Tellabs partners with Occam for IP FTTN
By Ed Gubbins
Access equipment vendor Occam Networks has entered into a partnership with Tellabs wherein Tellabs can manufacture and sell Occam's broadband loop carrier products to a specific set of customers, including independent operating companies and three RBOCs....
Lumentis merges with Transmode
By Ed Gubbins
Transmode Systems and Lumentis, optical equipment vendors based in Stockholm, Sweden, have agreed to merge in an all-stock transaction, the companies announced today. The combined entity will retain Transmode's name....
Ciena closes RTP development plant employing 60
By Ed Gubbins
As part of ongoing cost-cutting efforts, network equipment vendor Ciena will close a development facility in Durham, N.C., in April, affecting 60 employees, the company confirmed today....
XO misses debt covenants
By Ed Gubbins
XO Communications did not meet the earnings requirements of its debt facility in 2004 and does not expect to meet them in 2005, the company admitted in filings to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission today....
OFC/NFOEC focuses on ONTS, interoperability of new gear
By Ed Gubbins
Carriers, vendors look for ways to lower costs, not intelligence...
VON: Legerity puts StarCore DSP under the hood
By Vince Vittore
SAN JOSE--Legerity announced this week that it will use StarCore' Digital Signal Processing technology for use in IP communication applications. ...
OFC/NFOEC: MCI nears 10% mark in ULH build
By Ed Gubbins
ANAHEIM, Calif.--MCI has completed nearly 10% of the 32,000-route-mile ultralong-haul network it began building over its existing network last year, the company announced. ...
OFC/NFOEC: KT picks Cisco and Huawei for triple-play trial
By Ed Gubbins
ANAHEIM, Calif.--KT, South Korea's incumbent telecom carrier, has selected equipment from Huawei Technologies and Cisco Systems' ONS 15454 multiservice provisioning platform for a field trial of triple-play service in Seoul. ...
OFC/NFOEC: MEF, EFMA combine
By Ed Gubbins
ANAHEIM, Calif--The Ethernet First Mile Alliance has combined with the Metro Ethernet Forum....
OFC/NFOEC: SBC to deploy GPON in 2006
By Ed Gubbins
ANAHEIM, Calif.--SBC expects to deploy gigabit-per-second-speed passive optical networks for fiber-to-the-premises applications in the second half of 2006. ...
OFC/NFOEC: Corvis becomes component vendor
By Ed Gubbins
ANAHIEM, Calif.--Corvis, the optical equipment vendor that acquired, and then shrank within Broadwing Communications, made public for the first time this week that it is now in the business of selling its own optical components to equipment manufacturers and government entities. ...
OFC/NFOEC: White Rock acquires Seranoa Networks
By Ed Gubbins
ANAHEIM, Calif.--Metro optical equipment vendor White Rock Networks announced its first acquisition Monday, of five-year-old Seranoa Networks. ...
OFC/NFOEC: RBN broadens, broadcast-enables CWDM
By Ed Gubbins
ANAHEIM, Calif.--Optical equipment vendor RBN introduced new products to expand the potential size of coarse wavelength-division multiplexer rings and enable them to broadcast video as well....
OFC/NFOEC: Crowded component vendors can't raise prices, says RHK
By Ed Gubbins
In describing the current state of the long-troubled optical component sector in his keynote address to the newly combined OFC/NFOEC show, John Ryan, founder of analysis firm RHK, reiterated the same need for consolidation that has been echoing throughout the sector for the past half decade....
Broadband Front Lines: Fios’ success lies in their hands
By Carol Wilson
This is the first story in our recurring "Broadband Front Lines" series about the challenges of deploying next-generation broadband services to users...
OFC/NFOEC: Mahi adds German CWDM gear, 10-GigE cards
By Ed Gubbins
ANAHIEM, Calif.--Metro networking equipment vendor Mahi Networks announced a new partnership with LastMile for coarse wavelength-division multiplexing equipment as well new optical Ethernet cards for its own reconfigurable dense WDM transport platform....
Former Cisco exec named Nortel COO
By Ed Gubbins
Nortel Networks named former Cisco Systems executive Gary Daichendt its new president and chief operating officer today....
NeoPhotonics buys big stake in Chinese component firm
By Ed Gubbins
NeoPhotonics became the largest shareholder in Photon Technology, China's largest manufacturer of active optical components, this week. ...
Infonetics: Metro WDM 'on fire'
By Ed Gubbins
"Metro WDM optical equipment is on fire," Infonetics Research analyst Michael Howard declared upon the release of new data today charting equipment revenue in the sector....
Meriton targets major carriers with new CEO
By Ed Gubbins
Equipment vendor Meriton Networks named Michael Pascoe its new chief executive officer today amid a new focus on tier 1 carriers....
FTTP: The technology
By Ed Gubbins
For those who witnessed the early days of DSL, the current state of the fiber-to-the-premises equipment space might seem like 1995 all over again...
FTTP: Bell companies
By Carol Wilson
Like Roger Maris, fiber-to-the-premises deployment usually comes with an asterisk...
FTTP: IOCs
By Vince Vittore
A recent Render Vanderslice & Associates survey showed a spike in fiber-to-the-premises deployments, jumping from 78,000 homes in the U.S....
Amedia, Calix expand ultra high-speed options
By Vince Vittore
Amedia and Calix both announced today that they are expanding access platforms to include VDSL and fiber to the premises options, respectively...
Ciena sees new life in core networks
By Ed Gubbins
A rare, unexpected surge in sales of its core transport equipment helped Ciena post higher than expected revenue for its fiscal first quarter 2005, providing a shot in the arm to what has long been a stagnant sector....
