Start-ups

Xtera Communications, a start-up offering optical transport solutions for regional, long- haul and ultra-long-haul networks, named Jon R. Hopper as its new president and CEO. The company also appointed Paul...

Quarry Technologies, a start-up based in Burlington, Massachusetts, raised $18 million in D Series venture funding for its line of carrier-class security service routers. Quarry's iQ Security Service Routers enable...

Firetide, a start-up developing mesh technology for wireless instant networks, named Bo Larsson as CEO. Larsson most recently served as CEO of Emuzed, a developer of multimedia products and technologies....

Covaro Networks, a start-up based in Richardson, Texas raised $25.3 million in Series B funding for its Ethernet services management system. Covaro develops products that address hybrid networks containing both...

Packet Design introduced a route analysis system for Cisco's Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP), which is used on more than half of all enterprise networks. The system gives network...

Santur Corporation introduced smaller and lower cost versions of its widely tunable, DFB array-based laser products, which are designed into many transponders and linecards for both metro and long-haul DWDM...

CIENA will acquire Catena Networks, a privately-held supplier of broadband access equipment, for approximately $486.7 million in stock (77.5 million shares of CIEN). Catena Networks has deployed more than 5,500...

CIENA will acquire privately held Internet Photonics, a supplier of carrier-grade optical Ethernet transport and switching solutions, for approximately $150 million in stock (24.4 million CIEN shares). Internet Photonics' Ethernet...

Starhome, a subsidiary of Comverse Technology, secured $20 million in equity financing for its mobile roaming technology for wireless carriers. Starhome offers a portfolio of inbound and outbound roaming solutions...

TurnTide, a start-up based in near Philadelphia, introduced a network appliance designed to fight spam at layer 3 and 4 -- unlike the current spam filter technology, which typically processes...

Parama Networks, a start-up based in Santa Clara, California raised $7 million in a Series B round of funding for its SONET "ADM-on-a-Chip." The funding led by Menlo Ventures and...

Pronto Networks, a start-up based in Pleasanton, California $11.3 million in Series B funding for its carrier-class OSS solutions for large Wi-Fi hot spot networks. Pronto's Wi-Fi Operations Support System...

LightPointe, a start-up based in San Diego, raised $17 million in new funding for its optical wireless products based on free-space optics (FSO) technology. LightPointe currently sells its optical wireless...