Infinera sales VP out-earns CEO in 2006
Scott Chandler earned more than four times what his boss did last year. As vice president of worldwide sales for Infinera, the soon-to-be-publicly-held optical switch maker, Chandler was paid more than $1.2 million in 2006, while chairman, president and chief executive officer Jagdeep Singh made $276,086...
Sycamore works to bring acquisition up to speed
Sycamore Networks has completed the integration of Eastern Research, but the company it acquired last year has yet to return to its previous revenue run rate...
Actelis debuts Ethernet switch
Actelis Networks is charting a path of steady growth in the Carrier Ethernet space, announcing today that it is introducing a new switch, has signed a new customer and is bringing an industry veteran on board to expand operations...
Ciena unveils Ethernet-over-copper gear
Ciena announced new carrier Ethernet equipment today, publicly acknowledging for the first time an original equipment manufacturing (OEM) agreement with Anda Networks reported by Telephony last month...
Lafayette win could have broad impact
More than 18 months after citizens of Lafayette, La., voted in favor of a municipally owned fiber-to-the-home network, the Louisiana State Supreme Court has reversed a court challenge to that network, paving the way for construction of the network...
Juniper bulks up former Kagoor staff
Juniper Networks is hiring 25 engineers as part of an expansion of its Israeli research and development facility, the company told the Israeli business press this week...
US LEC preens heading into merger
A week before shareholders will vote on its proposed merger with Paetec, US LEC reported a more than 9% increase in annual revenue and a 57% improvement in its net loss during 2006...
Legal fees a third of muni fiber cost
About a third of the money spent so far on a municipal fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) project in Louisiana has gone to lawyers, according to local media reports...
Calix, Nortel partnership wanes
Broadband access equipment vendor Calix today announced a joint marketing agreement with Nortel Networks that will supplant the three-year reseller agreement between the two that was due to expire this year...
Edge network market thins out
In the fast-growing edge router market, the field of equipment choices is narrowing as intense competition, amid a rush of investment, weeds out marginal...
Alcatel-Lucent gets a chokehold on optical
Alcatel-Lucent last year became the first company to claim more than 20% of the optical networking market, thanks mostly to the Alcatel side of the house, according to data released this week by Ovum-RHK...
In the spotlight: Charter’s Ted Schremp
Charter Communications today announced that it has signed up its 500,000th telephone customer, with seven out of 10 of those customers taking the company’s triple play bundle...
Yipes declares positive cash flow
Yipes Enterprise Services’ cash flow from recurring operations swung positive in 2006, the privately held Ethernet service provider reported today...
3GSM: Ericsson to start LTE interoperability work
BARCELONA--Ericsson said it will begin interoperability testing with other vendors on its Long Term Evolution radio technology next quarter and plans to have equipment deployed with its first carrier customer by the first quarter of 2009...
OIF OKs E-NNI IA
The Optical Interworking Forum (OIF) has approved an implementation agreement (IA) designed to ease the provisioning of optical networks...
Analysts predict an AT&T switch
Pike & Fischer has added its voice to chorus of those predicting AT&T will have to alter its strategy and invest in deploying fiber-to-the-home in order to compete with cable operators in the video business...
Ericsson acquires Entrisphere
Ericssson today announced its acquisition of fiber access equipment vendor Entrisphere. “Fiber technology is essential for high-definition IPTV and other IP-based services,” Ericsson said in a statement released today. “Entrisphere has a well proven and competitive product portfolio, ready for large scale deployment....
Alcatel-Lucent job cuts climb to 12,500
Reporting its first quarterly earnings as a merged company today, Alcatel-Lucent announced an increase in the number of jobs it intends to cut over the next three years from 9,000 to 12,500...
Cisco’s service provider VP quits
The head of Cisco Systems’ service provider group announced his resignation today, effective immediately...
Nortel to cut 2900 jobs in two years
Nortel Networks will reduce its workforce by 2900 people (or roughly 8%) by the end of 2008 as part of a restructuring effort announced last year, the company announced today...
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