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Photonics.com - April 2001
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Corning Plans More Job Cuts
CORNING, N.Y., April 30 -- Fiber optics maker Corning Inc. reportedly is eliminating 1000 jobs on top of 3300 already targeted in recent weeks. The latest cutbacks were announced late last week as Corning reported a first quarter net profit of $132 million, or 14 cents per share, up 71 percent from $77 million, or 9 cents per share, in last year's first quarter. Sales rose 42 percent to $1.92...
Alcatel Makes Bid for Lucent Unit
PARIS, April 30 -- Alcatel SA has made an initial bid of an undisclosed amount for the optical fiber unit of Lucent Technologies Inc. "Alcatel has made an initial offer. We'll see how things...
Sagebrush Completes First Thermal Imager Flight Test
ALBURQUERQUE, N.M., April 30 -- The new AERO 20/2X Airborne Thermal Imager successfully completed its first flight test last week in Albuquerque, N.M., on an OH-58 Helicopter. The AERO 20/2X is a...
SurgiLight Asks Further Clearance for Laser Treatment of Vitiligo
ORLANDO, Fla., April 30 -- SurgiLight Inc. has submitted the second 510(K) premarket notification for its EX-308 excimer laser for the phototherapy treatment of the skin disorder known as vitiligo....
Patented Integrated Circuit Measures Time-of-Flight to Trillionths of a Second
LIVERMORE, Calif., April 30 -- Sandia National Laboratories/California engineer Ken Condreva has built a better stopwatch. It's smaller than a dime, accurate to 125 picoseconds, and can be produced...
Virtek Vision Acquires FONA Biotech Business
WATERLOO, Ontario, Canada, April 30 -- Virtek Vision International Inc. has acquired Toronto based FONA Technologies, a biotech start-up with the exclusive global license to a Fibre Optic Nucleic...
Spectra-Physics Announces Results, Cutbacks
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 27 -- Spectra-Physics, a majority-owned subsidiary of Thermo Electron Corp., announced its financial results for the first quarter and revealed plans to reduce costs and...
ESI Wins $5 Million Order from Samsung
PORTLAND, Ore., April 27 -- Electro Scientific Industries Inc. has received an order for multiple laser semiconductor processing systems from Samsung Electronics. Delivery will begin during ESI's...
New Focus Announces Results, Restructuring Plan
SAN JOSE, Calif., April 27 -- New Focus Inc., a supplier of fiber optic products, announced financial results for its first quarter ended April 1. The results included net revenue that met the...
FibreWired Burlington Hydro to Test LMG's A-O Switch
BURLINGTON, Ontario, Canada, April 27 -- Light Management Group Inc. has signed a Letter of Intent with FibreWired Burlington Hydro Communications to provide LMG's acousto-optic switches for...
360networks Opens $30 Million Undersea Cable Landing Station in Rio De Janeiro
VANCOUVER, B.C., Canada, April 26 -- 360networks opened a $30 million cable landing station in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil that will serve as a major access point to the company's global fiber optic...
Agere Cuts 2000 Jobs
PHILADELPHIA, April 26 -- Agere Systems, the semiconductor business recently spun off from Lucent Technologies, announced that it would cut 2000 jobs due to the weakening communications market, the...
Proximion Fiber Optics Gains SEK 28 Million with New Issue
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, April 26 -- The technology company Proximion Fiber Optics AB raised an additional SEK 28 million, bringing its total capital to SEK 65 million. Proximion recently attended the...
Intel Buys Optical Networking Firms
SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 26 -- Intel Corp. has agreed to acquire three companies with key capabilities and technologies for producing optoelectronic components -- which are electrical components...
JDS Uniphase Cutting 5000 Jobs
SAN JOSE, Calif., April 26 -- JDS Uniphase Corp. will eliminate 5000 more jobs, bringing total cuts this year to about 28 percent of its work force. The company will also consolidate the...
Lambda Physik AG Reports Best Quarter Ever
GOTTINGEN, Germany, April 26 - Lambda Physik AG, one of the world?s leading developers and manufacturers of pulsed UV lasers such as excimer lasers and diode-pumped solid-state lasers, published the...
Internal Optical Interconnects Component Consumption to Reach $6.9 Billion by 2010
SAN MATEO, Calif., April 26 -- According to a new ElectroniCast global market forecast, internal optical interconnect subsystems consumed $81.7 million of fiber optic components in 2000. The global...
