Alltel, ADC team to distribute OmniReach
By Dan O'Shea
Alltel Communications Products, a group within Alltel that markets equipment and services, has forged an agreement with ADC to distribute that firm's OmniReach product line as its premium FTTX solution...
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."...
Municipal network advocate says reform measure flawed
A leading proponent of municipally owned broadband networks says the conditions established in the Broadband Investment and Consumer Choice Act regarding publicly owned nets are “unnecessary, unworkable and counterproductive.”...
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...
Verizon ups spending on wireless, FTTP
By Ed Gubbins
Verizon Communications raised its capital spending estimates for the year to address better-than-expected growth in wireless and ongoing efforts to deploy fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP), the company announced in its second-quarter earnings call Tuesday...
UTOPIA responds to Qwest suit
By Ed Gubbins
In a filing with a Utah district court last week, the Utah Telecommunications Open Infrastructure Agency, or UTOPIA, responded to a lawsuit filed against it in June by Qwest Communications...
ADC acquires FONS
By Vince Vittore
ADC today announced it will acquire Fiber Optic Network Solutions for $172 million in cash. FONS, which provides passive optical components and fiber cable packaging, will becoming part of ADC’s Global Connectivity Group after completion of the deal...
Tut plans $15M private placement
By Ed Gubbins
Tut Systems will conduct a private sale of common stock and warrants for $14.9 million, the equipment vendor announced today. ...
iTown aims FTTP at clusters of W. Va. communities
By Ed Gubbins
iTown Communications announced today its strategy to build and manage wholesale fiber-to-the-premises networks for clusters of small towns and counties throughout the state....
Lafayette voters overwhelmingly OK fiber network
By Carol Wilson
Residents of Lafayette, La., turned out Saturday in relatively high numbers to approve building a city-owned fiber-to-the-home network by almost a two-thirds majority...
Lafayette voters to decide muni network issue
By Carol Wilson
Voters in Lafayette, La., will go to the polls tomorrow to decide what has become one of the more contentious battles over a utility company’s plan to build a fiber-to-the-home network...
Cable speeds close in on FiOS
By Ed Gubbins
While Verizon Communications continues its efforts to add video service to its FiOS fiber-to-the-premises offering, some cable companies are cranking up broadband speeds in markets where FiOS is offered...
BellSouth: More fiber in 2005
By Dan O'Shea
BellSouth released a statement this week telling the Federal Communications Commission that it plans to deploy fiber to almost 60% more locations in 2005 than it did in 2004...
Indies bulk up to compete
By Carol Wilson
Two fiber-to-the-premises vendors announced new independent telco customers today, both of which are using the new technology to overbuild nearby areas and compete with other incumbents....
New investors lead Meriton's $54M C round
By Ed Gubbins
Meriton Networks announced a new $54 million round of funding today led by new investors, bringing the five-year-old equipment vendor's total funding to about $100 million....
Seattle sleeps on city-wide FTTP proposal
By Ed Gubbins
Having been recently named the most "unwired" city in America for its pervasive wireless broadband, Seattle is considering becoming its most wired as well...
Heartland report challenges Lafayette plan
By Carol Wilson
A new Heartland Institute study claims that the city of Lafayette, La., is greatly underestimating the marketing and content acquisition costs it will face in building and operating services over a fiber-to-the-home network...
In the Spotlight: John Griffin, Optical Solutions Inc.
With the exception of rival Flexlight Networks, Optical Solutions had the gigabit passive optical networking (GPON) equipment market all to itself until Alcatel announced its entry into the space in late May. Optical Solutions’ executive vice president of marketing John Griffin spoke with Telephony’s Ed Gubbins about GPON and beyond...
Qwest sues UTOPIA
By Ed Gubbins
Qwest Communications has filed suit against the Utah Telecommunications Open Infrastructure Agency (UTOPIA), claiming the multi-city municipal fiber project uses Qwest telephone poles without permission and competes unfairly by avoiding the need to pay sales and property tax. ...
BellSouth gives exclusive FTTC deal to Tellabs
By Vince Vittore
Tellabs today announced that it has been selected by BellSouth as the exclusive supplier for BellSouth’s fiber-to-the-curb (FTTC) deployment...
Wave7 Optics lands Southwest independent
By Carol Wilson
Valley Telecom Group has chosen Wave7 Optics to supply fiber-to-the-premises gear for its deployment in Willcox and Safford, Ariz., where the independent telco plans to compete with Qwest Communications....
Verizon take FiOS wholesale
By Carol Wilson
Verizon last week announced its first business services for its FiOS fiber-to-the-premises network and reiterated its plans to sell wholesale FiOS access...
Occam passes on PON for active Ethernet
By Vince Vittore
Occam Networks last week dove head-first into the fiber-to-the-premises market with a new optical line termination blade...
Occam enters fiber fray with active play
By Vince Vittore
Occam Networks today announced that it has launched a fiber-to-the-premises adaptation of its BLC 6000 platform. Moreover, the company is throwing its lot in the emerging market behind an active Ethernet architecture instead of a passive optical network....
