploys free space optics from Terabeam in New Orleans to ensure emergency preparedness

File under: Companies about to get sued by George Lucas (cf. Jedi Networks)

Alcatel signs a €20M frame contract to supply Kazakhstani operator KaR-Tel with an end-to-end mobile solution

Dutch ISP BIT (Business Internet Trends) employs Sorrento Networks' JumpStart CWDM platform for three-city backbone network

Equant to implement an MPLS-based IP VPN across four continents for office supplies manufacturer Esselte in a five-year deal

Luminous Networks signs worldwide reseller agreement with Ciena; Luminous raises $25M in Series-E funding, led by Ciena and DCM-Doll

Bookham will acquire Ignis Optics in consideration for $15.5 million in new shares

The Tellabs 8600, developed in Finland, will act as a little brother to the Vivace 8800 multiservice switch/router

770 service provider employees speak out on whom they recognize and perceive as market leaders among 304 vendors, in global survey

Marconi dumps 12.89M Bookham Technology shares for £16.76M total

Spirent's Storage Router Tester simulates real-world conditions while reducing costs and accelerating deployment of SANs

Tut Systems and Teleste join to offer open solutions for advanced broadcast TV and VOD applications for FTTP, FTTC, and HFC

EANTC confirms the performance of the Cisco Catalyst 6500 switch in industry's largest Gigabit Ethernet test

Newport launches a new family of broadband ASE sources and EDFAs packaged for test and measurement of photonics in the 1550nm range

Panyu Cable to deploy the Salira 2000 platform to deliver broadband services in the Panyu district of GuangZhou

JDS Uniphase broadens Multiple Application Platform (MAP) and SWS-OMNI test product lines, demonstrates new applications at ECOC

Alcatel and Vinci Networks partner to provide local French communities with communication networks and broadband solutions

Wire One completes the sale of its video solutions business to Gores Technology Group, concentrates on services from now on

Dominion Lasercom deploys 29-link FSO metro Ethernet network for the Weslaco Independent School District in South Texas

McData completes interoperability testing with ADVA's Fiber Service Platform (FSP) systems; companies announce alliance partnership

Unveils new chromatic dispersion compensators, in fixed and tunable varieties

The Technical Committee Tispan is now responsible for standardisation of present and future converged networks, including VOIP and NGN

Verizon deploys DWDM to increases Texas A&M's network capacity

DISA awards two multi-year deals, worth a combined $390M, to procure fiber for the DOD's Global Information Grid Bandwidth Expansion

Lucent gets preliminary court approval of settlements for shareowner class action and related litigation; natch, it denies any wrongdoing

Inkra signs new customers and enhances distribution channel to meet growing market demand for network virtualization solutions

The PLexus Unified Service (PLUS) architecture supports at least five times more capacity than legacy switches or first-gen softswitches

STMicroelectronics touts further advances in light-emitting silicon technology, plans to enter the optocoupler market

Sprint expands services with Countrywide Financial through new voice, data, wireless services agreement

Taqua concludes its first User Group Conference, Networks 2003

Chip maker gets all happy over performance tests and interoperability trials for XFP modules

At ECOC, CorActive announces new erbium-doped fibers that exhibit high flatness

Neralink announces a family of semiconductor cores targeting metro Ethernet

New release includes a media gateway, media gateway controller and signaling gateway

Partners up with TerraWave to offer free-space optics to wireless LAN resellers

Carriers surveyed are planning to increase optical and DWDM spending, according to KMI

A slow August will lead to lower revenues and greater losses than expected for the quarter ending Sept. 26

Company introduces network managed subsystems and shows off parts acquired from Alcatel, Corning, and Vitesse

Partnership will target net management of IP VPNs

Neralink Networks launches Metro Ethernet Intellectual Property Program

Releases new versions of APSS (Apollo Photonic Solutions Suite) and ALDS (Advanced Laser Diode Simulator)

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Developer of integrated IP+Legacy VPN security solutions has joined the Virtual Private Networking Consortium (VPNC)

Adds CWDM SFP transceivers to its NetLight SFP transceiver family; enters full production of its wavelength-stabilized laser devices

Highwave Optical Technologies introduces a new product platform centred on high-power fiber lasers

Introduces two new products to spur growth of metro Ethernet services

Level 3 Financing plans to raise $500 million aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes due 2011 in a proposed private

Vitesse offers two new Layer 2+ Gigabit Ethernet desktop switches

In the report 'Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me,' S&P says telecom equipment providers may be nearing the end of hard times

The 'New York SuperNode' says it will achieve net-income positive milestone this month; closes $12M Series A equity financing

ILX Lightwave introduces a reliability test system for laser diodes and LEDs

Texas Instruments delivers highly integrated, scaleable system-on-a-chip for VOIP customer premises gateway applications

Announces industry's first operations support system to manage wireless SIP-based push-to-talk services

Diluted EPS before special items now $2.56 to $2.60 (was $2.70 to $2.80); year-end net debt reiterated at $46B to $47B

