Start-ups

Xtera Communications, a start-up offering optical transport solutions for regional, long- haul and ultra-long-haul networks, named Jon R. Hopper as its new president and CEO. The company also appointed Paul...

Quarry Technologies, a start-up based in Burlington, Massachusetts, raised $18 million in D Series venture funding for its line of carrier-class security service routers. Quarry's iQ Security Service Routers enable...

Firetide, a start-up developing mesh technology for wireless instant networks, named Bo Larsson as CEO. Larsson most recently served as CEO of Emuzed, a developer of multimedia products and technologies....

Packet Design introduced a route analysis system for Cisco's Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP), which is used on more than half of all enterprise networks. The system gives network...

Covaro Networks, a start-up based in Richardson, Texas raised $25.3 million in Series B funding for its Ethernet services management system. Covaro develops products that address hybrid networks containing both...

Santur Corporation introduced smaller and lower cost versions of its widely tunable, DFB array-based laser products, which are designed into many transponders and linecards for both metro and long-haul DWDM...

CIENA will acquire Catena Networks, a privately-held supplier of broadband access equipment, for approximately $486.7 million in stock (77.5 million shares of CIEN). Catena Networks has deployed more than 5,500...

CIENA will acquire privately held Internet Photonics, a supplier of carrier-grade optical Ethernet transport and switching solutions, for approximately $150 million in stock (24.4 million CIEN shares). Internet Photonics' Ethernet...

Starhome, a subsidiary of Comverse Technology, secured $20 million in equity financing for its mobile roaming technology for wireless carriers. Starhome offers a portfolio of inbound and outbound roaming solutions...

TurnTide, a start-up based in near Philadelphia, introduced a network appliance designed to fight spam at layer 3 and 4 -- unlike the current spam filter technology, which typically processes...

Parama Networks, a start-up based in Santa Clara, California raised $7 million in a Series B round of funding for its SONET "ADM-on-a-Chip." The funding led by Menlo Ventures and...

Pronto Networks, a start-up based in Pleasanton, California $11.3 million in Series B funding for its carrier-class OSS solutions for large Wi-Fi hot spot networks. Pronto's Wi-Fi Operations Support System...

LightPointe, a start-up based in San Diego, raised $17 million in new funding for its optical wireless products based on free-space optics (FSO) technology. LightPointe currently sells its optical wireless...