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NewsVonage lowers loss, will sell DSL via Covad
VoIP service provider Vonage reported first-quarter earnings today that were marked by higher revenue, a lower net loss and moderating growth in customer additions, but the real news today regarding Read more...
Calix adds new ONTs to MDU market fray
Equipment vendor Calix Networks is launching a new series of optical network terminals for gigabit passive optical network architectures targeted at multi-dwelling unit deployments-in short, GPON Read more...
Qwest announces 20 Mbps, 12 Mbps on FTTN
Qwest Communications is introducing fiber-to-the-network offerings in 23 markets under the Qwest Connect brand, hoping to have the rollout reach about 2 million customers this year. The two FTTN Read more...
Nortel re-focuses global R&D organization
Nortel Networks is restructuring its research and development organization in an effort to shift more work and more types of R&D projects to an existing facility in China. The Toronto-based Read more...
Australia withdraws OPEL broadband funding
The Australian government has withdrawn about $869 million in funding support for a joint venture that had won an earlier government bid to build out broadband coverage to remote, underserved areas Read more...
Windstream offers 2Wire home gateways
Independent telco Windstream Communications is offering wireless home networking gateways from 2Wire that allow multiple wireless devices in the home to share the incoming broadband connection. Such Read more...
Ovum: Telecom gear spending up 21% in Q4
Research firm Ovum said that industry-wide concerns about telecom equipment spending that surfaced during the final quarter of 2007 may have been overblown, and it has proof: Global wireline Read more...
TeliaSonera plan FTTH roll-out in Sweden
After previously committing to deploy fiber-to-the home technology in Finland, TeliaSonera is now saying it will do the same in Sweden. The competitive landscape in Sweden is intriguingly complex, Read more...
Verizon re-energizes DSL with 7 Mbps plan
Verizon Communications said it is boosting DSL speeds to 7 Mbps for customers in 12 states by the end of this year. The move comes after some observations that Verizon and other telcos have been Read more...
AT&T moves toward national org structure
AT&T said that it will cut some management jobs as it continues to make over its corporate structure from regionalized to more national in scope. The telco's landline, DSL and video operations Read more...
| Press ReleasesVonage Holdings Corp. Reports First Quarter 2008 ResultsHOLMDEL,
N.J., May 8, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ --
Vonage Holdings Corp. (NYSE: VG), a leading provider of broadband
telephone service, today announced results for the Read more... VONAGE AND COVAD COMMUNICATIONS ANNOUNCE STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIP TO DELIVER VONAGE BROADBANDHolmdel, NJ, and San Jose, CA (May 8, 2008) – Vonage, a leading provider of digital phone services, and Covad Communications Company, a leading national provider of integrated voice and data Read more... Vonage and Covad Communications Announce Strategic Relationship to Deliver Vonage BroadbandHOLMDEL, N.J. and SAN JOSE, Calif., May 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Vonage, a leading provider of digital phone services, and Covad
Communications Company, a leading national provider of integrated Read more... Up to 12% of DSL Broadband Subscribers to Transfer to Fixed WiMAX Connections within 5 years Hampshire, UK – 7th May 2008: A new analysis of the global opportunity for WiMAX 802.16e forecasts that up to 12% of the global DSL installed base will be substituted by WiMAX by 2013. The Far Read more... New Edge First to Offer MPLS Classes of Service Over DSL Networks |