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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