Embratel Outsources its Entire IT Infrastructure to IBM
Embratel, the incumbent telecommunications provider in Brazil, will outsource its entire IP infrastructure, ranging from e-mail to billing, to IBM. ...
EC Calls for Equal Treatment of Cable Broadband Services in France
The European Commission is calling on the French government to ensure the equal treatment for cable networks in the provision ...
Murdoch's NEWS Corp. to Acquire 34% of Hughes Electronics for $6.6 Billion
News Corporation announced plans to acquire GM's 19.9% stake in Hughes Electronics and a further 14.1% of Hughes from public ...
Verizon Looks Toward Broadband Fixed Wireless
Verizon Communications believes broadband fixed wireless (BFW) technologies are nearly ready to move from trial to commercial deployment, said Brian ...
CIENA to Acquire WaveSmith Networks for $158 million
CIENA will acquire WaveSmith Networks, a start-up based in Acton, Massachusetts, for its multiservice edge switching systems. The WaveSmith platform ...
Procket Networks Unveils Router Platform, Reports 20 Deployments/Trials
Procket Networks, a start-up based in Milpitas, California, announced commercial availability of its PRO/8801 router, its first product in a ...
Caspian Introduces its Apeiro Flow-based Router
Caspian Networks, a start-up based in San Jose, California, announced the general availability of its Apeiro flow-based router designed for ...
Zarlink Writes-off Investment in Mitel Networks
Zarlink Semiconductor announced a write-off of its investment in privately-held Mitel Networks to a nil value. Zarlink said it believes ...
Galazar Networks secures CDN$22.7 million for Ethernet/SONET Framer
Galazar Networks, a start-up based in Ottawa, Canada, secured CDN$22.7 million for its portfolio of multi-service, Ethernet and data service ...
Matsushita Electric Shows IPv6 Desk Lamp
Matsushita Electric demonstrated an IPv6 desk lamp that can be remotely switched on/off via its Ethernet connection. While the lamp ...
NEC to Resell Overture Networks' Metro Ethernet
NEC signed a multi-year worldwide reseller agreement with Overture Networks, a start-up based in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina that ...
Packet Design Adds Support for Multiple OSPF Areas
Packet Design Inc., a start-up based in Palo Alto, California, introduced a new version of its Route Explorer appliance for ...
Broadcom Ships Dual-band 802.11a/g Mini-PCI for Notebooks
Broadcom began shipping dual-band 802.11a/g devices for embedded use in notebook PCs. The company said multiple major PC OEMs such ...
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