Long Term Evolution (LTE)-based services are garnering a lot of attention in the mobile broadband industry, despite the fact that …
3Com patents bite back
Some big names in the computer industry were sued this week by a company claiming that they have infringed on …
Father of fiber-optics snags share of Nobel Physics Prize
Charles Kao, whose work in the 1960s laid the foundation for today’s long-distance fiber-optic networks, has won a share of …
Nortel set to sell off GSM business
Nortel Networks is preparing to auction off its division that makes equipment for GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) networks …
Alcatel claims new optical network speed
Alcatel-Lucent researchers said they have figured out how to multiply the speed of the fastest undersea cables by a factor …
Alcatel integrating network layers for efficiency
Alcatel-Lucent set a course for tighter integration of the two main components of long-haul service-provider networks, saying it will help …
Court overturns Microsoft's $358 million payment to Alcatel
Microsoft has won an appeal to overturn a US$358 million award it had been ordered to pay to Alcatel-Lucent in …
ROI doesn't always pan out with unified communications
Return on investment is a big but unfulfilled promise of unified communications. The well established potential for cost avoidances and …
Offer for Nortel's carrier VoIP business seen as near
Nortel is reportedly close to receiving an offer for its Carrier VoIP business. A Nortel executive in charge of the …
Virtual Privacy
VPNs based on Multi-protocol Label Switching are an innovative way to connect network resources. Because MPLS VPNs are rapidly deployable …
Avaya set to buy Nortel enterprise business for $475 million
As expected, Nortel has entered into a “stalking horse” asset and share sale agreement with Avaya for its Enterprise Solutions …
Alcatel to push 100G to carrier edge
Alcatel-Lucent plans to ship a router module next year that supports the emerging 100Gbit/sec Ethernet standard at the edge of …
Carrier Ethernet on the rise
Carrier capital spending (capex) may be down during the current economic downturn but Carrier Ethernet is bucking that trend. Service …
New DOS attacks threaten wireless data networks
Forget spam, viruses, worms, malware and phishing. These threats are apparently old school when compared to a new class of …
WiMAX Forum looks to femtocells to improve coverage
Looking to improve indoor coverage for WiMAX devices, the WiMAX Forum is partnering with the Femto Forum to create a …
Huawei moves up in networking’s big leagues
Huawei Technologies became the third-biggest seller of mobile infrastructure in the world in the first quarter, further expanding its worldwide …
Unified communications start-up aims to challenge Microsoft, Skype, Google
Dutch start-up Perzonae Unified Communications is working on a service that will combine e-mail, instant messaging and, later, calls and …
Raising the bar
In 2001, when 10 Gigabit Ethernet switches were introduced, the average per-port cost was $39,000, according to IDC. Today, a …
What it will take for mobile VoIP to get enterprise-ready
By all rights, mobile VoIP sounds like an enticing proposition for a lot of companies. After all, what enterprise wouldn't …
Security needs to be ‘baked in’ say experts
A panel of security experts agreed that security needs to thought of a lot earlier in the software development lifecycle, …