Latest edge news.
AT&T adding tool to help thwart attacks, 11/08/04
AT&T last week announced its newest Internet Protect security service, which is designed to help business customers mitigate worm and virus attacks on their networks.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/110804att.html?nl
Covad broadens VoIP service, 11/05/04
Covad this week announced the availability of business-class VoIP service in 14 additional markets.
https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2004/1105covad.html?nl
Verizon Wireless, Nextel settle legal disputes, 11/04/04
Verizon Wireless and Nextel Communications this week said they have reached an agreement to resolve all their legal disputes.
https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2004/1104verinext.html?nl
Patent suit takes aim at Cisco routers, switches, 11/04/04
A Miami Beach, Fla., company on Tuesday sued Cisco for alleged patent infringement, charging the networking giant with stealing its routing technology.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1104patensuit.html?nl
MCI reports $3.4 billion loss, says it’s back on track, 11/04/04
MCI Thursday reported a $3.4 billion third-quarter loss, due mainly to a write-off of the value of its assets, as the company’s efforts to recover from its bankruptcy were hampered by stiff competition in the long-distance telephone service market.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1104mcirepor.html?nl
Lucent to resell Kagoor VoIP gear, 11/03/04
Lucent and session border controller vendor Kagoor Networks this week signed a global reseller agreement that enables Lucent to market Kagoor’s Voice Flow 3000 product to VoIP carrier customers.
https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2004/1103lucent.html?nl
Technologists push Ethernet to new areas, 11/02/04
Ethernet may be a commoditized technology in enterprise LANs but technologists are working to push, pull and stretch the technology into new areas and applications.
https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2004/1102ethernet.html?nl
Qualcomm to build $800 million wireless media network, 11/02/04
Mobile multimedia content will get its own nationwide network in the U.S. by 2006 if an $800 million project by Qualcomm goes according to plan.
https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2004/1102qualctobu.html?nl
Report: AOL to cut 700 jobs, 11/02/04
America Online plans to lay off 700 employees, about 5% of its U.S. workforce, by the end of the year, several news organizations reported Tuesday.
https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2004/1102aoljobs.html?nl
NEC advances to cut cost of fiber-optic equipment, 11/02/04
NEC has made advances in the technology of tunable lasers that will cut the cost of fiber-optic equipment and help communications carriers deliver more efficient communications services, and which will be commercially available by October 2005, the company said in a recent interview.
https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2004/1102necadvan.html?nl