Infineon is displaying its extensive portfolio of fiber optics products and offerings at the ECOC 2003 tradeshow

Chromux will become the exclusive manufacturer of NP Photonics' Compliant MEMS (CMEMS) products

Level 3 launches new (3)Tone hosted business voice service to augment or replace PBX, IP PBX, and IP Centrex systems

AT&T wins $3.6M deal to reengineer Northwestern Human Services' (NHS) IT infrastructure; targets Australian SMEs through new partner ETS

BlazePhotonics drops the price of fifteen of its photonic crystal fibers by up to forty percent

Metrobility introduces enhanced Ethernet over CWDM for metro access and campus networks on its Radiance 4000 platform

Vitesse Semiconductor brings to market the first 340-Gbit/s, serial TFI-5 TSI switch for access and metro applications

Accelerant transceiver validates Teradyne backplane reference platform in less than two days using Accelerant's Lab in a Chip suite

Siemens Venture Capital leads $4M follow-on financing with ComVentures and VantagePoint Venture Partners participating

Exar's new DS3/E3/STS-1 multi-channel LIU device family and eight-channel E1 short-haul LIU both leverage its R(3) technology

Juniper's E-series routing platform meets the DSL Forum's TR-059 specification for evolution of mass-market, premium DSL services

New interfaces and software enable integrated multi-Gbit/s data-center services to increase efficiency, performance, and manageability

MergeOptics delivers its complete suite of 10-Gbit/s MSA modules for Sonet/SDH and Ethernet applications

Broadcom announces the first multi-tuner silicon solution for cable set-top boxes, next-gen cable-ready TVs, and personal video recorders

ECI Telecom chosen for the delivery of advanced DSL services to over 800,000 subscribers in the Asia/Pacific region

Intelligent optical amplifier delivers excellent transient control for today's dynamic DWDM metro networks

Opnext extends its line of 300-pin transceivers with the TRV709A, a widely tunable transceiver for metro and long-haul DWDM applications

Marconi will launch a new scaleable WDM multi-haul, multiservice transmission platform at ECOC

Dominik Asam, previously with Goldman Sachs, takes over as head of investor relations, mergers and acquisitions, and Infineon Ventures

Dominion Resources to take a $650M asset impairment charge on telecom business, which it now intends to sell

Integrated BayPackets/Convedia solution delivers cost-effective and differentiated enhanced services for wireline, wireless, and cable SPs

Pirelli is showing next-generation systems, modules, and components at the European Conference on Optical Communication

OpVista hires Western and Eastern Regional VPs of sales to meet demand for the MetroVista optical transport system

Ron Spithill, Asia/Pacific president, appointed chief marketing officer; Christian Reinaudo replaces him as president of Asia/Pac

Siemens ICN will unveil the first electrical polarization-state controller and demultiplexer at ECOC in Rimini, Italy

Broadcom offers the ROBO-HS family of Gigabit Ethernet switch processors for small-to-medium-sized businesses

The Committee for Foreign Investment in the U.S. approves Singapore Technologies Telemedia's proposed investment in Global Crossing

Acquisition expected to increase the critical mass of Bookham’s non-telecom business

Intune Technologies unveils the AltoWave1300, an 80nm fast-swept tunable laser source

Mitsubishi Electric samples a laser for optical signal amplification that does not need to be cooled, enabling operating cost reductions

At the upcoming ECOC event, Hymite will unveil the world's smallest TOSA/ROSA sub-assembly

Infineon unveils a 4-Gbit/s Fibre Channel transceiver in a small form factor pluggable (SFP) module with digital diagnostics

Will present a paper at ECOC 2003 describing a novel method of fabricating ridge-waveguide DFB lasers with only a single growth stage

Reports net sales of $201.4 million and net earnings from continuing operations of $11.4 million or $0.13 per share

Will install its flagship Route Dynamics product free of charge as part of a new time-limited trial program at select company sites

Granite has been approved as an enterprise-wide standard for all Telefonica companies and begun implementation at Telefonica Empresas

Continuing its Chapter 11 reorg, Acterna sells its wireless subsidiary to Golden Gate Capital for $40M cash

Intel demos silicon and explains its PCI Express road map, including plans for workstations and Ethernet

The Inspector General refers the question of whether Qwest should be considered for debarment to the GSA Suspension/Debarment Official

The ADN2821 3.3 V transimpedance amplifier (TIA) is designed for use in small form-factor receiver packages in 10-Gbps optical networks

Appoints Andy Stoddard as VP of sales; BTI Photonic Systems picks its Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers (SOA) for use in its CWDM products

Offers more help in terms of hardware, software, and services for its highest-end network processors

PX Instrument Technology (PXIT) launches its PX2000-333 Digital Communications & Jitter Analyser module at ECOC 2003

Solid delivers hot-standby database configuration for compatible integration into Force Computers' communications platform

