Global Crossing cable is first 32-channel, 10-Gbit/s system, says TyCom
Optical Service Network products pass certification audit by TUV Essen
The broadnband fiber optic network connects 13 major cities across Canada
Zaffire Names Jane Christ Vice President of Worldwide Sales
Michael Unger and Gianluca Rattazzi join Tropic Networks' board of directors
Dan Riordan will Vice President of Business Development at the broadband access equipment vendor
Infigate GmbH, has selected Alcatel optical fiber to connect Prague, Frankfurt, Vienna, Budapest, Bratislava, Warsaw, and Berlin
Venture will deliver mobile Internet routing products to be sold exclusively by Ericsson
The GR2000 Gigabit Router family will support IPv6 in February 2001
Internet bandwidth provider has deployed ServerIron Layer 4-7 Web switches and BigIron Layer 3 switches
Genuity will deploy CIENA’s MultiWave CoreDirector intelligent optical core switching systems in its nationwide network
Ken Brizel leaves Lucent to join component vendor
Blames "detioration of Northpoint's business operations and financial condition"
Emulates networks so that MPLS can be tested before roll-out
The TIP Bi-Directional Coupler can be used with any wavelength in the 1550nm or 1310nm windows
LiNbO3 modulators work in the 1550nm wavelength and can also be designed for 1300nm or L-Band
Progress has selected ONI Systems as a major supplier for its optical metro networks
Demand for optical networking software will create a $7.6 billion market by 2004
In the six months to September 30, 2000
Strategic alliance combines Tellabs' flexible broadband access systems with Riverstone's high-speed edge routers
With fiber array assemblies for Agfa's next-gen Xcalibur VLF thermal platesetters
An increase of 63 percent over $634 million in Q4 1999
For the production of AMP Lightray MPX fiber optic interconnection system products
After Nov 3 IPO, component company announces hefty increases in revenues, income
Continues work on OC-768 specs, names new board members
Samer Salameh becomes president and CEO of iVMG, a startup service provider
Pays 7.96 million shares for Israel's Vision Tech
Investors in the high-tech business accelerator include Austin Ventures, Capital Southwest Corp., and CenterPoint Ventures
Plans to develop a new platform for wholesale broadband access services
For a fully digital audio-visual transmission infrastructure for the Mediterranean Games in October 2001
IBM, Infineon, and UMC have started building chips with the most advanced 0.13-micron foundry process technology available
Amtec SpA, headquartered in Rome, designs IP secure access systems
Pacific Broadband Communications founded by former employees of AT&T Broadband, Alcatel, and others; funded by Raza Foundries
Opens the Netherlands' first IP capacity exchange
To provide solution set that combines hardware and software in a single chip for the growing communications market
Plans to invest over $40 million and create 500 new jobs at its facilities in the Quebec Metro High Tech Park
Its BE 2000 second generation broadband access platform has been qualified to meet Euro-DOCSIS
A general partner with Worldview Technology Partners
ADC's Cuda 12000 IP Access Switch to be deployed in Cox's mid America region
Will commence a tender offer to purchase all outstanding shares of OSI for $17.75 per share in cash
The component maker's investment in Kanata, Ontario, will create 500 jobs
Awarded contract by Japanese network operator Right Net for DSL broadband access technology
AT&T Broadband purchases account for a "significant portion" of Antec sales
Impact limited to 1-2% of 4Q sales.
