Networking visionaries form Maple Networks, Inc.

Wu-Fu Chen startup is developing long distance transport systems

New innvestors include E-Tek Dynamics

Cielo partners with Sandia for technology breakthrough

Agilent announces delivery of DTT capabilities on its RouterTester platform

Will bring total to 41 in 11 countries by 2001

Creates global Internet business

Another Lucent exec jumps ship

Lucent buys metro optical networking startup

Gives SBC "last mile" fiber across the U.S.

Three leading optics experts have joined the company's Chief Technology Office

Fujitsu Network Services launches full line of network management services.

Nortel Networks has been confirmed as the global market leader in delivering high-performance optical solutions by the latest figures released from the Dell'Oro Group.

Ben Coes receives advice from Cisco CEO John Chambers

Boosts its service provisioning expertise

Chromatis Networks, Inc. announced that it has successfully completed the first phase of a comprehensive lab trial of its groundbreaking Metropolis platform with Qwest Communications.

Internet Capital Group and IBM to create online marketplace for intellectual property

Alcatel and Newbridge Networks Corporation announced the completion of Alcatel's acquisition of Newbridge Networks.

Lets carriers do non-intrusive remote testing and monitoring

Targets early stage hitech startups

Results in big efficiency gains for carriers, vendor claims

ADVA Optical Networking Reports 184% Growth in First Quarter Sales.

GST will defer its annual shareholders’ meeting and hold the meeting in the course of the Company’s restructuring.

Broadcom Corporation to acquire Pivotal Technologies Corp., a leading-edge developer of DVI and wireless communications solutions.

Lucent to resell Alteon web switches packaged with Lucent firewall.

Will scale to 128 channels of 10 Gbit/s

Aims eliminate requirements for Sonet, ATM, IP equipment

Targets delivery of next generation Internet services

Aims to streamline business processes between carriers

Global Crossing seeks over $1 Billion in suit against Tyco Submarine Systems.

Fujitsu introduces 4-channel tunable transmitter module for DWDM systems.

Nortel Networks acquires Photonic Technologies for up to US $35.5 million to extend leadership in building the optical Internet.

New division will incorporate Xros, Coretek

Acquires remaining 67% of Intellisense for $500 million in Corning stock

Optical Solutions, Inc awarded $16 Million fiber-to-the-home contract from Integrated Broadbankd Network (IBN).

Centerpoint optical networking technology allows carriers to grow metro and regional networks at Internet speed.

Tenor Networks announces industry's first solution designed to transform optical network capacity into revenue and profits.

Offers symmetrical 622 Mbit/s connections over single fiber

Carries packet and circuit switched traffic over same net

CyberOptics announces three-for-two stock split.

CyberOptics enters fiber optic telecommunications market by launching new manufacturing automation company.

EBITDA up 80%.

Cadogan to retire in 12-18 months.

Lucent Technologies today announced plans to expand its regional workforce by more than 2,000 people in the next six months.

Component vendor to ramp up manufacturing capacity.

Sycamore Networks, Inc. reports $59.2 million in revenues and a 5-cent profit for the third quarter of fiscal year 2000.

JDS Uniphase Corporation announced the retirement of Kevin Kalkhoven as Co-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and from the Board of Directors of the Company.

NETs selects Lucent Technologies to deploy pan-European optical network.

Cisco Systems is utilizing a "soft asset" to lure and keep customers: Its enterprise-business sales force, which can receive bonus commissions for helping land customers for Cisco's service-provider partners.

Williams selects Nortel Networks' optical solutions for first phase U.S. metro expansion.

Microcosm Technologies and Jenoptik team to support optical and microfluidics MEMS.

CIENA Corporation today announced the launch of its LightWorks ON-Center Management Suite.

Foundry Networks, Inc. announced production shipments of the industry's first 8-port Gigabit Ethernet interface module.

Lucent Technologies and Allegiance Telecom, Inc. announced a three-year, $350 million global procurement agreement for a broad range of advanced telecommunications equipment, software and services.

Bell Nexxia deploys Nortel Networks' optical ethernet solution to INTRIA-HP.

Intellectual Property Development, Inc. (“IPD”) announced that a settlement has been reached in the patent infringement lawsuit between IPD and Rogers Communications, Inc.

Bookham Technology product revenue up 79% from previous quarter.

Lightwave Microsystems Corporation announced the addition of a 40-Channel Gaussian Passband 100 GHz AWG MUX/DMUX.

