ATM/Frame relay

Breaking ATM and frame relay news

Two industry forums plan to merge
Jul. 15, 2004
Two industry forums plan to merge in hopes of speeding the creation of multi-service, multi-vendor carrier networks that blend frame relay, ATM and MPLS into their offerings to customers.

Juniper fortifies edge
Feb. 17, 2004
Juniper Networks this week unveiled an edge router designed to meld Layer 2 services, such as frame relay and ATM, with an IP/MPLS backbone.

Lucent/Juniper alliance bears fruit
Nov. 03, 2003
Lucent and Juniper last week unveiled the first fruits of their six-month union: product combinations designed to let service providers better integrate legacy services and infrastructures with newer IP offerings.

Nokia kills Amber Networks router
Jan. 15, 2003
Nokia has discontinued an edge router it obtained from the $421 million acquisition of start-up Amber Networks two years ago.

Lucent, Cisco in ATM deal?
Oct. 17, 2002
A Wall Street investment firm Thursday suggested Lucent should sell its market-leading ATM/frame relay data networking assets to Cisco as a way for the bludgeoned company to get a quick infusion of cash and to exit a ...

AT&T expanding reach of networks
May. 12, 2003
AT&T says it is expanding the geographic reach of its IP, frame relay and ATM networks ahead of its original schedule.

Alcatel offers Ethernet safety net
May. 05, 2003
Software lets carriers offer Ethernet services while retaining frame relay revenue stream.

Start-up unveils frame relay switch
Feb. 25, 2002
Edge switch start-up WaveSmith Networks last week rolled out the frame relay iteration of its multiservice device, which lets service providers continue to offer legacy data services to corporations as they prepare a ...

Growing pains test Qwest
Nov. 08, 1999
Cracks are beginning to show in the shiny armor of America's newest national carrier. Users and consultants charge that Qwest Communications, which recently completed its 18,500-mile national network, is missing ...

Carriers brace for federal buying spree
Dec. 04, 2007
Carriers are preparing for a flood of buying activity under the federal government's massive Networx telecommunications program in 2008.

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Qwest offers incentives to keep enterprise customers
May. 18, 2005
Plus: Entrisphere closes $75 million in Series C financing; another solid quarter from Cisco

Multiservice marriage
Jul. 23, 2004
The MPLS & Frame Relay Alliance and The ATM Forum plan to merge in an effort to synchronize their definitions of multiservice networking.

Metro Ethernet on the rise
Jul. 25, 2003
Metro Ethernet is getting increased interest lately, perhaps becoming a big-growth area for telecom spending.

Juniper kills the 'WaveSmith-killer'
Jul. 04, 2003
Plus: LuxN provides access to Sorrento; and Qwest goes long in the Land of Lakes

Tenor, Gotham 'rightsize'
Jun. 17, 2002
Multiservice switch start-up Tenor Networks last week laid off 49 people, or 41% of its staff, in an effort to conserve cash during the current telecom slump.Also, multiservice edge switch start-up Gotham Networks ...