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The Day Ahead: ONI, Sonus IPOs could be hits

...on a small number of customers for its revenue. The company said Williams Communications, COLT Telecom, StorageNetworks, Lucent and Internet Initiative Japan are customers. COLT... Read more

23 May, 2000 by Larry Dignan

Intel invests in Williams Communications

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26 May, 1999 by Dominic Maher

Engineering BT to 21CN

...Bross, appointed to BT in 2002 when he moved from US-based Williams Communications, is leading the nationwide 21st Century Network (21CN) project, in which... Read more

22 September, 2005 by Dan Ilett and Graeme Wearden

Site taken offline after Microsoft complaint

...name the ISP, but a traceroute on the Neowin.net address showed Williams Communications Group, now known as WillTel Communications, as its furthest upstream provider... Read more

10 March, 2003 by Joe Wilcox

The dangers of downsizing

...On the day of June 28 alone, Nokia, JDS Uni phase, and Williams Communications all announced massive cuts. At press time, according to statistics compiled... Read more

20 September, 2001 by John Galvin and Ziff Davis Smart Business

The Day Ahead: Sycamore allays Wall Street worries for now

...problem is fixed. Too reliant on one customer? Up until this quarter, Williams Communications was Sycamore's sugar daddy, accounting for about 80 percent of... Read more

15 November, 2000 by Larry Dignan

The Day Ahead: Broadwing flies under the radar

...Communications, brings about 18,000 fiber-network miles to the table, following Williams Communications and Qwest. Broadwing's network is just about complete, which opens... Read more

8 November, 2000 by Larry Dignan

The Day Ahead: Welcome to revenue season

Revenue is all that matters these days and investors will be hanging on every revenue statistic they can find Read more

2 October, 2000 by Larry Dignan

Web an exhibition sport at Olympics

NBC has teamed up with Phoenix start-up to break IOC-induced ban on anything Internet Read more

15 September, 2000 by Ben Charny

The Day Ahead: Corvis IPO set to soar on promising products

...are apparently impressed after giving Corvis products a trial run. Broadwing Communications, Williams Communications and Qwest Communications are all on board to buy products. Corvis... Read more

28 July, 2000 by Larry Dignan

The Day Ahead: Ciena, Sycamore stoke fibre optic love affair

...to continue to diversify its customer base. Sycamore has eight customers, but Williams Communications Group still generates the majority of sales. Despite Sycamore's results... Read more

19 May, 2000 by Larry Dignan

Sycamore Networks makes spectacular US IPO debut

...company has lost $20.2m (£12m) since inception and has one customer, Williams Communications. "It's a great company, but a $14m market cap is... Read more

25 October, 1999 by Larry Dignan

Pipex pays £36m for a Bulldog and a Toucan

...the back-office systems is expected to take around 12 months. Chris Williams, communications expert at utility price comparison service uSwitch.com, said the Pipex... Read more

7 September, 2006 by Andy McCue

All-in wrestling - which telcos will be left standing?

...have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, including Global Crossing, McLeodUSA and Williams Communications. NTL, mainly a cable company which chose Europe in which to... Read more

30 May, 2002 by silicon.com staff

Metromedia latest to file for Chapter 11

...to file for bankruptcy protection including Global Crossing, Mpower, McLeod USA and Williams Communications Read more

21 May, 2002 by Tony Hallett

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