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Photonics.com - November 2001
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Excimer Laser Shows Promise in Psoriasis Treatment
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 30 -- The excimer laser is a major advance in psoriasis treatment, according to Kenneth Arndt, MD, clinical professor of dermatology at Harvard Medical School, where it was tested on 80 patients. Arndt said 72 percent of the patients achieved at least 75 percent clearing of their psoriasis with an average of 6.2 treatments, and 84 percent of patients also experienced at...
Sensytech Gets $3.2M Contract for Imaging System
NEWINGTON, Va., Nov. 30 -- Sensytech Inc. said it has received a $3.2 million contract award for delivery of an airborne hyperspectral imaging system to a foreign government. Sensytech produces...
HighWave Optical To Focus on Core Business
LANNION, France, Nov. 30 -- HighWave Optical Technologies, supplier of components and dense wavelength division multiplexing subsystems for high-speed optical telecommunications networks, will...
GigaTera Inc. Receives $2M from Cypress Semiconductor and Silicon Light Machines
ZURICH, Switzerland, Nov. 30 -- GigaTera Inc., a Swiss company that develops high-speed components for optical telecommunications networks, announced it has received $2 million in venture financing...
Alcatel Claims Record for Submarine Optical Transmission
DALLAS, Nov. 30 -- Alcatel said it achieved a world record in submarine optical transmission by transporting 3.65 Tb/s capacity over 6,850 kilometers on a single fiber. The transmission consisted of...
ADC Wins Visionstream Fiber Installation
MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 29 -- Visionstream has selected ADC to provide equipment for its Nextgen Networks project. The project will include 8500 km of fiber -- from Brisbane to Perth, Australia -- using...
Iridex Says Study Validates Laser Use for AMD
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Nov. 29 -- Iridex Corp. said a clinical study using its IRIS Medical OcuLight SLx laser further validates the effectiveness of transpupillary thermotherapy (TTT) for the...
Grant to Fund Online Photonics, Optoelectronic Course Migration
LOWELL, Mass., Nov. 29 -- New online master's programs in photonics and optoelectronics are among those that will benefit from a $45,000 grant from The Sloan Foundation to the University of...
Elbit Gets Lockheed Deal Worth Over $7M
TEL AVIV, Nov. 28 -- Israeli defense contractor Elbit Systems announced that its subsidiary El-Op Electro-optics Industries will supply Lockheed Martin with head-up displays for the Israeli air...
CDT to Assist Sumitomo With Polymer Development
TOKYO, Nov. 28 -- Cambridge Display Technology (CDT) said it signed a license and technical assistance agreement with Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd. of Japan to advance the development of polymers for...
Intevac Wins Flat Panel Display Manufacturing System Order
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 28 -- Intevac Inc. has received an order from a Japanese customer for a D-STAR flat panel display sputtering system. The system is scheduled for delivery in the first half...
Spectranetics Concludes LARS Trial
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Nov. 28 -- The Spectranetics Corp. said it is concluding its LARS (laser angioplasty for restenosed stents) clinical trial, in light of recent approval from the FDA to market...
Oregon Gives Qwest $60 Million Contract
PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 28 -- Qwest Communications International Inc. has been awarded a $60 million, four-year communications-services contract with the State of Oregon. The award covers a variety of...
Broadband Access for Women-owned Businesses is Forum Topic
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 -- The need for increased broadband access for women-owned small businesses is the topic of the Broadband High-Speed Internet Access Forum, being held today at the Ronald Reagan...
Specialty Optical Fiber Consumption to Reach $4.38 Billion by 2010
SAN MATEO, Calif., Nov. 28 -- The worldwide use of some types of specialty optical fiber in communication products will grow from $239 million in 2000 to $4.38 billion by 2010, according to a new...
NanoGram Boosts New Planar Optical Coating Technology
FREMONT, Calif., Nov. 27 -- NanoGram Corp. said it plans to commercialize a new nanomaterials-based process technology for the rapid deposition of high-quality planar optical thick films. Sean Bi,...
LaserSight Wins Order for AstraScan Upgrades
WINTER PARK, Fla., Nov. 27 -- LaserSight Inc. said it has received an order from Ligi Technologie Medicali, Taranto, Italy, for the upgrade of 14 of Ligi's LaserScan LSX and LS-2000 excimer laser...
