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Congress sets Alcatel-Lucent hearings, 11/10/06
Another hurdle has cropped up for the merger of Alcatel and Lucent as the U.S. House Armed Services Committee has set a hearing on the national security implications of the deal.
Q&A: 40 years and going strong: Internet pioneer Merit celebrates and looks ahead – Network …, 11/13/06
Merit Network, the pioneering Michigan state research network that played a key role in the development of the Internet, is set to celebrate its 40th anniversary this week. President Emeritus Eric Aupperle, a 32-year Merit veteran who served as director and president during the organization’s heyday, in the mid-1980s and 1990s, as the operator of the National Science Foundation’s NSFnet, spent some time reminiscing and looking ahead with Network World Managing Editor Jim Duffy.
Deutsche Telekom CEO steps down, 11/13/06
The CEO of Deutsche Telekom has resigned after failing to find a strategy to retain customers of the company’s landline services and improve its share price.
Cisco to buy Ethernet chipmaker Greenfield, 11/13/06
Cisco plans to add switch-silicon vendor Greenfield Networks to its arsenal for metro Ethernet, a technology many service providers are now rolling out for business customers.