"No material effect on financial results"
Is "very comfortable" with consensus EPS of $0.35 for 4Q2000 and $1.65 for 2001
Service provider triples revenues, turns profitable, announces rights issue
Adds fiber optics connector and cable assemblies to SMTC's portfolio of electronics manufacturing services
Leases 4,068-km of fiber from Global One and KPNQwest to complete Tier 1 IP backbone
Nordic carrier issues 9,288,500 shares at SEK-80 each
Gives ADC access to Research Center COM facilities
Introduces the ISX3025 Optical Distribution Node for the Optiworx Multimedia Transport Platform
Third funding round for developer of lightspeed optical signal processing technologies
Announced the availability of five new hardware products and support for two higher-layer services
Allan Fox, once head of Nortel's Harlow lab, joins Polatis, a startup making an all-optical switch
James Fultz, most recently executive vice president and chief sales and marketing officer for Antec Corporation
Infonetics reports worldwide revenues for service provider core and edge hardware totaled $3.96 billion in 3Q00
Clayton Smith named Director of Research and Development at the designer of 40-160 Gbit/s opto-electronic components
Percentage growth in revenue from operations in 2000 projected to be "in the low 40's"
Offering 4.5 million shares of its common stock at $11.00 per share
"Revenue recognition issue" could reduce earnings per share 2 cents
Have settled all claims against each other brought under Intel's trade secret lawsuit against Broadcom
Net revenue of $10.8 billion for fiscal 2000, an increase of 29% over 1999; net earnings increased 48 percent
For the delivery of high-speed DWDM and SDH transmission systems in ten German metropolitan areas
TeraConnect Inc. will produce a variety of optical and optoelectronic devices
Optical network design system, version 2, features enhanced graphical user interface
Offering base stations, customer premises equipment, antennas, protocol and system software, and management software
Has deployed Foundry's BigIron Layer 3 switches and ServerIron Internet traffic and content management switches
Cash injection will be used to develop vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers
To provide the largest Internet exchange point in Italy
A proving ground to help service providers and enterprises design and test their networks prior to launch
Ordered to pay Internet Machines VP John Wallner $282,000 in attorneys' fees following a suit brought by Alcatel
Almost doubling the previous fund size for the VC arm of Credit Suisse First Boston
Its TransXpress WaveLine MetroNet carries any protocol over WDM systems
Signs lease on 100,000-square-foot building to be used for manufacture of new laser platform
Patricof & Co. Ventures Inc. led the round
To fund expansion of its Richmond, BC, plant and to continue development of next-gen products in Manhattan Beach, Calif.
Has linked Montreal and New York City using Nortel Networks' OPTera Long Haul 1600 Optical Line System
For the period from April 1 to September 30, operating revenue was 664.8 billion yen (US$6B) and net income was 6.5 billion yen ($50M)
Equant to acquire the data business of Global One from France Telecom; France Telecom to be the majority shareholder of Equant
To enable enhanced IP, ATM, and managed wavelength services from Teleglobe
A stock option plan and a stock purchase plan for its employees
12.5 Gbit/s silicon germanium integrated transimpedance amplifier and automatic gain control amplifier for DWDM links
A three-year, 30 million euro (about US$26 million) contract
Has appointed Dennis Okamoto, formerly of USWest, to the position of CEO
AT&T veteran was most recently a VP at Dell Computer
Agility 3040 offers 4 milliwatts of power plus switching between 100 channels in 10 milliseconds
Startup is developing an advanced core end-to-end solution for convergence of voice and IP services over PON
Cisco and Ciena's share is up
Has not been served with any such lawsuit and denies any wrongdoing
Claims termination was sham so company could take back $65 million in stock options
Joint venture with Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Corporation
Stephen Beynon, currently MD of Cable & Wireless Optus's data & business services division, to be Band-X CEO
$712M in cash and $863M in stock for leading provider of network and service assurance solutions for DSL and private lines
Developer of components for optical networks attracts investments from Crescendo Ventures and Battery Ventures
Disputes a Bear Stearns report
$25M expansion to create 650 jobs in Israel and the U.S.
New VP of sales Ronald L. Kelley was most recently at Cyras Systems
Has reached an agreement to acquire the gigabit Ethernet network interface card (NIC) business of Alteon WebSystems
A multi-year agreement valued at up to approximately $40 million
Dallas is the 18th market served by Yipes' optical IP network
Network operating system enables service providers to offer optical services from the edge to the core of the public network
The new center will develop chips for high-speed data transmission
Alcatel will supply an intelligent, multi-service optical network with DWDM and SDH systems for Italian operator Wind
The Southern Cross Cable network links New Zealand to the United States and Australia
Has been issued a U.S. patent for its proprietary DWDM process, invented by Dr. Simon Cao, Avanex's CTO
To provide an integrated flow-through ordering and provisioning solution for IP and broadband data networks
From Agilent to West Bay Semiconductor
Trial of Lucent's 40G optical technology across a 71km fiber link between Brussels and Antwerp
Regional headquarters in London; named Guy Powell VP for Europe, Middle East, and Africa
Label Traffic Control System is the industry's first IETF standards-based MPLS solution
Offers dark fiber connection to the Internet, scaleable to multi-gigabit-per-second capacity
Network processor vendor opens technology and marketing facility in Raleigh, N.C.
