Perfecting the Ethernet handoff 

By: By Ed Gubbins

Standards groups are working to vault one of the final barriers to Ethernet ubiquity: dynamic, scalable inter-carrier Ethernet...

Rita sweeps Delcambre Tel into IP Age 

By: By Vince Vittore

Flood wipes out circuit switch forcing a quick change...

Past hurricanes teach Florida carriers a lesson 

By: By Dan O'Shea

There were very few people along the Gulf Coast and Florida who came away from last year's biggest hurricanes unscathed, but solid preparation kept the damage at a minimum...

Dossier: Adam Cavazos, Dobson Telephone 

We bring [both ILEC networks] through OC-192s and OC-48s to a host switch, the DMS-100 here in Oklahoma City...

IP set-top market might be saturated 

By: By Vince Vittore

The IP set-top box market was once considered a sector where start-up vendors could make a mark, but the ability of the market to support a multitude of vendors is coming under increased scrutiny...

Look again: 2005's budget flush showed up 

By: By Ed Gubbins

Equipment vendors and their investors awaiting fourth-quarter earnings reports were made nervous last month by fears that December brought...

Is mesh for cable players? 

By: By Dan O'Shea

Last October, Wi-Fi mesh vendor BelAir Networks announced that its radios would support the Cable Labs DOCSIS 2.0 standard, and also said Comcast Interactive Capital was investing in the company...

Time Warner Telecom COO renegotiates pay 

By: By Ed Gubbins

Less than a year after signing a three-year employment contract with Time Warner Telecom, Chief Operating Officer John Blount signed a new contract this week, giving him a base salary at least 47% higher than he earned a year ago as executive vice president of operations...

Sprint brands local spin-off 

By: By Carol Wilson

Sprint Nextel unveiled the brand name of Embarq for the name of its local telco spinoff. Dan Hesse, the new company’s designated CEO, made the announcement to employees yesterday...

Comcast not tops in telephony 

By: By Carol Wilson

Comcast reported fourth-quarter 2005 earnings that proved confusing more than anything. (Photographers/ Source: Bradley C. Bower/Bloomberg News/Landov)...

Nortel refinances 

By: By Ed Gubbins

Nortel Networks will refinance a loan due this month with a newly obtained one-year, $1.3 billion credit facility, the company announced today...

Broadwing CEO steps down 

By: By Ed Gubbins

David Huber has stepped down as chief executive officer of Broadwing, though he will continue to be the chairman of its board of directors, the company announced today...

Nortel puts stamp on broadband return 

By: By Vince Vittore

Nortel and Huawei Technologies today announced they are creating an Ottawa-based joint venture that plans to develop broadband access products. (Photo by Mike Cassese/Reuters/Landov)...

OnFiber revenue grew 24% in 2005 

In its fifth year of consecutive revenue growth, OnFiber Communications reported growing its overall revenue 24% in 2005 to more than $50 million...

Grande names new CEO 

By: By Ed Gubbins

Texas carrier Grande Communications named Roy Chestnutt its new chief executive officer today, effective Feb. 13...

Entone, Verimatrix team up on secured VOD 

By: By Vince Vittore

Video-on-demand platform vendor Entone Technologies and security provider Verimatrix today announced they have integrated their two products to create a secured VOD platform...

‘Staggering’ SmartEdge growth brings Redback profits  

By: By Ed Gubbins

Redback Networks announced its first profitable quarter in more than five years last night, thanks to growth in sales of its SmartEdge router products that Chief Executive Officer Kevin DeNuccio called “staggering.”...

Movaz latest optical vendor to find VC funds 

By: By Ed Gubbins

Movaz Networks has closed a $20 million funding round and secured an additional $12 million line of credit, the five-year-old optical networking equipment vendor announced today, bringing the company’s total funding to $182 million...

IP set-top market ready for consolidation 

By: By Vince Vittore

Despite the lack of volume shipments in 2005 and 2006, the market for IP set-top boxes already has started consolidating, according to a recent study from The Diffusion Group. ...

Nortel makeover may leave Lucent envious  

By: By Ed Gubbins

The ongoing overhaul of Nortel Networks' corporate management staff at the hands of its new chief executive may spark envy among employees and investors at the company's rival, Lucent Technologies...

Fast Forward: Charles Moldow, Foundation Capital 

By: By Vince Vittore

Charles Moldow, who recently joined Foundation Capital as a venture partner, knows what it takes to develop successful start-ups, having been on the founding teams of both Tellme Networks and @Home...

Salira deploys GE-PON for Bangladesh integrator 

By: By Dan O'Shea

Salira Systems, a vendor of Gigabit Ethernet passive optical networking equipment, announced it has built a standards-based GE-PON architecture in the city of Dhaka, Bangladesh, for systems integrator Sirius Broadband...

Allied Telesyn kick starts GEPON effort 

By: By Vince Vittore

Allied Telesyn today said it has deployed the world’s first Gigabit Ethernet PON in a commercial network, activating its integrated Multiservice Access Platform (iMAP) platform with Kansas independent telco Twin Valley Telephone. ...

Accton, Sandburst team up on metro access 

By: By Vince Vittore

Accton Technology today announced it has developed a metro access switch using Sandburst’s HiBeam chipset...

CopperCom backs coalition for compensation reform 

By: By Vince Vittore

CopperCom will announce this week that it has donated $100,000 to the Coalition to Keep America Connected, a group dedicated to reforming universal service and inter-carrier compensation...