Tunable Photonics Receives $7 Million in Venture Financing
PASADENA, Calif., April 25 -- Tunable Photonics Corp. has closed its Series A round of financing with a total of $7 million in venture capital financing. Blueprint Ventures of San Francisco and...
OptXCon Named Associate Partner in Duke's Photonics Center
DURHAM, N.C., April 25 -- OptXCon Inc., a Research Triangle Park-based company developing optical communications products, has become an associate partner in the Fitzpatrick Center for Photonics and...
Photronics, Jenoptik Sign Photomask Contract
DRESDEN, Germany, April 25 -- Photronics Inc. has entered into a multiyear supplier agreement with Jenoptik Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH for the production of special photomasks required to produce...
Bausch & Lomb Forms Refractive R&D Alliance
ROCHESTER, N.Y., April 25 -- Bausch & Lomb has created a new company focused on the research and development of new refractive surgical technologies for vision correction and enhancement. The new...
3M to Cut 5000 Jobs
ST.PAUL, Minn., April 25 -- Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co. (3M) will cut 5000 jobs and boost productivity in order to help it deal with slowing worldwide economic growth and the strong US...
Lucent Signs $28 Million Fiber Cable Contracts in China
BEIJING, China, April 25 -- Lucent Technologies said that Lucent Technologies Fiber Optic Cable Co. Ltd., Beijing (BFOC), one of its joint ventures in China, has signed fiber optic cable contracts...
Adept Technology Introduces Six Axis Robot at Tradeshow
HANNOVER, Germany, April 24 -- Adept Technology Inc., a manufacturer of flexible automation for the telecommunications, fiber optic and semiconductor industries, introduced its new six axis robot,...
New Edge Networks Completes Funding with $77.5 Million Financing Round
VANCOUVER, Wash., April 24 -- New Edge Networks, a national broadband access provider primarily focused on small and mid-size cities, has raised $77.5 million in private equity and debt financing....
Valdor Calls Impact Mount Tests a Success
SAN JOSE, Calif., April 24 -- Valdor Fiber Optics Inc. said that the first preliminary reports on the ARCAP 2.5 mm ferrules indicated that they would pass the Bellcore specification for both the...
Northern Cable Splice of FLAG Atlantic-1 System Completed
LONDON, April 24 -- FLAG Telecom has completed the final mid-Atlantic splice of the Northern loop of the FLAG Atlantic-1 cable system (FA-1). FA-1, a multiterabit dual cable, fully redundant loop...
Candela Laser Receives FDA Clearance
WAYLAND, Mass., April 23 -- Candela Corp.'s new GentleYAG Nd:YAG long-pulse laser has received clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration for hair reduction and the treatment of vascular...
Optical Sensors Gains FDA Clearance for CapnoProbe
MINNEAPOLIS, April 23 -- Optical Sensors Inc. has received clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration to market a miniaturized version of its CapnoProbe Instrument (the Model 2000). The...
Mitel Networks Names Former Nortel Optical President as CEO
OTTAWA, Canada, April 23 -- Mitel Networks, a provider of next-generation IP telephony solutions focused on voice and data convergence for broadband, said that Don Smith has joined the company as its...
Light Management Group Signs Letter of Intent with France Telecom
NORCROSS, Ga., April 20 -- Light Management Group Inc., developer of new applications in optical and light technologies, announced that it has signed a letter of intent with France Telecom to test...
China Unicom Selects Corning Fiber
CORNING, N.Y. April 20 -- Corning Inc. said that China Unicom will use Corning's LEAF fiber for the optical backbone of its long-haul network. By the end of this year, China Unicom will deploy...
CiDRA Seeks to Pull IPO
WALLINGFORD, Conn., April 20 -- Optical networking products maker CiDRA Corp. said it plans to withdraw its initial public offering, citing market conditions. The company has already submitted an...
BioVisioN and Applied Biosystems Form Collaboration
HANNOVER, Germany, April 20 -- BioVisioN GmbH & Co. KG, the German biotechnology company, announced that it has formed a long-term, strategic collaboration with the Applied Biosystems Group, an...
