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December 29, 2000 : It's playing catch up with Corvis and Lucent
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December 29, 2000 : Optical networking's about speeding up communications. Too bad some vendors' Websites do the opposite
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December 29, 2000 : Shareholders claim execs kept quiet about customer trouble while they sold off their stock
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December 29, 2000 : Startup borrows $12 million rather than give away equity at the wrong moment
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December 28, 2000 : Acquisition would deliver revenues and big customer accounts -- and the price might be right
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December 28, 2000 : Falling stock prices have landed Agilent, JDSU, and Nortel in S&P's value index
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December 28, 2000 : Lack of funding causes another Cisco-Powered Network to go bankrupt
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December 27, 2000 : Cisco is reportedly among the companies seeking an Ethernet standard for passive optical networks (PONs)
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December 27, 2000 : Sorrento execs deny rumors that engineers are fleeing, as company preps for a change of identity
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December 27, 2000 : Bonuses? What bonuses?
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December 26, 2000 : Sources say KP will cannibalize BroadBand Office to build a new service provider, code-named Domino
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December 26, 2000 : Cites unfavorable market conditions
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December 26, 2000 : Component vendor says unnamed buyer could account for 10 percent of next year's revenue. Is it Nortel?
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December 22, 2000 : Investment bank has applied for SEC approval for a fund covering 21 optical stocks
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December 22, 2000 : The Light Reading Index moved up 6.7 percent today to 697.00
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December 22, 2000 : Claims big advance by using metal rather than silicon for arrays of tiny tilting mirrors
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December 21, 2000 : Juniper's gobbling market share as fast as Cisco can lose it, says report
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December 21, 2000 : The optical switch startup replaces Cyras as No. 6 in Light Reading's Top 10 Private Companies
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December 21, 2000 : A Canadian VC hunts for a stake in Corvis through a takeover bid of testing firm Roctest
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December 21, 2000 : The beleaguered company tries to straighten out the books by cutting costs, jobs, forecasts, and restating results
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December 21, 2000 : In its $1.7B bid to buy Cyras, Ciena got rid of a vesting acceleration clause for top execs. Bah humbug!
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December 21, 2000 : Cisco isn't running a charity for cash-strapped carriers -- even though it looks like it
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December 21, 2000 : The Light Reading Index closes down a smidge. More bad news for Lucent, but Qwest rallies
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December 20, 2000 : Light Reading Index continues its tumble
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December 20, 2000 : After his downgrade batters Cisco's share price, Michael Ching says the optical business is not the problem
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December 20, 2000 : Light Management Group has managed to demonstrate one of its wild ideas
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December 20, 2000 : Depending on your perspective, the move could be forward-looking or foolhardy
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December 20, 2000 : Makers of hybrid fiber coax networking gear say carriers aren't buying. What does the future hold?
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December 19, 2000 : Interoperability trials have breathed new life into Sycamore's standards efforts
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December 19, 2000 : Former Baby Bell's weak projections and flat spending plan renew concerns about shrinking capital spending
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December 19, 2000 : After issuing an earnings warning, the company's stock has lost nearly half its value in after-hours trading
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December 19, 2000 : Juniper, a previous investor, will be included -- but valuations have flattened from frothier levels
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December 19, 2000 : Networking companies were among the hardest hit in this afternoon's broad sell-off
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December 19, 2000 : Deal gives Ciena the equivalent of Cisco's Cerent, but it will dilute earnings [UPDATED 11AM ET]
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December 19, 2000 : Its recent bond default highlights problems for debt-laden European carriers
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December 18, 2000 : An alarmist financial report kicks off a panic among Extreme shareholders, who knock the stock down 24 percent
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December 18, 2000 : What were Lucent execs doing with all those shares?
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December 18, 2000 : Xelerated Packet Devices promises to speed switch/router manufacture
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December 18, 2000 : Metro optical networking player lands a $60M funding round, with six leading investment banks participating
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December 18, 2000 : The companies say the regulatory process has slowed down the deal
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December 15, 2000 : California institute nets more than $200 million in funding to build high-bandwidth optical and wireless network
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December 15, 2000 : Components competitors may enter a bidding war for JDSU's Zurich laser facility, if the DOJ forces it to be sold
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December 15, 2000 : Alcatel may not be investing in Ironbridge anymore, calling future prospects into question
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December 14, 2000 : A slowdown in the communications chip market is almost certain. But it may help correct inventory issues
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December 14, 2000 : Lucent's stock price has Wall Street talking -- but not many people see the sense in a Lucent buyout
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December 14, 2000 : Sycamore extends gigabit Ethernet support across its product portfolio
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December 13, 2000 : Rumor du jour: Ciena may buy Cyras, with a price tag of $2 billion being discussed
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December 13, 2000 : CEO shifts have sent rumors flying, but the company says it's still on track for an IPO
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December 13, 2000 : Sweden's Optillion isn't cheating: Its transceivers will carry 10 gigabit Ethernet over a single channel
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December 12, 2000 : ATM technology fizzles in the access space
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