Sale to Citizens Communications is expected to give Global Crossing after-tax proceeds of more than $3 billion
Has added full line-rate gigabit Ethernet to its Sonet product family
To take charges up to $900M and reduce workforce by an additional 4,000; opens design center in Shanghai
Revenues and earnings for the second quarter ending June 30, 2001, will be lower than previously estimated
Reducing its Q2 revenue guidance to $93-$95 million and its pro forma net loss per share to 7-9 cents
Round 4 includes Matrix Partners, Meritech Capital Partners, Sutter Hill Ventures, TeleSoft Partners, and WorldView Technology Partners
Ocular Networks appoints Dr. Bijan Jabbari to its technical advisory board
Dr. Richard Stoltz has been named Director-Intellectual Property Development for Infinite Photonics
Has filed for protection under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act in Canada and Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code
The WB1501, a 16x155-Mbit/s channelized framing processor for Sonet/SDH-based systems
Third generation of IP network management solutions, Network Management Operating System (NMOS) and Fault Manager Version 3
Has reduced its work force by 55 people, or approximately 25 percent
Competisys and World Wide Packets team to deliver bundled services over fiber optic gig-Ether nets directly into businesses and homes
Scientists at Lucent Technologies' Bell Labs calculate theoretical limits of fiber optic communications
Not the African nation
Has signed nine strategic supplier agreements over the past nine months
Have mutually agreed to terminate their proposed Agreement and Plan of Merger
Will house manufacturing operations as the company rolls out pilot production of fiber optic switch products
Vishay Intertechnology Inc. will acquire Infineon's entire infrared components business for approximately $120 million
Pär Johanson has been appointed to lead the marketing and sales operations of Lumentis
Workforce reduction includes a range of positions in North America, Europe, South America, and Asia
Expects revenue in the current fiscal quarter ending June 30 to be approximately $55 to $60 million
Lucent selects Marvell's GalNet-3 switching chips for next-generation metropolitan area networking systems
Will announce results for its Fiscal Year 2001 fourth quarter and year end on July 26, 2001
Technical Advisory Board will provide advice on technology and market trends to Intune’s management team
ServiceProvider Guru enables intelligent network management for service providers
Korea Telecom will deploy Riverstone routers in a nationwide metro network deployment in South Korea
Ellacoya Networks adds StorageNetworks CEO to Board of Directors
Cahners In-Stat Group says communications market may drive reversal of current semi-bust cycle --next year
Its 40-Gbit/s Electro-Absorption Modulators (EAMs) are achieving bandwidth in excess of 36 Gigahertz
Joint creation of Nanoptics and Samyang -- Digital Optronics Corp. -- to produce plastic optical fiber
China Telecom selects Extreme Networks for regional metro network deployments
Lambda Crossing, located in Caesarea, Israel, has successfully completed a $13M strategic investment round
On its Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock
Has completed its acquisition of optical gratings manufacturer Hyperfine Inc., located in Boulder, Colorado
Reports that the market for Asia-Pacific optical transport, including WDM, SDH/Sonet, and DCS equipment, will reach $6.2B in 2001
BTexact Technologies has exercised its option to acquire an equity stake in fSONA Communications Corp.
