
With things like Google Stadia and 5G putting a new focus on real-time connections, startup Network Next hopes its AdWords-inspired approach to Internet routing will catch on.

Genband & Sonus to finally merge, as exclusively predicted by Light Reading a year ago.

Less than two years after buying its mobile unit, Mitel is selling to Xura, the messaging and UC business owned by Siris Capital.

There's still time to enter this year's Leading Lights awards -- here are the details you need.

A JDSU shareholder who once wanted JDSU to sell now wants JDSU spinoff Viavi to do the same.

Steve Saunders met up with Oracle's Doug Suriano, who talked about why Oracle bought Tekelec and Acme Packet, how it's creating tailored cloud services for different vertical industries, the state of virtualization, why Oracle won't get into systems integration and more.

ADVA's timing unit absorbs a specialist in small form factor clock technology, but ADVA may have more deals in mind.

Mike Birck guided Tellabs for more than 30 years over a span of five decades.

Heavy Reading Senior Analyst Jim Hodges sees new network virtualization deployments on the horizon in 2015.

Find out more about the players that made it onto our awards shortlist for company of the year (private).

Deadline extension means there are still a few more days to submit those winning entries, but don't delay -- April 10 is the final deadline and then the judging begins.

Order fallout prompts slashing of revenue projections by 33% and trading is halted as Sonus shares tumble.

The deadline for the 2015 Leading Lights awards is March 27, so get your skates on if you think you could be a winner!
This year's Big Telecom Event (BTE) in Chicago is going to provide more opportunities than ever for networking, getting to grips with key industry challenges and opportunities and, equally as important, having some fun.

Are you all strapped in? Then let's talk 5G, NFV, IoT, security and anything else that rhymes with LTE… oh, and tapas…

Light Reading founder and CEO Steve Saunders talks with Doug Ranalli, the founder of signaling specialist NetNumber.

Mavenir to acquire Ulticom for its NFV-ready signaling business, while its partner Radisys announces an important new contract with Nokia Networks.

As operators deploy NFV, NetNumber says it becomes more important to have a single interface for dealing with all flavors of signaling.

With 4G still to deliver so much, the world's largest mobile operator wants more than just another industry standard when it comes to 5G.