Lafayette to amend bonds for fiber plans
By: By Ed Gubbins
To keep its public fiber-to-the-premises project on track, the city of Lafayette, La., will amend the $110-million bond ordinance created to fund it rather than appeal a recent defeat in court....
Ciena CEO asked for 23% salary cut
By: 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. ...
NEC America back in GPON hunt
By: By Ed Gubbins
After abandoning the passive optical networking (PON) market three years ago, NEC America has thrown its hat into the ring of equipment vendors selling Gigabit PON (GPON) gear....
Ikanos goes up the VDSL stack with ADI acquisition
By: By Vince Vittore
Ikanos Communications, which perhaps has been best known as a VDSL chip vendor, today announced the acquisition of the network processor product line of Analog Devices Inc. for $30 million in cash...
Consolidated goes set-topless
By: By Vince Vittore
Consolidated Communications said today that it will use Entone Technologies Hydra IP video gateway to support its rollout of IPTV services. ...
