Jim Wagner

Nortel Networks has received a $60-million contract from FIBERWORKS, Inc. allowing the Atlanta-based carrier to enter the metropolitan Local Area Network (LAN) arena. The three-year contract is part of FIBERWORKS’s plan to build fiber optic “last mile” metropolitan LANs in 15 cities throughout the Southeast. Atlanta has been singled out as the initial city in […]

Lucent Technologies Inc. announced Monday improvements to Universal Serial Bus technology that will speed up next-generation devices nearly 40 times the current standard. The company’s release of Lucent’s USB host controller and transceiver chips using the USB 2.0 standard boosts the speed it takes to convert parallel data in peripherals to serial data in computers. […]

A pre-Alpha version of America Online Inc.’s “Gamera” code was leaked to the public, opening the software to inspection by thousands of computer users. Gamera, named after the turtle-shaped monster featured in nine Japanese movies, is the software code to be used in AOL’s upcoming line of net appliances using the Linux operating system. Net […]

Sprint Corp. is upgrading and expanding its network with a $200 million contract to Lucent Technologies, Inc., it was announced Thursday. The contract marks Sprint’s commitment to labor on after its failed merger attempt with Worldcom, Inc. had analysts predicting the company’s eventual demise. The agreement gives Sprint, the nation’s second largest long-distance carrier behind […]

A market survey released Thursday suggests the Asian-Pacific ASP industry is poised for growth, despite poor development programs in place in China and India. The study, performed by UK-based InQuiro International Ltd., found there’s a “high interest and awareness of the ASP concept across the region,” although “understanding and familiarity of the concept varies widely […]

Juno Online Services Inc. hopes to snare more dialup customers with Wednesday’s announcement to bundle its service with certain IBM desktop computers. Starting in mid-August, IBM is bundling the Juno service with its low- to mid- priced PC product line, including the NetVista ($1,089) and Aptiva ($699-$2,219) models. The agreement is a multi-year distribution deal. […]

AT&T Broadband is joining the cable Internet set-top box race with the initial purchase of one million digital boxes from Phillips Electronics and rollout of its digital value package. The broadband Internet arm of AT&T made the announcement Tuesday to compete with America Online, Inc.’s AOLTV in what appears to be a brewing set-top war. […]

Wireless application provider Everypath got a resounding vote of approval for its business plan by investors who recently dropped $60 million into company coffers. The Santa Clara, CA-based company offers real-time access to the Web from any number of wireless devices, including Palm personal digital assistants, pagers and “smart” phones. It’s Intelligent Rendering product converts […]

Finally recovering from its failed merger with Sprint Corp., Worldcom Inc., is looking to the future with Monday’s spectrum license application for fixed broadband wireless services. The first round of filing sent to the Federal Communications Commission is necessary for Worldcom to offer fixed wireless services in the 160 markets it caters. The license will […]

Intuit Inc. is promising customers who use its QuickBooks Site Solutions software that can have a Web site up and running in 10 minutes. Even clients with no previous knowledge can set up their site, from domain name server search and purchase to Web page design, using the Web-based setup wizard that takes five steps. […]

AT&T Corp. has been watching one too many pizza commercials as evidenced by its new campaign to offer businesses a dedicated server in 30 minutes or less. Although you don’t get your next one free if its late, AT&T was confident enough to make the promise as part of its Business Ready Dedicated Hosting Service […]

Covad Communications Group Monday formed a new unit to spearhead its worldwide digital subscriber line deployment. At the heart of the international deployment is Covad Communications Group’s ability to market its Operational Support System license, which automates the setup process between the phone company, Internet service provider and end user. The subsidiary, Covad International B.V., […]