FTTP vendors work to create interoperable optical gear
By Ed Gubbins
Manufacturers focus on BPON equipment before release of GPON...
Following Corning comments, Verizon vows no slowing on FTTP
By Ed Gubbins
Verizon Communications has no intention of slowing the pace of its fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) deployment, a company spokesman told Telephony today in response to speculation following comments made Tuesday by Corning, one of Verizon’s suppliers...
FiberNet looks to new acquisitions
By Ed Gubbins
After canceling its planned acquisition of Con Ed Communications, network wholesaler FiberNet vowed today to move on to other acquisitions....
New data show rapid FTTH growth
By Ed Gubbins
Despite the slowdown in fiber deployment that typically occurs over the winter months, fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) installations grew 83% since October 2004, according to new data from researchers Render Vanderslice and Associates. ...
Entrisphere garners funding, unveils new customer, ONTs
By Vince Vittore
Vendor gearing up for Tier 1 carrier deployments, but can it go it alone?...
FTTP awakening
By Ed Gubbins
After years under glass, FTTP jolted to life last year--and it's only getting warmed up...
FiberNet cancels Con Ed Communications acquisition
By Ed Gubbins
Network wholesaler FiberNet Telecom Group and electric utility Consolidated Edison have agreed to terminate the former's planned acquisition of Con Ed's telecom subsidiary, Con Ed Communications. ...
Entrisphere debuts new ONTs, wins Grande deal
By Vince Vittore
Entrisphere today launched the first in what will be a new line of optical network terminals. ...
Avici interim CEO settles in
By Ed Gubbins
Bill Leighton, interim CEO of router vendor Avici Systems, has been named president and CEO, the company said today....
BT names vendors for 21st Century
By Ed Gubbins
British Telecom today announced its selection of preferred equipment suppliers for its so-called "21st Century Network," a $19 billion project to build a nationwide next-generation network over the next several years. ...
U.S. homes passed by FTTP to sextuple by 2009
By Ed Gubbins
In 2009, the availability of fiber-to-the-premises in the U.S. will be more than six times what it was last year, according to a new report from research firm In-Stat....
Verizon links to movies
By Carol Wilson
Verizon today added a movie downloading service to its broadband services, giving its DSL and FiOS users access to MovieLink content...
Motorola named second source for Verizon FTTP gear
By Ed Gubbins
Motorola announced today that it has been chosen to supply equipment for Verizon Communications' fiber-to-the-premises deployment, a second supplier to compete with the existing one, Tellabs....
Lucent blends wireless, wireline divisions
By Ed Gubbins
Lucent Technologies is combining its wireless and wireline divisions, the company announced today....
Tropic pairs with Scientific Atlanta
By Ed Gubbins
Tropic Networks announced an original equipment manufacturer partnership with Scientific Atlanta today wherein the latter will sell and support its products in the North American cable market. ...
Quigley named Alcatel COO
By Ed Gubbins
Alcatel's board approved the appointment of Mike Quigley as its new president and chief operating officer today, following the suggestion of CEO Serge Tchuruk....
WSJ: Tchuruk picks Quigley to be next Alcatel CEO
By Ed Gubbins
Alcatel CEO Serge Tchuruk has picked Mike Quigley, president of both its North American and fixed communications groups, to succeed him as CEO when he steps down next year, according to a report today in the Wall Street Journal....
ATM forum, MPLS & Frame Relay Alliance choose new name
By Ed Gubbins
Ending a nine-month search for a new name, the ATM Forum and the MPLS and Frame Relay Alliance, which are merging, declared late yesterday that they would collectively be known as the MFA Forum....
CoSine investors urge it not to merge with Tut
By Ed Gubbins
A group of CoSine Communications investors are urging the company not to complete the merger with Tut Systems announced in January. ...
Qwest announces first FTTP deployment
By Ed Gubbins
Qwest Communications is hailing its first ever fiber-to-the-premises deployment in a mixed-use greenfield development south of Denver....
Metro Ethernet equipment market to double by 2008
By Ed Gubbins
The worldwide market for metro Ethernet equipment, which reached $3.8 billion in 2004, should double in the following four years, reaching $7.6 billion in 2008, according to data released today by Infonetics Research....
Alcatel COO quits
By Ed Gubbins
Alcatel’s chief operating officer Philippe Germond announced his resignation today, the company said. Germond was considered by many to be the heir apparent to the Alcatel CEO job, which will become available next year...
fSONA reveals acquisition, new CEO
By Ed Gubbins
Wireless optical equipment vendor fSONA Systems today named its first chief executive officer since the company was acquired by an anonymous investor late last year....
Fujitsu upgrades ROADM
By Ed Gubbins
Fujitsu unveiled the newest release of its reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer (ROADM) today, hailing the benefits of its new wavelength-selective switch fabric....
Ciena, Broadwing settle patent infringement suit
By Ed Gubbins
After five years of legal wrangling, Ciena and Broadwing have reached a settlement on a patent infringement lawsuit filed in 2000....
