Atoga makes Optical Application Router hardware and an Element Management System, components in a transport platform for carrying IP, Ethernet and TDM traffic over SONET or DWDM metro networks.
Here's an exerpt from SBC's response to recent FCC decision on local competition rules...
"The FCC faced clear alternatives in developing local competition rules and it chose the path of political expediency, said SBC Communications President William Daley. "It is a decision that harms consumers by threatening real competition, investment, jobs, and the viability of the nation's telephone networks," he said."
SBC unveiled a new marketing campaign today. They described its purpose as follows:
SBC Communications Inc. (NYSE: SBC) today announced a fundamentally new approach in its small business service strategy, focused on delivering enhanced customer service and support, fully customizable service options, and substantially discounted pricing to retain and gain customers in this highly competitive market.
Multi-Channel news reported today that EchoStar might be looking at buying WSNet which is near bankruptcy. WSNet delivers video content feeds to private networks (apartments, etc.) and small rural cable operators.
The Copyright Office of the Library of Congress has posted the Reply Comments on Rulemaking on Anticircumvention, commentary from the... [Dan Gillmor's eJournal]
Wireless Speed Demon Hits Homes. The new souped-up wireless home networks work at lightning speeds. But can the average user's network handle the blazing increase? [Wired News]
Beaming Video at Speed of Light. A New Zealand company's twist on free-space optics -- which broadcasts data over visible light spectrum -- promises to make wireless data transfer faster and cheaper. It can even beam high-quality video. Kim Griggs reports from Hamilton, New Zealand. [Wired News]
The search site's move into blogging, and its further expansion into advertising, has some concerned about a conflict of interest and whether Big Brother could be Googling you. [CNET News.com]
The directors of the new Alexandria Library have begun an ambitious effort to make virtually all of the world's books available at a mouse click. By Robert F. Worth. [New York Times: Technology]
