The Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) outlined four new technical work projects for 2003. These include: Unified 10 Gigabit optical specifications...

Verizon Communications is "somewhere between confused, perplexed and very angry" about the recent FCC decision, said Ivan Seidenberg, CEO of...

WilTel Communications will begin offering an Ethernet Wide Area Network (EWAN) transport service over its nationwide fiber-optic network. The service...

BellSouth launched a Wavelength Service targeted for retail and wholesale customers. The BellSouth Wavelength Service, which supports IP, SONET, ATM...

HP will provide the IT management services for Telecom Italia's 90,000 workstations under a new five year agreement valued at...

United Pan-Europe Communications N.V. (UPC) was granted approval for its Chapter 11 plan of reorganization by a U.S. bankruptcy court....

Corona Optical Systems, a start-up based in Lombard, Illinois, raised $7.5 million in its Series B round of funding. The...

Nominum, a start-up based in Redwood City, California, closed a $10 million round of series C financing to support its...

FutureSoft announced source code software support for Intel's newest IXP4XX product line. FutureSoft's access solutions for the IXP4XX network processor...

The global networking business is showing signs of stabilization, said Frank Dunn, president and CEO of Nortel Networks, in a...

Video Network Communications Inc. (VNCI) agreed to acquire WilTel Communications' webcasting business for an undisclosed sum. The unit provides webcasting...

U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Billy Tauzin (R-Louisiana) blasted this week's FCC ruling on unbundled network element requirements...

CIENA reported revenue of $70.5 million for the quarter ended January 31, up 14% over the previous period. There was...