Biophan MRI-Compatible Pacemaker Passes Photonic Tests
CHICAGO, Nov. 27 -- Biophan Technologies said fiber optic leads and a photonics catheter for its MRI-compatible pacemaker passed twenty-minutes of testing using a high-field magnetic resource system....
Micronic Wins TFT Pattern Generator Order
TABY, Sweden, Nov. 27 -- Micronic Laser Systems AB said it has received an order from a leading Japanese photomask producer for a single beam pattern generator for TFT and color filter...
Total Telcom Signs Bandwidth Lease
EDMONTON, Alberta, Nov. 26 -- Total Telcom Inc.'s subsidiary company, Total Telcom Fiber Inc., has entered into a three-year lease agreement with a national service provider to supply bandwidth on...
Businesses Say They Want Access to Fiber Optic Networks
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 26 -- The proliferation of advanced Internet applications is driving businesses to demand access to fiber optic networks at their office sites, according to a survey by Yipes...
Hologic and Siemens Announce Intent to Form Strategic Alliance
BEDFORD, Mass., and ERLANGEN, Germany, Nov. 26 -- Hologic Inc. and Siemens AG announced they intend to enter into a strategic alliance to develop second-generation digital mammography systems. They...
Polatis is Restructuring
CAMBRIDGE, UK, Nov. 23 -- Polatis said it is restructuring and will focus on the low-loss, modular all-optical switch market and discontinue marketing its Bragg grating products. As part of the...
QUALCOMM and Eutelsat to Offer EutelTRACS System to European Fleets
QUALCOMM Inc. and Eutelsat announced a five-year agreement to bring the EutelTRACS(R) mobile communications system to Europe's fleet managers. EutelTRACS is the European version of QUALCOMM Wireless...
Sharp Rise Predicted in Demand for Long-Haul Optical Networking Equipment
BOSTON, Nov. 23 -- Despite an anticipated recession, market opportunities for long haul core optical networking equipment will remain flat in the short-term and increase substantially in the...
OXC Market Promise Overestimated, Analysis Says
SAN ANTONIO, Nov. 21 -- As telecommunications carriers continue to build next-generation infrastructure to accommodate increased network traffic and higher-bandwidth applications, they will...
ElectroniCast Pres. Stephen Montgomery to Lead Lightspeed Europe Talks
SAN MATEO, Calif. Nov. 22 -- ElectroniCast President Stephen Montgomery will lead three panel discussions at Lightspeed Europe 2001, The Optical Networking Event, to be held Dec. 4-6 in Earls Court,...
PEMSTAR and Cirrex to Produce Optical Communications Module
ROCHESTER, Minn., Nov. 22 -- PEMSTAR Inc. and Cirrex Corp. announced they will together manufacture Cirrex's optical communication hybrid integration platform (OCHIP), a line of OADM and transceiver...
Ford Testing Autosense Laser Blind Spot System
DENVER, Nov. 21 -- Autosense and Ford Motor Co. signed an agreement this month to further investigate a blind spot detection system that has been under development and testing since 1985. The...
BAE Tactical IR Countermeasure Passes Navy Test
NASHUA, N.H., Nov. 21 --The US Navy's tactical aircraft directable infrared countermeasure (TADIRCM) system has successfully defeated an infrared surface-to-air missile in a live fire test using BAE...
Meriton, Vitesse Semiconductor Team Up on Metro Optical Network
OTTAWA, Ontario, Nov. 21 -- Meriton Networks Inc. and Vitesse Semiconductor Corp. have formed an alliance in which Meriton will employ Vitesse's high-speed asynchronous switch fabric and clock and...
Motorola Buy Boosts Optical Portfolio
HORSHAM, Pa., Nov 20 -- Motorola Inc. has agreed to acquire Synchronous Inc. for about $260 million in stock in a move to bolster its optical networking product portfolio. Synchronous makes optical...
3D Systems Wins French Patent Suit
VALENCIA, Calif., Nov. 20 -- 3D Systems Corp. said a civil court in Paris has ruled in its favor against EOS GmbH of Planegg, Germany, in an action for patent infringement of a laser sintering...
AcceLight Networks Receives $60 Million in Funding
PITTSBURGH, Pa., Nov. 20 -- AcceLight Networks Inc. said it received $60 million in new equity and debt financing, which it will use primarily for strategic investment in product development and...
