Nortel’s new management infusion continues
Upper management changes at Nortel Networks keep coming under Mike Zafirovski, who became chief executive of the equipment vendor last November with plans to turn it around...
Adtran lowers full-year guidance
A month after lowering its revenue expectations for the first quarter of 2006, Adtran lowered its expectations for the year by the same amount: $20 million....
Sycamore acquires its way to the edge
Optical equipment vendor Sycamore Networks has agreed to acquire Eastern Research, a New Jersey-based vendor of edge networking equipment. The move gives the optical core vendor a portfolio of products at the network’s edge...
Extreme lowers revenue guidance
Ethernet equipment vendor Extreme Networks this week lowered expectations for its fiscal third-quarter earnings, citing revenue shortfalls in the United States and Japan....
Motorola offers cable wireless alternative
Cable operators now have a new weapon in their arsenal for addressing business customers. Motorola on April 6 announced a version of its Motorola MOTOwi4 Canopy wireless broadband solution specifically aimed at the cable industry....
Atrica gets new funds, OSP gear
Carrier Ethernet equipment vendor Atrica announced a $28.2 million round of funding today and introduced a new product for outdoor deployment....
Seniors rally against flat USF charges
Hoping to derail FCC Chairman Kevin Martin’s proposal for a per-line charge to fund universal service, The Seniors Coalition (TSC) today released the results of a survey showing half of all older Americans would have to cut back on long-distance calls if their monthly bill was raised by $1 to $2 every month...
TDS extends Calix use to incumbent world
Calix today announced that TDS Telecom has expanded its use of the C7 multiservice access platform (MSAP) to include TDS’ incumbent telco territories. Previously, the company has been using the C7 only in its TDS Metrocom group, which provides CLEC services outside of its ILEC territory. ...
Megamerger could open doors for rival vendors
The merger of Alcatel and Lucent Technologies will dwarf competing vendors, likely pressuring them to form their own corporate combinations soon. But it may also create some opportunities for rival equipment vendors that play their cards right, analysts say...
Convedia expands media processing line
Convedia today said it has released a new technology, dubbed eXtended Media Processing, that will form the basis of its future product development. ...
Alcatel stock up on Lucent agreement
Alcatel shares jumped Monday on the news that the company will acquire Lucent Technologies for $13.4 billion, or $3.01 a share. The announced merger plan addresses issues including U.S. security concerns and French worries over Alcatel’s satellite interests...
Competitive operators look on the bright side
A burst of activity among competitive service providers is primarily a good sign, according to both the competitors themselves and to some industry analysts...
Vendors prepare for M&A
The proposed merger of Lucent and Alcatel is sure to kick off a massive wave of consolidation among equipment vendors of all sizes...
At ECI, Chiaro technology in limbo
ECI Telecom has declined to comment on the ultimate fate of the technology created by its former partner, defunct core router vendor Chiaro Networks...
Adtran gets Luminous RPR for ‘next to nothing’
Adtran has acquired the intellectual property and product rights of Luminous Networks, a defunct vendor of resilient packet ring (RPR) equipment...
MoCA finishes first cert wave
The Multimedia over Coax Alliance announced that it has finished its first wave of interoperability certification...
Analyst: Ericsson bid for Lucent likely
Ericsson refuses to comment on recent media reports suggesting it is planning to steal Lucent Technologies away from a proposed merger with Alcatel. But at least one analyst claims Ericsson insiders are serious about plans to acquire Lucent. (Photo by Tim Boyle/Getty Images)...
New ECI minishelves take broadband outside
ECI Telecom unveiled a set of broadband products today for the outside plant, the smallest of which is now available in North America...
Fifth GPON vendor gets on Bell ‘short list’
A month ago, UBS Investment Research maintained that AT&T, BellSouth and Verizon Communications had narrowed the GPON equipment search to four equipment vendors. Since then, at least two analysts have claimed that a fifth vendor, Entrisphere, is also on that list...
HughesNet replaces, expands DirecWay
Hughes Network Services today is launching its new ISP brand name, along with a new suite of services targeting consumers, as well as its more traditional business customers. HughesNet will now be an alternative broadband service provider for consumers in rural and other outlying areas who cannot get reasonably priced DSL or cable services....
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