Airport Grabs CLEC-Class Optical Access Gear
Optical edge vendor Intelect Network Technologies has won a US$1 million-plus order from the Metropolitan Airports Commission in Minneapolis/St. Paul.
Optical edge vendor Intelect Network Technologies has won a US$1 million-plus order from the Metropolitan Airports Commission in Minneapolis/St. Paul.
The makers of spread-spectrum wireless transmitters that link PCs, entertainment devices, domestic appliances and telephones onto a broadband home or office network have scored a regulatory victory that they say will improve bandwidth fivefold.
Six makers of integrated-access devices have joined an alliance organized by optical-access vendor Quantum Bridge Communications Inc. in an effort to prove that optical networks aren't just for big users.
Some competitive local exchange carriers are breathing a sigh of relief after the U.S. Federal Communications Commission agreed to review the way SBC Communications Inc. is rolling out mass-market DSL under the name Project Pronto.
So is DSL an always-on, dedicated, point-to-point, reliable-speed, mass-market broadband technology?
Two service providers trying to climb the content ladder have committed to purchasing advanced, application-aware hardware and software from New Jersey startup Aplion Networks Inc..
Further validating its claims to providing scalable packet telephony, Sonus Networks Inc. this week announced a sale to one of the nation's leading next-generation carriers.
You've probably heard of Level 3 Communications Inc. Now say hello to Chapter 2 E-Services Inc. and LayerOne Inc.
Thanks largely to a 1998 World Trade Organisation agreement on telecommunications that has introduced competition into dozens of international markets prices for international voice and data connections have started to drop dramatically. In some cases those prices are far below what they were just two years ago.
One of the nation's oldest user groups for network professionals last week suffered a major blow as it was forced to cancel its annual convention.
Indianapolis EGIX, a service provider offering end-users network-based voice and fax mail, is now outsourcing its service to other carriers and promising integrated e-mail as well.
Red-hot packet telephony vendor Sonus Networks has racked up another key service-provider win.
Lucent Technologies Inc.'s pending enterprise spinoff is beefing up the management suite for its Cajun line of LAN switches.
One reason carriers merge is they've missed big market opportunities and have to fill serious gaps with a partner. It is so much worse when a merger fails and they've lost that time to address their problems.
A San Francisco startup is bundling back-office operations, security management and call center operations into a complete package for emerging application service providers.