Industry experts say that the proposed merger of JDS Uniphase and E-TEK is likely to go ahead, despite a DOJ investigation
Matthew Bross, chief technology officer at Williams Communications, stands to make millions from ONI's IPO
With an IPO pending, the startup slaps Nortel with a lawsuit
Service is the latest to offer bandwidth-starved carriers economical upgrades via DWDM
Optical giant loses lots of workers – but gains one key hire
The twin optical titans are financing competing fiberless optical networking start-ups
Ciena and Juniper announced completion of their interoperability test
Only a small portion of its big optical switch was actually operational
Share price climbs despite trepidation
Its announcement of metro DWDM developments is just part of a bigger plan
But its latest switch won't convince many existing carriers to go with Gigabit Ethernet.
Its plans for the biggest capacity backbone in the US will fuel even fiercer competition among long distance operators.
Share trading in the developer of optical integrated circuits is expected to start this morning
Technology limitations bring startup's claims about fiberless optical networking down to earth
Component maker's stock price increases 70 percent in the first day's trading
Vendor faces new competitors and new marketing challenges. Its response: launch a PC-based product
Extant is running live traffic over Tellium's Aurora switches, marking a milestone in optical developments
Unlike other metro products, Appian's is designed solely for use on the customer premises
Raj Singh, entrepreneur turned VC, has a great track record that could turn into big bucks for investors
Onix Microsystems wants to keep its 1,000 port MEMS-based switch subsystem under wraps
The axe is out at Unisphere, but execs say it's just part of the plan
Acquiring Cronos for $750 million gives it a key technology for future optical switches
Evidence suggests that Lucent tried - and failed - to kill off Ciena two years ago by pre-announcing a DWDM product
Vendor takes a two-step approach to extending its product line. One: take existing product. Two: make it bigger
