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Articles published in February 2000

Vendors To Spin Off Optical Assets


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February 28, 2000 : Big vendors like Siemens and Lucent may float their subsidiaries to cash in on the investor feeding frenzy for all things optical

CyOptics Targets 40 Gbit/s DWDM Components


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February 27, 2000 : Startup uses Indium Phosphide to increase bandwidth per channel from today's 2.5 and 10 Gbit/s rates

Siemens Launches Optical Cross Connect “Solution”


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February 25, 2000 : In reality, the TransXpress Optical Service Node is more of a patch panel

Dynarc Brings Quality Control to MANs


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February 24, 2000 : Its Dynarc 50 access switch lets carriers offer different grades of IP service for different apps.

Alcatel Buys Newbridge


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February 23, 2000 : $7 billion deal could give French equipment manufacturer a way to play in North America, but it’s more bad news for Siemens

Microsoft Goes Off Message


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February 22, 2000 : Breaks silence on optical networking -- crams two feet into mouth

Is Lumenon's Share Price Set to Soar?


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February 22, 2000 : It's about to unveil developments that could strengthen its hopes of becoming the Intel of optical integrated circuits

Service Provisioning, European-Style


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February 21, 2000 : ECI's new multi-service provisioning platform helps carriers migrate customers from modest to mammoth bandwidths, while slashing costs

Is Cisco Buying the Wrong Startup?


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February 18, 2000 : Acquiring Growth Networks will help Cisco build a real Terabit router, but would Power X have been a better buy?

Ferrule Famine Hits Optical Industry


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February 17, 2000 : The furious pace of network rollouts is leading to shortages of components, including fiber

Cisco Buys Growth, Literally


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February 16, 2000 : Its planned acquisition of Growth Networks, a switching fabric startup, could help it deliver real Terabit routers

Yipes Bets Big on Gig


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February 15, 2000 : Startup service provider thinks high-speed Ethernet will be a hit in MANs – but it can’t support voice or video traffic

Gigabit Ethernet Goes Carrier Class


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February 14, 2000 : Gigabit Ethernet over Sonet developments from Sycamore promise to slash the cost of providing managed IP services

Aprisma Bids For Management Dominance


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February 14, 2000 : The Cabletron spin-off thinks optical networks could light its way to a hot IPO – but will vendors and service providers buy what it’s selling?

10-Gigabit Ethernet Gets Marketing Muscle


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February 11, 2000 : Vendors have mobilized their marketing machines to launch an alternative to Sonet

Cisco, Juniper, Lock Down Internet Router Market


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February 10, 2000 : Between them the two vendors account for 92 percent of sales. Other players are nowhere in sight

Silkroad Twists and Turns


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February 9, 2000 : New management, new message -- same problems

Battle Begins Between FDM Twins


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February 8, 2000 : Two vendors are working on bandwidth boosting products based on the same technology

Avanex: Is it Worth $10 Billion?


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February 7, 2000 : Investors stampeding to buy shares in the hot optical component startup ignored warnings in its IPO prospectus.

Researchers Unveil All-Optical Advances


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February 4, 2000 : Tunable laser developments eliminate cross-connects, make optical packet switching possible.

Tenor Builds A Network Toll Booth


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February 3, 2000 : Startup claims its 'Optical Service Switch' is the missing link in the service-provisioning puzzle

Circuit Switching is Back


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February 2, 2000 : Startups are developing a new form of the old technology, targeting Gigabit speeds

Crunch Time for Signaling Standard


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February 1, 2000 : The OIF meets today to try and regain the initiative on a key standard for the future.

Unisphere Trips, Stumbles


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February 1, 2000 : Two of its three aquisitions are late to market
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