Latest edge news.
Municipal WLAN plans draw mixed reactions, 12/06/04
A public political spat in Pennsylvania last week threw light on potential issues that might stymie citywide wireless LANs intended to give residents and businesses broadband Internet access.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/120604wifi.html?nl
Q&A: AT&T’s Dorman offers Darwinian take on survival, 12/06/04
AT&T remains formidable, with $30 billion in revenue last year, but speculation about its future revolves more around acquisition than any return to the glory days. AT&T CEO and Chairman David Dorman recently spoke with Network World Senior Editor Denise Pappalardo and Associate News Editor Paul McNamara about the company’s enterprise services unit, pricing pressures and survival in an ever-difficult telecom market.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/120604dormanqa.html?nl
Juniper connects high-end routers, 12/03/04
Juniper Friday launched a switching matrix for interconnecting multiple high-end carrier routers into a multiterabit-capable system designed to accommodate more service subscribers.
https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2004/1203juniper.html?nl
Broadband-over-powerline start-up gets funding, 12/03/04
Amperion, a start-up that makes equipment to deliver broadband service over powerlines, this week announced $10 million in new funding.
https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2004/1203bbpwr.html?nl
Cisco confirms interest in router start-up, 12/02/04
Cisco’s next acquisition could be a router start-up it has funded.
https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2004/1202cisrtr.html?nl
BT will switch its call center network to VoIP, 12/02/04
British Telecommunications (BT) plans to migrate its U.K. call centers to a new VoIP system over the next two years, allowing around 9,700 call center agents on 124 sites to work as one team in a single, virtual, customer contact center.
https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2004/1202btwill.html?nl
Chiaro finds big brother in ECI, 12/02/04
Israeli network vendor ECI Telecom has purchased a $6 million stake in high-end router start-up Chiaro Networks to become the exclusive distributor of Chiaro’s Enstara platform.
https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2004/1202chiaro.html?nl
Cingular maps out U.S. 3G rollout in 2005, 2006, 12/01/04
Cingular Wireless Tuesday announced that it plans to offer 3G mobile data service in a number of major U.S. urban and suburban markets next year and in most major U.S. markets by the end of 2006.
