Jim Wagner

TechNet, an organization of high-tech industry leaders, threw down the gauntlet Tuesday and called on the federal government to adopt a 100 Mbps/100 million broadband customer goal by the end of 2009. These goals, at first blush, seem to be in line with a new Internet service provider (ISP) organization created Monday to sway government […]

AT&T is closing the book on yet another broadband Internet venture, this time selling its fixed wireless equipment division and most of its employees in Redmond, Wash., to Netro Corp. for $16 million and a stake in the company, officials announced Tuesday. When the acquisition is complete, Netro will own AT&T’s Angel product line and […]

Inktomi , in hopes of trying to recapture some of its success in the caching software market in the U.S., is now setting its sights on the growing Asia-Pacific market with an announced deal Monday to Fujitsu’s Web server division. The popular American caching software developers, who have an A-list of clients that range from […]

Incumbent telephone companies, the four Baby Bells, have had a tough time trying to convince legislators and the general public to their plight in deploying high-speed Internet services to the masses in 2001. At a meeting brokered by the Technology Advocates of San Antonio Wednesday, representatives from Verizon Communications and SBC Communications will tell their […]

With cable companies around the country rolling out telephone services over coax, it begs the question: are today’s cable operators tomorrow’s Baby Bells? The Telecommunications Act of 1996 was the first major overhaul of telecom law in almost 62 years. The prime directive of the law remains — foster competition by allowing anyone to enter […]

Global Crossing is dabbling with a bit of philanthropy, announcing Thursday it would release its in-house IP addressing management source code to interested Internet service providers and other providers. The application is one of many applications service providers can use to manage their customers’ IP addresses in an efficient manner, something that’s become increasingly important […]

While some collocation enterprises languish with empty facilities and few customers, Sprint’s E|Solution’s program is running along smoothly and fueling the growth of more Internet centers around the nation. Sprint has signed a bevy of customers in the recent weeks, notably Yahoo! on Monday and eBay last month, a sign that while the colo market […]

Verizon Communications Wednesday announced gains in digital subscriber line (DSL) and wireless digital phone subscribers, gains that show the incumbent telephone company is still able to successfully deploy advanced voice and data services in the what they call a regulation-heavy industry. Verizon put a cap on 2001 with an estimated 1.2 million DSL customers and […]

AOL Time Warner executives confirmed the $6.75 billion cash purchase of its European venture and dished out plenty of bad news at a conference late Monday afternoon. Executives at the media giant are hoping a buyout of AOL Europe, a joint venture between AOL Time Warner and Germany-based Bertelsmann, will be looked upon with favor […]

Internet packet delivery specialist Digital Island on Monday will announce it has signed an Internet content delivery and management deal with Sony Corp. that deepens its ties to the entertainment giant. The length and dollar figure of the announcement was unavailable, but points to Sony’s strategy to increase their online presence with carriers and delivery […]

Broadwing, a national voice and data communications carrier, is going through with its previously announced intentions to close eight of 11 data collocation facilities nationwide, a process that has caught some of its customers flat-footed. The Cincinnati Bell subsidiary has fallen victim to the aftermath of the dot com collapse that started roughly 18 months […]

Building on its already successful wireless phone offering around the U.S., Verizon Wireless is upping the ante for potential customers with a wireless phone/Pocket PC combo, officials announced Thursday. Launched in 10 states a few weeks ago, the $600 package comes complete with an Audiovox Maestro Pocket PC (pre-loaded with Windows Pocket PC and a […]