Oluma's integrated photodiode Tap and VOA (TVOA) passes the 'damp heat' portion of Telcordia GR-1221

Terayon's Euro-DOCSIS 2.0-based cable data system deployed by Liwest, Austria's second-largest cable TV operator

Sumitomo Electric Industries starts volume shipment of Small Form-factor Pluggable (SFP) optical transceivers for CWDM applications

LVL7 announces availability of FastPath networking software for Infineon Technologies' 'Purple' Ethernet access switch-on-chip

O2 selects Lucent to assess and optimize the performance of its GSM and GPRS networks in Germany, Ireland, the Isle of Man, and the UK

Have transferred digital broadcast video and audio segments across Level 3's Ethernet WAN using Sony's e-VTR technology

Korea's leading service provider opts for M-series routing platform to deliver new metro Ethernet services

New products are Optical Coupling Gel, Optical Elastomer, Photonic Grade Encapsulant, and Primary Optical Fiber Coating

Sunrise Telecom expects to report third-quarter 2003 revenues in the range of $11 to $12 million

Renews relationship with Brussels-based Financial Messaging Co-op; enables Swedish GCE to run its business from Czech server

Its MGCP, MEGACO/H.248, and RTP/RTCP Developer Toolkits fully support the Green Hills Software Real-Time Operating System (RTOS)

Total revenues were stable Y/Y; operating income before depreciation, amortization, and nonrecurring charges doubled to $159 million

MEMS company introduces what it claims is the smallest VOA available, at 5.4mm diameter and 18mm length

Silicon & Software Systems (S3) announces ATM support for the Intel series of AdvancedTCA-based platforms

Tunable external cavity laser, optimized for coarse wavelength division multiplexing testing, extends over 165nm

Cuda 12000 next-Generation cable modem termination system (CMTS) has received Euro-DOCSIS 1.1 qualification

Rostelecom has awarded Siemens Information and Communication Networks a contract to supply and install optical transmission technology

$10.5M contracts for day-to-day management of tactical communications systems for US Air Force bases in Southwest Asia

Cypress, IDT, NetLogic and SiberCore offer reference boards linking to Intel's network processor designs

Packs its voice-over-packet and voice-over-ATM chips into module form, targeting voice gateways

OnFiber extends its network using Terabeam's wireless Gigabit Ethernet

The EX-1500 SSL VPN gets an extra dose of security, along with a ton of tech partners

Adds software for DiffServ and Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol, and an Integrated Managment Interface

Telcos will link up with satellite companies to compete with cable operators, says analyst firm

Company demonstrates its XFP module transmitting 300 meters over multimode fiber

New chips pack up to 32 T1/E1 streams onto Ethernet or IP

Announces shipments of two traffic manager chips with aggregate capacity of up to 40 Gbit/s

U2t Photonics launches two differential pin-TIA 43-Gbit/s photoreceivers designed using transimpedance amplifiers from Inphi

Community Medical Centers picks Time Warner Telecom to deliver local switched metro Ethernet data services, in a three-year deal

Corvis plans to cut 200 of its 1,400 employees by year end, resulting in annual cost savings of approximately $30M to 40M

Tundra Semiconductor now expects its Q2 revenue to grow by 30% over its Q1 revenues, compared to its original guidance of 5% to 15%

Announces three-year growth and cost-reduction goals as it realigns to target two distinct market segments: businesses and consumers

Enhanced wide area Ethernet data networking service features new capabilities and expanded availability in the US and Europe

VegaStream finishes its management buy-out from Pace Micro Technology and its re-launch as an independent company

Photeon's Optical Design Automation Tool uses advanced artificial intelligence (AI) to help find the global optimum for design problems

Dr. Ulrich Schumacher opens Infineon's new Chinese headquarters in Shanghai's booming business district Pudong

Liz Claiborne chooses AboveNet for installation of a private optical fiber network

KT deploys Laurel Networks' ST200 Service Edge Router to deliver advanced Internet services at the edge of its Kornet network

Company releases silicon intellectual property for PCI Express, targeting ASIC designers and FPGA users

Kagoor's VOIP product will be deployed in metro hosted IP for business customers

Automated cell handles polishing, cleaning, and inspection for terminating multifiber optical connectors

New family includes a test and measurement product, a data networking offering, and production software

Terry Cantrell, ex-Anritsu, named VP of Sales

VDSL chip company opens a Yokohama office, complementing its Seoul, South Korea location

Manufacturing of its holographic phase masks has been successfully relocated to Ibsen Photonics' 1,300 sq.m. cleanroom facility

Second round funding of $13.3 million led by Advent Venture Partners

Intec wins €2m InterconnecT contract with Belgacom Mobile

Former IDT exec Jonathan Kaplan will lead the company's efforts in prepaid calling cards

Chip maker exits the market for content addressable memory, beefs up efforts in licensing chip designs

Sprint and Nortel team on optical services, enabling large businesses to access multiple metro locations via a ring-based network

