Arista Networks, formerly known as Arastra and leading vendor of high-performance 10 Gigabit Ethernet and Cloud Networking™ Solutions, today announced the appointment of Jayshree Ullal as President and Chief Executive Officer. In addition, it named Andreas Bechtolsheim, a founder of the company, Chief Development Officer and Chairman.

Stockholm-based telecom equipment maker Ericsson announced layoffs alongside a plummet in fourth-quarter net profit on Friday.

According to a revelation by Swedish Radio News, a secret international network of agents has been exposed to have been helping Swedish businesses trade overseas. Borfors, Saab and Ericsson were named.

Sonus Networks, Inc., a leading supplier of service provider IP-voice infrastructure solutions, announced today at the Number Portability 2007 Conference in Prague, Czech Republic, that it is helping network operators worldwide streamline regulatory compliance with its new standards-based Electronic Number Mapping (ENUM) enhancement for Number Portability (NP).

Wind Telecom, a new network operator in the Dominican Republic, and Nortel have signed a Letter of Agreement expressing their firm commitment to deploy a wireless broadband network based on Nortel WiMAX technology. Wind Telecom intends to offer high-speed broadband services to urban and rural customers across the country.