Intelligent Nanostructures May Aid in Inhabiting Mars
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., April 20 -- Intelligent nanostructures that report on their environment by changing color from blue to fluorescent red under mechanical, chemical, or thermal stress have been...
Coherent Laser Receives FDA Clearance for Open Angle Glaucoma
SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 19 -- Coherent Inc. said that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared its application to market the Selecta 7000 Glaucoma Laser System. The Selecta 7000 is...
JMAR To Acquire SAL Inc.
SAN DIEGO, April 19 -- JMAR Technologies Inc. has signed a letter of intent to acquire Vermont-based Semiconductor Advanced Lithography Inc. (SAL), a provider of x-ray lithography (XRL) stepper...
FLAG Telecom, TyCom to Develop Transpacific System
LONDON, April 19 -- FLAG Telecom and TyCom Ltd. have agreed in principle to develop their previously announced transpacific systems under a joint development arrangement, with TyCom building the...
Agility Adds Brooks CIM Products to Boost Tunable Laser Production
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., April 19 -- Agility Communications Inc., has ordered $1 million worth of Brooks Automation Inc.'s Computer Integrated Manufacturing solutions to ensure volume production of...
NTT Plans Low-Cost, High-Speed FTTH Service
TOKYO, April 18 -- Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. announced plans to launch fiber optic services for Japanese households at low rates while trimming rates for high-speed asymmetric dedicated...
FPL FiberNet to Supply Dark Fiber to Sphera Optical Networks
MIAMI, April 18 -- FPL FiberNet has agreed to provide dark fiber for Sphera Optical Networks Inc. in South Florida. The company will supply multiple strands of dark fiber in the metro Miami ring. ...
ONI Contributes to Duke's Fitzpatrick Photonics Center
SAN JOSE, Calif., April 18 -- ONI Systems Corp. announced a multiyear sponsorship agreement with Duke University's Fitzpatrick Center for Photonics and Communications Systems (FCPCS). ONI's...
August Technology Begins Direct Sales in Taiwan
BLOOMINGTON, Minnesota, April 18 -- August Technology Corp., a supplier of automated inspection equipment for the microelectronics industry, announced the launch of a direct sales and service effort...
ESI Gets Additional Orders for Laser Systems
PORTLAND, Ore., April 17 -- Electro Scientific Industries Inc. said that ThaiLin Semiconductor Corp., in Hsin-Chu, Taiwan, has purchased additional laser semiconductor processing systems. ThaiLin...
Williams Expands Presence in Metro Markets
TULSA, Okla., April 17 -- Williams Communications is expanding its presence in major metro markets through agreements with neutral colocation providers Switch and Data, and PAIX.net. By entering into...
TeraConnect Claims Densest Optical Interconnect
NASHUA, N.H., April 17 -- TeraConnect reports that it has demonstrated the world's densest optical interconnect. Over the course of the eight-week proof-of-concept demonstration with a major...
European Broadband Users to Reach the 10 Million Mark by 2003
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, April 16 -- Research from Jupiter MMXI, an Internet research company, forecasts that, due mainly to the high price of technology, the adoption of broadband will be slow across...
Accent Announces Novalux Order
BEND, Ore., April 16 -- Accent Optical Technologies said that it has shipped a complete suite of process control systems to Novalux Inc., a fiber optics laser component company. The order will be...
Heico Acquires Analog Modules
MIAMI, Fla., April 16 -- Heico Corp.'s Electronic Technologies Group has acquired Analog Modules Inc., a designer and manufacturer of electronic products primarily for use in the laser and...
Kodak Names Patricia Russo President, COO
ROCHESTER, N.Y., April 16 -- Eastman Kodak Co. said that Patricia F. Russo is joining the company as president and COO. Russo will oversee the day-to-day operations of Kodak's operating divisions and...
KLA Tencor, Therma-Wave Settle Litigation
FREMONT, Calif., April 13 -- KLA-Tencor Corp. and Therma-Wave Inc. have settled all pending litigation and cross-licensed certain patents. Therma-Wave also agreed to pay an undisclosed sum to...
Abbott Assumes Funding of SpectRx, Glucose Monitoring Product
NORCROSS, Ga., April 13 -- SpectRx Inc. said that, as planned, its partner Abbott Laboratories has assumed financial responsibility for its continuous glucose monitoring program, as of April 1, 2001....