Vitesse's TeraStream Intelligent Switch Fabric interoperates with Intel's IXP2800 Network Processor for and 10-Gbit/s packet switching

Janos Technology hires Brett D. Rosner, former director of Lockheed Martin's Santa Barbara Focalplane, as its new president

Service provider in Abrams, Wisconsin, has selected Zhone's SLMS architecture to support broadband services

Nortel plans to invest $200M over three years to strengthen R&D capabilities in China and build a new Beijing campus

ZTE to market and resell Redback's SMS family throughout Asia and also provide installation and direct support to customers

Axsun Technologies' quality management system has been awarded ISO 9001:2000 certification

Nortel supplies CDMA2000 1X solutions for Phase 3 of China Unicom's nationwide expansion, in deals worth a combined $139M

Company's Packet Flow Acceleration lowers enterprise WAN response time

Company opens a Moscow office to serve Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States

Startup is sampling a programmable optical filter based on liquid-crystal technology

Flagship SR-80 Sequence Reducer supports larger central sites with Gigabit Ethernet and features new Packet Flow Acceleration technology

Lucent Technologies' global business partner program proceeds apace in Europa, with three recent wins of which to boast

Sumitomo Electric Industries' ExceLight Communications division announces volume shipments of CWDM SFP optical transceivers

Lancope, with government help, unveils StealthWatch+Therminator for visualization and patternless detection of attacks in real time

Releases STM-1/OC3 access interface for its Nimbra media networking platform, enabling video and legacy services on a single platform

City of Windom to deploy Optical Solutions' FiberPath 500 FTTP system to provide citizens with 21st-century broadband services

AEP Systems unveils the advanced edition of AEP SureWare A-Gate SSL VPN, providing robust protection features at an affordable price

Canoga Perkins invades the SAN and metro space with OC48c CWDM system with 20 Gbit/s throughput and unique loopback testing capability

Telecom's wholesale circuit-switched voice market to resume growth position, reveals new Atlantic-ACM long-distance analysis

AT&T's chairman says regulators must ensure sustainable competition, which is the only policy that will lead to facilities investment

NEON Communications acquires Columbia Transcom, gaining a robust fiber optic network running from New York City to Washington, DC

Sprint signs IBM Global Services and EDS to provide application development and maintenance support for selected software systems

Corning Innovation Ventures has been sold to Scimitar Partners; Greg Smith stays on as president

US Ethernet services will generate a cumulative total of $4.2B from 2002 through 2007, growing at a CAGR of 36%, says Vertical Systems

Corvis common stock began trading on the Nasdaq National Market System as of opening of trading this morning

LG Electronics selects Azanda's traffic management technology for use in future releases of its multiservice switch routers

Global Crossing offers an enhanced videoconferencing service, featuring increased video quality, reliability, and global reach

Yipes Enterprise Services completes its Series A equity financing, adding another $9.5M for a total of $63.5M

Launches a pre-paid, $1,000 a month, 10-Mbit/s Ethernet connection service for small and medium businesses with poor credit

Equant named a Global Customer Partner by Nortel Networks; will get recommended to Nortel's top enterprise customers

SBC asks a federal appeals court to stop enactment of FCC unbundling rules, which it says would cause 'irreparable harm' to its business

KT is expanding its network-based VPN and firewall services with new deployments of CoSine's IPSX 9500 IP Service Processing Switch

CAI Networks and Avanu introduce the WebMux Pro load balancer for Gigabit Ethernet, with the Burst Activity Management (BAM) feature

Dutch ISP selects Quarry Technologies’ iQ8000 Security Service Router for deployment in its network

Chunghwa Telecom leverages AdventNet Web NMS management platform for rapid development of its unified Quality Management System

Kit includes 10-Gbit/s physical-layer transceiver for high-speed serial interface in the MAN, WAN, LAN, and SAN

Has signed a VAR agreement for the Italian market with Tiesseci, a major video broadcasting system integrator and equipment distributor

Belgium's Telindus acquires Netconcept, a German network services specialist (Belgians taking over Germans? Will wonders never cease!?)

The National Institute of Standards and Technology's Advanced Technology Program awards Chiral Photonics a grant for laser R&D

LxSix Photonics launches FBG-based multi-sensor arrays for next-generation Smart Optical Sensing applications

Photonic research labs in Japan and China use Optiwave design and simulation tools to analyze the performance of photonic technologies

Gets grant from the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Advanced Technology Program to develop a MEMS-based optical switch

ITU and Internet2 standards suite H.350 supports H.320, H.323, session initiation protocol (SIP) and even non-standard protocols

ADC features new broadcast connectivity and entertainment products at the International Broadcasting Convention 2003 in Amsterdam

Alcatel to demonstrate IPTV solutions at IBC 2003, using Windows Media 9 Series to offer advanced multi-media television solutions

American Fiber Systems to provide fiber optic network solution to deliver 'unlimited bandwidth' for Cleveland State University

ElectroniCast forecasts global optical circulator telecommunication use is recovering in 2003