360networks first quarter revenue increases 76%.

China Telecom selects Alcatel's 'wet and dry' optical networking solutions to build two DWDM national backbones.

CIENA Corporation announced the introduction of its newest intelligent optical core switching product, MultiWave CoreDirector CI, an entry version of CIENA's market-leading MultiWave CoreDirector switch.

Investment confirms Atlantic's new strategy to invest in electronic infrastructure and communication technologies.

Cisco Systems today announced the acquisition of privately-held Qeyton Systems.

Breakthrough in laser technology leads to faster, cheaper bandwidth.

Quarry Technologies announced plans to offer a network-aware applications delivery switch.

SDL Inc. will acquire Photonic Integration Research Inc., developer of arrayed waveguide gratings (AWGs), for $1.8 billion.

360networks announces exercise of over-allotment option in initial public offering.

Level 3 introduces new service that lowers network costs for Internet service providers and telecommunications carriers.

Innovative wavelength services package provides customers high capacity capabilities with maximum cost flexibility.

Iaxis today launched the first phase of its new 5Gbps broadband Internet backbone for ISPs.

Cable and Wireless plc announced it has completed on schedule the first phase of its $3.5 billion global IP (internet protocol) network build programme.

Metromedia Fiber Network, Inc. reported first quarter results. Revenues for the quarter increased 73%.

NewPort Communications Inc., a supplier of high-speed communications chips for the wide area networking industry, announced the industry's first serial 10Gbps CMOS transceiver chipset at Networld+Interop.

Marconi has introduced its Service Edge - WAN Access Portfolio.

Dynarc and Tele1 Europe sign $4 million agreement to deploy metro optical rings in the Nordics.

Qwest Communications, CIENA Enter Supply Agreement for CIENA LightWorks Optical Networking Solutions

FiberNet will provide Sprint with in-building and metropolitan area backbone capacity for its world class network.

Metromedia Fiber Network Takes Stake in Undersea Fiber-Optic Cables To Interconnect Its Worldwide IP Infrastructure.

Four vendors participate in demo at Network + Interop

HOMETOWN SOLUTIONS SIGNS $2.7 MILLION FIBER-TO-THE-HOME (FTTH) CONTRACT WITH OPTICAL SOLUTIONS, INC.

Sycamore Networks announced it has established a global distribution network for its portfolio of intelligent optical networking products and services through a series of agreements with multiple international distributors.

JDS Uniphase Corporation announced that it has acquired Fujian Casix Laser Inc, a leading supplier of crystals, fiberoptic components and optics for telecommunications networks.

Nortel Networks has created a high performance optical components business unit.

Solution combines Adaptive Broadband's AB-Access wireless data networking gear with high-speed laser communications.

Cisco Systems announced a definitive agreement to acquire publicly traded ArrowPoint Communications, Inc.

Registers with SEC, releases preliminary prospectus.

Strengthens Corvis's ability to eliminate electrical interfaces on long haul routes.

Acquisition will give ADC tunable lasers.

ATM switch supports 255-Mbit/s dark fiber or wireless rings.

Firm seeks freedom focus on fiber optics, Internet telecom.

Five-year agreement worth up to $40M.

Startup plans to develop DWDM-enabled ADMs for access networks

Cisco Introduces the Cisco Metro 1500 Series, MAN DWDM.

Network Photonics Raised $10 Million in First Round of Financing.

Luminous Networks Raises $60 Million in Third Round Funding.

Broadcom Enters Optical Networking Market with World's First 10-Gigabit 4-Channel CMOS Transceiver.

TELSEON CLOSES $80 MILLION FUNDING ROUND WITH INVESTMENT BANKS, STRATEGIC PARTNERS JOINING LEADING VENTURE FIRMS.

Agilent Technologies expands network management solutions with industry-first ATM OC-12 probe.

MRV Communications, Inc. today completed its previously announced acquisition of Jolt Ltd., based in Jerusalem, Israel.

Chiaro Networks Appoints Elliott Gerberg to Office of Technology.

Altera Acquires DesignPRO Inc.; Enhances SOPC Solutions for Optical Internetworking Applications.

Optimized for power and performance, Entridia's optical edge router ICs address systems from the telco central office to the Internet backbone.

HotRail Inc. introduced ultra high-speed, low-power CMOS transceivers for next-generation networking system designs.