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Verizon Goes European With Untested Standard

It was almost a complete wipeout for Verizon’s network business in North America and China as Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, and Nokia Siemens stole the show.
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Nortel Files for Chapter 11

After a long, hard fall and talk of a possible bailout, the Canadian telecom icon chooses protection from its creditors.
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Alcatel-Lucent Wields Recovery Plan: Slash Away

Paris-based company says it will trim 1,000 managers, 5,000 contractors, and cut costs related to its massive legacy business.
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Will Canada Offer Nortel a Bailout?

With significant financial exposure for Canadian investors, the Ottawa government is unlikely to let the one-time national icon sink into (rumored) bankruptcy.
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Hell Week for Telecom

Monumental losses, layoffs, employee buyouts, and lowered forecasts marked a difficult week for telecom, but startups could be the biggest casualties to come.
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Media, Communications, Internet, Finance

Nortel Braces for Breakup

The Canadian company will shed 1,300 jobs and divide itself into three business units that analysts say are being readied for sale.
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Nortel Challenges Cisco on Network Changes

Rival believes there is need for new network design but said Cisco is too wedded to its proprietary software and revenue stream to lead the change.
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Cisco Aims at Microsoft, IBM Turf

Network router pioneer outlines a new strategic vision, one placing it on a collision course with Microsoft and IBM.
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Nortel Nabs DiamondWare for $10M

Canadian network gear supplier plans to use DiamondWare's technology to give voice to a virtual reality business application it plans to market later this year.
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Media, Internet, Finance

Will Google and Cable Firms Rejuvenate WiMAX?

A well-financed wireless broadband carrier with well-heeled backers motivated to innovate could jolt the WiMAX community out of its inertia.
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Media, Communications, Internet

Samsung Leads WiMAX Race

Report says established vendors are dominating the emerging wireless market, but don't count out VC-backed WiMAX specialists.
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General news, Communications, Internet

Vonage Settles Nortel Patent Beef

The Internet phone call company settles a patent dispute with Nortel Networks, putting to rest the last of the major disputes against Vonage.
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Computers, General news, Media, Communications, Internet

Verizon Adopts New Wireless Technology

CDMA's poster child plans to commit to wireless broadband technology known as Long Term Evolution, which offers global compatibility with its partner Vodafone.
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Communications, Finance

Nokia Siemens Hooks Atrica

The joint venture’s first acquisition is a late-stage startup in the suddenly hot Ethernet market.
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Computers, Communications, Internet

Jamcracker, BroadSoft Forge Alliance

Companies plan to offer unified communications but face growing interest from the likes of Microsoft, Cisco, and Nortel.
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Communications

Nortel Goes Shopping

‘90s icon has rediscovered its appetite for startups.
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Communications, Internet

Vonage Slams Nortel Patent Claims

Internet voice market leader Vonage Holdings is asking a Delaware court to invalidate patent infringement counterclaims being filed by telecommunications equipment maker Nortel Networks.
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Communications

Nortel Goes Shopping

Nineties networking icon, rediscovering its appetite for startups, goes shopping for fiber optic, WiFi and 4G systems makers.
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Communications

Microsoft Tests its Public Voice

Redmond gets closer to goal of owning business VoIP and beating Skype and Vonage at their own game.
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Communications

Microsoft, Nortel Unite Messages

Tech behemoths team up on unified messaging and VoIP systems.
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