Northlight Optronics' pig-tailed transmitter optical subassembly (TOSA) saves on board space for latest DWDM applications

Network USA entered into a letter of intent with Global TV to merge it into a newly formed subsidiary

PCCW, Hong Kong's leading telecommunications provider, selects VideoTele.com's Astria content processor to deliver pay-TV services

Board declares a $0.02 per share quarterly dividend

Nauticus Networks' N2000 series of Intelligent Data Center Switches integrates Hifn security processor

AT&T offers DSL service as part of a local and long-distance voice bundle in New Jersey, Massachusetts, Virginia, and Maryland

Maxima wins a $2M grant from the National Institute of Standards and Technology to develop a 10µm-wavelength solid-state laser

Atreus Systems closes a $13M Series C round, including new investors Meritage Private Equity Funds, SAIC Venture Capital, Telus Ventures

Altice, Telenet, the Swiss Canton of Graubuenden, and Aster City, Poland, pick Motorola Broadband to provide digital broadband systems

Bookham Technology completes consolidation of its two main wafer fab facilities, getting rid of approximately 150 employees

Colt Telecom provides a little more infomation about Andreas Barth, who was made a non-executive director on August 29

IBM and Agilent to advance the performance of optical interconnects in a $30M project with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

Retirees charge execs with creating a 'moral chasm' by cutting their healthcare benefits while continuing to draw extravagant salaries

New DSL Forum spec to generate almost $1B annually in incremental services within the first few years, says TeleChoice and East by North

iCognito completes a $3.1M round of financing, led by Blumberg Capital; recruits Isabel Maxwell as CEO

Now expects revenue between $75M and $77M, up from $70M to $74M, for net loss per share of between $0.06 and $0.08, up from $0.08 to $0.11

KiloLambda achieves ISO 9001:2000 certification for its optical power control components

NEC Infrontia, Hitachi, and Iwatsu are shipping in volume enterprise IP phones using Broadcom's BCM1100 and BCM1101 IP phone chips

Cisco's SL-Series interface for its ONS 15454 MSPP enables the delivery of Fibre Channel-based SAN-extension services over Sonet/SDH

PMC-Sierra introduces low-power, 12-channel framing and mapping device solution for Sonet/SDH transport networks

Sprint appoints Len Lauer president and chief operating officer of the company; Lauer will also continue to serve as president of PCS

Alcatel's video-enabled DSL solution chosen by Video Networks; Open Media Suite to be integrated with NDS's secure broadband architecture

Former Nortel COO Clarence J. Chandran hired as president of CGI's Business Process Services group and chairman of the board, India

Replaces C. Richard Kramlich with Kenneth A. Goldman, senior VP of finance and administration and CFO of Siebel Systems

C&M deploys digital video headend and IP transport systems from Harmonic to establish an OpenCable compliant digital CATV network

Net.com selects Atlas to offer secure, reliable networks to government, service provider, and enterprise clients in Ukraine

Fujitsu Laboratories and a group from the University of Tokyo have fabricated a photonic crystal from a ferroelectric material

3Com to outsource all manufacturing and realign product development and supply chain capabilities, affecting about 1,000 employees

Internet data center operator KIDC boosts backbone bandwidth and cuts operating expenses with Juniper's T-series core routers

Nasdaq denies extension; stock to be delisted as of September 11; may become quoted in the Pink Sheets, as it doesn't even qualify for OTC

Verizon's North Central region president Ed Weise to retire, surrendering his post to Suri Surinder

BellSouth is happy the FCC is considering changing the 'total element long-run incremental cost' (Telric) pricing formula

China Cable and Communication to acquire 50% of Beijing Haidian Cable Network from Stone Group, the largest shareholder of SINA, for $20M

Enterprise content management (ECM) solutions provider buys digital asset management (DAM) solutions provider for cash and stock

Laurel Networks closes $20M in third-round funding, including contributions from new participant and primary investor Ciena

Ciena to market, sell, and support Laurel's flagship ST200 Service Edge Router; will integrate it into its LightWorks ON-Center

Dow Corning launches a new global Photonic Solutions business, taking silicon-based materials into the optical domain

IP Infusion and SSH Communications Security deliver comprehensive router security and IP services solution for Furukawa Electric

NanoOpto secures additional $7M in venture financing from existing equity partners in Series B round

Allot Communications offers expanded P2P support across its NetEnforcer AC-1000 product line

The DSL Forum says DSL got another 10.7M subscribers worldwide in the first half of 2003, for a total of 46.7M, according to Point Topic

University College London deploys Procket Networks' PRO/8000 series routers in production and research networks

Acterna launches the easy-to-use Optical Network Performance and Monitoring System for metro-area networks (ONMS Metro)

Lynx Photonic Networks achieves ISO 9001:2000 certification for its optical switching solutions

FastWeb launches TV over ADSL services in Milan, Turin, Bologna, and Reggio Emilia using Alcatel's 7301 ASAM