Closes a credit facility from European Venture Partners, GATX, Transamerica Finance, Silicon Valley Bank, and Finova Capital
Bit-error-rate tester enables productivity gains for gigabit Ethernet and Sonet/SDH element design
Cahners In-Stat Group sees life in the metro DWDM market
$11 million in first-round funding comes from 3i Group and ACT Capital Partners
Level 3 will provide CrossRoads Internet access service in North America for six properties in the MSN network of Internet services
Hitachi USA forms strategic relationship with Elastic Networks to provide advanced communication services to lodging industry
MetroCast Cablevision has selected the CoreOS Broadband Provisioning and Management System to manage its high-speed cable Internet services
Its global IP network, GlobeSystem, is now 100 percent multiprotocol label switching enabled
Two analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) optimized for IF sampling with reduced complexity, cost
ONO, a leading Spanish operator for integrated broadband telecom services, has signed a €125 million contract with Alcatel
Dr. N. Anders Olsson, ex-Lucent, and Mr. Lawrence P. Huang, ex-Ciena, join startup's Board of Directors
Has received several orders for its initial tunable filters, deliverable in September
Is employing the Agility 3040 high-power, widely tunable laser in its Optical Application Router (OAR) family of products
2.5-Gbit/s per channel VCSEL-based 1310nm array modules available in either 8- or 12-channel versions
Launches the world’s first commercially available, carrier-class 2.7-Gbit/s optical wireless laser solution
Has officially launched and gotten $28 million in funding from Baker Capital, Battery Ventures, CSFB Private Equity, and Polaris Ventures
IBM expects its new silicon-based transistor to drive communications chips to speeds of 100GHz within two years
Flextronics to produce products for PacketLight's new optical service transport system for the metro
Dr. Joseph Miller joins Corning from E.I. DuPont de Nemours, where he has served as chief technology officer and senior VP since 1994
Has raised funding from one of its largest shareholders, the EGORA-Group of Munich
Announce an alliance to deliver advanced development solutions for next-generation broadband networks
BP chooses Metromedia Fiber Network to design and manage its global Internet infrastructure
Has signed 8 customers and fully deployed its networks to 10 major multi-tenant buildings and colocation facilities in New York
Sanmina Corp. agrees in principle to acquire Alcatel's manufacturing operations in Richardson, Texas
JetCore ASIC chipset and Layer 2/3 Ethernet switch
Inferno-CGSX transmit and receive modules combine CWDM with parallel optical fiber interconnects
Has secured up to $31 million in second round financing with Fidelity Ventures as the lead investor
The LSP2916 is designed for use in all-optical switches that are based on MEMS technology
Has announced a sales agreement with Beijing IDN
M27207 Quad SkyRail transceiver supports 10-gigabit Fibre Channel, gigabit Ethernet, 10-gigabit Ethernet, and InfiniBand
PipingHot Networks trials first BWIF-compliant 3.5GHz non-line-of-sight wireless system
Baynet Optics introduces design for automated manufacturability of optical components
To open London office with a new line of optical networking equipment designed for the access, metro, and pan-European markets
CloudShield's packet processor technology inspects and manages 100% of network traffic at 2.5 Gbit/s
Combines multiservice edge switch with optical switch
Issues statement correcting an article in today's Wall Street Journal
Vito Palermo will be leaving his post as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Has constructed a fiberless optics metro area network serving 70 to 80 percent of downtown Denver
Norlight Telecommunications turns up Hitachi Telecom's DWDM network enhancement
AnnouncescComponent, manufacturing, and licensing relationships with IBM, Celestica, AMCC, and IONA
Has hired Robert P. Vollono, CPA, as their Chief Financial Officer
Spans 200+ cities in Europe, North America, South America, and Asia
Automated alignment system provides six-axis alignment, high resolution, and long travel in a single stage
Have entered into a preferred manufacturing partnership for the design and manufacture of micro-electro-mechanical systems
Inter-Provider MPLS service allows Infonet to carry class-of-service across multiple MPLS partner networks
First commercially available 10-Gbit/s 1310nm SEML (short-wavelength electro-absorption modulated laser)
