Alcatel-Lucent leaders draw fire
By: By Ed Gubbins
The big vendor's management team is suspected of scapegoating...
Embarq: Year Two
By: By Ed Gubbins
Heading into its second year as a standalone company, the former Sprint operation is building a business on fixed/mobile convergence. But with revenue and access lines still declining, can it reinvent itself fast enough?...
CLECs fight for forbearance reform
By: By Sarah Reedy
A trio of CLECs warned federal regulators today against freeing incumbent carriers from obligations to lease network elements to competitors...
Verizon CEO disputes DSL seasonality
By: By Ed Gubbins
Despite anticipation among many in the telecom industry of a seasonal uptic in third-quarter DSL penetration, Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg today aimed to dispel the notion of seasonal trends in broadband sales...
Updated: Paetec acquires McLeodUSA
By: By Ed Gubbins
Still integrating its acquisition of US LEC, Paetec has agreed to acquire another fellow CLEC, McLeodUSA, for $557 million in stock, it announced this morning...
AT&T picks legacy gear for new video network
By: By Ed Gubbins
NEC America scored a surprising win in the second quarter, with a significant sale of legacy optical equipment to AT&T...
Kickback allegations oust U.S. Signal execs
By: By Carol Wilson
Regional CLEC U.S. Signal has undergone an abrupt change in management, as three of its key officials are being investigated for allegedly stealing millions of dollars in the form of kickbacks on overpriced construction projects, according to the Grand Rapids Press...
Alcatel-Lucent flattened by wireless spending cuts
By: By Ed Gubbins
Alcatel-Lucent today lowered its revenue expectations for the year based on discussions with North American wireless carriers...
Amedia Networks evicted
By: By Ed Gubbins
With only a handful of employees left, equipment vendor Amedia Networks has been evicted from its Eatontown, New Jersey, offices for failing to pay its rent...
Former Qwest exec joins private equity firm
By: By Sarah Reedy
Barry Allen, retired executive vice president of operations for Qwest Communications, announced today he has been named a senior advisor to Providence Equity Partners...
UBS: Tellabs’ merger prospects cool
By: By Ed Gubbins
Despite recent reports of merger discussions, Tellabs is unlikely to be acquired by another telecom equipment vendor any time soon, according to UBS Investment Research...
Optical equipment startup raises $45M
By: By Ed Gubbins
Matisse Networks has closed a $45 million funding round, bringing the optical networking equipment startup’s total funding to $80 million...
Optical sector OK as wireline spending stalls
By: By Ed Gubbins
Compared with last year, spending by North American wireline carriers was down more than 5% in the second quarter and down nearly 7% in the first half of this year, according to Ovum-RHK...
Tellabs moves ONTs indoors
By: By Ed Gubbins
Tellabs has introduced an optical network terminal (ONT) designed to be deployed inside customer homes, Chief Executive Officer Krish Prabhu said during an investor conference this week...
Sycamore reports a loss as CFO departs
By: By Ed Gubbins
Sycamore Networks today reported a loss for its 2007 fiscal year despite tremendous revenue growth. The optical switch vendor also announced the resignation of its chief financial officer, Richard Gaynor...
FCC OKs local, long-distance integration
By: By Carol Wilson
AT&T and Verizon are now free to merge their in-region local and long-distance operations under an order issued by the Federal Communications Commission just before the Labor Day weekend...
Verizon narrows packet/optical search
By: By Ed Gubbins
Verizon isn’t casting a wide net in its search for a packet optical networking platform, according to one Wall Street analyst....
Xfone acquires Texas carrier
By: By Ed Gubbins
Competitive carrier Xfone has agreed to acquire West Texas carrier NTS Communications for $42 million...
Optical transport market hits five-year high
By: By Ed Gubbins
The optical transport equipment market in June reached its highest quarterly revenue level in more than five years, according to Dell’Oro Group...
Quigley, D’Amelio leave Alcatel-Lucent
By: By Ed Gubbins
Alcatel-Lucent today announced the departure of the two top executives that were chief operating officers before the company’s merger...
Tellabs adds native Ethernet switching to ROADM
By: By Ed Gubbins
Tellabs is adding native Ethernet switching and aggregation to its 7100 reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer (ROADM), the company announced today...
Gaming consoles to drive media adapters
By: By Ed Gubbins
Home videogame consoles will play a large role in driving the market for digital media adapters (DMAs), the devices that allow users to send audiovisual content to their televisions and stereos, according to a new report from ABI Research...
Mueller Time
By: By Ed Gubbins
As a longtime Bell guy, Qwest Communications' new CEO, Edward Mueller, is likely to avoid the kind of culture clashes ignited by his predecessor, Joe Naccio....
Pannaway to pick up TelStrat access division
By: By Tim McElligott
Pannaway Technologies said last week it will acquire the access division of TelStrat International. In doing so, the company has put itself in position to grow in tandem with Gigabit passive optical network technology, whenever that decides to happen...
Windstream COO departs
By: By Tim McElligott
Keith Paglusch, chief operating officer of Windstream Communications until today, has left the company...