JMAR Wins Contracts for X-ray Lithography Support, Upgrade
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 19 -- JMAR Technologies Inc. said its JMAR/JSAL NanoLithography Inc. (JSAL) division in Burlington, Vt., has received a $1.2 million contract from a major New England-based aerospace...
Army Awards CyberDisplay Contract to Kopin
TAUNTON, Mass., Nov. 19 -- Kopin Corp. said the US Army has awarded it a $3.5 million contract to develop a full-color version of its CyberDisplay 1280, a 0.96-inch-diagonal active matrix liquid...
Spectra-Physics Reviewing Thermo Electron Offer
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Nov. 19 -- Spectra-Physics Inc. said a special committee of its board of directors will examine Thermo Electron Corp.'s unsolicited tender offer for all the outstanding shares...
Automated Imaging Achievement Award Nominations Due Dec. 21
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Nov. 19 -- Nominations for the 2002 Automated Imaging Achievement Award are due by Dec. 21. The annual award, sponsored by the Automated Imaging Association (AIA), honors one...
Furukawa Electric Buys Lucent Fiber Optic Business
MURRAY HILL, N.J., Nov. 19 -- Lucent Technologies announced Friday that it has completed the sale of its Atlanta-based Optical Fiber Solutions (OFS) business to Tokyo's Furukawa Electric Co. Ltd....
Anadigics May Sell Fiber Optics Unit
WARREN, N.J., Nov. 19 -- Circuit and chip maker Anadigics Inc. said it may sell its fiber optics product line and would partly outsource its testing operations. The company also plans to sell $75...
Report Says Lucent Leads Optical Equipment Market
MURRAY HILL, N.J., Nov. 16 -- Lucent Technologies has retained the market leadership in the optical equipment market for the second consecutive quarter, according to Dell'Oro Group, a market research...
Sarnoff, Alcatel to Partner on Research
PRINCETON, N.J., Nov. 16 -- Alcatel has selected Sarnoff Corp. as the first American research corporation to be a member of the Alcatel Research Partner Program, established to foster technological...
Agilent to Cut 4,000 More Jobs
SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 16 -- Agilent Technologies Inc. said it will trim another 4,000 jobs in addition to the 4,000 previously announced, in an effort to cut costs. The combined total represents 19...
ntl Deploying Lightscape 10 Gigabit Optical Networking Technology
PETAH TIKVA, Israel, Nov. 15 -- Lightscape Networks, an ECI Telecom company, said that ntl will be deploying its enhanced XDM intelligent optical platform with 10-Gb/s capability. ntl, which provides...
Global Crossing Installs Nortel High-Capacity Optical Backbone
OTTAWA, Nov. 15 -- Nortel Networks has deployed what it calls the world's longest, high-capacity terrestrial optical backbone in commercial service in the North American network of Global Crossing....
Fiberspace Gets Equipment Funding from Comerica Bank
WOODLAND HILLS, Calif., Nov. 15 -- Fiberspace Inc., a developer of tunable, semiconductor laser products, announced today that it has received $1.5 million in equipment financing from Comerica Bank's...
Adept, Shibuya Kyogo Collaborate on Photonic Assembly
SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 15 -- Adept Technology Inc. has joined in a strategic OEM agreement with Shibuya Kyogo of Japan to develop new high-precision photonic assembly solutions based on their...
Spectrum and Spectronics to Develop UV Sterilization Products
HAUPPAUGE, N.Y., Nov. 15 -- Spectrum Brands Corp.'s wholly owned subsidiary, Spectrum Homeland Security Solutions Inc., has signed an agreement with Spectronics Corp. to develop and market a line of...
Cambridge Display, Dow in Accord on LEP Technology
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 15 -- The Dow Chemical Co. and Cambridge Display Technology (CDT) have reached an agreement licensing CDT's polyfluorene light-emitting polymer (LEP) technology to Dow. Dow and CDT...
Report Says Lucent Leads Optical Equipment Market
MURRAY HILL, N.J., Nov. 16 -- Lucent Technologies has retained the market leadership in the optical equipment market for the second consecutive quarter, according to Dell'Oro Group, a market research...
IPG Photonics and LightPointe Sign Supply Agreement
OXFORD, Mass., Nov. 14 -- IPG Photonics, designer and manufacturer of high-performance fiber lasers and amplifiers, will supply eye-safe high-power erbium doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs) to...