Signs a distribution agreement with Zycko to expand into the UK enterprise SAN market with its optical transmission equipment

Nortel Networks enhances IBM eServer BladeCenter with Gigabit Ethernet LAN switch for infinitely scaleable server infrastructure

Introduces the MDS 9100 Multilayer Intelligent fabric switch series, extending the benefits of intelligent network services to SMBs

GDA debuts UNH-IOL Compliance Validated 10-Gigabit Ethernet Media Access Controller (MAC) IP core for ASIC- and FPGA-based systems

LightPointe to manufacture free-space optics (FSO) products for the China market under the Huawei brand

Integrates several conditional access systems into iTTV delivery platform to protect content and enable broadband video business models

Tripwire joins Juniper Networks OSS Alliance Partner Program, providing a rich solution for network visibility and control

The Nokia D500 Release 3 can handle IP, ATM, and Ethernet traffic simultaneously, unlike any other DSLAM on the market today

FastWeb offers live ADSL broadcast services in Rome, Naples, and Genoa with multicast technology using Marconi's Access Hub MSAN

Zhone announces comprehensive passive optical network (PON) products supporting full-featured triple-play solutions

Just as it did in April, Tellabs offers its US employees a chance to volunteer to get cut and receive lovely severance benefits

Xelerated adds Borland's CodeWright, a programmer's editing system, to its Xelerator Software Development Kit

Korean DWDM supplier Letek will use Highwave's EDFA technology, featuring Fast Transient Electronics, in its commercialized platform

Opera Software offers Linux-based set-top boxes, looking to undercut Microsoft's best price by up to 75%

Xalyo Systems announces a PCI Telecom Mezzanine Card (PTMC) based on Wintegra's WinPath Network Processor

Requests an extension for the filing of its annual Form 10-K, its quarterly Form 10-Q, and any restatements for prior periods

Alcatel to supply DSL access solutions to Omantel, the Sultanate of Oman's incumbent operator, and Vietnam Post and Telecommunication

AT&T selects Lucent Metropolis DMX and DMXtend Access Multiplexers to provide next-gen Sonet throughout its network, in multi-year deal

Bridgewater Systems and Ellacoya Networks demonstrate first real-time automated IP service delivery system at the Broadband World Forum

France Telecom sells interests in Telecom Argentina to W de Argentina for $125M in cash, in CTE Salvador to America Movil for $217M

Bridgewater Systems announces Dynamic Bandwidth Manager to help broadband carriers control the costs of peer-to-peer traffic

Will integrate its remote test capabilities into Alcatel network elements to reduce costs and speed deployment of broadband services

The CopperMax/ITH test module is the first in a series of element-integrated remote test solutions planned by Spirent

Ohio's Buckeye TeleSystem to deploy Mahi's Mi7 Metro Core Aggregation System to terminate Sonet rings, streamline central office

Scientific-Atlanta video-on-demand (VOD) subsystem for Prisma IP platform optimizes service options for cable operators

Tokyo's Olympus Optical forms a MEMS Technology Division, unifying all previous MEMS activities, including R&D and foundry services

Springboard Telecom selects Occam Networks Broadband Loop Carrier platform to provide voice and data services in 'Ayrsley' development

MergeOptics delivers 10-Gbit/s Ethernet X2 optical modules capable of up to 300m transmission in existing multimode fiber

Marconi shareholders vote overwhelmingly (99.7%) to consolidate five company shares into one; all other resolutions passed, too

DMG Technologies names Dr. Toshi Makino, former Nortel DFB laser guru, as chief technology officer, heading new product design group

GL Communications introduces VOIP call generation and analysis with Packet Series products, PacketGen and PacketScan

Acterna's new DSL Test Solution, comprising QT200 Test Head and EMS software, provides innovative, scaleable solution for BT

Northlight Optronics' receiver optical subassembly (ROSA) module offers groundbreaking 10-Gbit/s performance for XFP transceivers

Alliance Fiber Optic Products' SpectraMux Compact CWDM passes stringent Telcordia 1209 and 1221 qualification

Australia's Integ Communication Solutions becomes an integrator for InfoVista's performance management solutions

Aurora Networks appoints cable veteran Howard 'Scotty' Flink vice president of international sales

ADC enters alliance with Sumitomo Electric and Preformed Line Products to to develop and engineer a FTTX connectivity bundle

Neoteris extends SSL access series to include popular wireless device and handheld computing systems

Chinese subscribers to UTStarcom's Personal Access System (PAS) top 15M, as a record 1.5M are added in August alone

USTA, BellSouth, SBC, Verizon, and Qwest ask the FCC to delay implementation of the unbundling portions of the Triennial Review

Sprint upgrades wireline/wireless data network for banking group, to power a network that links 1,300 ATM machines in the Southwestern US

US LEC introduces Data Network Reports online reporting tool, empowering customers to measure service level performance themselves

Fibernet Group accredited as a Cisco 'Advanced Technology Partner' for advanced optical technologies

