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2008

October 15, 2008

  • Analyst Show Flashes from Broadband World Forum Europe
  • Nortel less Carrier Ethernet less Optical Infrastructure less LTE Equals What?
  • GENBAND Acquisition of NextPoint Future Proofs Media Gateways and Advances Mobile Data Strategy

August 11, 2008

  • Alcatel-Lucent NGN/IMS Rationalization: Greater Than Sum of Parts
  • TANDBERG Television Joins with NBC to Deliver MPEG-4 AVC HD Olympic Gold
  • Alcatel-Lucent Bids Adieu to CEO and Chairman
  • Brocade to Acquire Foundry Networks to Conquer WAN to SAN and Points In Between

March 11, 2008

  • Alcatel-Lucent Increases ISAM Portfolio Reach with FTTB Product Line
  • Cisco Delivers New Access Service Router Series to Recast the Network Edge
  • Analyst Show Flashes from OFC/NFOEC 2008
  • Analyst Show Flashes from FTTH Council Europe 2008

May 22, 2008

  • Sprint, Clearwire and Friends Unite to Save WiMAX - Finally
  • Benvenuto al Futuro, Milano: Telecom Italia Selects Huawei for FTTB Broadband Build-out
  • Metro Core Development Trends: ROADM Developments and Beyond

March 11, 2008

  • Alcatel-Lucent Increases ISAM Portfolio Reach with FTTB Product Line
  • Cisco Delivers New Access Service Router Series to Recast the Network Edge
  • Analyst Show Flashes from OFC/NFOEC 2008
  • Analyst Show Flashes from FTTH Council Europe 2008

January 14, 2008

  • Sprint Augments XOHM Ecosystem – But Leaves Key Details Out
  • Microsoft TV Partners with BT to Launch Integrated IPTV and Gaming Solution
  • Cisco’s CRS-1 Captures AT&T’s Global IP Core Network

2007

December 6, 2007

  • NSN Goes Green to Woo Operator Hearts and Minds
  • Redknee Creates ATM on a Handset for Emerging Markets
  • Why the Femto Forum Is (Somewhat) Important

November 2, 2007

  • Analyst Show Flashes from TelcoTV 2007

October 9, 2007

  • Futurecom: Veraz Hits Trifecta of Service Providers in Brazil
  • Juniper Rounds Out the MX-series and Offers MPLS Plug n Play for Carrier Ethernet
  • ARRIS Acquires C-COR to Strengthen Its Cable and Video Core
  • WiMAX World 2007: Telsima Plugs Indian Success

September 11, 2007

  • IBC2007: Verimatrix Is Securing Cable IPTV Services with GoBackTV’s CMTS Bypass
  • Tellabs Adds Ethernet Switching and Aggregation to 7100 OTS
  • Is Sprint Bad for WiMAX?

August 8, 2007

  • Anagran Launches - Bringing with It the Next Generation "Green" Flow Router
  • Nortel Strikes Up with GENBAND, Extends Its Class 5 Replacement Solution with New Media Gateways

July 5, 2007

  • NXTcomm 2007 Optical Infrastructure Round-up: Trade Show Floor Messaging

June 19, 2007

  • Symantec Consolidates on the Client

May 15, 2007

  • Motorola Cherry-Picks Terayon to Bolster its Digital Video Proposition
  • Starent Upgrades and Extends Portfolio with ST40
  • Company Advisor Highlight: Broadsoft
  • Avici Exits the IP Core Router Market – Only Two Vendors Remain

April 10, 2007

  • Alcatel-Lucent Ups the Access Ante with ISAM Release 3.3
  • Juniper Announces New Policy Management Portfolio for NGN Applications
  • Nokia Siemens Networks Day One
  • Alcatel-Lucent Buys ROADM Partner Tropic Networks

