News Analysis - Post a comment February 28, 2001 : Shares slashed 18 percent following earnings warning, downgrades
News Analysis - Comments (7) February 28, 2001 : A flexible sheet of polymer could be a new wonder material for integrated optics
News Analysis - Comments (4) February 28, 2001 : Siemens spinoff Optisphere is still unknown in the U.S. market. The new management team hopes to change that
News Analysis - Comments (23) February 27, 2001 : The companies won't confirm, but industry sources think it likely Corning will buy Lucent's Optical Fiber division
News Analysis - Comments (19) February 27, 2001 : Morgan Stanley, rather than Goldman Sachs, will be running the show. Rivalry with Ciena may be the reason
News Analysis - Comment (1) February 27, 2001 : Startup will use the new funds to finish an optical packet node that supports metro Ethernet
News Analysis - Post a comment February 27, 2001 : Agility, Iolon, and New Focus are proposing a multisourcing agreement for widely tunable lasers
News Analysis - Comments (29) February 26, 2001 : Startup hopes to copy the Juniper gameplan: Sneak up on the market leader as a slicker second source
News Analysis - Comments (13) February 26, 2001 : Move puts Intel deeper into the communications chip space
News Analysis - Comments (6) February 26, 2001 : OMM intends to ship a 64x64 subsystem before Lucent's spinoff
News Analysis - Comments (63) February 26, 2001 : Mayan is the latest in a line of startups that are feeling the effects of CLEC woes
News Analysis - Comment (1) February 26, 2001 : Onetta has finished building its management team and is rewarded with $56 million in VC funding
News Analysis - Comments (4) February 26, 2001 : After skulking about for four years, Optical Switch has emerged with a $4,500 Kaleidoscope and other cool stuff
News Analysis - Comments (6) February 26, 2001 : Puts cash into Iolon, which is going head to head with New Focus on widely tunable, high power lasers
News Analysis - Comments (5) February 23, 2001 : Chorum, which has registered for an IPO, will supply Nortel with its Optical Slicer product for the next few years
News Analysis - Comments (26) February 23, 2001 : Ups the ante with its oddly familiar 7600 OSR product
News Analysis - Comments (96) February 23, 2001 : Former Siara architect Sanjeev Newarikar mixes DWDM into his recipe for next-gen Sonet boxes
News Analysis - Post a comment February 23, 2001 : Obtaining $6.5 billion in credit will aid restructuring, company says
News Analysis - Comments (12) February 22, 2001 : Juniper's still eating into Cisco's share of the core router pie; Avici has shown up for orts UPDATED 2/23 3:00pm EST
News Analysis - Comment (1) February 22, 2001 : Sign of continuing VC interest in startups developing the right components
News Analysis - Comments (17) February 21, 2001 : After Avici's senior VP of sales leaves, company official says event is "not material" UPDATED 2/22 1pm EST
News Analysis - Comments (4) February 21, 2001 : Schacht's shop turns toward debt management and public relations
News Analysis - Comments (20) February 21, 2001 : Nortel CTO William R. Hawe has left under a cloud of speculation
News Analysis - Post a comment February 21, 2001 : Crossconnect vendor seeks to diversify its product suite
News Analysis - Comments (11) February 20, 2001 : UPDATED: Figuring out where the holding company's revenues are coming from next is no easy task
News Analysis - Comment (1) February 20, 2001 : Qwest's raising $3.25 billion by refinancing debt. But other carriers may not have such an easy time
News Analysis - Comments (3) February 20, 2001 : Gtran Inc. has automated the manufacture of superfast electronic chips for tomorrow's transmission systems
News Analysis - Comments (6) February 20, 2001 : The Light Reading Index takes another beating in early trading Tuesday
News Analysis - Comments (3) February 19, 2001 : Scott Marshall joins startup working on long-haul transmission developments
News Analysis - Comments (12) February 19, 2001 : Its PMD compensator aims to help carriers roll out big bandwidths over long distances
News Analysis - Comments (16) February 19, 2001 : The remains of one ruined optical startup could bring new life to others
News Analysis - Comment (1) February 16, 2001 : Wall Street wants revenues and products from IPO aspirants. Unisphere has them. And it may revive Argon
News Analysis - Comments (23) February 16, 2001 : ONI's recent success hinges on many things -- but the key may be its impressive virtual manufacturing system
News Analysis - Comment (1) February 16, 2001 : Nasdaq halts trading on Covad shares as the company prepares to restate earnings
News Analysis - Comments (7) February 16, 2001 : It wasn't a lucky morning for a networking IPO, but Riverstone managed to get out -- and even go up UPDATED 2/16 4:10pm EST
News Analysis - Comments (14) February 15, 2001 : A searing financial report piles on concerns about Cisco's future
News Analysis - Comments (69) February 15, 2001 : In an alarming counterpoint to Ciena's earnings announcement, Nortel has slashed its growth estimates
News Analysis - Comments (80) February 15, 2001 : FiberStreet has gone bust, one month after giving Zaffire a $20 million order
News Analysis - Comments (12) February 15, 2001 : NUFO says it's made the first widely tunable laser that's powerful enough for long-haul networks
News Analysis - Comments (4) February 15, 2001 : Ciena's customers are spending in order to save, says CEO Patrick Nettles
News Analysis - Comments (18) February 15, 2001 : Some of the CLEC's assets are being siphoned into Zephion, a planned long-distance operator
News Analysis - Comments (6) February 14, 2001 : A strong showing on Friday could open the door for other IPO aspirants. A feeble showing could slam it shut UPDATED 2/15 10:40am EST
News Analysis - Post a comment February 14, 2001 : The merger with SDL has been followed by a forecast of reduced profits
News Analysis - Comments (3) February 14, 2001 : Investors continued to give Bookham a hard time after its earnings announcement. Are they missing something?
News Analysis - Comments (84) February 13, 2001 : A slew of startups have gone bust recently, sending a warning that funding is getting more selective
News Analysis - Comments (4) February 13, 2001 : Sycamore's earnings beat Wall Street estimates by a penny
News Analysis - Comments (4) February 13, 2001 : ONI Systems buys faltering Finisar product line -- and secures a supply of components
News Analysis - Comments (2) February 13, 2001 : Claims $100M deal is the largest Chinese optical contract to date, but it may not hold the record long
News Analysis - Comments (4) February 13, 2001 : GiantLoop, an optical service provider, closes a $120M funding round
UPDATED 2/13 4:30pm EST
News Analysis - Comments (38) February 13, 2001 : Corvis equipment sends signals 6,400 kilometers over Williams's network
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