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The article reports that Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei filed a motion in May 2019 in the U.S. to accelerate its March 2019 lawsuit against the U.S. government, ramping up its legal challenge to U.S. limits on purchases of its equipment. Topics covered include the move of Huawei's legal team to turn to the U.S. news media to announce its filing, how Huawei's lawsuit challenges part of the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act and the implications of banning Huawei products.

The article discusses the possibility that U.S. President Donald Trump's administration will issue an executive order banning telecommunications companies in America from using Chinese equipment, and it mentions an effort to prevent the Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. firm from accessing 5G networks.

The article discuses telecommunications company Verizon's decision not to rebuild landlines on the island of Mantoloking, New Jersey that were destroyed by Hurricane Sandy in 2012. Topics addressed include a trend of declining landline use in the U.S. as of October 14, 2013; residents' concerns about the reliability Voice Link wireless system used to replace the landlines; and the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's (F.C.C.) regulation of wireless systems and landlines.

DOES the Panasonic phone that is gathering dust in your basement still work? Where did you store the Dell monitor your brother gave you after he acquired a wide-screen Samsung? Whatever happened to your original computer -- the one you used to write the first draft of the Great American Novel? If millions of Americans have trouble keeping track of the technology equipment they have accumulated over the years, companies large and small find the task so daunting that many do not even try. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Reports on the quarterly loss posted by telecommunications equipment maker Ciena Corp. on sales that beat expectations in the U.S.

Reports that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) accused Lucent Technologies and former and current employees of fraudulently reporting over a billion dollars in revenue. How the SEC also accused a former executive of WinStar Communications of engaging in a fraud scheme with Lucent; Background on the accusations, which come after a government inquiry into Lucent's inflation of sales figures; Implications for Lucent, the nation's largest maker of telecommunications equipment; Details of the settlement; Views of industry analysts; SEC investigation into Lucent's rival, Nortel Networks; Overview of the case against Lucent.

Discusses Nortel Networks and the investigation it is under by regulators in the United States and Canada for its accounting practices. Nortel as North America's largest telecommunications equipment maker; Question whether its blue-chip board should be changed; Nearly two-dozen class-action lawsuits filed against the company; Unfolding of the accounting debacle that led to the termination of the CEO.

Comments on the recent pickup in spending on networking equipment. How big gains in sales and profits of networking companies, including Cisco Systems, are fueling a revival in technology stocks; Observation that government spending has accounted for a substantial share of growth, not corporate investment; Expectation that the growth in government technology spending will level off; Details on federal government spending on information technology equipment; Difficulties calculating how much government sales contributed to Cisco's growth; Dependence of competitor Foundry's sales on federal business for its growth.

Focuses on the various varieties of cellular telephones available in the United States. Features of cellular phones including color screens, cameras and ability to shoot video clips; Cost of a smart phone; Description of several phones including Treo 600; Blackberry 7510, 7260 and 7230, Nokia 3650 and Sanyo VM4500.

Comments on the issue of Wall Street brokerage firms' commitment to changing their practices. The boom in convertible bonds; Comprehensive upgrade on the telecommunications equipment industry by Alex Henderson, an analyst at Smith Barney, a subsidiary of Citigroup; Rise in telecom stock; How Citigroup helped manage a convertible bond deal for Lucent; Questions over Henderson's upgrade; Why Merrill Lynch downgraded Lucent; Views of analysts; Issue of earning back investors' trust.

Evaluates several computer peripherals and telecommunication equipment introduced in the United States market in December 2001.

Presents technology-related news briefs in the United States as of November 22, 2000. Settlement of a lawsuit filed by Intel Corp. against Broadcom company; Growth in spending on information and communication technology; Increase in Internet users in Portugal.