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Articles published in November 2000

Lockheed Spins Off Transmitter Startup


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November 30, 2000 : TeraConnect is the latest of a string of military R&D spinoffs UPDATED 12/1/00 1:00 PM

360networks Touts Global Mesh


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November 30, 2000 : Carrier says it's first to deploy a global optical mesh; but questions abound

Nortel's Roth Feels Bullish


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November 30, 2000 : Slowdown? What slowdown, says Nortel CEO John Roth

Out of the Lab: Really Cool Chips


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November 30, 2000 : IBM may have given up on superconductors, but Hypres reckons they could give electronics a new lease on life

Tales of Lucent: Readers Respond


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November 29, 2000 : Our anonymous saga about Lucent's acquisition of Chromatis and Ignitus drew surprising testimonials

Startup Claims Chip Breakthrough


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November 29, 2000 : West Bay says it can sidestep the race to cram more transistors on a chip

ADC Shares Perk Up


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November 29, 2000 : ADC announced 63 percent growth in sales and the CEO blasted Wall Street doubters

Why Sycamore Changed Its Mind


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November 29, 2000 : Sycamore feels the pinch of big-bucks competitors and starts offering vendor financing

Riverstone Signs Deal With Tellabs


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November 29, 2000 : As Riverstone waits for the IPO market to recover, a partnership with a big telecom provider could help boost enthusiasm

Report: DWDM Growth Explodes


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November 28, 2000 : RHK says the DWDM components market will grow 130% this year and reach $24B by 2004

Startups Rev Up Recruitment Efforts


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November 28, 2000 : Hiring the right staff seen as a way of ensuring survival

Ex-Alcatel Crew Raises $25M


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November 28, 2000 : Former Packet Engines and Xylan execs leave Alcatel to go out on their own again

Sevin Rosen Sees the Light


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November 28, 2000 : With $875 million burning a hole in its pocket, Sevin Rosen Funds looks to soup up its optical investment team

Market Digests AT&T Broadband News


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November 27, 2000 : The market recovers after initial fears about AT&T's announcement that its cable spending will slow

Corvis: Time to Come Clean?


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November 27, 2000 : Corvis's secretive relationship with customers -- who also happen to be shareholders -- draws scrutiny

Fibernet Takes a Battering


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November 24, 2000 : But the UK network operator will bounce back, says analyst

Swiss On a Roll


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November 24, 2000 : A bunch of new ventures have been spun out of the country's research centers

Nova Crystal's Little Secret


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November 23, 2000 : It may have cracked a big problem in optical integrated circuits

Dark Horse Joins Optical Switch Race


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November 23, 2000 : Integrated Micromachines is planning to make a splash next Monday, five years after it was founded

Lucent, Chromatis & Ignitus: A True Tale?


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November 22, 2000 : Light Reading's gotten a hot tip on the tangled tale of Lucent's Ignitus and Chromatis acquisitions

Tough Seas for New IPOs


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November 22, 2000 : AFOP's a flop, but that doesn't seem to be stopping other optical startups from taking their chances on Wall Street

Roth Bought Nortel Shares


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November 22, 2000 : When Nortel's shares were taking a battering, its CEO put his money where his mouth was

SEC Cracks Down on Book Cooking


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November 22, 2000 : New rules will make it tougher for vendors to count their chickens before they're hatched

UK Startup Develops Mystery Switch


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November 22, 2000 : Polatis is developing a highly scaleable, low loss, all-optical switch - but won't say what it's based on

Report: Carrier Spending to Stay Strong


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November 21, 2000 : Carrier sales of data networking gear will continue to show double-digit growth next year, firm says

Six Degrees of Rembrandt Ventures


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November 21, 2000 : Aided by influential backers, Rembrandt Ventures is set to form an optical incubator and fund its progeny

Nortel Soothes Analyst Worries


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November 21, 2000 : Sticks to 2001 projections, allays fears over capex and inventories

Lucent Shares Hammered by $125M Goof


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November 21, 2000 : Thought the worst was over for LU? Guess again

Morgan Report Socks Equipment Stocks


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November 20, 2000 : Morgan Stanley cuts price estimates on Cisco and downgrades its competitors, Redback and Juniper

Optical Market Falls Seven Percent


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November 20, 2000 : Cisco and Ciena show positive growth in spite of wilting market. Everyone else is in reverse

New Jersey Startups Clean Up


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November 20, 2000 : Lucent troubles deliver recruiting boon for startups in New Jersey

Agility Launches First Product


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November 20, 2000 : 4 milliwatt, 100 channel tunable laser goes head-to-head with ADC

Ex Foundry VP Sues Company, CEO


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November 17, 2000 : Ex VP of marketing at Foundry alleges CEO Bobby Johnson harassed her while she was pregnant

Corvis Stock Tanks


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November 17, 2000 : Optical switching company's stock is down 40 percent and volume has doubled in two days -- but no one's talking

Tachion Tackles Its Critics


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November 17, 2000 : After a few fits and starts, Tachion is close to raising $75M in new funding

Optical IPOs Hang at the Gate


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November 16, 2000 : Having registered for IPO, some optical vendors don't seem eager to rush into a bearish market

Redback Completes IP ASICs


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November 16, 2000 : Company makes at run at Cisco in next-generation Sonet products by adding IP services

Sycamore Spreads Its Roots


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November 16, 2000 : Wireless carrier Vodafone is Sycamore's new customer, pledging a $40M multiyear contract

Former Geyser CEO Finds New Home


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November 16, 2000 : Interim Geyser CEO, Joe Savage, has moved onto a new company, and Wu Fu Chen is still in charge

Avici Plays OC192 Card


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November 16, 2000 : CEO Surya Panditi says support for OC192 router interfaces will be available by the end of the year

Ed Kozel Is Back at Cisco


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November 15, 2000 : Routing visionary returns to his alma mater to head up its service provider strategy -- and do battle with Juniper

ADC's Power Investment Strategy


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November 15, 2000 : Backing startup Cinta is the latest in a long line of well-considered optical investments

ICG's Dark Cloud


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November 15, 2000 : ICG files for bankruptcy protection, raising more questions about equipment financing deals

Out of the Lab: Polymer's Progress


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November 15, 2000 : Organic polymer could prove to be a breakthrough material for optical components - UPDATED 11/16/00

Volpi Downplays Cisco Concerns


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November 15, 2000 : OC192 is coming, and inventory problems will be resolved, says Cisco's CTO

Sycamore Raises Forecasts


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November 14, 2000 : Reports a solid quarter and beats expectations again

Redback's 10Q Confusion


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November 14, 2000 : CFO says the sale of $5 million in receivables to a bank led to false rumors about restated earnings

Option Plans Under Threat


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November 14, 2000 : Bean counters are taking another crack at putting the squeeze on stock options

Cisco, Corning Team for Portfolio Sell


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November 14, 2000 : A mutual interest in Pirelli appears to be at the heart of the agreement

Level 3 CEO Rips Into Gilder


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November 14, 2000 : At the UBS Warburg Telecom conference, James Crowe vents on George Gilder
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