RSoft and Network Design Tools Agree to Merge
OSSINING, N.Y., Nov. 14 -- RSoft Inc. and Network Design Tools Inc. (NDTI) announced they have agreed to merge, creating a privately-held company that combines RSoft's physical-layer design tools...
RSoft and Network Design Tools Agree to Merge
OSSINING, N.Y., Nov. 14 -- RSoft Inc. and Network Design Tools Inc. (NDTI) announced they have agreed to merge, creating a privately-held company that combines RSoft's physical-layer design tools...
Quantum Bridge brings Optical Access to Butler Co., Ohio
ANDOVER, Mass., Nov. 14 -- Quantum Bridge Communications Inc. has been chosen to supply the optical networking equipment for a high-speed fiber optic network connecting businesses and government...
VISX Wins Japanese Patent Suit
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 13 -- VISX Inc. said a Tokyo district court ruled to uphold its patent in an infringement lawsuit against Nidek Co. Ltd., a Japanese optical equipment maker. The ruling is...
InFocus to Supply Image Engines for Rear-Projection TVs
WILSONVILLE, Ore., Nov. 13 -- InFocus Corp. will provide its projection technology to SVA Information Industry Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of China electronics company Shanghai SVA (Group) Co. Ltd. Under...
Nortel Networks to Provide Long Haul Networks for China Mobile
BEIJING, Nov. 12 -- Nortel Networks has been awarded contracts valued at about $18 million to provide optical long haul backbone networks for China Mobile, the largest mobile operator in the People's...
Scientific-Atlanta to Acquire BarcoNet
ATLANTA, Nov. 12 -- Scientific-Atlanta Inc. has signed agreements to purchase BarcoNet NV, a leading provider of distribution systems for broadband and broadcast applications throughout Europe and...
LaserComm Hi-Mode DMD Qualified to Telcordia Standards
PLANO, Texas, Nov. 12 -- LaserComm, developer and manufacturer of components and modules for advanced optical networks, said its broadband Hi-Mode dispersion management device (DMD) has passed...
American Laser Enterprises, Precitec Sign Marketing Pact
CHICAGO, Nov. 12 -- American Laser Enterprises Inc. (ALE) has signed a marketing and distribution agreement with Precitec Inc. Under the agreement, ALE's marketing unit, American Laser Spares, will...
Nichia Pushes Claims Against Rohm and Cree
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 12 -- Nichia Corp. has filed a Sherman Act antitrust claim against Rohm Co. Ltd. and Cree Inc. in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The claim asserts...
Calient Networks System Gains Ground in Japan
TOKYO, Nov. 12 -- Calient Networks, which develops intelligent, all-photonic switching systems, has begun pre-deployment staging for Japan Telecom's all-optical switched network. After a year of...
Tactex to Develop Breast-Exam Training Technology
VICTORIA, BC, Nov. 12 -- Tactex Controls Inc., developer of the fiber optic-based pressure-sensing Smart Fabric, has formed a strategic agreement with The Mammatech Corp. to develop sensor technology...
Lumenis Buying HGM Medical Laser Systems
YOKNEAM, Israel, Nov. 9 -- Lumenis Ltd., formerly ESC Medical Systems Ltd., has executed a definitive purchase agreement to acquire HGM Medical Laser Systems Inc., a Salt Lake City developer and...
Racal Instruments Group Announces LBO from Thales
IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 9, -- Racal Instruments Group Holdings Inc. has announced a management-led leveraged buyout (LBO) of all global operations of Racal Instruments Inc. (US) and Thales Instruments...
Corning Initiates $600 Million Debenture Offering
CORNING, N.Y., Nov. 9 -- Corning Inc. said it has started a public offering of $600 million of senior unsecured convertible debentures to be used for general coprorate purposes. The company said the...
FTTH Council Urges Broadband Inclusion in Stimulus Plan
DALLAS, Nov. 9 -- The Fiber-to-the-Home Council has urged the Bush Administration to include broadband legislation in its economic stimulus plan. The Council endorses the Broadband Internet Access...
Williams, Dominion Telecom Wrap Up Services Deal
TULSA, Okla., Nov. 9 -- Williams Communications has entered into an agreement with Dominion Telecom to provide products and services on its nationwide fiber optic network. Under the terms of the...