TRW, Chip Makers Expand Laser Program
REDONDO BEACH, Calif., April 13 -- TRW and the Extreme Ultraviolet Limited Liability Co. (EUV LLC), a consortium of semiconductor chip makers, have expanded the scope of a joint development agreement...
Sibercore and Zettacom Collaborate on High-Performance Network Processing
OTTAWA, Canada, April 13 -- ZettaCom Inc. and SiberCore Technologies have teamed up for the first time in order to provide network equipment developers with an off-the-shelf, production-ready,...
Keynote Speakers Announced for Monterey 2001
SAN MATEO, Calif., April 13 -- The ElectroniCast Corp. has announced the keynote speakers for the 13th Annual Fiber Optics for the Next Decade Conference in Monterey, Calif., that will be held April...
Sandia Technology Capturing Interest of Oil and Gas Industry
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., April 12 -- A new technique developed by researchers at Sandia National Laboratories using an inexpensive disposable fiber optics telemetry system to relay real-time information...
Nortel, Agilent Seek to Simplify Optical Network Management
PALO ALTO, Calif., April 12 -- Nortel Networks and Agilent Technologies Inc. have agreed to jointly develop and market a comprehensive solution for simplifying optical network management. This...
CVD Equipment Ships Multitube Furnace System to Nova Crystals
RONKONKOMA, N.Y., April 12 -- CVD Equipment Corp. has shipped a Series 6000, multitube, furnace system to Nova Crystals Inc. The system will be used to develop and manufacturer high-performance fiber...
Deutsche Bank Invests $3 Million in GOU Lite
LONDON, April 12 -- DB Venture Partners is providing $3 million in private placement financing to GOU Lite Ltd., an Israeli company specializing in optical laser technology. DB Venture Partners, the...
Uniroyal Technology Claims Highest LED Brightness Levels
SARASOTA, Fla., April 12 -- Uniroyal Technology Corp. said that its Uniroyal Optoelectronics (UOE) division's recent high brightness blue LED products are exhibiting brightness levels ranging from...
DRS Wins Army Contract for Surveillance Systems
PARSIPPANY, N.J., April 11 – DRS Technologies Inc. has received a contract to provide Long Range Advanced Scout Surveillance Systems (LRAS3) for the US Army's High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled...
Noble International Wins Order For Laser Welded Blanks
DETROIT, April 11 – Noble International Ltd. said that its wholly owned subsidiary Noble Metal Processing Inc. (NMP) has been awarded a purchase order from Ispat Inland Inc. to provide laser welded...
Qusion Completes First Round of Funding
PRINCETON, N.J., April 11 – Qusion Technologies has closed its first round of venture capital funding. The $9.25 million raised in this first round will enable Qusion to accelerate development and...
Is CVD the Process Of the Past for the Telecommunication Industry?
IRVINE, Calif. April 11 – Simax Technologies announced its new chemical solution gelation (CSG) and chemical solution deposition (CSD) monophase processes, a preview of the Sol-Gel process that it...
General Dynamics to Support fSONA Optical Wireless Systems
NEEDHAM, Mass., April 10 – General Dynamics Worldwide Telecommunication Systems has agreed to provide installation, technical support and maintenance of the optical wireless systems of fSONA...
Metro-Optix Selects Agere's Chips to Build Optical Network Equipment
ALLENTOWN, Pa., April 10 – Texas-Agere Systems announced that Metro-Optix has selected a suite of Agere's networking integrated circuits (IC), systems-on-chip (SoC) and optoelectronic components for...
Teradyne Sells Image Sensor Test System in Europe
MUNCHEN, Germany, April 10 – Teradyne Inc. said that Silicon Vision AG has purchased an IP750 Image Sensor test system for multisite testing of CCD and CMOS image sensor devices. The IP750, which is...
Spectranetics Settles Lawsuit With Cook Vascular
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., April 10 – The Spectranetics Corp. has settled its lawsuit with Cook Vascular Inc. In October 1999, Cook filed a suit in the US Federal Court in Indiana claiming co-ownership...
TRW Wins Study Contract for NASA's Gamma Ray Telescope
REDONDO BEACH, Calif., April 9 – TRW has been awarded a six-month study contract by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., to refine its development concept for NASA's Gamma Ray Large...
