Nortel adds muscle, multicasting to PBT
Nortel Networks has updated its metro Ethernet portfolio with new hardware and software to add muscle to its Provider Backbone Transport (PBT) platform and give it the ability to manage multicast traffic...
Juniper opens Junos OS to third-party developers
Juniper Networks has created a software development kit (SDK) that will allow third-party application developers to create applications for the router vendor’s Junos operating system...
New extra-flexible fiber put to the test
In October, Connexion Technologies which deploys wholesale fiber-to-the-premises networks became the first company to deploy a new type of fiber from Corning...
Special Report: Telephony's Best and Worst of 2007
We spent 2007 writing about the news and talking to news-makers. Now Telephony's editors tell you their highlights -- and lowlights -- of the year that was...
CLECs milk public markets
Several trends are brightening the outlook of investors...
SureWest enters Kansas City through acquisition
SureWest Communications has agreed to acquire Everest Broadband for $173 million in cash in a deal that will roughly double SureWest’s triple-play subscriber base...
Cincinnati Bell buys Midwestern CLEC eGIX
Cincinnati Bell has agreed to acquire eGIX, a competitive local exchange carrier based in Indiana, for about $18 million...
Start-up launching bonded cable-DSL
A British start-up is planning to launch managed broadband services in the U.S. that will bond ADSL lines as well as broadband lines from multiple providers...
Former Motorola CTO joins Cisco
Cisco Systems today announced that former Motorola Chief Technology Officer Padmasree Warrior will be joining the company as its new CTO, just days after her resignation from Motorola...
LTE--It’s not just VZW’s network, it’s Verizon’s
Throughout its short history, Verizon Communications has kept its wireline business separated from its wireless business. Last week, however, when the companies announced their plans with Vodafone to jointly pursue Long Term Evolution (LTE) as a next-generation network technology, the name on the press release didn’t have a ‘Wireless’ tacked to its end...
Embattled Occam CEO gets 21% raise
Occam Networks gave its chief executive officer a 21% raise in base pay six weeks after angry investors called for the CEO to resign...
Northeastern CLEC Broadview going public
Broadview Networks, a Northeastern competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC), is going public...
Eagle’s Houston fiber network for sale
Eagle Broadband is showing its Houston-area fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network to prospective buyers this week, having hired a broker to help sell the assets...
Verizon conducted WiMAX trials with Vodafone
Verizon has conducted WiMAX trials with partner Vodafone as part of its 4G technology selection process, Verizon Communications executive vice president and chief technology officer Dick Lynch said Thursday...
Updated: Verizon taps LTE for 4G, citing scale, global harmonization
Verizon Communications is breaking from the CDMA camp, announcing today that it has selected Long Term Evolution, the 4G technology of competing GSM technologies, as its next-generation network architecture...
In the Spotlight: Zayo CEO Dan Caruso
Telephony Editor-in-Chief Carol Wilson spoke to Zayo Chief Executive Officer Dan Caruso about his company’s meteoric rise...
Embarq uses ‘naked DSL’ to slow line loss
Embarq began offering so-called “naked DSL” service this month as a tool to retain customers who no longer want landline voice service...
XO seeks to raise up to $900M
XO Communications is seeking to raise up to $900 million in debt and equity, the carrier said in regulatory filings today...
Technology debates fueled OEN’s demise
Executives at Optical Entertainment Network haven’t been available to talk about what led the company to suddenly announce it was discontinuing all services this month. But sources close to the company say a combination of technology debates, deployment challenges and management turnover kept the company from finding the additional financing it needed...
Router start-up Anagran beefs up sales staff
Shortly after naming a new chief executive officer, edge router start-up Anagran is bolstering its sales ranks...
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