Minneapolis picks US Internet
The city of Minneapolis has chosen US Internet to build and operate its citywide wireless network. The decision is a blow to EarthLink, which was the other finalist participating in a trial held in July...
Cisco shrinks CRS-1, wins Sprint
Cisco Systems introduced a smaller version of its giant CRS-1 core router today while announcing Sprint as a customer of the platform...
Disaster recovery: Should voice mail be free?
A couple of communications industry veterans believe the telcos should add something to their disaster recovery lists--free voice mail service in the event of large-scale disasters. This is the second in a series of special reports on business continuity...
White Rock suspends operations
The directors of White Rock Networks decided to suspend virtually all of the company’s operations today and furlough most of its employees while the company attempts to quickly end its search for an acquirer...
Sales of Ciena's MSTP 'going crazy' overseas
In what one analyst called a "lovely quarter," Ciena reported $152.5 million in revenue for its fiscal third quarter, beating analysts' average expectations by nearly 7%. Revenue was 16% higher than in the higher than a year earlier. ...
Extreme names new CEO
Extreme Networks named Mark Canepa its new president and chief executive officer today...
Rivals could exploit Huawei's strategic crossroads
Huawei Technologies may be facing a crossroads with regard to its strategy that could provide a temporary opportunity for rivals to gain advantage over it, according to a research note issued recently from UBS Investment Research....
Investors continue to support SunRocket
Internet phone service provider SunRocket announced a $33 million round of Series C institutional financing today, bringing the firm’s total venture capital raised to approximately $80 million...
Cable gains ground while IPTV stalls
Strong revenue and earnings growth in the second quarter suggests bright near-term prospects for cable companies in their war against the Bells, Merrill Lynch wrote in a research note released today...
Alcatel, Lucent gear on 'collision course'
At the Globalcomm trade show in June, Alcatel and Lucent Technologies both introduced products to help carriers migrate from circuit to packet-based transport, but the two vendors may well find that there is only room for one of those products after the merger they hope to close this year. ...
Calls for unity at CoBank conference
Acknowledging the strength in numbers, independent and cooperative telecom companies and their financiers spoke this week at the 2006 CoBank Executive Forum in Beaver Creek, Colo., about the need for a more unified front to regulators and equipment vendors...
AT&T favors HomePNA over MoCA
AT&T has selected HomePNA 3 as the preferred in-home distribution technology for its fiber-to-the-node triple-play offering...
In the Spotlight: Kamran Sistanizadeh, Yipes
Yipes co-founder and chief technology officer Kamran Sistanizadeh recently spoke with Telephony’s Senior Writer Ed Gubbins about managing carrier Ethernet services and SLAs and where the industry’s habits in that regard are headed...
Harmonic buys Entone's VOD software business
Harmonic has agreed to acquire Entone Technologies' video networking software business, the companies announced today....
InFocus: Breaking Down the Walls
Many businesses are moving toward virtual contact centers which provide a better work environment for agents and can greatly increase service levels for businesses. ...
InFocus: A New Way of Thinking
A major transformation is underway in the communications industry. “Communication companies” of all flavors, (i.e. traditional telcos, PTTs, cablecos, ISPs, VoIP pureplays, Internet search engine/communication hybrids, entertainment MVNOs) are seeking to embrace and exploit a new customer paradigm....
ECI names new COO
ECI Telecom named Avi Cohen its new chief operating officer today...
RAD extends Ethernet for Yipes
Yipes Enterprise Services and RAD Data Communications are set to announce next week that the service provider and vendor are working together to extend Yipes Ethernet services across leased DS-3 and OC-3 facilities...
Juniper touts sliding market share
Juniper Networks this week touted having held its place as the world's number-two supplier of service provider routers in the second quarter, even as its share of that market slipped sequentially....
IP dominates DSL shipments
Equipment vendors shipped more IP-based DSLAMs than ATM-based ones in the second quarter, according to Dittberner Associates....
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