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Articles published in October 2001

Symmorphix Touts Wafer Advance


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October 31, 2001 : Begins manufacturing waveguide amplifiers using physical vapor deposition process technology

Cisco Scores Abroad


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October 31, 2001 : Announces contract wins in Canada and South Korea

Alcatel Optronics Slims Down


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October 31, 2001 : Income registered a loss of €10.1 million (US$9.09M); sales for Q3 declined by 37% from Q2; layoffs announced

Cisco Wins in Hungary


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October 31, 2001 : Matáv deploys Cisco ONS 15800 and 15200 DWDM solutions in long-haul and metro networks

Qwest Reports on Q3


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October 31, 2001 : Earnings per share narrowed to $0.09 from a third quarter loss a year ago of $0.15; announces incentive program

Alcatel Optronics : 3Q Sales Slump


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October 31, 2001 : At Euro 95.0 million, sales are 37% down on previous month and 24% down on year-ago figure.

Alcatel to Lay Off Another 10,000


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October 31, 2001 : 3Q revenues of EURO 5,613 million are down 18% from a year ago. Net loss is EURO 558 million.

Irvine Sensors' Router Under Review


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October 30, 2001 : Its letter of intent regarding the financing of iNetworks, a venture developing a terabit router, expires on Oct 31

SwitchPoint Goes With Beans


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October 30, 2001 : SwitchPoint Networks has promoted William S. Beans Jr. to the position of CEO

Motorola Routes Cox


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October 30, 2001 : Cox Communications has selected Motorola's Broadband Services Routers (BSRs) to deliver multi-tiered broadband services

Quarry Appoints CTO


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October 30, 2001 : Steve Kohalmi is one of the co-founders of Quarry Technologies

Astral Point Gets Passive


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October 30, 2001 : Unveils a modular passive optical system for its ON 7000 Sonet node that will optimize transmission of DWDM optical wavelengths

Nortel Deploys for Verizon Wireless


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October 30, 2001 : Nortel deploys IP networking for Verizon Wireless; enhances network in key markets to provide new data services, additional capacity

Qusion Cleans Its Room


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October 30, 2001 : Qusion Technologies opens fabrication facility with 3,000 square-foot class 1000 clean room

Simpler Scores Simoleons


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October 30, 2001 : Investors in the $25 million second funding round include ADC, the Solidarity QFL Fund, and Innovatech Grand Montreal

Coriolis Working on Compliance


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October 30, 2001 : Enters OSMINE compliance process with Telcordia; has received NEBS Level 3 certification for its OptiFlow 3000 series products

Alvesta to Supply Lucent


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October 30, 2001 : Demand cash in advance!

Spirent Invests in Caw


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October 30, 2001 : Spirent Communications led $16 million Series B funding, which gives Caw Networks something to crow about

NTT Diagnoses


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October 30, 2001 : Develops the world's first automatic diagnostic system to analyze routing failures between Internet sites

BT Broadcast Completes Network


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October 30, 2001 : BT Broadcast Services continues to expand Its i-View fiber network

Avail Augments Access


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October 30, 2001 : Announces support for PBX/T1/E1 subscriber-side interfaces on its Frontera series of intelligent packet access platforms

Aberdeen Likes Integration


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October 30, 2001 : Aberdeen Group sees the planar lightwave circuit (PLC) market reaching $1.29 billion by 2005

Onetta Has a New Amplifier


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October 30, 2001 : The IOE 11121 C-Band In-Line Amplifier with 0.5dB gain flatness

Chaffee's Got a Paradigm


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October 30, 2001 : Chaffee Fiber Optics releases a 251-page report identifying promising new opportunities in the last-mile fiber optics market sector

Telia Sells 91% of Orbiant to Flextronics


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October 30, 2001 : Orbiant comprises Neterna, Telia Service, Telia Systems, Evega, Relacom, and Wireless Network Management

Wind River Teams With Motorola


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October 30, 2001 : Expand Center of Excellence collaboration to include network security processors

Verizon Reports Solid Q3


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October 30, 2001 : Net income of $2.04 billion, or adjusted diluted earnings per share of 75 cents, a 2.8 percent increase from the third quarter 2000

Foundry Routers Get IP Infusion


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October 30, 2001 : Foundry to develop routing solution including OSPFv3, RIPng, and BGP4+ routing protocol support, using IP Infusion's routing software

Motorola Names EMEA Boss


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October 30, 2001 : Kevin Loosemore has been named president of Europe, Middle East & Africa. Alert the UN!

Kyma Names Engineering VP


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October 30, 2001 : John Bumgarner, ex-Intel, joins Kyma Technologies, a developer and supplier of nitride substrates, as vice president of engineering

Williams Does Occasional Video


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October 30, 2001 : Launches full-time and occasional end-to-end video transmission services in the US and Japan using switched fiber optic transmission

Polaris Hires Market Maven


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October 30, 2001 : William (Bill) C. Tucker named vice president (VP) of marketing (mktg)

ConEd Signs a Lease


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October 30, 2001 : Stop the presses!

Bookham's 3Q Revenues Down 69%


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October 30, 2001 : They totalled a mere £2.4m ($3.6m), but the company has cut its burn rate by 36% in the past quarter

KPNQwest Beats Forecast


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October 29, 2001 : Achieved positive EBITDA of EUR 2.7 Million in 3rd quarter, compared to year-ago loss of EUR(31.2) million

Spirent Releases Test Solution


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October 29, 2001 : Verifies and qualifies provider edge routers being implemented for BGP/MPLS virtual private networks

Haleos Launches Lensed Fiber


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October 29, 2001 : Both screwdriver tip and conical lens geometries are available

Marconi Announces Tunable Laser


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October 29, 2001 : Digital Supermode – Distributed Bragg Reflector (DS-DBR) InP laser provides high power, full ITU C-band coverage

Intel Invests in Test Developer


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October 29, 2001 : Circadiant Systems has secured an investment from Intel Capital; delivers intelligent and automated optical testing platform

Cisco Blitzes IP Telephony


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October 29, 2001 : Ships 12 new IP telephony products for converged voice, video, and data networks

Ceyba Names Its Team


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October 29, 2001 : Former Solinet Systems announces completion of its executive team, including Scott Marshall as President and CEO

StockerYale Reports Results


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October 29, 2001 : Third-quarter optical component revenues record sequential growth of 66 percent; net loss is $0.34 per share

Kalkhoven Joins AMCC Board


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October 29, 2001 : Kevin Kalkhoven, co-founder of Kalkhoven Pettit & Levin Ventures LLC and previous chief executive officer of JDS Uniphase Corp.

Agere Unveils 10-Gig Ethernet Chip


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October 29, 2001 : Industry's first 10-gigabit Ethernet physical layer IC for next-generation metropolitan access networks

Redback Unveils Edge Router


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October 29, 2001 : The SmartEdge 800 Router is being evaluated at 15 service providers worldwide

RouteScience Offers NetManagement


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October 29, 2001 : RouteScience PathControl measures the end-to-end Internet performance between an organization and its own end users

Alidian Appoints, Lays Off


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October 29, 2001 : Names Dr. David Newman president and CEO, Al Sadler, COO; cuts a third of its workforce

IBM Goes With Spider


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October 26, 2001 : Spider Software will port its SpiderTCP and SpiderSTREAMS products to the IBM PowerNP 4GS3

Flextronics to Lay Off 10,000


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October 26, 2001 : Net sales for the quarter reached a record $3.24 billion, but the company plans to cut its workforce by 15%

NetTest Enhances NetTester


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October 26, 2001 : Has added new testing features for frame relay networks to its LITE 3000E handheld network testing instrument
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