News & Views
Content posted in February 2001
News Analysis | 2/28/2001 | Post a comment
Shares slashed 18 percent following earnings warning, downgrades
News Analysis | 2/28/2001 | 7 comments
A flexible sheet of polymer could be a new wonder material for integrated optics
News Analysis | 2/28/2001 | 4 comments
Siemens spinoff Optisphere is still unknown in the U.S. market. The new management team hopes to change that
News Analysis | 2/27/2001 | 18 comments
The companies won't confirm, but industry sources think it likely Corning will buy Lucent's Optical Fiber division
News Analysis | 2/27/2001 | 17 comments
Morgan Stanley, rather than Goldman Sachs, will be running the show. Rivalry with Ciena may be the reason
News Analysis | 2/27/2001 | 1 comment
Startup will use the new funds to finish an optical packet node that supports metro Ethernet
News Analysis | 2/27/2001 | Post a comment
Agility, Iolon, and New Focus are proposing a multisourcing agreement for widely tunable lasers
News Analysis | 2/26/2001 | 29 comments
Startup hopes to copy the Juniper gameplan: Sneak up on the market leader as a slicker second source
News Analysis | 2/26/2001 | 10 comments
Move puts Intel deeper into the communications chip space
News Analysis | 2/26/2001 | 6 comments
OMM intends to ship a 64x64 subsystem before Lucent's spinoff
News Analysis | 2/26/2001 | 57 comments
Mayan is the latest in a line of startups that are feeling the effects of CLEC woes
News Analysis | 2/26/2001 | 1 comment
Onetta has finished building its management team and is rewarded with $56 million in VC funding
News Analysis | 2/26/2001 | 4 comments
After skulking about for four years, Optical Switch has emerged with a $4,500 Kaleidoscope and other cool stuff
News Analysis | 2/26/2001 | 6 comments
Puts cash into Iolon, which is going head to head with New Focus on widely tunable, high power lasers
News Analysis | 2/23/2001 | 5 comments
Chorum, which has registered for an IPO, will supply Nortel with its Optical Slicer product for the next few years
News Analysis | 2/23/2001 | 26 comments
Ups the ante with its oddly familiar 7600 OSR product
News Analysis | 2/23/2001 | 94 comments
Former Siara architect Sanjeev Newarikar mixes DWDM into his recipe for next-gen Sonet boxes
News Analysis | 2/23/2001 | Post a comment
Obtaining $6.5 billion in credit will aid restructuring, company says
News Analysis | 2/22/2001 | 11 comments
Juniper's still eating into Cisco's share of the core router pie; Avici has shown up for orts UPDATED 2/23 3:00pm EST
News Analysis | 2/22/2001 | Post a comment
Sign of continuing VC interest in startups developing the right components
News Analysis | 2/21/2001 | 15 comments
After Avici's senior VP of sales leaves, company official says event is "not material" UPDATED 2/22 1pm EST
News Analysis | 2/21/2001 | 4 comments
Schacht's shop turns toward debt management and public relations
News Analysis | 2/21/2001 | 20 comments
Nortel CTO William R. Hawe has left under a cloud of speculation
News Analysis | 2/21/2001 | Post a comment
Crossconnect vendor seeks to diversify its product suite
News Analysis | 2/20/2001 | 11 comments
UPDATED: Figuring out where the holding company's revenues are coming from next is no easy task
News Analysis | 2/20/2001 | 1 comment
Qwest's raising $3.25 billion by refinancing debt. But other carriers may not have such an easy time
News Analysis | 2/20/2001 | 3 comments
Gtran Inc. has automated the manufacture of superfast electronic chips for tomorrow's transmission systems
News Analysis | 2/20/2001 | 6 comments
The Light Reading Index takes another beating in early trading Tuesday
News Analysis | 2/19/2001 | 3 comments
Scott Marshall joins startup working on long-haul transmission developments
News Analysis | 2/19/2001 | 12 comments
Its PMD compensator aims to help carriers roll out big bandwidths over long distances
News Analysis | 2/19/2001 | 16 comments
The remains of one ruined optical startup could bring new life to others
News Analysis | 2/16/2001 | 1 comment
Wall Street wants revenues and products from IPO aspirants. Unisphere has them. And it may revive Argon
News Analysis | 2/16/2001 | 23 comments
ONI's recent success hinges on many things -- but the key may be its impressive virtual manufacturing system
News Analysis | 2/16/2001 | 1 comment
Nasdaq halts trading on Covad shares as the company prepares to restate earnings
News Analysis | 2/16/2001 | 6 comments
It wasn't a lucky morning for a networking IPO, but Riverstone managed to get out -- and even go up UPDATED 2/16 4:10pm EST
News Analysis | 2/15/2001 | 14 comments
A searing financial report piles on concerns about Cisco's future
News Analysis | 2/15/2001 | 64 comments
In an alarming counterpoint to Ciena's earnings announcement, Nortel has slashed its growth estimates
News Analysis | 2/15/2001 | 80 comments
FiberStreet has gone bust, one month after giving Zaffire a $20 million order
News Analysis | 2/15/2001 | 11 comments
NUFO says it's made the first widely tunable laser that's powerful enough for long-haul networks
News Analysis | 2/15/2001 | 3 comments
Ciena's customers are spending in order to save, says CEO Patrick Nettles
News Analysis | 2/15/2001 | 17 comments
Some of the CLEC's assets are being siphoned into Zephion, a planned long-distance operator
Column | 2/15/2001 | 25 comments
Shedding Darwin on Light -- Stephen Saunders
News Analysis | 2/14/2001 | 6 comments
A strong showing on Friday could open the door for other IPO aspirants. A feeble showing could slam it shut UPDATED 2/15 10:40am EST
News Analysis | 2/14/2001 | Post a comment
The merger with SDL has been followed by a forecast of reduced profits
News Analysis | 2/14/2001 | 3 comments
Investors continued to give Bookham a hard time after its earnings announcement. Are they missing something?
News Analysis | 2/13/2001 | 83 comments
A slew of startups have gone bust recently, sending a warning that funding is getting more selective
News Analysis | 2/13/2001 | 4 comments
Sycamore's earnings beat Wall Street estimates by a penny
News Analysis | 2/13/2001 | 4 comments
ONI Systems buys faltering Finisar product line -- and secures a supply of components
News Analysis | 2/13/2001 | 2 comments
Claims $100M deal is the largest Chinese optical contract to date, but it may not hold the record long
News Analysis | 2/13/2001 | 4 comments
GiantLoop, an optical service provider, closes a $120M funding round
UPDATED 2/13 4:30pm EST
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