TIA: More U.S. fiber deployed in 2005 than in 1998
By Ed Gubbins
The amount of fiber deployed in the U.S. last year exceeded that deployed amid the exuberant gold-rush days of 1998 and will continue to climb, according to an annual report released this week by the Telecommunications Industry Association....
Avici restructures, weighs ‘strategic alternatives’
By Ed Gubbins
Avici Systems announced a restructuring of its company today aimed at lowering the optical equipment vendor’s break-even point as it begins to evaluate strategic alternatives including a sale of the company...
Bells focus on OLT prices in GPON RFP
By Ed Gubbins
Details of the request for gigabit passive optical networking (GPON) equipment issued jointly by AT&T, BellSouth and Verizon Communications indicate a focus on the price of central office gear, according to a recent research note from Susquehanna Financial Group analyst Joe Chiasson...
Look again: 2005's budget flush showed up
By Ed Gubbins
Equipment vendors and their investors awaiting fourth-quarter earnings reports were made nervous last month by fears that December brought...
Huber hangs it up
By Ed Gubbins
To many, the resignation of Broadwing Chief Executive David Huber last week is a long-awaited act of humility from a famously headstrong man...
Broadwing CEO steps down
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...
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...
FiOS’ drag on Verizon earnings could double
By Ed Gubbins
The drag on Verizon Communications’ earnings from its fiber-to-the-premises network could double this year to somewhere between 25 and 30 cents per share, the company announced Friday. (Photographers/Source: Emile Wamsteker/Bloomberg News/Landov)...
Tellabs hits edge routing sales target
By Ed Gubbins
Tellabs delivered better-than-expected results in the fourth quarter of 2005, including meeting its aggressive sales goal for its closely watched edge routing products....
Bell family portrait shows little resemblance
By Carol Wilson
Former Baby Bells Verizon, Qwest and AT&T no longer share the same priorities, as evidenced in their presentations to investors...
Ciena CEO asked for 23% salary cut
By Ed Gubbins
In a meeting with board members on the company's executive compensation committee in November 2004, Ciena CEO Gary Smith asked for, and received, a 23% reduction in his base salary, according to the company's regulatory filings. ...
Seidenberg stands firm on FiOS
By Carol Wilson
Faced with a stalling stock price and vocal skepticism from some industry analysts, Verizon Chairman and CEO Ivan Seidenberg kicked off the Citigroup Global Entertainment, Media & Telecommunications conference Monday by insisting his company’s fiber-to-the-premises buildout is financially sound...
Lehman: Verizon may want to rethink FTTP
By Ed Gubbins
In a research note issued this morning, Lehman Brothers analyst Blake Bath suggested that the harsh economics of fiber-to-the-premises deployment may convince Verizon Communications to substantially scale back its FTTP plans this year in favor of fiber-to-the-node. ...
Optimism growing for Tellabs GPON
By Ed Gubbins
After a seemingly late start, optimism appears to be growing around Tellabs’ chances of being named a supplier of gigabit passive optical networking products to the Bell companies next year. ...
Citigroup on Sycamore: Sell
By Ed Gubbins
In a research note this morning, Citigroup analyst Alex Henderson recommended clients sell their shares of optical equipment vendor Sycamore Networks, despite the fact that the company recently reported two consecutive quarters of profit amid a surge in revenue. ...
ADC annual sales top $1B, fiber grows
By Ed Gubbins
ADC surpassed its goal of achieving 10-digit sales in its fiscal year 2005 (which ended Oct. 31, 2005), reporting $1.2 billion in annual revenue, a 51% increase from 2004....
FTTH customer erosion impairs Eagle Broadband
By Ed Gubbins
In documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday, Eagle Broadband provided more detail on the nearly $29 million in asset impairment charges it announced earlier this month....
UBS sees Infinera, Adva as Google suppliers
By Ed Gubbins
Speculation is swirling regarding the possible equipment suppliers to a massive optical network being built by Internet search portal firm Google....
FTTH: FTTP growth explodes, take rates dip
By Ed Gubbins
LAS VEGAS--Fiber-to-the-premises deployments are continuing their explosive growth with no signs of future slowing, according to new data from Render Vanderslice & Associates. But the percentage of consumers subscribing to the service is sliding as more FTTP is deployed without video service. ...
Wave7 gets $18M more
By Ed Gubbins
Wave7 Optics announced a $18-million funding round today, raising the total investment in the five-year-old company to $86.5 million....
SureWest will launch HDTV in Q3
By Carol Wilson
SureWest Communications yesterday announced its second quarterly profit in a row, based in part on cost controls, as well as reduced losses for its broadband unit...
Sycamore heads into Q1 without Q3 10-Q
By Ed Gubbins
As Sycamore Networks began its 2006 fiscal year today, it announced being still unable to report the results of its third fiscal quarter of 2005, which ended April 30, 2005. In a statement issued today, the company said it cannot estimate when it will be able to file its 10-Q report on third-quarter earnings but "intends to do so as soon as practicable."...
Citizens stalls IPTV, stays the course on wireless, VoIP
By Vince Vittore
As part of its second quarter earning report today, Citizens Communications said it would delay a planned rollout of an IP video service until 2006 because of several factors...
Tellabs switches over to Vinci ONTs
By Ed Gubbins
After a successful second quarter with better-than expected revenue (with revenue up 52% year-over-year to $463 million), equipment vendor Tellabs faces several product migration trends: Its access business is moving more toward fiber than copper, its traditional crossconnects face competition from packet-based alternatives and, most immediately, it is trading its old optical network terminals (ONTs) for new ones this quarter....
HomeNet departure doesn’t rattle iProvo
By Carol Wilson
The departure of its initial service provider has brought negative publicity to iProvo, one of the more high-profile municipal fiber optic networks now under construction...
