Worldwide router sales in the second quarter declined 6 per cent sequentially to $US1.5 billion, according to the latest figures from Dell'Oro Group. Declines in higher-end routers -- those greater than or equal to 1Gbps -- offset gains in the lower end.
Undaunted by the incumbent position held in the carrier market by its remaining competitors Cisco Systems says it too will soon trumpet successes in service provider packet telephony.
Brighter days are ahead in the telecom equipment sector if it can only make it through this year, according to two market research firms.
Cisco Systems has quietly reorganised again, shaving the 11 technology groups formed last August into eight and appointing an executive to oversee technology development for service providers.
Nortel Networks this week announced it is cutting 3500 more positions as a result of restructuring its long-haul optical business, which has been hit hardest during the industry downturn.
ONI Systems has announced that metro optical systems rival Nortel Networks has agreed to dismiss all claims related to four patents purportedly infringed upon by ONI, but is pursuing litigation on a fifth.
Nortel Networks has posted fourth-quarter 2001 results in line with previous guidance but warned that sales in the first quarter of 2002 will be down 10 per cent.
Cisco Systems this week unveiled an enhancement to its IOS router software that enables users to deploy wireless routers in their network for mobile communications with the corporate WAN.
Nortel Networks on Tuesday said it is cutting more jobs, exiting more markets, closing more offices and lowering future revenue targets as it prepares to record a third-quarter loss of $US3.6 billion.
Despite the current spending environment - and because of it - the demand for used networking equipment is strong, according to a US reseller of "de-installed" gear.
In a move that could hike prices for customers, Cisco Systems is eliminating a key component of its trade-in program covering competitive equipment.
Contrary to reports from analysts and other industry pundits, the Internet is not shrinking - traffic actually grew fourfold over the past year, according to one of the Internet's "fathers."
The Iris Group, which consists of four start-up companies developing products for different optical network markets and applications, has unveiled an optical network architecture designed to let carriers scale their networks from customer premises to the WAN at 40G bit/sec to 160G bit/sec on existing fiber.
Juniper Networks continued to gain market share on Cisco Systems in Internet core routing in the first quarter of this year, according to the latest data form Dell'Oro Group.
Nortel Networks has this week stated it will implement Multi-protocol Label Switching as a common signaling protocol across its entire optical, wireless and core IP product line.
