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?