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News Analysis: Verizon Strike Averted (for Now) - 8/1/2003 5:55:00 PM
Talks continue, but 'key issues remain unresolved' UPDATED 8/4 9:30 AM
News Analysis: AlcaLu Selling Bell Labs Site - 8/5/2008 4:30:00 PM
A pending sale would keep the Bell Labs building alive, although it might go condo
Slide Shows: IPTV Forum North America 2008 - 7/24/2008 1:00:00 AM
Some pics and quips from a tiny show about a potentially huge industry
News Analysis: Brocade to Acquire Foundry - 7/21/2008 5:59:00 PM
Bobby Johnson finally sells out, in a $3B deal that expands Brocade's world significantly
Slide Shows: Raising a Ruckus With U-verse - 7/18/2008 7:00:00 AM
We take a not-yet-released wireless networking system and add it to an already-running IPTV installation
News Analysis: Who Makes What: GPON Equipment - 8/15/2008 4:40:00 PM
GPON is starting to take off worldwide. We list the who, what, and wherefore
News Analysis: Carrier Scorecard: Broadband Blues - 8/14/2008 5:45:00 PM
Our latest quarterly tally finds AT&T, Qwest, and Verizon showing some of the weakest broadband growth seen in years
News Analysis: Cisco: Economic Troubles Aren't Over - 8/5/2008 5:45:00 PM
Slow growth will continue through the next two quarters at least, CEO John Chambers says
News Analysis: Brocade Takes Aim at Cisco (& Juniper) - 7/22/2008 5:00:00 PM
Who's got the most to worry about as Brocade absorbs Foundry? Maybe it's not Cisco
News Analysis: Kriens Steps Aside as Juniper CEO - 7/24/2008 12:45:00 PM
Microsoft's Kevin Johnson is taking the sceptre as Juniper apparently gears up for a new error... sorry, era
News Analysis: Juniper Continues Growth in Q2 - 7/24/2008 5:40:00 PM
The company puts up good numbers for lame-duck CEO Scott Kriens, including an increased forecast for the fiscal year
News Analysis: Report: Juniper Finds... a CEO? - 7/23/2008 9:00:00 PM
The Microsoft exec in charge of the (original) Yahoo acquisition bid is reportedly set to 'run' Juniper
News Analysis: Cisco/Brocade Rumors Pop Up - 8/21/2008 5:50:00 PM
Stuck for near-term growth, could Cisco make a run at buying Brocade?
News Analysis: Nortel Buys Pingtel - 8/13/2008 7:00:00 AM
Pingtel changes hands again as Nortel acquires the SIP-based unified communications software specialist for an undisclosed sum
News Analysis: Report: AT&T Slowing on U-verse - 7/21/2008 5:50:00 PM
U-verse has gotten ahead of itself and could be in for a spending pause, according to one analyst
News Analysis: Google Wants You to Be Your Own ISP - 7/25/2008 11:25:00 AM
Vint Cerf slams the telecoms, which would like to shape industry regulations to help them to get back in the services game
News Analysis: Cisco Strikes Olympic Gold - 8/6/2008 9:50:00 AM
Cisco has landed a contract with NBC to supply its video encoding products to allow the network to deliver video to TV, PCs, and mobile phones
News Analysis: Infinera Surprises, Targets Metro Access - 7/23/2008 5:30:00 AM
Infinera thanks the TAMs for a blowout Q2 net income figure, and starts talking about metro access initiatives
Slide Shows: Exclusive Photos: Fire to the Node - 8/10/2007 5:01:00 AM
More exclusive photos from AT&T's equipment cabinet meltdown in Houston
News Analysis: Genband Unloads BayPackets - 7/30/2008 5:30:00 PM
Genband says it has divested itself of BayPackets, the IMS specialist it acquired two years ago
News Analysis: WDM-PON Faces 10G Challenge - 8/20/2008 5:00:00 PM
Some believe WDM-PON is the FTTH endgame, but AlcaLu isn't convinced
News Analysis: ATCA Takeoff Is Imminent - 7/25/2008 2:10:00 PM
A Heavy Reading report says the ATCA market is set to double each year, building up to a $7.2B total in 2012
News Analysis: Verizon Brings GPON Home - 7/23/2008 5:45:00 PM
New 175-Mbit/s home gateways aim at making FiOS customers ready for GPON speeds
News Analysis: AT&T Looks to Block Sprint/Clearwire Merger - 7/25/2008 1:40:00 PM
AT&T has filed a complaint with the FCC contending that Sprint and Clearwire's application to merge assets should be denied
News Analysis: Freescale Doesn't Fear Broadcom - 8/19/2008 5:45:00 AM
Broadcom's approach won't have much impact on the market today, Freescale contends
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Cox Refreshes Wireless Agenda
AUGUST 21, 2008
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AUGUST 21, 2008
11:00 AM -- Comcast teams with Intel, but will these 'widgets' show up on a set-top near you anytime soon?
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JDSU's Down
AUGUST 20, 2008
5:30 PM -- Q4 and future Q1 numbers miss their marks
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DATE: Tuesday, September 23, 2008
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EVENT: Backhaul Strategies for Mobile Operators
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DATE: Monday, October 06, 2008
LOCATION: The Westin Galleria Dallas, Dallas
EVENT: Optical Expo 2008
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Companies
Alcatel-Lucent (5488), AT&T (1677), BellSouth (837), BT (1131), Cablevision (401), Cisco (4802), Comcast (1240), Cox Communications (602), Deutsche Telekom (743), eBay (Skype) (329), Ericsson (1349), France Telecom (893), Google (448), Huawei (835), Intel (1113), Juniper (1878), Microsoft (1003), Motorola (1219), Nokia Siemens Networks (2417), Nortel (3719), NTT (117), Siemens (1352), Sprint (1014), Telefonica (379), Time Warner Cable (613), Verizon (2261), Vodafone (463), Yahoo (325)

