Optical Elevators? -- Scott Clavenna

This week's SEC filing may indicate further acquisition plans

Few details are known, but the new IP service platform will have lots of competition

Virtual Photonics has gone on an acquisition binge to create a collection of design tools

MRV rises 8 percent after investors buy it to get a piece of the Luminent IPO. The strategy has its pitfalls

Ironbridge takes on Cisco and Juniper by offering virtual routing

Templex says its "addressable" fiber Bragg gratings can route wavelengths to specific locations

A comparison with Nortel suggests big seasonal fluctuations in revenues could be on their way

Early stage startup is using "quantum dots" to make low-cost tunable lasers

Runaway Research -- R. Scott Raynovich

Price range of $13-$15 per share set for MRV's component spinoff

The component maker's readying a second stock offer; but will it sell?

Tight supply of IBM's ceramic substrate may temper growth among chip and systems manufacturers

Optical switch vendor signs $350 million equipment contract with Cable & Wireless. So when's it going public?

Research says Lucent's losing market share in ATM, its chosen field

Paul Johnson is sitting on 100,000 shares of ONI. Can his reports still be objective?

Wireless optics service provider sets aside a chunk of the company to get landlords on its side

Its in-house publications warn employees against joining optical startups

Redback's insider selling window closes and the stock rises, quieting rumors about a price war with Cisco

Experts defend the optical networking and components sector, as investors flee

Its tunable VCSELs could cut the cost of metro equipment

It's Black Friday in the telecom sector, as Wall Street fears a spending slowdown. How bad is it, exactly?

CEOs seem to be dropping like flies

Jumping Juniper! -- R. Scott Raynovich

Shows that service providers don't have the investor appeal of equipment vendors

Second-quarter figures show that it's gaining ground on the big telecom equipment vendors

POF's not gonna make it in telecom -- at least, not yet

Sorrento faces an angry mob as it makes plans to eat its parent. UPDATED Sept 7 13:00 EST

The CEO has quit two weeks after the company issued $150 million in debt, but Cyras officals remain bullish on IPO prospects

After months of waiting, the IPO date is set and the price range is increased

Just when you were starting to forget about them, the company ships the highest port count optical switch

What happens when a customer can't pay?

Infineon triumphs in gaining support for its 10-Gbit/s mini-transponder -- but its partners yawn

It's pumped 7.04 Terabits a second over a single strand of fiber

Hot product, potential IPO? Maybe it's time for a change

Southampton Photonics says it can put up to 32 EDFAs into a single package - and deliver big benefits

Its all-optical switch is based on fiber amplifiers and splitters, say experts

Top optical exec Don Smith offers sneak peak at what’s in Nortel’s IP pipeline

Optical Communications Products, a subsidiary of Japanese components giant Furukawa, plans an IPO

The PEH Fiber Optics Fund launches in Europe and seeks a U.S. partner. Want to know the latest trades?