Sean Buckley
Samantha Bookman
Michael Kennedy
Anna-Maria Kovacs
A. Michael NollAT&T: Bandwidth demand for real this time
Has the telecom industry gone from bandwidth glut to bandwidth gluttony in less than a decade? That's what many carriers believe, as they are boosting transport bandwidth, migrating to IP, upping
Zander to leave Motorola
Motorola Chairman and CEO Ed Zander will step down from the CEO job January 1, and will leave the chairman post of the equipment and handset vendor in May 2008, the company said this morning. This
BT defends PBT costs
BT, probably the leading carrier proponent of provider backbone transport technology, rebuffed reports that it was discovering unexpected costs and otherwise having trouble with its initial PBT
SPOTLIGHT: Telcordia hangs tough in changing market
Telcordia CEO Mark Greenquist had his first annual briefing with press and analysts this week since moving up last May from the CFO slot. Amid OSS market shake-ups, he's put a new management team in
ALSO NOTED: Could AT&T buy Colt?; DSL speeds still lag; and much more...
> U.K.-based Colt Telecom reportedly is the target of an AT&T takeover bid. Article > DSL speeds in the
Judge: Release wiretap lobbying records
A San Francisco federal judge issued a court order for the federal government to turn over--by tomorrow--records of its recent discussions with telecom lobbyists about efforts to have telco immunity
eBay looks to make Skype work
There have been rumors in recent weeks that eBay is looking to off-load Skype, the VoIP juggernaut it acquired in 2005 for $2.6 billion, but which recently cost the Web giant an earnings charge of
Alca-Lu intensifies services focus
Alcatel-Lucent, looking to finally overcome financial disappointments and merger integration hurdles, announced a renewed focus on five key business areas and a new marketing logo for its services
Verizon, FairPoint dispute Maine report
Verizon Communications and FairPoint Communication are disputing a Maine hearing examiner's report that recommended the state public utilities commission vote against a pending $2.7 billion deal that
Sycamore misses revenue expectations
Vendor Sycamore Networks posted first fiscal quarter net income of about $7 million, better than the $17 million net loss for the same period a year ago. The company also reported revenue of $38
SIP services surge toward $150 billion
Services using the session initiation protocol will represent a $150 billion market by 2012, according to a recent report by ABI Research. SIP services, including VoIP, will rise on the installation
SPOTLIGHT: France Telecom faces Arcep power play
France Telecom, which has been an outspoken opponent of a plan to create a pan-European telecom regulatory authority, also is facing the prospect of increasing involvement in its affairs from it
ALSO NOTED: XO to raise $900 million; U4EA acquires J6; and much more...
> XO Communications files to raise about $900 million in debt and equity. Article > In a match of alpha-numeric
ZTE demos NGOSS, IMS integration
Chinese network equipment vendor ZTE said it successfully demonstrated earlier this month the integration of its IMS network elements with the Telemanagement Forum’s (TMF) New Generation Operations
ZTE shows NGOSS support for IMS
Chinese vendor ZTE is believed to be the first vendor to have demonstrated integration between its IMS gear and the TeleManagement Forum's Next Generation Operation Support System specification.
Does Fujitsu have packet optical edge?
Verizon Communications issued an RFP earlier this year for packet optical gear and at least three industry analysts are suggesting Fujitsu is well-positioned to win the business. In late August,
OEN failure sounds familiar
The downfall of Texas-based Optical Entertainment Network, a highly-touted fiber-to-the-home provider, sounds unfortunately familiar to anyone in telecom who has ever worked for a company in which
XO launches FMC trial
Anticipating an enterprise-focused fixed-mobile converged service called Unwired Office, XO Communications has launched a trial of FMC capabilities in Seattle. The CLEC is working with Sotto
Saudi Telecom invests in Kuwait mobile firm
Saudi Telecom won a hotly-contested battle for a 26% stake in Kuwait's new third mobile carrier. The Saudi telco will invest about $907.7 million for the stake that was being auctioned by the
Vimpelcom eyes Golden Telecom
Who: Russia-based Vimpelcom Vitals: The mobile company was founded in 1992, it has more than 52 million customers in Russia, Kazakhstan and Ukraine, and reaches more than 95% of the Russian