DANTE has deployed Juniper Networks M40T Internet backbone routers in its TEN-155 pan-European IP research backbone
Will continue to maintain normal business operations
Has announced the completion of the next stage of TransTeleCom's optical transport network
Carrier-class systems startup completes its initial funding round, launches Canadian subsidiary
Most successful quarter in its history for the Singularit.e OSS Suite
Former Redback boss will also be president and chairman at the startup
To furnish high-capacity optical transmission technology for KDDI's nationwide network
Testing equipment vendor acquires French DWDM expertise, plans IPO
Leading the round of new strategic investors was ADC telecommunications
Revenues for the first quarter of fiscal 2001 were $120.4 million; net loss was was $26.2 million
New Sorrento Mesa facility to accommodate rapid growth and serve as U.S. manufacturing base
Broadband service provider's second round of financing led by VantagePoint Venture Partners
Merger of Western Multiplex Corp. and Adaptive Broadband Corp. begins consolidation of wireless broadband market
Parallel optic modules designed to support terabit-scale networking equipment
Lucent to supply SDH and DWDM equipment for carrier's European backbone
Metromedia Fiber Network will employ LuxN's WavSystem products
Fiber interface devices for Sonet/SDH OC3/STM1 telecom and datacom applications up to 155 Mbit/s
Pro forma EBITDA for the provider of testing products was $40 million
Design teams will cooperate on development and jointly hold licenses for the resulting products
S/UNI-ATLAS-3200 enables OC48c network traffic management for multiservice core, edge, access and metro-DWDM equipment
A non-exclusive alliance to develop pre-engineered optical solutions
Adva to supply Torch Telecom with its CityLIGHT product
Behrooz Parsay, David Yoffie, and Alan Schwartz Ocio named senior vice presidents
Lead investor in Inkra Networks' initial round is Norwest Venture Partners at $9.9 million
Was Senior Vice President of Operations for Pratt & Whitney
To triple manufacturing capacity and create state-of-the-art customer resource center
Raj Sharma, John Hamburger, and Link Verstegen new marketing directors
$1000/month 100-Mbit/s Internet access service launching in 4 cities
For the LuxN WavStation and LuxN WavFarer, two of its WavSystem optical access products
Craig Gentner has announced his intention to retire from Redback in the first quarter of 2001
Interoute Telecommunications, a pan-European telecommunications company, will deploy Ciena's MultiWave Sentry 4000 systems
New NetProvision administration products enable service providers to minimize disruptions and report on net utilization
VitalAccess, multivendor provisioning software for broadband IP services
The uBR10012 Universal Broadband Router, a highly scalable cable modem termination system
A non-exclusive strategic alliance to provide OSS solutions to the global telecom market
The Cogent and MFN networks will interconnect and exchange traffic; MFN will also provide colocation services
A network architecture designed to help carriers broaden service offerings and reduce operational costs
Jim Sparks is now Associate VP of North American Sales and David Geisinger, VP of International Sales
$1000/month 100-Mbit/s Internet access service launched in four U.S. cities
Cisco will pay approximately $266 million in stock for the vendor of unified messaging solutions
Revenues of $3.06M compared to total revenues of $269,105 for Q1 of the previous fiscal year, a 1039% increase
Will enable the Alcatel 7770 RCP to have a wide range of interfaces
Will deploy Foundry BigIron IP switches to drive Gigabit-bandwidth in metro area networks
Funding round was co-led by Van Wagoner Capital Management and BlueStream Ventures
To purchase a 25% stake in Automated Test Solutions, an ultrahigh-tech test automation system manufacturer
HDTV-Over-IP technology chosen by World Wide Packets to display at Comdex/Fall 2000
Fourth round of funding, led by Sands Brothers & Co., brings total to $167 million
A universal gateway for broadband services into the home
John Clark takes helm of optical switch component startup
Global Crossing will trial Lantern gear for Gig Ethernet metro nets
Integrates Sycamore's net management into carrier's existing back-office systems
Part equity investment, part vendor finance, part loan
Plans to offer services in 50 cities with "mesh switch platform"
Record third quarter revenue of $119 million, gross profit of $51 million
Robert J. DeSantis, 44, was formerly with Citizens Communications Company
Will be listed on the Frankfurt exchange as TelesensKCSL
IBM will resell and service Packeteer products
TSR is carrying live traffic from Sandia Labs to the site of the demonstration at the ASCI booth in Dallas
$100 million expansion will create 1,300 jobs in London
CoServ and QSC are among the first products to deploy new environmentally-hardened DSLAMs
Total revenues (including research and development funding) increased 67% from the previous quarter to US$11.3 million
The 7770 Routing Core Platform (RCP), a multi-terabit IP core router; and the 7420 Edge Services Router
Purchase price is $275 million in cash and stock
World Wide Packets to unveil Ethernet to the subscriber broadband solution at Comdex 2000
Key addition to editorial team paves the way for further expansion
Verwaayen and Holder given coordination roles
Has officially opened its $52 million cable landing station in Southport, U.K.
