Nortel posts hefty 4Q loss

Nortel Networks continued to suffer from declining revenue and widening losses in the fourth quarter, but even more discouragingly, one of the divisions it was hoping would revive fortunes posted some of the weakest results, writes CNNMoney.

The troubled Canadian telecom equipment company is trying to restructure its operations to emerge from bankruptcy protection as a viable telecom equipment vendor focused on key products where it believes it can have a competitive advantage.

One such area is Nortel's selling of telecom equipment to corporations and other enterprises.

DLink, an end-to-end networking solutions provider, is shipping its 802.11n wireless local area network (WLAN) solution geared specifically for the small to medium enterprise (SME), states Computer Technology Review.

The D-Link selectable dual-band access point (DAP-2553), featuring 802.11n WiFi technology, offers features tailored for the SME, including superior bandwidth and coverage, multiple operation modes, flexible centralised management, power over Ethernet, and compact desktop case for convenient placement.

"The DAP-2553 is a versatile and affordable solution for growing businesses seeking to deploy a next-generation 802.11n WLAN," says AJ Wang, chief technology officer of D-Link. "It is designed specifically for SME environments to provide secure, scalable and manageable dual-band wireless LAN options for network administrators."

Deltacom, a provider of integrated communications services in the south-eastern US, has completed the deployment of Alcatel-Lucent's next-generation multiplexers as part of its long haul Sonet ring network upgrade, reports PR Newswire.

The company has also completed Metro Sonet ring expansions across several key markets in North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Alabama and Georgia, with expectations to complete several others by the end of the year.

Deltacom's deployment of Alcatel-Lucent's 1665 Data Multiplexer Ethernet-over-Sonet hybrid Ethernet, Sonet and SAN platform currently enables DS-3 to OC-192 SONET protected on- and off-ramps between Deltacom's long haul and metro networks and its DWDM backbone.