Completes 25 local broadband networks, beating own deadline by seven months
Announces expansion of its fiber optic connectors facility in Birmingham, UK
Inventor of surface emitting lasers, Dr. Kenichi Iga, and WDM pioneer, Dr. Tingye Li, join Bandwidth9's technical advisory board
Wins contract to supply fiber optics, amplifiers, and network management system in Indonesia
VPI Virtual Photonics has opened its new Asia Pacific headquarters in Singapore
China Unicom expansion will add capacity for up to 4.5 million new wireless subscribers; to install Portugal's First UMTS radio equipment
For the quarter ended June 2, reported revenues of $44.2M, a 180%increase compared with $15.8M for the same period last year
Worldwide market for DWDM mux/demux components is forecast to decline 22% in 2001, according to a report by Strategies Unlimited
PCA-8000 Passive Component Analyzer for real-time characterization of DWDM passive components
Ali Hedayati named Senior VP of Engineering; Michael Sabo, Senior VP of Marketing; Àine Shivnan, VP of Engineering, Platform Architecture
New routes link Milan and Turin with Marseilles before heading north to Lyon and then eastwards to connect with Geneva and Zurich
Tyco Purchases 11.2% of FLAG Telecom From Verizon
Telecom Developpement selects Ciena for network connecting more than 30 cities in France
Sales for the second quarter ending July 1 seen to be approximately 45-55% down from the previous quarter
Shareholders approve merger with WorldCom; merger completion expected July 1, 2001
10-Gbit/s 1310nm serial transponder offers a low-power, high-performance interconnect solution in a low-cost package
Anticipates a revenue decline of up to 30 per cent and a loss before interest and income taxes of up to €600M (US$510M)
$700,000 contract to provide a fully automated fiber-pigtailing workcell to one of the largest photonics manufacturers
Infonetics Research projects that between 2001 and 2005, European service provider network equipment expenditures will grow 73%
Vault Capital, an early investor of Terabeam, has connected to the Terabeam network
Cable & Wireless implements first optical network in Central America using Lightscape Networks' XDM optical platform
Projects second-quarter sales of about $500 million, compared with prior guidance of $780 million to $820 million
Michael Allen was most recently Vice President of Sales and Customer Service at OnePath Networks
Closed its Series B financing, led by Commonwealth Capital Ventures; develops multigigabit carrier-class application platform
For its manufacturing facilities
Two-dimensional, high-density optical interconnect; optical interconnect evaluation package
New component of the Visionael solution that provides native, browser-based, read-only access to the Visionael Repository
Second-round funding led by Granite Global Ventures
Announces the release of coarse WDM for metro access network applications
New York Telecom Partners and EurekaGGN's BRAM join to install Sumitomo's FutureFLEX air-blown fiber optic cabling
GCI selects Cisco ONS 15327 for its metro edge optical network
Lois Eckmann named VP of finance and chief CFO; Dr. Ray Milano, of Vitesse Semiconductor, appointed to its board of directors
Has deployed the GigaMux Metro DWDM from Sorrento Networks in its 2.5-Gbit/s networks in Houston and Austin
CEO owns 87.1 million shares of Corvis stock, not 7 million as incorrectly reported by several news services
Has terminated the proposed acquisition of Marlow Industries
Pyramid Technology Ventures is the lead investor in the round
Has terminated discussions to sell its Central European Division because of unfavourable market conditions
Draper Fisher Jurvetson ePlanet led the funding round, bringing the total raised so far to more than $113 million
Sales of ATM products expected to grow 50-60% in 2001
Rollins College has deployed their QOS technology; FutureLink Corp. will resell Sitara's suite of QOS products
Michael Hughes, former vice president and chief financial officer of iBasis, has been appointed CFO at Gotham Networks
18-year Intel veteran Bill Sheppard to lead Micro Photonix Integration Corp.
No longer intends to acquire NetRail, a wholesale Internet service provider
Metro-area network mass storage solution for enterprises and storage service providers
First release from Intelligent Optical Subsystem portfolio includes DWDM gratings, pump stabilizers, and grating arrays
Prior to joining Haleos as CFO, Eric Hersom was Director of Finance for Solectron Corp.