Telecom & IT Infrastructure

March 19, 2007

  • Trapeze Launches Location-based Services Appliance
  • Alcatel-Lucent Delivers Creative High Availability Features and a New 7450 ESS Model
  • CeBIT - Analyst News Flashes From the Show
  • Real World Uses of Unified Communications - Telebriefing Replay

February 9, 2007

  • 3Com Gets It ON
  • BroadSoft Taps into BEA’s Service Delivery Platform
  • ARRIS Throws the Video Gauntlet Down with $1.2 Billion Takeover of TANDBERG TV
  • 3GSM 2007 - Analyst News Flashes From the Show

2006

December 12, 2006

  • Alcatel-Lucent Day One
  • ITU Telecom World 2006 - Hong Kong - Analyst News Flashes From the Show
  • The Role of Optical Infrastructure in Mobile Wireless Backhaul

November 2, 2006

  • Cisco Turns to High Definition with New Video Initiative
  • Trapeze Unveils Smart Mobile
  • Juniper Enters Carrier Ethernet Service Router Market with the Very Capable MX960
  • Nokia Commits to WiMAX

October 3, 2006

  • Symbol Snatched by Motorola for Enterprise Mobility
  • Cisco Steps Up to the Plate in WAN Optimization with WAAS Solution
  • Matisse Networks Commercializes Optical Burst Switching
  • Fall VON 2006: Sylantro Makes a Strong Move toward the Mobile Market
  • CTIA Wireless IT: Ubiquisys Teams with Kineto on Femtocell Integration

August 31, 2006

  • Lucent to Transform KPN’s Network with Help of New Global Center of Excellence
  • Cisco Demands Arroyo’s On-demand Technology
  • Ericsson Enters SMB IP-PBX Market in North America
  • Motorola and Samsung Benefit as Sprint Makes Its 2.5 GHz Decision

July 31, 2006

  • Nortel and Microsoft Partner for Joint Unified Communications Endeavor
  • Nortel Brings Its Services Organization Up to Date
  • Force10 Adds SONET/SDH Support to Its E-Series Routers - Looking More Like an IP Core Router
  • Extreme Networks Unleashes the Hounds

June 28, 2006

  • Nokia and Siemens Blend Equipment Units – Scaling to Compete

    GLOBALCOMM 2006 Show Reports
  • Alcatel Adds Apps to SMB Telephony Platform
  • Juniper Generates IPTV Marketing Strides
  • Nortel Unveils Its Approach to Carrier Ethernet Using Provider Backbone Transport
  • Lucent Provides Acuity for Core Optical Networks

June 7, 2006

  • GLOBALCOMM 2006: Fujitsu Pulls the Curtain Back on Advanced GPON Strategy
  • Alcatel and Microsoft ‘Ecosystemize’ IBM and HP for IPTV
  • Ethernet Alliance Develops Further
  • telent, Formerly Marconi, Gets Offer from Fortress Investment Group
  • Vendor Services Positioning Comes to the Fore in 2006

May 9, 2006

  • Interop: Avaya Plunges Deeper into the Hosted Telephony Business
  • Lucent Moves Forward with Acquisition of Riverstone’s Carrier Ethernet Router Portfolio
  • ConSentry Switches into High Gear
  • Foundry Eyes Metro and Carrier IP Core with New High Performance Routers

April 10, 2006

  • Alcatel and Lucent – A Merger of Equals, Hold the Mayo
  • Cisco Nudges Customers to ISRs with Router End-of-Life Announcements
  • 3Com and IBM Make Mid-market Telephony Play
  • TelecomNEXT: ADTRAN Joins the MSAP Club with Total Access 5000 Debut

March 20, 2006

  • Redback Extends the Edge with SmartEdge 100
  • Spring VON 2006: Sonus Extends Reach in Japanese Market with KDDI Deployment
  • VoiceCon 2006: 3Com's NBX Evolution Continues
  • OFC 2006: Glimmerglass Carries the Torch for Optical Switching – Introduces a New OOO Switch
  • CeBIT 2006: Alcatel Hits 80 Million DSL Ports Served

