Stories about: Winstar Communications

Lucent Technologies reported a net loss of $US104 million ($AU138.39 million) for the quarter ended Dec. 31, with revenue from products and services both down from a year earlier.

Struggling telecommunications equipment company Lucent Technologies may soon be charged by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in a civil lawsuit that alleges the company used improper accounting techniques to inflate its sales.

The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey is investigating a two-year old software licensing deal between Lucent Technologies Inc. and Winstar Communications Inc.

Sprint is working with two fixed-wireless startups to test technology for wireless broadband services using equipment that can transmit a signal through solid objects, the carrier announced Wednesday.

Sprint is working with two fixed-wireless startups to test technology for wireless broadband services using equipment that can transmit a signal through solid objects, the carrier announced Wednesday.

The high-profile demises of business-oriented wireless service providers such as Winstar Communications, Teligent and Metricom has given the wireless access market a black eye, but a study from The Yankee Group Inc. released this week found that wireless ISPs targeting residential users in rural areas are having some success.

The high-profile demises of business-oriented wireless service providers such as Winstar Communications, Teligent and Metricom has given the wireless access market a black eye, but a study from The Yankee Group Inc. released this week found that wireless ISPs targeting residential users in rural areas are having some success.

Telecommunications service provider Winstar Communications Inc. has filed for bankruptcy and has sued Lucent Technologies Inc. for US$10 billion in damages, accusing the company of breaking a vendor financing agreement.

Despite the brief moment of lifting hopes on the news of rising stock indexes Thursday, all was back to gloom and doom by the time the markets closed, with the same rumbles of layoffs and financial warnings that shook the technology industry in the first quarter of the year.

Two of the hottest new places for carriers to place broadband gear are on cable TV pipes and the common facilities of multitenant office buildings. And with carriers clamoring for guaranteed access to points where public networks meet customer premises, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission has found itself in the middle of a lobbying frenzy on both fronts.

Few can deny that the ultimate dream of the application service providers (ASPs) is enticing: Imagine users accessing any of their applications and data whenever, wherever. At the same time, one of the most tedious tasks facing any IT department--installing and supporting applications and managing users' data--disappears. Eager to test this promise, some companies have already started using ASPs in areas such as customer relationship management and supply-chain management. Now a handful of developers have their sights set on applying the ASP model to personal productivity tools--word processors, spreadsheets, presentation packages and the like.