Bell Canada, along with Aliant and Bell West, teams with Nortel to build Canada's most advanced IP-based Next-Generation Network (NGN)

Redback Networks boosts performance of its SMS 1800/1000 platform by two to three times with SMS 1800 SL and XFE Forwarding Engine module

Corning to convert its standard single-mode fiber product portfolio to SMF-28e optical fiber; enhances SMF-28e optical and geometry specs

Cogeco Cable selects Cisco's ONS 15454 multiservice provisioning platform for bandwidth efficiency in Ethernet-over-Sonet network

ECI Telecom introduces Hi-FOCuS 4, a next-generation multiservice access gateway platform with unprecedented capacity and connectivity

Cisco's MPLS-based IP network technology to help Telekom Crne Gore provide IP VPN services to Montenegro's public and business community

Neil Weston, previously with JDS Uniphase and Agilent Technologies, named President of Sales and Marketing

Launches high-density Docsis 2.0-based Module for the Cuda 12000 next-generation cable modem termination system

Wholly-owned subsidiary will focus on the development of technologies and products for conventional optical networks based on SDH/Sonet

Cites Gartner report giving it 17.5% of global DSLAM shipments in 2Q03

Extensions to Spirent's CenterOp for DSL remote test platform enable end-to-end support for ADSL2 and ADSL2+

Oluma's integrated photodiode Tap and variable optical attenuator (TVOA) completes Telcordia GR-1209

Verizon, the Communications Workers of America, and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers tentatively agree to five-year deal

Increases customers by 200% between January 2002 and July 2003, for a total of 300, with 70 additions in just the last seven months

Bankruptcy court approves Com21's proposed sale of its remaining operating assets and substantially all of its personal property assets

At the Broadband World Forum 2003, Siemens ICN will report on replacing TDM equipment with DSLAM-based multiservice access devices

Little Optics offers compact, ultra long path length time delay circuits based on its patented Hydex material system

Names Mark Weinswig, its director of strategic projects and investor relations, as VP of business development and investor relations

Revenues were $4.5M, down 14% from 2Q03, for net income of $12.5M ($2.13/share), up from last year's loss of $15.8M ($21.35/share)

Advanced Communications Technology selects Zhone for delivery of integrated voice and data services in Wyoming

Ceterus's Universal Transport System revolutionizes metro market with flexible, on-demand Ethernet delivery using bonded copper/fiber pipe

Verizon's board declares a quarterly dividend of $0.385 per share, same as last quarter

Lucent Technologies to expand national DWDM optical backbone network for Telekomunikacja Polska

Wire One teams with Network-I to jointly market the Glowpoint videoconferencing service and expand coverage in the UK

Broadband revs to grow from €12.5B in 2003 to €24.7B in 2008; xDSL could account for 15% of broadband revenues in 2008, says Analysys

INO offers holographic phase masks for developing and manufacturing gratings-based components for high-speed optical networks

British Telecommunications makes tender offer to purchase for cash up to 40% of its outstanding €2.25B 7.125% notes due 2011

Öresundskraft chooses PacketFront for open broadband network in Helsingborg, Sweden

Ixia announces the industry's first comprehensive test suite for conformance and performance validation of secure IPSec networks

Telefonica de Espana taps nCube's nAble interactive management software and n4x video server for the delivery of VOD services

Calient Networks launches PX switching subsystem to automate system testing, grid computing, and pre-deployment staging

Qwest applies to the FCC for permission to offer long-distance services in Arizona

Sprint selected as primary long-distance carrier for the world's leading aerospace company; specific terms not disclosed

London-based voice carrier buys private-line service from Level 3, linking three key European markets

Offers a state-of-the-art wireless multimedia gateway, featuring the latest advanced broadband wireless connectivity technology

Sprint unveiled five regional 'executive briefing centers' to give sales prospects a first-hand look at the telecom solutions they offer

Ciena's CoreDirector, MetroDirector K2 help global managed network service provider Infonet reduce network operating expenses

Optical Communication Products relocates corporate headquarters to Woodland Hills, five miles south of its former Chatsworth HQ

CyOptics introduces 10-Gbit/s APD receiver, consisting of an InGaAs avalanche photodiode and a high-gain SiGe transimpedance amplifier

Cox Communications selects Terawave as a vendor for their passive optical network (PON) deployments

Largest-ever survey of metro multiservice provisioning platforms, from Heavy Reading, covers 64 products from 29 vendors

New market research division provides quantitative analysis of telecom technology and trends to service providers, carriers, vendors

Revenues were $39.4M, down 16% from 1Q02, for a net loss of $41.2M ($0.20/share), up from a loss of $36.9M ($0.19/share) last year

Nortel makes it clear that it is in no way related to, nor does it recommend or endorse, TRC Capital Corp.'s offer to buy 30M shares

The Communications Workers of America's tentative contract settlement with Verizon boosts pay and adds seniority rights for New York techs

