JDSU acquiring Test-Um for home network testing
By Tim McElligott
JDSU has agreed to acquire test company Test-Um for an undisclosed sum in order to expand its field test portfolio for the home networking, fiber and digital cable testing markets. ...
Sycamore acquires its way to the edge
By Ed Gubbins
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...
Movaz forms component JV
By Ed Gubbins
Optical equipment vendor Movaz Networks has formed a joint venture with Japanese manufacturer Olympus that will sell optical modules and components worldwide...
CLECs build out metro fiber
By Ed Gubbins
Competitive carriers have announced a spate of expansions to their metro and regional fiber networks of late...
Analyst: AT&T’s local lawsuits a bad tactic
By Carol Wilson
AT&T’s decision to file lawsuits against Illinois communities which are delaying construction of its Project Lightspeed upgrade could backfire on the telecom giant, a leading analyst said today....
NCTA: Cablevision exec says Verizon not competitive
By Carol Wilson
ATLANTA--Cablevision is taking much more business away from Verizon than it is losing, Chief Operating Officer Tom Rutledge said today. ...
ComSpan, Ledcor choose MetaSwitch
By Carol Wilson
Like many smaller towns, Bandon, Ore., a coastal town of about 5000 residents, lacks for widespread broadband access. Unlike most small towns, however, Bandon is home to a facilities-based CLEC, ComSpanUSA, which is building a fiber-to-the-premises network along with its development partner, Ledcor Technical Services....
Moto turns to Amedia for IP home gateway
By Ed Gubbins
Amedia Networks and Motorola Wireline Networks (a subsidiary of Motorola) have agreed to jointly develop three IP home gateways for use with Motorola’s existing multiservice access platform....
Report: Verizon most poised to challenge cable
By Carol Wilson
While Verizon is taking some heat in the investment community for its long-term bid on fiber to the premises, one consulting company’s research indicates Verizon may be the only telco getting it right. ...
Verizon disputes NY redlining charge
By Carol Wilson
Verizon is counter-attacking its Long Island, N.Y. video rival, saying Cablevision is spreading misinformation to delay the telephone company’s deployment of video service....
TDS extends Calix use to incumbent world
By Vince Vittore
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. ...
The all-fiber network
By Ed Gubbins
The need to convert photons to electrons and back again in order to manage them has been one of the most annoying problems to pester the telecom industry in the past few decades...
Fifth GPON vendor gets on Bell ‘short list’
By Ed Gubbins
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...
TELECOMNEXT: Wave7 Optics announces two new customers
By Carol Wilson
LAS VEGAS: Wave7 Optics this week announced two new customers who represent two new sale categories in which it expects major growth. ...
White Rock, Tellabs grow apart
By Ed Gubbins
White Rock Networks is currently negotiating with its partner, Tellabs, to turn the original equipment manufacturer agreement they forged in 2002 into a looser reseller arrangement, according to Paul Forzisi, White Rock's vice president of marketing. ...
TELECOMNEXT: Tellabs intros multi-degree ROADMs
By Dan O'Shea
LAS VEGAS--Tellabs announced at TelecomNext new "multi-degree" reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer capabilities of its 7100 optical transport system, allowing carriers flexibility to address growing and changing customer demands for video and other applications on a more dynamic basis. ...
TELECOMNEXT: MEF takes on EFM OAM, wireless
By Ed Gubbins
The Metro Ethernet Forum is expanding its certification program to include a variety of Ethernet access media, including copper, fiber, passive optical networks and wireless technology....
Infinera deployment doubles XO's capacity
By Ed Gubbins
XO Communications is boosting the capacity on its long-haul fiber network by deploying optical switches from Infinera, the carrier announced today....
Tellabs CEO pay up 63% to $1.35M
By Ed Gubbins
Tellabs CEO Krish Prabhu earned more than $1.35 million last year, not including long-term compensation, according to regulatory filings. ...
Ma Bell to be tough on vendors but not at first
By Ed Gubbins
With two companies controlling most spending, winning contracts will make or break equipment-makers...
Adtran, Alcatel go down-market
By Vince Vittore
This week's TelecomNext show will feature plenty of talk about the ongoing tri-company request for proposals for Gigabit passive optical network access networks...
Entrisphere steps into GPON market
By Vince Vittore
Entrisphere this week will unveil its entry in the Gigabit passive optical network market with a platform targeted directly at the North American market...
Metro network reroute
By Ed Gubbins
The introduction of video is drastically changing the architecture of metro networks...
The not-so-extreme makeover of ADC
By Jason Meyers
After several turbulent years, ADC has returned to consistent profitability and is on the lookout for expansion opportunities. Just don't expect this growth path to look much like the last one...
Global Crossing: Google crowd driving dark fiber sales
By Ed Gubbins
Demand is growing for Global Crossing's dark fiber, thanks to Google and companies like it, executives said today while reporting the carrier’s 2005 earnings...
