First it was Project Pronto, then it was Project LightSpeed. Now after publicly dissing FTTH for years, SBC is dreaming of 18 million fiber homes within three years. I am not sure, what changed their mind. Maybe, the FCC gave them the cake, the bakery and… Read More »
Broadband
The noise and fury around broadband over powerline has started to resemble hype around WiMAX and VoIP. However, there seems to be some serious problems with this technology, which we have often talked about. Even those who are in the business are saying that it is… Read More »
SBC Communications, finally, is getting its FTTP groove on. The company has started to formalize and pick vendors for its mega-billion dollar rollout. The big winner of this bonanza is Alcatel, which has built a sizeable portfolio of FTTP/C products. To drive fiber deeper into the SBC… Read More »
The New York Times: Bernie Ebbers, former chief executive of WorldCon, has two more months to put together a case, and defend himself in his criminal trial for conspiracy, securities fraud and filing false statements to securities regulators. Times says the trial is going to run… Read More »
Infinera, one of the few start-ups I like has raised another $52 million, bringing its total pot to $205 million. Wow! That’s bubble era investment in the post-bubble era. The company is going to use the money to get the products to the market. It also… Read More »
How about Alaxala Networks? Light Reading reports on this new joint venture between NEC and Hitachi, which plans to build a router that will in theory atleast take on the Cisco-Juniper duoply in the router and switch business. The idea was to produce more reliable routers and… Read More »
Connecting the next billion, a panel report from VoN Boston. I read it, and weep. I see the same people, same panel, same conversation every year. The next billion panel was a theme forever. Over past two years roughly 100 million Indians, about 60 million… Read More »
