Matt Carolan

Nortel Networks Corp. has postponed the release of a much-anticipated switch for optical networks, according to company officials. Nortels OPTera Connect PX switch, which would direct large amounts of data in the form of light, has been postponed indefinitely by the Canadian telecommunications equipment maker. The OPTera Connect PX switch was part of the developing […]

Covad Communications Group, Inc. announced on Tuesday that it has expanded its high-speed Internet business services into ten new metropolitan markets. The Santa Clara, Calif. provider of broadband services for small- to medium-sized businesses said it is now offering its “TeleXtend” brand of T1 service in Baltimore, Boston, Cleveland, the combined marketplace of Kansas City, […]

A decision this month by the Federal Communications Commission to give a conditional go-ahead to companies seeking to market products employing UWB technology has gotten some industry watchers concerned. While the emerging technology could enable a range of new mobile applications, critics claim that if ultrawideband is improperly implemented, it could interfere with other wireless […]

The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday gave a conditional go-ahead to companies seeking to market products employing ultra-wideband (UWB) technology. UWB operates by releasing many small bursts of radio signals at very high speeds over a wide radio spectrum, rather than, as more established wireless technologies do, issuing a protracted signal over a limited frequency […]

The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday voted “tentatively” to reclassify wireline broadband services under existing regulatory structures. The move could have the effect of reducing regulations on major telecoms looking to roll out Digital Subscriber Line service nationally. The FCC announced that it has “tentatively concluded the wireline broadband Internet access services – whether provided […]

Nortel Networks Corp. on Wednesday announced two new product offerings to link enterprise contact centers to their customers via voice or telephone 24 hours a day. The new products are Interactive Voice Response (IVR) platforms featuring scalable hardware and software, employing Nortels PeriWorks graphical user interface tools. Nortel already offers a similar mid-market product with […]

Nortel Networks Corp. served up two pieces of bad news this week, announcing late Monday that the companys chief financial officer, Terry Hungle, had resigned over alleged illicit personal financial transactions, and said Tuesday that quarterly sales of telecom equipment were not going well. According to Nortel officials, Hungle allegedly made adjustments to his personal […]

Verizon Wireless on Monday announced that it has closed a deal to acquire certain assets of Dobson Communications Corp., a company that specializes in rural wireless services. The $465 million acquisition, which was originally announced in November, allows Verizon Wireless—the joint venture of Verizon Communications and Britains Vodaphone Group Plc—to expand its network in southeastern […]

AT&T Corp. announced on Monday that is has deployed a new optical network that is capable of righting itself quickly in response to failure or disaster, and will allow quicker provisioning of high-speed circuits for enterprise customers with direct access to the network. The new network is already carrying private-line, Internet, voice, data, and video […]

Early Wednesday morning, Cisco Systems Inc. released a statement stating simply that the company had beat earnings and revenue expectations for the second quarter. The statement was reportedly in response to a leaked internal memo. On Wednesday afternoon, the San Jose, Calif., company filled in the details on its earnings. Cisco officials said that revenue […]