Financing was led by Canaan Partners and included other new Zolo investors, 3i and Infineon Ventures
Releases version 4.1 of its 5620 Network Manager (NM) suite
New metro access business unit dedicated to the FTTx (Fiber to the Business, Neighborhood, Curb, or Home) market sector
Full-service regional headquarters in Hong Kong will serve as hub for Asia Pacific operations
Industry's first hardware implementation of Network Address Translation (NAT) in commercial Ethernet switching devices
Qwest Communications adds new Asia routes to extend global network to 113,000 miles
Conexant and Mindspeed sign multiyear licensing deal to use Sagantec software in their Internet infrastructure IC technologies
Nokia has made an equity investment in the broadband access technology company
Announce collaboration to develop and offer high-performance embedded dynamic random access memory (DRAM)
Industry's first undersea pump laser for Raman amplification in ultra-high-capacity submarine optical networks
Appoints Tom Griffin vice president of sales, Mark Laich director of Eastern North America and European Sales
Altera's products used in the world's first 10-gig Ethernet product, the SmartBits LAN 3710A, developed by Spirent Communications
Lantern Communications will use Databahn processor from Denali Software in its new optical Ethernet products
SpectraMux line of 4-channel and 8-channel coarse wavelength-division multiplexing modules for metro access networks
With FA-1 Flag Telecom can now offer customers direct connectivity between New York, London, and Paris
Dr. Albert D. Bender was vice president and general manager, Internet Telephony, at Nortel Networks
OCHIP 1110 Optical Access Module integrates multiple functions into a compact hybrid package
Purchases intellectual property for the Cisco 8110 carrier-class ATM broadband access product line
Integrated single-chip solution for multigigabit packet processing in service provider applications on the WAN edge
Startupfactory has exercised the option to increase its GOU Lite investment to $2.5 million
Senior note exchange offer, which was previously set to expire on June 15, 2001, will now expire on June 22, unless extended
A crossbar fabric chip, a global arbiter chip, and a line-card port interface chip, optimised for OC48 data rates
Public Agency Network based in Oregon's Eugene-Springfield area has chosen LuxN's DWDM technology for their transport network
Industry’s first single-chip DWDM transport processor for 10-gigabit optical networks
Technology services firm has appointed Frank Cirone president and chief executive officer of its Ventures division
Will not make a US$10.9 million interest payment due today on its 12.5% Senior Notes
Expects a net loss of approximately US$19.2 billion in the second quarter; obtains US$2B in additional committed credit facilities
Programmable, single-chip architecture designed for high-bandwidth streaming data processing and scaleability to 40 Gbit/s
Anticipates sales for Q4 ending June 30 will be approximately $600 million as compared to earlier guidance of $700 million
Chairman and CEO Howard E. Janzen tells shareholders the company is delivering on all of its goals
Names Matthew Schurman, former director at Emcore, Director of Operations
Optical networking startup uses "new dimensions of light" to enable next-generation networks; funding round led by Goldman Sachs
Canadian content distribution provider is using Juniper Networks M20 routers to deliver broadband multimedia content
Corning LEAF fiber chosen as the optical backbone for TransTeleCom's Russian network expansion
Lowers 2001 revenue outlook; accelerates restructuring by eliminating at least 3,000 jobs and initiating early retirement program
Opens sales, marketing, and business development headquarters in Waltham, Mass.; names Ruth Habbe VP of marketing
IBM to include the full line of Lucent offerings as part of IBM Global Services
Passive Optical Network products expected to gain significant market share over the next four years; copper to start declining in 2003
Has received a recommendation for ISO 9001-2000 certification following its certification audit by Underwriter Laboratories
Has established an optical test and process development laboratory in its Mount Prospect, Ill., manufacturing facility
Has completed its first Central American segment by landing the ARCOS cable in Panama
Indianapolis Mayor Bart Peterson inaugurates operation of high-tech robots in city’s sewer system... one of the perks of the job
Uses simultaneous multithreading to provide advanced services to edge routers, networking appliances, and network attached storage devices
Netcool suite to integrate with Redback's network and element management solutions to provide end-to-end broadband management
