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Articles published in December 2000

Ixia Shipping Interface Card


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December 29, 2000 : Has received orders for its LMOC48VAR Load Module

Versatel Takes Over Versapoint


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December 29, 2000 : Versatel will acquire NorthPoint's 50 percent stake in VersaPoint

Epoch Note: JDSU a Bargain


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December 29, 2000 : Research note states that JDS Uniphase shares represent a significant buying opportunity

Optibase Lowers 4Q Forecast


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December 28, 2000 : But says sales of its new product, MediaGateway, are exceeding expectations.

CoreComm Execs to Shell Out $16M


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December 28, 2000 : Members of management and the Board have invested $16 million to fund future working capital and general corporate purposes

F5 Networks Issues Earnings Warning


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December 28, 2000 : Revenue is expected to be $24 million to $26 million, a loss before taxes of approximately $0.48 to $0.50 per share

Tut Systems to Acquire ActiveTelco


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December 28, 2000 : ActiveTelco's IP telephony and messaging technology is expected to enhance Tut's next-gen IntelliPOP multiservice platform

Newport, Kensington Labs to Merge


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December 28, 2000 : Kensington Laboratories develops and manufactures advanced high-throughput, sub-micron motion control and robotic systems

JDSU, SDLI Reschedule Merger Meeting


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December 27, 2000 :

Zhone Expands Into Latin America


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December 26, 2000 :

Ex-BellSouth, Cisco Execs Join VC Firm


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December 22, 2000 : David Kettler and Paul Pishal named to expand H.I.G. Capital's presence in Atlanta

Net Insight Delivers Media Platform


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December 22, 2000 : Net Insight has concluded an agreement with Telia subsidiary Skanova on the supply of infrastructure

New Focus, JCA Amend Merger Terms


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December 21, 2000 : Deal worth $340M at Dec 21 closing prices

Bookham Finance Chief to Retire


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December 21, 2000 : CFO Stephen Cockrell has decided to take early retirement, due to ill health

Lucent Projects Major Losses


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December 21, 2000 : Significant loss expected for first-quarter 2001; more than $1 billion in planned cost reductions announced

New OC48 Transponders from OCP


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December 21, 2000 : Combine an optical transceiver with Sonet/SDH electronic multiplexing and demultiplexing, including clock and data recovery

Cisco Completes PixStream Purchase


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December 21, 2000 : A developer of hardware and software solutions to distribute and manage digital video across broadband networks

OCPI Launches OC-48 Transponders


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December 20, 2000 : Combines transceiver, mux, clock in a single device

EXFO Completes Burleigh Buy


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December 20, 2000 : EXFO has issued 6.5 million subordinate voting shares and payed about $40 million in cash for the DWDM equipment vendor

Brocade Starts SAN Certification


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December 20, 2000 : The Brocade SAN Certification Program is the first of its kind in the storage area networking industry

Alcatel Invests in Israeli Incubator


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December 20, 2000 : Alcatel and Runway intend to jointly incorporate Runway Telecom, a telecommunications and datacommunications incubator

Marconi Completes Milan Buildout


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December 20, 2000 : Has completed the expansion of the Milan metro area network of WIND, the Italian telecom operator

Lucent to Resell Foundry ServerIron


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December 20, 2000 : Lucent to sell Foundry's Layer 4-7 Web switches worldwide as part of co-branding agreement

Foundry Trims Q4 Outlook


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December 19, 2000 : Company anticipates fourth quarter net revenue of $100 million to $110 million

Quantum Bridge Goes for IPO


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December 19, 2000 : Morgan Stanley Dean Witter is acting as lead manager for the offering

Alliance Fiber Optic Releases Muxes


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December 19, 2000 : 100 GHz and 200 GHz high isolation Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer (OADM) modules

Infineon Building in Virginia


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December 19, 2000 : Announces construction of first phase of 300mm module at Richmond, Virginia plant

ODSI Completes Interop Test


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December 19, 2000 : Multivendor event supported by Agilent demonstrates 'optical dial tone' with ODSI’s open industry standards-based protocol

$230M German Deal for 360networks


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December 19, 2000 : Will provide multiple 2.5-Gbit/s wavelengths throughout its North American network to Deutsche Telekom

Sycamore, CoreExpress Ink Mega Deal


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December 19, 2000 : In an agreement worth up to $100M, CoreExpress will deploy Sycamore's SN 16000 intelligent optical switches

Tachion's Switch NTS Certified


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December 19, 2000 : Fusion 5000 Broadband Services Switch is Nebs-, ETSI-, and SBC-compliant

Ciena To Acquire Cyras


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December 19, 2000 : Deal is worth about $2.6 billion

New Focus Lands Big Customer


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December 19, 2000 : Unidentified new customer will account for "high single digit" percentage of 4Q revenues

LMGR Debuts Acousto-Optic Switch


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December 18, 2000 : LMGR will announce its first fiber-optic product at its upcoming December 20 industry demonstration

Solectron's 1Q Sales Double


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December 18, 2000 : Sales reach $5.696 billion. Earnings per share beat forecasts.

Lucent Has 5 New International Labs


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December 18, 2000 : Has opened new Bell Labs facilities in Australia, China, Greece, India, and Italy within the past eight months

Qusion Announces N.J. Expansion


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December 18, 2000 : 33,000 square-foot facility to manufacture integrated optical components on up to four-inch wafers

360networks Connects U.S., Venezuela


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December 18, 2000 : The first direct fiber optic connection between the two countries

Nortel Adds 10GigE to Open DWDM


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December 18, 2000 : Announces immediate availability of 10 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces on Optera 1600 long haul DWDM systems

Urban Media Gets Another $57M


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December 18, 2000 : Funding round for the broadband services provider was led by Tyco Ventures

Corning: Oklahoma's OK


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December 18, 2000 : Oklahoma City will be the location of its newest optical fiber manufacturing facility

Vitesse Announces Evaluation Platform


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December 18, 2000 : for the VSC9142, an OC-48c Packet/ATM over SONET framing device for the VSC9142, an OC-48c Packet/ATM over SONET framing device For the VSC9142, an OC48c packet/ATM-over-Sonet framing device

Bookham Sells Mux to Lucent


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December 18, 2000 : Its integrated MUX-VOA product is now being designed into some of Lucent's optical networking systems

Appian Gets $60M Third Round


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December 18, 2000 : Big banks join investors, suggesting an IPO is in the offing

BitBlitz Announces 50 Gbit/s Transceiver


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December 18, 2000 : Vendor claims 70 percent reduction in power consumption

IDT Upgrades FIFO


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December 17, 2000 : SuperSync II FIFOs now operate at speeds up to 166 MHz, providing the industry's fastest performance at 3.3 volts

Cogent Makes Light Reading Top 10


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December 16, 2000 : Only service provider chosen for Light Reading's "Top Ten Private Companies" list

DigiLens Names Tech Advisors


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December 15, 2000 : Morton Schwartz, ex-AT&T, and Yasuhiro Koike, of Keio University in Tokyo, have joined its Technical Advisory Board

Sycamore: Ethernet Edge to Core


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December 15, 2000 : Expanded solution for SN 10000 platform and SN 3000 switch will enable provision of gigabit Ethernet services throughout network

Byrd to COO at 360networks


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December 15, 2000 : Jimmy Byrd was most recently president of North American operations at Level 3 Communications
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