A $5 million agreement to supply routers for an urban development residential project
To develop optical chips for high-speed networks
Vince DeMaioribus promoted, Ken Clark retires
An increase of 103% over Q2 revenues
Schwartz has held the CFO position at a number of high technology companies, including CheckPoint Software
Revenues up by 72 percent from last year to Euro 7.28 billion; net income up to Euro 1.13 billion
Sales reach $17.6 million but pro-forma net profits decline
One chip does the work of nine
Net sales for the first quarter of fiscal 2001 were $6.52 billion; pro forma net income was $1.36 billion
Will double the company's Broomfield, Colo., headquarters with the acquisition of a 23,000 square-foot facility
Tokyo-based telecommunications technology provider will market Zaffire's DWDM solutions to Japanese service providers
Cambrian Communications to build North American network with full suite of Cisco IP and optical solutions
Suzanne Boisvert, former recruiter for New Hong Kong Airport, joins optical wireless equipment maker
Investors include Optical Capital Group and Chase H&Q
Chris Koeneman, former Director of Operations for Cisco Systems in Europe, will join Celox as Vice President of Worldwide Sales
New members of the Quantum Bridge Access Alliance include AccessLan Communications, Copper Mountain Networks, and Tut Systems
"Redback Reading" to debut on Light Reading site
Has added the industry's first certification for Optical Internet professionals to the Nortel Networks Certification Program
VSC7166 is a 10-Gbit/s VSR optical interconnect IC that integrates the transmitter and receiver functions onto a single IC
Danube and S3455 ICS enable shorter development time of OC48 systems
SiByte is developing a new generation of high-performance, highly integrated processor chips
Boosts total funding to $57 million
Scott White appointed Vice President of Business Development
BXR-48000 is a single stage non blocking 480 Gigabit/s switch router
During the third quarter of 2000, $25.9 billion was invested in 1,774 companies
Optune Technologies will develop a new class of tunable optical filters
Paul J. Finke, former CEO of Entropic, will serve as CEO and president of Yafo Networks
Will also acquire a 5 percent stake in EZchip
United Pan-Europe Communications has selected Sorrento's GigaMux Long Reach products to provide a regional DWDM link
Expects sales to exceed $1 billion in the fourth quarter ended October 31, 2000
Advanced TelCom Group will use Astral Point’s ON 5000 optical services node in its multiservice metro network
NKF Kabel BV is providing 360networks exclusive use of its unique JETnet technology in North America
MEMX Inc. will initially focus on producing optical switches for the telecommunications industry
Growing customer base drives headcount to 220
Sequential quarterly revenue increased 12%; pro forma net profit increased 150% from prior quarter
Appoint C. Nicholas Keating Jr. of IP Infusion, Steve Young of Found, and Alfred J. Amoroso of CrossWorlds Software
Xina Quan, Norihiko Nakayama, and Giovanni Delrosso join N. America, Asia-Pacific, and Europe operations, respectively
A 1x2 fiber-optic mechanical switch
Advanced features allow field technicians to completely verify their networks for both transmission and service quality
New round of funding, led by European Venture Partners, brings two-year total to $162 million
Outlook for 2000 and 2001 remains unchanged
Fourth quarter year-over-year revenue growth is expected to be in the 7 to 9 percent range
One each for WorldCom and MCI
Class-action suit filed on behalf of purchasers of Copper Mountain Networks common stock
Founder, president, and CEO of Mintera Corp.; previously president of Enterprise Internetworking Systems at Lucent
Marconi's DWDM solution to provide super-fast Internet access in Malaysia