Chiral Photonics offers a unique, all-glass in-fiber polarizer, based on its proprietary chiral technology

Ciena's $46.2M acquisition of Akara is now complete; Akara to continue operations from its Ottawa facility

NKT Integration and C2V team to develop and manufacture integrated optical components based on Planar Lightwave Circuit technology

Through a partnership with Cicada Semiconductor, VIA Networking introduces the Velocity line of Gigabit Ethernet Controllers

Dept. of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service (RUS) OKs Paradyne's GranDSLAM 4200 for use on telecom systems of RUS borrowers

Northlight Optronics offers transmitter optical subassembly (TOSA) module for next-gen 10-Gbit/s 80km transceivers and transponders

AT&T Latin America enters 'the final stages' of its restructuring process, prepares to be bought by Embratel

Volo Communications offers local/long distance VOIP, enhanced calling features, and high-speed business services on Florida Cable System

Looking Glass Networks selected by Verizon for dark fiber and lit bandwidth services in three markets

Johanson Fiber Optics debuts a rack-mount variable attenuator enclosure, designed for deployment of CWDM and DWDM systems

Lemur Networks names Dr. Brion Feinberg as senior director of product management and marketing

Yes, Nortel's board declares a dividend, but who can say how much?

Optical Solutions closes Series III financing totaling $15M; Cisco joins as a new investor

EDS to run the US Department of State's domestic telecom system under a US General Services Administration Connections Contract task order

Due to stronger than anticipated quarter-to-date revenue, Adtran ups its Q3 revenue estimate to $98M-$100M, for EPS of $0.34 to $0.36

Infonetics reports that UTStarcom is the world's second-largest DSLAM provider and the largest IP-DSLAM provider, with 62% market share

Infonet settles State of California stockholder litigation with no admission of liability; separate federal class action suit dismissed

Xue Chen resigns as CEO and director of Qiao Xing Universal Telephone subsidiary CECT; Wu Zhiyang named CEO, Sun Xueming named director

Revenues were $3.6B, down 0.8% from Q1, for a net loss of $91M ($0.05/share), down from earnings of $128M ($0.07/share) last quarter

Golden Telecom finalizes the acquisition Sibchallenge Telecom, the leading alternative wireline operator in Krasnoyarsk

Verizon Wireless signs a multi-year, $1B+ deal with Nortel for expansion and upgrade of its nationwide 3G wireless infrastructure

Cardiff University and the University of Wales College of Medicine choose Foundry's 10-Gigabit Ethernet switches for combined network

Dacom selects Laurel Networks' ST200 Service Edge Router to deliver scaleable, QOS-enabled Layer 2 and IP VPN services

Offers the third generation of its Narrowcast Services Gateway video-on-demand (VOD) delivery solution, with narrowcast technology

Guy Shechter, VP of products, to lead TIA working group to write End Face Geometry Measurement Methodology to quantify TIA's requirements

Continues sweeping up in China with $80M contract to expand deployments of its IP-based PAS systems in the Jiangsu Province

Scintera Networks unveils Advanced Signal Processing Platform and 10-Gbit/s CMOS single-chip Electronic Dispersion Compensation Engine

Toshiba to separate its telecommunication system business on January 1st, 2004; will become Toshiba Communication Systems Corporation

AT&T files suit against MCI/Worldcom and Onvoy, alleging mail fraud, wire fraud, civil conspiracy, unjust enrichment, and racketeering

Furukawa Electric will preview its 'ultimate' optical fiber splicer, the S183, at next month’s ECOC exhibition in Rimini, Italy

CAT Telecom, formerly the Communications Authority of Thailand, connects with iBasis for international VOIP service

IDT acquires the designs for IBM's 128Kx36 (4.5-Mbit) and 512Kx36 (18-Mbit) network search engine (NSE) devices in TLA-rife deal

Tellium to expand its Aurora product line with new multiservice transport switches, taking the company beyond the long-haul core

Galazar Networks' Ethernet over Sonet framers have been tested and verified by network equipment vendors and carriers

Agilent and ASA offer repeatable oscilloscope jitter measurement system; Agilent intros multi-rate 10-Gbit/s clock recovery module

Accelerant and FCI quadruple connector bandwidth density to more than 600 Gbits per inch, enabling 50% reduction in backplane cost per port

Aventail integrates with leading identity and access management vendors, including Imprivata, Netegrity, and RSA Security

CoSine to enable private networking, secure Internet access, universal remote access, and managed firewall services for Frontier

Spiro Press launches the book Business 2010, by Ian Pearson and Dr. Michael Lyons, for a peek at future business landscapes

WorldCom accepts new corporate governance guidelines and congratulates itself on its restructuring progress

Takes the total number of board directors to nine, though appointments not effective until it emerges from Chapter 11 protection

WorldCom responds to Oklahoma Attorney General's claims against the carrier

France Telecom announces its first half results and outlines its intention to buy the slice of Orange it doesn't already own