AFN Communications Selects CIENA as Network Partner
TULSA, Okla., Nov. 9 -- AFN Communications (AFN), a network service provider that supplies carrier-class broadband transport services to underserved and primary markets, has selected CIENA Corp. as...
Alcatel and Telstra Make DWDM Agreement
DALLAS, Nov. 9 -- Alcatel has signed a new multimillion contract with Telstra, the incumbent telecom service provider in Australia, for implementing Alcatel's advanced dense wavelength division...
ROHN Reorganizes, Trims Staff and Management
PEORIA, Ill., Nov. 9 -- ROHN Industries Inc., a provider of infrastructure equipment for the telecommunications industry, said it will replace its divisional structure with a centralized business...
DuPont Displays Invests in Cambridge Display Technology
CAMBRIDGE, UK, (NOv. 8 -- DuPont Displays has taken an equity stake in Cambridge Display Technology (CDT), which develops light-emitting polymer (LEP) technology for flat panel displays and lighting....
Thermo Electron Taking Spectra-Physics Private
WALTHAM, Mass., Nov. 7 -- Thermo Electron Corp. plans to take its Spectra-Physics Inc. subsidiary private at a cash price of $17.50 per share. Thermo Electron said it expects to initiate the cash...
ESI Wins Order from Samsung for Laser Drill
PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 7 -- Electro Scientific Industries Inc. has received an order for a model 5385 CO2 laser drill from Samsung Electro-Mechanics. The order is a follow-on to systems shipped in...
Osram, OTM Sign Joint Development Agreement
HERZLIYA, ISRAEL, Nov. 7 -- OTM Technologies and Osram Opto Semiconductors have signed an agreement to cooperate in developing and manufacturing OTM Technologies' optical translation measurement...
Coherent-DEOS Honored for Small-Business Innovation
BLOOMFIELD, Conn., Nov. 7 -- Coherent-DEOS, a member of the Coherent Photonics Group, was awarded a 2001 Small Business Innovation Research Program Tibbetts Award for the development of its...
Cree Reports 1,000-Hour Blue Laser Diode Lifetime
DURHAM, N.C., Nov. 6 -- Cree Inc. said it has achieved blue laser diode lifetimes in excess of 1,000 hours in the 400-nm range and has increased the laser's efficiency through improvements in...
NEC to Sell Telecom Manufacturing Operations
TOKYO, Nov. 6 -- NEC Corp. said it will sell the telecom infrastructure systems manufacturing operations of two domestic units. The company said it is negotiating the sale with several electronics...
CDT and Luxell to Share Black Layer Technology Licensing
CAMBRIDGE, UK, Nov. 6 -- Cambridge Display Technology (CDT) and Luxell Technologies Inc. announced an agreement that will offer improved imaging performance at reduced manufacturing cost for LEP...
SpectraSwitch and Flextronics Photonics Announce Partnership
SANTA ROSA, Calif., Nov. 6 -- SpectraSwitch Inc., designer and manufacturer of optical switching and signal conditioning components, and Flextronics Photonics, a business unit of Flextronics, have...
Alcatel Making Gains in Multiservice WAN Market Share
DALLAS, Nov. 6 -- Alcatel was the only vendor to strengthen its hold in the multiservice wide area network (WAN) market, according to The Yankee Group, a technology research and consulting firm....
NEC Selling Telecom Manufacturing Operations
TOKYO, Nov. 6 -- NEC Corp. said it will sell the telecom infrastructure systems manufacturing operations of two domestic units. The company said it is negotiating the sale with several electronics...
Tellabs to Drop Optical Switch Line
NAPERVILLE, Ill., Nov. 6 -- Tellabs Inc. said it will drop a core optical switch product to focus efforts on a switch for the still-growing metropolitan market. The company said it will discontinue...
Sprint Signs $1.1 Billion Deal with Nortel for Packet Network
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Nov. 5 -- Sprint Local Telecommunications Div. (LTD) plans to transform its entire telephone network to a more cost-effective packet voice network using equipment and...
Manitoba Hydro Chooses TerraPoint LIDAR Technology
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Nov. 5 -- Manitoba Hydro has selected TerraPoint to provide light detection and ranging (LIDAR) scanning laser technology to its new subsidiary, W.I.R.E. Services, which provides...
BOC Edwards to Supply Read-Rite with Slurry System
WILMINGTON, Mass., Nov. 5 -- BOC Edwards, supplier of chemical management systems for the microelectronics industry, announced that Read-Rite Corp. of Fremont, Calif., has placed an order for its...
