Nortel fills CTO post 

Jun 22, 2006, By Ed Gubbins

Nortel Networks named John J. Roese its new chief technology officer today, filling in the final gap in a senior management team that has been remade in recent months...

Cisco offers RF channel-bonding 

Jun 21, 2006, By Ed Gubbins

Cisco Systems unveiled a new wideband broadband system for cable providers today that bonds radio frequency (RF) channels to deliver greater speeds....

In the Spotlight: George Riedel, Chief Strategy Officer, Nortel Networks 

Jun 20, 2006, By Ed Gubbins

George Riedel, a former Juniper Networks executive, was named Nortel Networks’ chief strategy officer in February as part of a thorough senior-management housecleaning effort conducted by Mike Zafirovski, who became Nortel’s CEO last November. ...

Siemens, Nokia join consolidation push 

Jun 19, 2006, By Kevin Fitchard

Nokia and Siemens today said they would combine their respective network divisions, creating a huge telecom infrastructure division rivaled only by the Ericsson and the soon-to-be-combined Alcatel and Lucent Technologies. (Photographer: PAUL O'DRISCOLL/BLOOMBERG NEWS/Landov)...

Embarq sues AT&T over access charges 

Jun 16, 2006, By Ed Gubbins

After less than a month as a standalone company, Embarq filed suit this week against AT&T in a dispute over network access fees...

Verizon capacity concerns dog Juniper 

Jun 15, 2006, By Ed Gubbins

The capacity of Juniper Networks’ biggest broadband router may be causing some friction between it and one of its most valued customers, Verizon Communications....

InFocus: Multidimensional Ethernet 

Jun 14, 2006, By Harpreet Chadha

Given the goal of Metro Ethernet to make access less expensive, carriers ideally would prefer a single piece of equipment that serves both business and residential customers rather than segregating them through different equipment as is often done now. Here’s how multidimensional Ethernet can extend the reliability, scalability, and performance of Ethernet...

NECA says all aboard the packet train 

Jun 14, 2006, By Tim McElligott

Competition alone is not a realistic solution to the universal availability of broadband services, National Exchange Carrier Association Director of Demand Forecasting and Rate Development Victor Glass said today while introducing an outline of the organization’s latest study on the state of broadband in rural America....

GPON contest moves to 2006 second half  

Jun 14, 2006, By Ed Gubbins

Those who expected Bell carriers to select suppliers for anticipated gigabit passive optical networking (GPON) deployments by the end of this year’s first half have been disappointed...

Covad to offer wireless access through NextLink 

Jun 13, 2006, By Carol Wilson

NextLink Wireless has announced Covad Communications as its first third-party channel reseller, the two companies announced today...

EXCLUSIVE: Insight on how the network will evolve 

Jun 13, 2006, By Carol Wilson

A significant new study from Insight Research attempts to take a broad look at possible telecom network evolution strategies, comparing the continued evolution of today’s networks, with the possibility of disruption by a move to an all-Internet approach or an all-wireless approach...

Ever-expanding Adva eyes WiMAX 

Jun 12, 2006, By Ed Gubbins

The day after Adva Optical Networking announced last week’s acquisition of Movaz Networks, Adva’s chief executive officer Brian Protiva visited with several WiMAX companies at the Globalcomm trade show to learn more about WiMAX’s applicability to Adva’s business...

Redback, IBM extend relationship 

Jun 12, 2006, By Carol Wilson

Redback Networks today said it is extending a contract under which IBM manages its core business applications and IT infrastructure, using its Applications on Demand services...

Globalcomm: Agere targets service providers 

Jun 8, 2006, By Dan O'Shea

CHICAGO--Agere Systems, spun off from Lucent Technologies in 2002 to focus on the network subsystem, integrated circuits and enterprise computing components that carrier-focused Lucent wasn’t targeting, showed up at Globalcomm 2006 this week ready to grab the attention of carriers...

Globalcomm: Vendor execs ID trouble spots 

Jun 7, 2006, by Ed Gubbins

Globalcomm: Panel looks toward future in telecom  

Jun 7, 2006, by Sarah Reedy

Globalcomm: BT launches global consulting venture 

Jun 7, 2006, by Carol Wilson

Globalcomm: NDS expands IPTV product offering 

Jun 7, 2006, by Carol Wilson

Globalcomm: New start-up takes ROADM to the edge 

Jun 7, 2006, By Ed Gubbins

CHICAGO--A new subsystem start-up is emerging from stealth mode at the Globalcomm trade show this week, proposing to take reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexers (ROADM) from core and metro networks to the edge...

Globalcomm: Comtrend takes VDSL2 to market 

Jun 7, 2006, by Carol Wilson