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Articles published in March 2000

ITU Agrees on Key IP Standard


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March 31, 2000 : Spec covers range of IP-over-ATM issues

Enron to Supply Wavelength to Orbis1


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March 31, 2000 : OC-48 equivalent is "fraction of the cost" of Sonet

Sorrento Networks Picks Top Execs


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March 30, 2000 : Announces president/COO and European chief exec

MRV Unveils Coarse-WDM Transceiver


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March 30, 2000 : Claims first to have 10-Gig transceiver with CWDM technology

Carrier1 to Deploy MetroCor


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March 29, 2000 : First European MetroCor customer plans 20-city rollout

Adesta to Install Fiber in Chicago Tunnels


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March 29, 2000 : Secures agreement with Chicago Transit Authority

Cisco Systems to Acquire SightPath


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March 29, 2000 : Cisco Systems, Inc., today announced it will acquire SightPath, Inc.,a leading provider of appliances for creating intelligent Content Delivery Networks (CDN's).

Telecom NZ Selects Cisco


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March 29, 2000 : Telecom NZ Selects Cisco Systems to Build 'New World' IP Communications Network

Blueprint Annouces $150 Million Fund


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March 29, 2000 : Names first 4 investments

FLAG Telecom Awards Alcatel Contract


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March 29, 2000 : FLAG Telecom awards Alcatel the submarine system supply contract for FLAG Pacific-1 cable network making it the the largest capacity on the longest transoceanic DWDM system.

AMCC Intros RHINE IC


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March 28, 2000 : Claims first IC to support deeply channelized OC-48 traffic

Lucent Launches New Venture Over Fiber


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March 28, 2000 : Lucent Technologies Launches New Venture in Broadband Video, Geovideo Networks, For HDTV-Quality Internet Video Over Fiber

Santera Gains $62.3 M, New CEO


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March 28, 2000 : Former Lucent VP to head executive team

Yipes and Akamai Join Forces to Accelerate Web Service


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March 28, 2000 : Yipes will install Akamai's servers in its facilities, with access to Yipes'gigabit networks.

Broadwing Chooses Corvis


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March 27, 2000 : Expands capacity of 16,888-route-mile nationwide network

Yipes Announces Boston Service


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March 27, 2000 : High-speed Ethernet service due early second quarter

Lantern Raises $15 Million


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March 27, 2000 : Mohr, Davidow Ventures leads first round for 10-Gig Ethernet startup

OMM Products in Next Gen. Internet


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March 27, 2000 : Optical Micro Machines Provides Products For Deployment in Next Generation Internet (NGI) Project

Algety Raises $33 Million


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March 27, 2000 : Goldman Sachs and Dassault join investors in long haul DWDM startup.

Lucent Signs $145M Contracts in China


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March 27, 2000 : Will supply two customers with optical networking

Winstar Goes Live on Lucent WaveStar


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March 24, 2000 : Winstar is using Lucent's 80-channel optical networking system to increase capacity between New York and Washington, DC

Commscope Enhances Fiber for Gig Ethernet


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March 24, 2000 : UltraFiber product enhanced with bandwidth of 220/1000 MHz-km and laser certification

Dynarc Partners with Sweden's Dotcom


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March 24, 2000 : Turnkey solutions to follow

Group Telecom Announces 360networks Fiber Deal


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March 23, 2000 : GT to purchase approximately C$352 million of fiber and assets

Finisar Delivers Optical Transceiver


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March 23, 2000 : Finisar announced today that it has delivered its first Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP) Optical Transceivers

ECI To Supply Swedish Broadband


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March 23, 2000 : ECI Telecom Ltd. today announced that it will supply a fully managed optical backbone network for 7 regions in central Sweden.

Canada's Rogers, Shaw Swap Assets


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March 23, 2000 : Includes plan for $225 M dark-fiber network

Carrier1 to Build Paris Metro Net


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March 22, 2000 : Announces construction of 32-km Paris metropolitan network

Shaw Enlists 360networks


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March 22, 2000 : Signs $170 M agreement

Yipes Enlists Lucent Netcare


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March 22, 2000 : Lucent offers 24x7 NOC for Yipes' gigabit backbone

Metromedia Fiber Inks NYC Tenant Deal


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March 22, 2000 : MMFN to connect Rudin Management's NYC commercial properties

Iaxis Raises $66 Million For European Backbone


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March 22, 2000 : Carrier is working with Juniper to sell value-added services over its European backbone

Virata Acquires ATM, IP, MPLS Software


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March 22, 2000 : Buys Inverness Systems to boost its own broadband semiconductor developments

ECI Announces New Cross Connect


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March 21, 2000 : Advanced IBM semiconductor technology to power new components

Partners Create Fiber Network


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March 21, 2000 : Six energy and telecommunications companies today announced the creation of America's Fiber Network LLC, a new super-regional, high-speed fiber optics company with a network of more than 7,000 route miles, or 140,000 fiber miles, connecting major markets in the eastern United States to secondary markets with a growing need for broadband access.

Roshnee Raises $11 Million in Financing and Assembles Team


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March 21, 2000 : Roshnee Raises $11 Million in Financing to Develop a New Class of Optical Transport Systems and Assembles a Proven Management Team to Enable Service Providers to Address the Service and Bandwidth Needs of their Most Demanding Customers

Nortel To Buy Tunable Laser Startup


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March 21, 2000 : Will pay "up to $1.43 billion" for Coretek

ADC, Redback Team Up


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March 20, 2000 :

Aprisma Joins OIF


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March 20, 2000 :

Telrad Networks To Fund Start-Up


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March 20, 2000 :

OSI Announces 2.5 Gbit/s Detector


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March 17, 2000 :

Switch Startup Raises $10 Million


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March 17, 2000 : Ilotron calls its development a "petabit router"

Storm Goes Ahead With Switched Wave Service


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March 17, 2000 : Signs $40 million deal with Sycamore

GTS To Deploy Ciena's MultiWave CoreStream


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March 16, 2000 : Global TeleSystems To Invest Approximately $100 Million In CIENA's CoreStream Systems For Its Trans-European Network

Corning Expects to Beat Earnings Forecast


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March 16, 2000 : Corning Anticipates Reporting Better-Than-Expected First-Quarter Results; Earnings Could Beat Current Consensus by $0.05 to $0.07

Zaffire Announces First Packet-Enabled DWDM System


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March 16, 2000 : Zaffire, Inc. announces advanced optical services network architecture specifically designed for metro and regional service providers
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