Broadwing Lights World's First Intelligent, All-Optical Switched Network
WASHINGTON, D.C., April 9 – Broadwing Communications, a wholly owned subsidiary of Broadwing Inc., unveiled an all-optical switched network – the first in the communications world – late last week....
Qwest Expands Use of ONI's OC-192 Systems
SAN JOSE, Calif., April 9 – ONI Systems Corp. said that during the first quarter of 2001 Qwest Communications International Inc. continued to deploy ONI's Online transport platforms in several...
FLAG Telecom, Verizon Sign European Network Alliance
NEW YORK, April 9 – Verizon Communications and FLAG Telecom have entered into an agreement whereby FLAG Telecom will collaborate in the development and use of Verizon's recently announced...
AirFiber Secures $50 Million Financing
SAN DIEGO, April 9 – AirFiber Inc., a developer of wireless optical networking equipment, has received $50 million in the first closing of its third round of equity financing. The round, lead by GM...
Broadwing Lights World's First Intelligent, All-Optical Switched Network
WASHINGTON, D.C., April 9 – Broadwing Communications, a wholly owned subsidiary of Broadwing Inc., unveiled an all-optical switched network – the first in the communications world – late last week....
New Ultraviolet Laser Combines High Power and High Beam Quality
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 7 -- Spectra-Physics announced the first diode-pumped solid state laser to combine high output power with excellent spatial mode -- a combination that offers critical...
Matrox Graphics Grabs New Contracts
MONTREAL, April 6 – Matrox Graphics Inc. announced four new contracts with Dell, Fujitsu, IBM and Bloomberg. The companies selected either the Millennium G450 or the G200 MMS to power dual- and...
Tyco's ACS Inks Private Label Deal with American Access Technologies
LAKE MARY, Fla., April 6 – America Cable Systems (ACS) Inc., a division of Tyco International Ltd., has signed a private label agreement with American Access Technologies Inc. The deal calls for...
Global Light Lands Submarine Cable Head End in US
VANCOUVER, BC, Canada April 6 – Global Light subsidiary New World Network has landed the section of its Arcos submarine fiber optic network that runs from Nassau, Bahamas, to North Miami Beach. The...
Cisco to Drop Optical Router Manufacturing
SAN JOSE, April 6 – Cisco Systems Inc announced that it would no longer make the 15900 Wavelength Router, a product that came out of its acquisition of Monterey Networks, in August 1999. The company...
AT&T Latin America Signs 3-year Commitment with Nortel
NEW YORK, April 5 (Reuters) – AT&T Latin America Corp. has signed a three-year commitment to buy fiber optic products and services from Canadian telecommunications giant Nortel Networks Corp. that...
Melles Griot and GSI Lumonics Team Up
ELY, England, April 5 – GSI Lumonics and Melles Griot have agreed to work together to mutually enhance their ability to supply manufacturing solutions to fiber optic telecommunication component...
Lucent To Cut 1000 Jobs
NORTH ANDOVER, Mass., April 5 – Lucent Technologies Inc. said it expects to lay off 1000 workers statewide, double the amount of cuts previously announced. The company gave a 60-day notice to 725...
Coherent Acquiring DeMaria ElectroOptics
SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 5 – Coherent Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire DeMaria ElectroOptics Systems Inc. for $22.5 million in cash. DEOS, located in Bloomfield, Conn., designs and...
3D Systems, DTM to Merge
VALENCIA, Calif., April 5 – 3D Systems Corp. and DTM Corp., two companies in the solid imaging industry, have signed a definitive merger agreement under which 3D Systems will buy all of the...
Laser Team Defines Requirements for Missile Defense System
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., April 5 – The team of aerospace contractors developing the Air Force's Space-Based Laser Integrated Flight Experiment (SBL-IFX) has successfully completed the experimental...
Candela Begins Shipping Diode Laser for Skin Renewal
WAYLAND, Mass., April 5 – Candela Corp. said that it has begun shipment of Smoothbeam, a diode-based skin renewal laser. The laser has received the necessary national and international safety...
Princeton Lightwave Claims Record Power Level for Pump Lasers
CRANBURY, N.J., April 4 – Princeton Lightwave Inc. announced that it has made a breakthrough in optical power levels by demonstrating a 1-W power level from a single narrow-stripe pump laser chip....