Joop van Aard to be vice president of sales, Europe, Middle East, and Africa
New effort extends interoperability of Ethernet in the metro
Late-stage funding round includes North Bridge Venture Partners, Matrix Partners, HarbourVest Partners, and Adams Street Partners
Provider of the first commercial, Internet Peering Points across Europe
DWDM filter module consumption will reach $3.8 billion by 2010, according to new ElectroniCast study
Single-chip, three-channel transceiver with integrated jitter attenuator for DS3/E3/STS1 applications
Storage industry veteran John Hamm is a Venture Partner at Redpoint Ventures
President Charles J. Abbe retires; Gregory P. Dougherty appointed Chief Operating Officer
EXFO Europe has moved to new facilities in Meudon la Forêt, France
The Swiss Academic and Research Network (SWITCH) to deploy Sorrento Networks' regional optical networking solution
Korea Telecom to build and operate cable landing station for Flag Telecom and Level 3 North Asian submarine cable system
New OC48c uplink and T1 inverse multiplexing over ATM (IMA) line card for MainSail 8000 platform
New class of network processor will enable critical services for enterprise and small-office customer premises equipment
Deal with the Air Force for demonstration of scalable grating coupled surface-emitting Lasers (GCSELs)
Raises network processing benchmark from 2.5 Gbit/s to 40 Gbit/s to enable greater use of bandwidth for the "Intelligent Internet"
Telephonics and Standard MEMS Inc. form a strategic alliance to develop new products for the broadband telecommunications industry
Yhe world's highest density Ternary Content Addressable Memory (TCAM) integrated circuit
Transistors at 20 nanometers in size to enable billion-transistor microprocessors later this decade
Strategic alliance to accelerate the deployment of optical Ethernet in metro networks
Have reached a long-term manufacturing agreement for the creation of erbium-doped fiber amplifiers and integrated EDFA solutions
France Telecom subsidiary has selected a joint venture of Nortel and Telindus to build a high-performance optical Internet
Unmetered pan-European access network
10-fold increase in link speed improves performance between server and switch; in trials with Hewlett-Packard
Network processor will enable services for enterprise and small-office customer premises equipment
That'll be much easier to remember
Jeffrey A. Marcus has stepped down as chairman and CEO; three directors have resigned
Frame Relay Forum president, Nortel's Mike Walsh, to address optical networking at the MAN conference in Chicago
Optical switching and attenuator prices have been cut by up to 41%
Introduces PHY cable headend chips and cable modem chip
Strategic pairing offers solutions for fiber-to-the-home and fiber-to-the-business
Carrier-grade IP cable telephony system; integrated open access solutions for multiple system operators
1x2 and 2x2 switches, planar wave-guide splitters
Opens new HQ in Manchester, UK; James Regan, formerly with Nortel, named managing director for Europe
Integrated solution provides higher bandwidth and advanced service delivery through incremental enhancement to existing HFC networks
Thomson multimedia will acquire Alcatel's DSL modems activity in exchange for 9.5 million new shares of Thomson
Has issued 50 million shares of its class A common stock and amended the terms of the preferred stock held by Forstmann Little & Co.
Will reduce worldwide employment by approximately 900 full-time employees and approximately 600 temporary employees
Newly appointed President and CEO, Gary Moskovitz, announces the company's business strategy
Delaying construction of its Oklahoma City facility; slowing the rate of expansion to its Concord, N.C., plant
10-Gbit/s polymer broadband modulator for high-speed optical transmission systems
Expects Q2 revenue to be approximately $200-$210M, down from original guidance of $300-$330M; to lower headcount by approximately 8-9%
Expands North American buildout, mostly via Williams Communications and Broadwing
David Patterson has joined the company as CFO; Michael Harris named senior VP of marketing and business development
Access network startup shouldn't be confused it with Aurora Photonics, which got acquired recently
ElectroniCast says fiber optic collimator assemblies consumption will reach $2.29 billion by 2010
New subsidiary in Finland will focus on the development of active optical components for the metropolitan aand access markets
Art Pumo has joined the former ACT MicroDevices as its new Vice President for Human Resources
Previous Vice President of Operations at WaveSplitter will assume the same post at Novera
OZ Optics Ltd. acquires optical ASIC company Bitmath Inc.
