What's Happening in The Fiber Optics Industry: Weekly News Briefs

360Networks and Telseon have made an agreement in which 360networks will have access to Telseon's optical Ethernet services in metropolitan ares, allowing 360networks to extend its IP transit, IP transport and backbone services to its customers colocated in points of presence on the Telseon network. ... Marconi plc is establishing a development center in India to create a new series of broadband products aimed at Internet applications. ... Tiscali, the Italian telecommunications and Internet group, has agreed to acquire France's Libertysurf Internet service provider for $615 million.