March 8, 2006

  • Cisco Launches ME 6500 Series Ethernet Switch Optimized for Triple Play and VPN Services
  • Introducing the BlackDiamond 12K, Extreme's Attack on Carrier Ethernet
  • Nortel Bolsters OME 6500 – Adds Ethernet Switching
  • OFC 2006: ECI Kicks Off 'Trade Show Season' Announces Metro Access Transport Platform
  • China Telecom Shanghai Scales Core Network with Juniper's TX Matrix

February 21, 2006

  • ProCurve by HP Releases a Slew of New Products
  • RSA Conference 2006: Cisco Revamps SSL VPN Strategy and Unveils Anti-X Solution
  • Juniper Throws Down the Gauntlet with Its Secure Services Gateway
  • 3GSM 2006: Netcentrex Shows off Interactive Video Prowess with Introduction of MyCall Media
  • Riverstone Networks Announces That Lucent Will Acquire It

February 6, 2006

  • Foundry Expands Reach in the Middle East and Africa
  • Nortel and Huawei Form a JV in Order to Achieve Varsity Results
  • NetCentrex Goes After Low End of Business Market with IPCentrex One Solution
  • Orbital Data Accelerates towards Mobile and SOHO Users

January 23, 2006

  • Fujitsu Takes Care of Its Bread and Butter, Enhances the FLASHWAVE 4500
  • NRF 2006: Symbol Sharpens Its Wireless Portfolio with IBM Blade Solution
  • Ethernet Alliance Forms for the Advancement of Ethernet Services and Technologies
  • Axiom’s Service Delivery Suite Chosen by TeliaSonera for IP VPN Rollout
  • CES 2006: 2Wire Takes Broadband Gateway Technology to the Great Outdoors

January 1, 2006

  • Santa Delivers a Tasman Router under Nortel’s Tree
  • Nortel Gets Christmas Early: Comcast Buys Nortel IP + Optical Solution
  • Cisco Integrates Routers, ROADMs, and Rings
  • Alcatel Places a $120 Million Bet on 2Wire, Along with AT&T and Telmex
  • Renesys Provides Monitoring and Analysis Services for Global Internet Traffic

2005

December 1, 2005

  • Alcatel Places a $120 Million Bet on 2Wire, Along with AT&T and Telmex
  • Cisco Gets Very Serious About Video/IPTV with Scientific-Atlanta Acquisition
  • MFA Forum Announces Multi-Service Interworking of Ethernet over Legacy Networks
  • Alcatel Launches New OmniSwitch 9000 Family
  • Telco Systems Adds New Ethernet Access Device
  • Top 10 List of Killer Marketing Mistakes Other Smart People Made That You Can Avoid

November 15, 2005

  • Alcatel Removes Another Barrier to Carrier Ethernet Deployment - Effective Management
  • Force 10 Networks Ups the Stakes
  • Telco TV 2005: Juniper Targets IPTV/Triple Play Market with Multiple Portfolio Enhancements
  • Telco TV 2005: Calix Acquires Optical Solutions, Gets Installed Base, GPON

November 1, 2005

  • Ericsson Acquires Marconi - Protects Supply Relationship, Gains Convergence Play
  • Lucent Charts a New Access Path with the MMAP
  • Storage Networking World Fall 2005: Cisco Joins the SMB Fibre Channel Bandwagon
  • USTA 2005: Fujitsu Extends ADVA OEM, Reducing Cost, Gaining Differentiation, and Taking Risks

October 15, 2005

  • Qwest Targets the Enterprise with Global Reach for iQ Networking Platform 
  • Perimeter Internetworking Enhances Managed Services Positive with U.S. Networks Acquisition
  • XO Increases VoIP Peer Pressure
  • Yahoo! - Microsoft Forge New Messaging Alliance
  • The FCC Eliminates DSL Internet Sharing, Handing RBOCs Freedom over Broadband Resale

 

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