Broadband
Access equipment (1925), Access technologies (2121), Broadband loop carriers / multiservice access nodes (349), Cable modem termination systems (CMTSs) (876), Cable TV chips (170), DSL (1879), DSL chips (186), DSLAMs (645), Free-space optics (31), FTTx (1748), Gaming consoles (34), Gaming servers (22), Media adapters (10), Municipal networks (100), PON (928), PON chips (185), Satellite (330), WiMax (761), Wireless LAN (337)

Cable Digital
Cable Modems (317), Cable/MSO equipment (2537), CableLabs (247), Compression (MPEG-2 and MPEG-4) (162), DOCSIS (544), Embedded multimedia terminal adapters (E-MTAs) (118), Head-ends (99), PacketCable (92), QAM (198)

Chips, Components & Subsystems
ASICs & FPGAs (78), ATCA (389), ATM chips (13), Comm chips (2178), Dispersion compensators (139), Lasers (869), Modulators (149), Mux/demuxes (294), Network processors (848), Optical amplifiers (329), Optical channel monitors (90), Optical components (2570), Speciality fiber (77), Switches & OADMs (370), Transceivers (1138), Transmission fiber (404), Variable optical attenuators (138)

Ethernet
10-Gbit/s Ethernet switches (1319), Access devices (222), ATM switches (334), Circuit emulation (15), Converged access (88), Ethernet chips (496), Ethernet equipment (1626), Ethernet over copper (197), Ethernet PONs (140), Ethernet services (1522), Ethernet technologies (436), Multipoint (117), Multiservice edge equipment (117), Multiservice provisioning platforms (605), Multiservice switches (378), PBT (Provider Backbone Transport) (184), Point-to-point (122), Pseudowire (Layer 2 tunnels) (121)

IP & Convergence
B-RASs (222), Cell/WLAN (75), Compression equipment (9), Core routers (1169), DNS (48), Edge routers (1479), ENUM (50), Fixed/Mobile Convergence (471), GMPLS (74), IMS (963), IMS Control Layer (27), IMS Service Layer (26), IP equipment (1006), IP software (331), IP technologies (1345), IPv6 (65), Layer 3 VPNs (137), MPLS (1656), MPLS (677), Multicast (29), P2P (221), Pseudowire (Layer 2 tunnels) (121), QOS (331), SIP (357), Traffic managers (745), Wireline/Wireless (53)

Mobile/Wireless
3G Evolution (134), Carrier WiFi (175), CDMA (3G) (239), Core Network (136), EV-DO (99), Fixed Wireless (Microwave, etc.) (70), GSM/EDGE (334), HSDPA/HSUPA (268), IMS Core (39), Mobile/Wireless (4814), Packet Core (42), Radio Access Network (178), TD-SCDMA (Chinese 3G) (34), Transmission (33), UMTS(3G) (263), Voice Core (18), WiMax (761), Wireless Backhaul (157), Wireless Chips (155), Wireless LAN (337)

Optical Networking
40-Gbit/s transmission (363), Core optical switches (746), CWDM (276), DWDM (1717), Long-haul WDM equipment (542), Metro optical switches, ROADMs (1099), Metro WDM equipment (686), Multiservice provisioning platforms & add/drop muxes (359), Optical equipment (1602), Optical switches & crossconnects (389), Optical technologies (334), Sonet/SDH (973), Sonet/SDH chips (314), Wavelength services (242)

Security
Anti-virus (27), Denial-of-service attacks (38), Encryption (80), Endpoint security (19), Firewalls (55), Intrusion detection & prevention (36), IPSec VPN (796), Security (1694), SSL VPN (860), URL filtering (11), User authentication (19)

Services Software (Sponsored by MySQL AB)
Activation (402), Billing systems (642), Content/software downloads (208), Customer relationship management (161), Data Integrity (12), Element management systems (28), Fault management (56), Inventory management (133), Mediation systems (189), Messaging (184), Middleware (42), Mobile location (34), OSS (2146), Performance monitoring (257), Policy control (179), Provisioning (497), Revenue assurance & fraud management (306), Service delivery platforms (SDPs) (266), Service management (127), Service-oriented architectures (258), Services (1955), Web gateways (37), Web services (89), XML (48)

Test & Measurement
Access equipment Access test & measurement equipment (114), Comm chips Comm chips test & measurement equipment (29), Ethernet equipment Ethernet test & measurement equipment (127), IP equipment IP test & measurement equipment (90), MPLS MPLS test & measurement equipment (11), Optical components Optical components test & measurement equipment (100), Optical equipment Optical test & measurement equipment (824), OSS OSS test & measurement (1034), Sonet/SDH Sonet/SDH test & measurement equipment (1581), Test & measurement (1416), VOIP equipment VOIP test & measurement equipment (136)

Video (Sponsored by Ericsson AB)
Broadcast (Mobile TV, etc.) (177), Broadcast video equipment (including encoding) (542), Content delivery network (CDN) (286), Content protection (181), DVRs (313), Internet Video (397), IPTV (2530), Middleware & business support systems (443), Set-top boxes (1067), Stored video servers (264), TV (2112), Video equipment (2106), Video services (3328), Video software (1047), Videophone (160), VOD (1838)

VOIP
Application servers (161), Centrex (180), Conferencing (69), Contact centers (38), Enhanced voice (28), Enterprise (562), Media gateways (317), Messaging (59), Presence management (38), Residential (637), Session border controllers (358), Signaling gateways (91), Softswitches (1031), VOIP chips (143), VOIP equipment (3209), VOIP services (3467), VOIP software (549), VOIP VPNs (24), Wholesale (211)