AT&T Wireless and Cingular Wireless signed a major joint roaming agreement covering their GSM /GPRS networks in the US. Customers ...

Ericsson named Per-Arne Sandstrom as its new Executive Vice President and Deputy CEO. Karl-Henrik Sundstrom was appointed Chief Financial Officer ...

PRIMUS Telecommunications obtained $13 million in new debt financing and completed the restructuring of an existing major vendor facility. The ...

LeftHand Networks, a start-up based in Boulder, Colorado, raised $20 million in Series B financing for its IP-based SAN solutions. ...

NanoOpto and SpectraSwitch have begun sampling a jointly-developed Lambda Processor Free Space Variable Optical Attenuator (FSVOA) initially targeted at optical ...

BTexact Technologies, BT's advanced research and technology business, completed performance evaluation of Marconi's BXR- 48000 multiservice switch router. BTexact tested ...

Lumentis AB, a start-up based in Stockholm, introduced an add-drop and terminal SDH/SONET network solution over CWDM or DWDM wavelengths. ...

Chorum Technologies, a start-up based in Richardson, Texas, is exiting the optical networking business and will focus its efforts on ...

Viatel has acquired Netcom Internet Limited, an ISP focused on business customers in the UK. Financial terms were not disclosed. ...

The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) published a new "Fiber Optic Connector Intermateability" standard for simplex and duplex connectors. Intermateability standards ...

NEC has integrated Genoa's second-generation, single-chip linear optical amplifier (LOA) into a 10 Gbps optical transponder module for long reach ...

Metromedia Fiber Network (MFN) filed its plan of reorganization with a bankruptcy court in New York. MFN's post-bankruptcy business strategy ...

WorldCom announced the write-off of all existing goodwill and a substantial write-down of the carrying value of its other intangible ...