Latest edge news.
Lucent to buy Telica for VoIP gear, 05/24/04
Lucent will plug a hole in its voice-over-IP offerings by buying Telica for its IP-gateway products.
https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2004/0524telica.html?nl
Vendors angle for edge in multiservice market, 05/24/04
An established vendor and start-up each unveiled multiservice routing and switching products and enhancements last week for a market that has become white hot.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0524multi.html?nl
AT&T’s wireless deal with Sprint raises eyebrows, 05/24/04
While latching onto Sprint’s wireless network might plug a glaring gap in AT&T’s consumer and business offerings, industry experts are questioning whether Sprint gets enough out of the deal.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0524attsprint.html?nl
Experts disagree about seriousness of IOS code theft, 05/24/04
While the FBI and Cisco scrambled last week to recover source code stolen from the network giant, expert opinion differs about how serious a threat the incident is for corporate customers.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0524ciscoios.html?nl
SBC network ‘working well’ despite strike, 05/21/04
SBC Communications officials said this morning that its network and services are ‘working well’ despite a four-day work stoppage by union workers in 13 states that began at 12:01 a.m. Friday.
https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2004/0521sbcstrike.html?nl
Tellabs buys AFC, 05/20/04
Tellabs is buying Advanced Fibre Communications (AFC) for $1.9 billion, bringing high-speed access gear to Tellabs’ portfolio as well as a five-year contract to provide fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) gear to …
https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2004/0520tellabs.html?nl
Lawmakers: Convergence could be end of regulation, 05/19/04
U.S. representatives took an opportunity during a “show-and-tell” hearing on voice-and-data convergence technologies to suggest that the 1996 Telecommunications Act should be rewritten — …
https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2004/0519lawmaconve.html?nl
Verizon feeds fiber to Texas, 05/19/04
Verizon has begun an ambitious rollout of fiber optics to businesses and residences with the deployment of 440,000 feet of cabling in suburban Dallas.
https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2004/0519foa.html?nl
Lucent settles with SEC, is hit with $25 million fine, 05/18/04
Federal regulators charged Lucent on Monday with conducting an accounting fraud of over $1.1 billion, amid allegations that employees falsified documents, cut secret deals with customers …
https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2004/0518lucensettl.html?nl
Hammerhead, CoSine ally with Fujitsu, 05/18/04
Fujitsu is broadening a marketing alliance designed to transition carriers from legacy to new services and infrastructures.
