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Lucent Receives $94M From US Army to Build Broadband Network in Europe

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MURRAY HILL, N.J., March 13, 2006 -- Lucent Technologies announced it has been awarded a contract valued at up to $94 million by the US Army to implement its European Dense Wave Division Multiplex Optical Transport Network (DWDM-OTN) project. Under the firm fixed-price indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract, the Lucent team will provide network integration services and optical equipment and software to create a multicountry US Army high-speed optical transport network. The contract has a two-year base period with three additional one-year option periods. "This prime contract is...Read full article

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    Published: March 2006
    Glossary
    optical
    Pertaining to optics and the phenomena of light.
    wavelength
    Electromagnetic energy is transmitted in the form of a sinusoidal wave. The wavelength is the physical distance covered by one cycle of this wave; it is inversely proportional to frequency.
    wavelength division multiplexing
    A system that allows the transmission of more than one signal over a common path, by assigning each signal a different frequency band. Also known as frequency division multiplexing.
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