Laser Photonics and SurgiLight Lawsuits Dropped
ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 5 -- Lawsuits filed by Laser Photonics (now PhotoMedex) and a countersuit filed by SurgiLight Inc. have been dismissed, and no payment was made by either party in the settlement....
LaserSight Gets FDA Approval for 200-Hz Performance
WINTER PARK, Fla., Nov. 2 -- LaserSight Inc. said its PMA supplement to increase the repetition rate of its LaserScan LSX microspot scanning system to 200 Hz for the LASIK treatment of myopia and...
LightLab Imaging Begins Human Studies of Intracoronary Imaging
WESTFORD, Mass., Nov. 2 --- LightLab Imaging LLC has begun the first round of human cardiovascular studies using its optical coherence tomography (OCT) ultrahigh-resolution imaging platform and its...
Corning to Supply Optical Blanks to National Laboratory
CORNING, N.Y., Nov. 2 -- Corning Inc. is supplying HPFS(r) fused silica optical blanks to the National Ignition Facility (NIF) Project at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), part of the...
Palomar Makes 1st Fully Automated Assembly Line for Optoelectronic Components
VISTA, Calif., Nov. 2 -- Palomar Technologies, a manufacturer of high-precision assembly systems for broadband communications, has designed and integrated the first completely automated assembly line...
Miniature Cooling Technologies Focus of Purdue Industry Center
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Nov. 2 -- Purdue University's Compact High-Performance Cooling Technologies Research Consortium will soon be a new National Science Foundation (NSF) industry/university...
Bell Canada International Names New CEO
MONTREAL, Nov. 1 -- Bell Canada International Inc. has named its chairman, William Anderson, as CEO, effective Nov. 16. Anderson replaces Louis Tanguay, who is retiring. Tanguay will become vice...
Agere Systems to Provide Wireless Platform in China
ALLENTOWN, Penn., Nov. 1 -- Agere Systems will provide its wireless platform for use in global system for mobile (GSM) communications cellular phone handsets. Nearly 70 percent of the world's cell...
CENiX Secures $52M in Equity and Debt Financing
LEHIGH VALLEY, Penn., Nov. 1 -- CENiX Inc., designer and automated manufacturer of next-generation high-speed optoelectronic interfaces, has raised an additional $52 million in a combination of...
Mobile Phone Driving Restrictions in Effect in NY
ALBANY, N.Y., Nov. 1 -- As of today, New York drivers can continue to use mobile phones while driving only if they use a headset or a hands-free device. New York is the first state to make it illegal...
British Telecom CEO to Step Down
LONDON, Nov. 1 -- British Telecom said its CEO Peter Bonfield is stepping down at the end of January. He was scheduled to step down at the end of 2002. Bonfield will receive a package of $2.2 million...
Cisco Wins Three Optical Equipment Contracts
SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 1 -- Cisco Systems Inc. has signed contracts to supply routers to telecommunications companies in Canada, South Korea and Hungary for undisclosed amounts. The company said Big...
Tellabs Picked by Sprint in Expansion Move
NAPERVILLE, Ill., Nov. 1 -- Tellabs Inc. said it will provide optical equipment to Sprint Corp. for use in network expansion into Europe and Asia, and to boost the quality of its US network. Tellabs...
EXFO Kicks Off European Seminar Tour
QUEBEC, Nov. 1 -- EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering Inc. engineers Andre Girard, senior scientific adviser, and Peter Clark, technology manager, are visiting nine European cities for the first leg of...
DuPont and CDT Sign LEP Display Agreement
Cambridge, UK, Nov. 1 -- DuPont and Cambridge Display Technology announced a strategic agreement to advance light-emitting polymer (LEP) displays, also known as polymer organic light-emissive...
Growth of Optoelectronic/Fiber Optic Packages Predicted
SAN MATEO, Calif., Nov. 7 -- Global consumption of optoelectronic and fiber optic component packages will grow from $407 million in 2000 to $1.12 billion in 2005, according to ElectroniCast's...
Opals On a Chip: Breakthrough in Next-Generation Photonics
PRINCETON, N.J., Nov. 16 -- Researchers at the NEC Research Institute (NECI) and Princeton University have announced a breakthrough in the development of photonic band gap crystals: They have...
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