Lucent Technologies appointed John A. Kritzmacher, 45, as its new chief financial officer (CFO). Kritzmacher, who had been Lucent's corporate ...

JAPAN TELECOM, a subsidiary of SOFTBANK Corp., is deploying Sonus Networks' platforms for its next generation voice network. The deployment ...

Sony Ericsson introduced its seventh WALKMAN phone model. The W300 WALKMAN phone is a quad band (EDGE 850/900/1800/1900) clamshell that ...

WildBlue Communications' Ka-band spot beam satellite, WildBlue-1, has been scheduled for launch aboard an Ariane 5 vehicle in Q4 2006. ...

Microsoft has joined the newly launched the Mobile DTV Alliance as a founding member. The group seeks to promote the ...

Hammerhead Systems announced its intention to accelerate European expansion plans to support customers and trials. The company said it is ...

Ikanos Communications announced that its SmartLeap SL9400 solution is powering Swisscom Fixnet's rollout of VDSL-based IPTV and triple-play services. Ikanos ...

JDSU introduced a portable tester for 40 Gbps (OC-768/STM-256) -- presently the fastest transmission rate for SONET and SDH networks. ...

Cablevision Systems, which serves some 3 million households in the New York metropolitan area, added more than 130,000 VoIP customers ...

Speaking at the annual Bear Stearns Media Conference, Verizon's CFO Doreen Toben said the company is "rapidly executing" on its ...

The Virginia General Assembly Senate and House of Delegates have passed legislation that will hasten competition for cable television services ...

Extreme Networks introduced its new BlackDiamond 12K carrier switch designed for delivering "multidimensional" Ethernet to both business and residential subscribers. ...

T-Com, Deutsche Telekom's broadband/fixed network unit,, has selected Nominum's Foundation Caching Name Server (CNS) to provide its broadband subscribers with ...