New Focus Announces Organizational Change
SAN JOSE, Calif., April 4 – New Focus Inc., manufacturer of lasers and optical products, announced the departure of Paul G. Smith, vice president and general manager for a portion of the company's...
Mitel, Agilent Agree on Standard for 4-Channel Parallel Optic Module
OTTAWA, Canada, April 4 – Mitel Corp. and Agilent Technologies Inc. have signed a multisource agreement that will set a standard for next-generation 4-channel parallel fiber optic modules, operating...
Alcatel Trimming US Workforce
DALLAS, April 4 – Citing the US economic slowdown and reduced customer spending, Paris-based telecom manufacturer Alcatel has decided to trim its overall US operating budget. The move includes...
360networks and OptiGlobe Sign Multiyear Agreement
VANCOUVER, B.C., April 3 – OptiGlobe and 360networks announced a multiyear agreement that will enable the two companies to reach more customers throughout Latin America. As part of the agreement,...
Anadigics Acquires Telcom Devices Corp.
WARREN, N.J., April 3 – Anadigics Inc. announced that it has acquired Telcom Devices Corp. in Camarillo, Calif., a manufacturer of indium phosphide-based photodiodes for the telecommunication and...
Williams To Be Spun Off From Parent
TULSA, Okla., April 3 – In a move that will allow Williams Communications to strengthen its market position as a broadband network services provider, the company will be spun off by parent company...
Agilent Completes Acquisition of Silicon Micro Systems
PALO ALTO, Calif., April 3 – Agilent Technologies Inc. has completed its acquisition of Gefran Silicon Micro Systems S.r.l., a fiber optic technology laboratory, for about $55 million in cash. The...
Laser Radar System Takes First Measurements of Upper Atmosphere Temperatures
CHAMPAIGN, Ill., April 3 – A sensitive laser radar (lidar) system, first deployed over Okinawa, Japan, to observe meteor trails during the 1998 Leonid meteor shower, has now been used to probe...
Micronic, Image Technology Forge New Ties
TABY, Sweden, April 3 – Following the acquisition of Image Technology by Suss MicroTec, an order has been placed for two advanced packaging systems from Micronic with an option to purchase an...
Optical Solutions Supplies Iowa FTTH Gear
MINNEAPOLIS, April 3 – Optical Solutions Inc. said that Guthrie Telecommunications Network Inc., a competitive local exchange carrier owned by Panora Cooperative Telephone Association Inc., has...
Aeroflex buys TriLink in Stock Deal
PLAINVIEW, N.Y., April 3 – Microelectronics manufacturer Aeroflex Inc. is buying privately held TriLink Communications for about 1.2 million common shares or about $11.2 million. California-based...
Ciena Closes Stock Buy of Cyras
LINTHICUM, Md., April 2 – Ciena Corp. has completed its purchase of optical-switching systems company Cyras Systems Inc. for about $1.1 billion in Ciena stock – less than half the value of the deal...
Oz Optics is Awarded the 2001 OCRI Award
OTTAWA, Canada, April 2 – OZ Optics Ltd, a supplier of fiber optic products for optical networks, announced that it is the proud recipient of the prestigious Ottawa Center for Research and Innovation...
Sharp Introduces Six New Advanced LCD Monitors
(Newstream), May 2 -- Sharp Systems of America, a US unit of Sharp Corp., announced the introduction of six feature-rich color LCD monitors into the US market. The family of Sharp LCD monitors...
3Com Supplies Network Infrastructure for Atento Espana
MADRID, Spain, April 2 – 3Com Corp. and Atento Telecomunicaciones Espana, a subsidiary of the Telefonica Group, said that 3Com would be supplying the networking infrastructure for Atento's 6000...
Flag Telecom, KPNQwest Sign Fiber Pact
AMSTERDAM, April 2 – FLAG Telecom said that KPNQwest has purchased multiple wavelengths on FLAG Atlantic-1 (FA-1) transoceanic cable system for an undisclosed amount. "This transaction increases...
ClearWorks Deploying Second Leg of MAN in Houston
LEAGUE CITY, Texas, May 1 -- Eagle Broadband said that its subsidiary, ClearWorks Communications, has taken delivery of more than 160,000 ft of 48-strand, single-mode optical fiber and has begun...
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