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NextHop updates router software
Jan. 27, 2003
NextHop Technologies rolls out a new version of its product that the company says is designed to enhance network and device management, and reliability

Redback scales edge router down
Mar. 20, 2006
Redback Networks this week extended its edge router portfolio with a low-end version designed for small points-of-presence and remote central offices.

Cisco touts customers for HFR
Dec. 06, 2004
A research center in Pittsburgh as well as a broadband service provider and an academic network in Japan all have bought Cisco's first totally new core routing platform in seven years, which was introduced with fanfare ...

SBC picks Alcatel for FTTN
Oct. 20, 2004
SBC this week named Alcatel as its primary network infrastructure and services supplier for Project Lightspeed, SBC's $6 billion fiber-to-the-node buildout. The announcement had been anticipated.

Cisco plucks Procket assets for $89 million
Jun. 17, 2004
Cisco this week announced a definitive agreement to acquire the intellectual property, a majority of the engineering team and select assets from privately held Procket Networks, a maker of routers and routing technology ...

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Nortel revisits core routing
Jan. 16, 2004
Nortel and Avici are hooking up again, five years after the two split following Nortel's acquisition of Bay Networks during the expansion of the telecom bubble.

Controversy surrounds Cisco IOS router exploit talk at conference
Aug. 04, 2005
Although Cisco and Internet Security Systems had sought to halt a talk at the Black Hat Conference to reveal how unpatched Cisco routers can be remotely compromised, the talk was delivered anyway by the ISS researcher ...

Supercomm closes it doors for good
Jun. 15, 2005
Another Supercomm has come and gone… in fact, Supercomm is gone for good after 18 years.

Nortel CEO has high hopes for 2005 despite challenges
May. 20, 2005
One year after taking the helm at the beleaguered telecom giant, CEO Bill Owens has steered Nortel through perhaps the most challenging period in its 110-year history.

Verizon taps Motorola for FTTP
May. 04, 2005
As expected, Verizon tapped Motorola as a second source for current generation FTTP gear.