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Articles published in October 2000

ONI Bucks the Trend


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October 31, 2000 : Good Q3 results bring some relief to nervous investors

Scotland Spawns Component Startups


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October 31, 2000 : Kymata could turn out to be the first of many

Alcatel Optronics: How High Can It Fly?


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October 31, 2000 : Great quarter, but is its parent pulling strings?

Sparkolor Plays Catch Up


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October 31, 2000 : David Huber is betting on a startup catching up with the competition on indium phospide integrated circuits

Cisco Caught by Capex Concerns


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October 30, 2000 : Share price falls 5 percent on fears of a slowdown in carriers' capital spending

Netrake Develops a Tool for the Edge


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October 30, 2000 : Using a new network chip technology, Netrake hopes to provide quick QOS at the network edge

Metro DWDM: Another Leap Forward?


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October 30, 2000 : Sweden's Lumentis says tunable lasers and filters will enable it to leap-frog today's technology

McGinn Not Alone in Two-Timing Lucent


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October 30, 2000 : Others, including Dan Stanzione, former president of Bell Labs, backed a competitor while still at Lucent

Ocular Sees a Single Fabric


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October 30, 2000 : Metropolitan optical player plans a single switching fabric for multiple voice and data traffic types

Lynx Claims Optical Switch Advance


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October 27, 2000 : Startup says its solid state switch beats MEMS and bubbles on several counts

IPO Filter Gets Finer


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October 27, 2000 : The market has spoken, and the investment banking community is listening

New Focus Buys Some Growth


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October 27, 2000 : New Focus follows up a solid earnings report with two strategic acquisitions

JDSU: There's No Industry Slowdown


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October 26, 2000 : Leading optical components vendor beats the street estimates by two cents, sees no sign of weakening demand

Optical Death Greatly Exaggerated


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October 26, 2000 : George Gilder still believes. Can you?

Sorrento's Sitting on Good News


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October 26, 2000 : Sorrento previews a positive quarter, and CEO Xin Cheng talks about his new role

Zaffire Keeps It in the Family


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October 25, 2000 : Shlomo and Near Margalit took on the Kleiner Perkins machine to retain control of their company -- and won

Nortel's Fright Night


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October 25, 2000 : Nortel last night reported a slip in optical growth, sending the optical market into the gutter. Was the reaction extreme?

Startup Sees Window of Opportunity


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October 25, 2000 : Kent Optronics has a polarization-independent liquid crystal switch [UPDATED Oct 26 9:45 AM EST]

Osicom Hires New President and COO


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October 25, 2000 : Former Nextel executive brought in to help Sorrento and Osicom grow to its potential

Analyst Report Defends Optical


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October 24, 2000 : Morgan Stanley's report on capital spending sheds positve light on optical equipment.

McGinn Backed Lucent Competitor


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October 24, 2000 : As Lucent's share price fell, the CEO was mining Zhone Technologies for startup gold

Out of the Lab: Fiber Dispels Dispersion


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October 24, 2000 : French researchers have developed a fiber that could slash the cost of correcting for dispersion

Qwest Comes on Strong


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October 24, 2000 : Qwest provides some relief for the beleaguered telecom sector

Network Photonics Raises $106.5 Million


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October 24, 2000 : The company plans to build an all-optical metro DWDM switch using its own components

Raza Raises Fast Cash


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October 23, 2000 : Networking investment and development firm raises $125 million investment from a group led by Cisco

Corning Still High in Fiber


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October 23, 2000 : Optical components growth was considerable, but fiber still fuels the bulk of Corning's business

Bye-Bye BrightLink Blimp


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October 23, 2000 : Zany zeppelin vanishes before recruitment fair; Cisco suspected in Telecom Corridor caper

McGinn: McGone


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October 23, 2000 : Lucent's Chairman and CEO Rich McGinn is history. It may be a long road to recovery

DigiLens Creates 'Liquid Gratings'


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October 23, 2000 : Startup is forming Bragg gratings in liquid crystals to deliver low cost components

Energy and Optics: Dynamic Duo


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October 20, 2000 : Energy companies like Dynegy and Enron now have optical pipelines for sale: Is Wall Street ready? [REVISED 10.23.2000]

Is Cisco Buying CacheFlow?


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October 20, 2000 : Rumors are swirling that Cisco wants CacheFlow -- analysts think it'd be a good combination

Nortel's Broadband Cable Play


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October 20, 2000 : Its deal with Antec should help each sustain a solid lead in the broadband cable access market, analysts say

Appian Peps Up Provisioning


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October 20, 2000 : Software platform aims to provide carriers a way to point and click toward profits

SignalSoft Knows Where It's At


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October 20, 2000 : Location, location, and customers: the three most important things in wireless.

Corvis Shows Upside Surprise


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October 19, 2000 : $23 million in revenue more than doubles the estimates

New Kid on the Cisco/Juniper Block


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October 19, 2000 : Tony Li has set his startup's sights on domination of the router market. His track record speaks volumes

Zhone Files for IPO


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October 19, 2000 : Company aims to put another $345 million into its coffers

Avanex Shares Soar


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October 19, 2000 : Component vendor has stellar quarter and proves skeptics wrong

MEMS Market Heats Up


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October 19, 2000 : Players are proliferating, heralding stiff competition in an already lucrative market, says report

Sycamore Ships Sirocco Product


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October 19, 2000 : The Sycamore and Sirocco products are fully integrated and shipping to customers

Exodus, Cypress Get Gildered


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October 19, 2000 : Exodus and Cypress Semiconductor receive guru George Gilder's blessing

Telcordia's Osmine Gold Mine


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October 18, 2000 : Is Telcordia abusing its ownership of the integration process for Osmine management software?

Ixia's IPO Blooms


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October 18, 2000 : Shares of the network measurement firm jump 80 percent during its first trading day

Nortel's $1 Billion Pipe Dream


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October 18, 2000 : Nortel is providing up to 50% of the financing for Aerie's optical network buildout: Who'll pay for the rest?

Swedish Carrier Suffers Setback


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October 18, 2000 : Business case for rolling out broadband to millions of homes comes into question

Sycamore’s Stealth 40-Gig Strategy


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October 17, 2000 : Rumored investment in a startup called Mintera could yield high-speed, long-haul products

Marconi Debuts on Nasdaq


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October 17, 2000 : Looking to boost its U.S. profile, Marconi is listed as an ADR on the Nasdaq

Astral Point Plays Survivor


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October 17, 2000 : A $100 million deal with Time Warner Telecom is just what the IPO bankers ordered: Was equity involved?

Optical Boosts Tellabs Quarter


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October 17, 2000 : Company shows 50 percent growth in quarterly sales. Can it keep pace with the changing market?

Quake Tools Up With $12 Million


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October 17, 2000 : Communications chip startup targets Ethernet, Sonet/SDH applications
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