Start-ups

Ciena entered into a reseller agreement to market, sell and support Laurel Networks' flagship ST200 Service Edge Router, which will be integrated into Ciena's LightWorks ON-Center Management Suite. Laurel's ST200...

ECI Telecom has spun-off its Celtro business unit, which provides transmission solutions for the backhaul of mobile networks. The new, independent and privately-held company will be known as Celtro Inc....

Jungo Software Technologies, a start-up based in San Jose, California, with R&D in Israel, secured $5.5 million in a third round of funding for its residential gateway software. Jungo develops...

Meriton Networks, a start-up based in Ottawa, Canada, unveiled a managed, access- to-regional, high-speed metro (HSM) services architecture based on a new transparent optical multiplexing device for the access network....

Nakina Systems, a start-up based in Ottawa, Canada, introduced its suite of intelligent network applications that address service providers' needs for multi-vendor layer one network discovery and automation of operational...

UXComm, a start-up based in Portland, Oregon, raised $6 million in first round funding for its development of software based management and control solutions for the storage, network and blade...

Optical Solutions, a start-up based in Minneapolis, raised $15 million in third round funding for its fiber-optic broadband platforms. Existing investors that participated in the round included Sprout Group, St....

Amalfi Semiconductor, a start-up based in Los Gatos, California, secured $12 million in series A funding for its low power RF designs for wireless applications. The company said its products...

Mobixell Networks, a start-up based in New York City with R&D in Israel, raised $5 million from major global investors for its multimedia processing and delivery solutions for mobile systems....

American Fiber Systems (AFS), a provider of metro connectivity and wholesale services with networks in Cleveland, Kansas City, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Nashville and Salt Lake City, raised $6 million in new...

Fortinet, a start-up based in Santa Clara, California, closed $30 million in fourth round funding for its ASIC-powered, network-based anti-virus firewall systems. The FortiGate systems deliver a full range of...

Bob Annunziata, a former CEO of Global Crossing, has been named non-executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tropic Networks, a start-up developing metro-optical network equipment. Previously, Annunziata helped...

McData announced separate agreements to acquire Nishan Systems and Sanera Systems, both start-ups targeting storage area networks (SANs). McDATA said that as a result of these acquisitions its expanded portfolio...