Jim Wagner

Mitel Corp. semiconductor researchers Friday announced a breakthrough in fiber optic multiplexing technology. According to company officials the product, called LightRider, will improve the price/performance ratio of dense wave division multiplexing, considered the most efficient method of carrying digital signals over fiber optics. Using DWDM multiplexing technology, each bit of data is carried using its […]

Time Warner Inc., Friday announced it had reached a settlement with SBC Communications Inc. over alleged anti-competitive and unlawful tactics practiced in Texas. Officials for the two companies would not further discuss terms of the dispute settlement, signed in July. The complaint, filed with the Texas Public Utilities Commission in May, claimed Time Warner offered […]

Covad Communications invested $11.5 million in Japanese digital subscriber line provider ACCA Networks, Co. Ltd. Thursday, expanding its presence outside the U.S. The agreement gives Covad a significant minority share in ACCA Networks, Co. Ltd, in partnership with Japan-based NTT Communications Corp. and venture capital firm Ignite Japan. Under terms of the agreement, both Covad […]

Four ASPs, the latest in a growing line, have penned deals with communications giant AT&T Corp. and its Ecosystem for ASPs. The program gives ASPs dedicated hosting and network services bundled with a co-marketing and distribution program. Qualified ASPs are also allowed to sell AT&T Internet services with their own application offerings, perfect for system […]

Never say that the days of good ole ingenuity are dead. Chell.com Ltd. found its way onto the Nasdaq Tuesday with its reverse acquisition of Toronto-based Networks North Inc.. Networks North paid $28.6 million in stock for Chell.com’s ASP assets, investments and operating infrastructure. The name “Networks North” will be replaced by “Chell Merchant Capital […]

While it’s an axiom there are no boundaries on the Internet, Interpath has taken the rule to the extreme with its acquisition of Australia-based Alta Internet Business Centres. Interpath, with headquarters and the bulk of its customer base in North Carolina, isn’t an ASP with designs on empire building, however. Alta’s acquisition is the direct […]

Despite the frenzied digital subscriber line deployment by competitive local exchange carriers throughout the nation, Baby Bells will end up the winners in the long run, according to a Cahners In-Stat report released Tuesday. The report stated that while this isn’t a done deal for regional Bell operating centers, the 6-to-1 subscriber gap between RBOCs […]

America Online Latin America continues its South American expansion with the launch of AOL Argentina Tuesday. The launch marks America Online Inc.’s , continued efforts to bring its branded services using Spanish-language local content to foreign markets. In July, AOL Mexico went operational, just over six months after the debut of AOL Brazil. Charles Herington, […]

StrategiNet, Inc. this week penned a four-year, $100 million deal with AT&T Corp. to expand its U.S. footprint. The contract comes on the heels of the reseller’s Monday announcement of a deal with major retail-chain consortium RETEX, a 2,100-member organization that includes stores like The Gap Inc., Barnes and Noble, and Toys ‘R Us, Inc.. […]

BellSouth Corp. announced its plan Monday to host and manage one America’s fastest network access points in southern Florida. BellSouth is one of the few telecommunications companies without an Internet backbone of its own for data traffic outside the local area. When completed, the Internet exchange will make BellSouth and participating Internet service providers the […]

EarthLink, Inc., is kicking its business-class synchronous digital subscriber line service into high gear with its announcement Monday to add 10 cities. The Internet service provider now offers high-speed service to Boston, Chicago, Houston, Seattle, Washington, D.C., Cleveland, Denver, Phoenix, Sacramento and San Diego. Before Monday, the service was only available in California, Texas and […]

The Internet Engineering Task Force has tasked proponents for three instant messaging proposals to find common ground by Aug. 21. But how these standards will fare when they go public is another matter, with America Online Inc.’s proposal discounted from proposal consideration. The group of nine members represent backers from the different proposals the IETF […]