Deal for vendor of high-performance, wire-speed packet processing solutions is Cypress's largest acquisition ever
Selling its Aerospace & Defense connector and backplane business to Amphenol Corporation
Lowers expectations for Q2 revenue to a decrease of between 32% and 35% from Q1
Designed to demonstrate all of Vitesse's Sonet/SDH and forward error correction (FEC) products
Researchers have found that the burstiness seen in traffic at the edges of the Internet disappears at the core
Fractional gigabit Ethernet service module for the GigaMux platform
A user friendly, virtually plug-and-play fiber optic network expander
NEC Eluminant Technologies releases research study on passive optical network technology
Light Management Group has signed a Letter of Intent with French laser technology distributor Opton Laser for European distribution
Teem Photonics Launches 1x8 polarization maintaining splitter/combiner
Metromedia Fiber Network to provide Deutsche Telekom with optical infrastructure
Qwest to expand its network using Tellabs' Titan 5500 digital crossconnect system
OC48 optical test set adds dual wavelength optical transmitters for testing of both metro area and core networks
Carrier says cost-cutting measures put it on track for free cash flow by 2003
NEC Eluminant and Vina Technologies enter agreement to deliver passive optical network-based solution for integrated voice and data
Adds ESCON and OC192 multiplexers for ONLINE transport platform
2.5-Gbit/s serializer/deserializer for Fibre Channel and InfiniBand markets
Single IC supports 3.2-Gbit/s data rates over each of its 140 serial input and 140 output lanes
Optical transceiver module for the Optical Network Unit (ONU) of 622-Mbit/s passive optical network (PON) system
To develop complete 120-gigabit, short-reach, VCSEL-based, optical solutions
To issue approximately 10M shares of its common stock in exchange for producer of optical switches, transponders
David Curry named President & COO; Don Douglas named Vice President, Software Engineering Engineering
EvailNet Manager Element Management System for the Equipe 3200 Multi-Layer Optical On-Ramp
40-Gbit/s large-capacity optical gigabit Ethernet multiplexer for metro area networks
Joint marketing and development agreement to develop integrated optical systems
Communications Options Inc. has selected its Open Compact Exchange for expanding voice and data service in Ohio
Invention allows for development of an ultra-high bandwidth all-optical network using Free-Space Optics
Harvey Wagner, a 35-year veteran of the computer, semiconductor, software, and telecom industries
To offer the industry’s first gigabit solutions to provide end-users with complete flexibility in copper and fiber media selection
ElectroniCast study says market for 10-Gbit/s datacom transceiver modules will increase from 2001's $157M to over $9B in 2010
Test system capable of supporting DS1 to OC192 in a single remote platform; automated, end-to-end service activation solution
To offer stock option exchange program for employees
Acquisition will enhance Oplink's ability to deliver a broader range of tunable optical components
Second round of financing led by Kalkhoven, Pettit & Levin Ventures, and Texas Pacific Group; brings total to $50M
ONI to provide telecommunications equipment for 18-city rollout
Company also announces installation of MCVD equipment, completion of equity private placement
RHK study predicts growth in the North American optical transport market will slow to 10% in 2001
To evaluate LMG's acousto-optic switches for potential application to Boeing products
Second funding round led by Deutsche Bank’s private equity investment group, DB Capital Partners
Mekong IC enables end-to-end OC192 system solutions for next-generation intelligent optical network equipment
WirelessLand Technologies and 1st Tel have purchased CityStream bandwidth manager
Extension on existing contract worth up to $25M to provide high-speed Internet services for NASA's Research and Education Network
New marketing VP hails from communications semiconductor licensor
Lucent veteran worked on gigabit IP routes, ATM interfaces, ASICs
H. Michael Zadikian named president and CEO of Metera Networks; Mark G. Frederick, VP of sales; Zareh Baghdasarian named COO of Coree
Its "programmable optical processor" aims to enable service providers to remotely configure equipment
Will buy Integra for stock worth 125 million Euros
Elects not to pay interest on 2 bonds while it discusses reduction of its €1.65 billion debt burden
Has begun production on dual-channel variable optical attenuator, based on its proprietary ASIC-integrated MEMS technology
Four- and eight-channel coarse wavelength-division multiplexing modules to target metro area networks
According to a study from ElectroniCast, the 10-gigabit datacom transceiver market will reach $9 billion by 2010
Has delivered the Aurora 128 optical switch to Dynegy Global Communications
Stephen Harbour, former Cisco Photonics executive, joins Native Networks as CEO
Has sold 615,384 common shares priced at $6.50 per share to an institutional investor
Total revenues for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2001 of $52.2 million were in line with management's previous expectations
Net loss, including the effects of stock-based compensation, is expected to be in the range of $0.02 to $0.03 per share
Reorganizes telecommunications subsidiaries in Europe to strengthen sales, development, and support structure
ONI to provide telecommunications equipment for 18-city all-optical rollout
Announces further capacity and flexibility enhancements to CorWave ON, the all-optical networking product suite
DiCon Fiberoptics’ new corporate headquarters in Richmond, Calif., covers more than 201,000 square feet
Optical switch startup is up for sale
