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Bell Labs Sets Record for Multimode Fiber Transmission
Oct 14, 1999 — HOLMDEL, N.J., Oct. 14 -- Scientists from Bell Labs have succeeded in sending data at 10 Gb/s over 1.6 km of Lucent's LazrSPEED multimode fiber for local area networks, setting a world record for multimode fiber transmission. The Bell Labs team had previously demonstrated 10-Gb serial transmission over 300 meters of prototype multimode fiber -- later introduced as LazrSPEED -- in a system using worst-case field conditions. Prior to Bell Labs' 10-Gb/300-m demonstration in May 1999, the maximum...
Corning Inc. and Fibercore Settle Lawsuit
Oct 13, 1999 — CORNING, N.Y., Oct. 13 -- Corning Inc. has settled the patent infringement lawsuit it filed against Fibercore Ltd. in December 1998. In the suit, Corning alleged that Fibercore was infringing upon two of Corning's patents: US Patent No. 4,339,173,...
Charles Stark Draper Prize Awarded to Fiber Pioneers
Oct 11, 1999 — WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 -- The National Academy of Engineering has awarded the 1999 Charles Stark Draper Prize to three major figures in the development of fiber optics -- Charles K. Kao, Robert D. Maurer, and John B. MacChesney. Kao theorized about...
Metromedia Fiber, WinStar Sign Dark Fiber Agreement
Oct 11, 1999 — NEW YORK, Oct. 12 -- Metromedia Fiber Network has signed a dark fiber agreement valued at over $300 million with WinStar Communications, the second such agreement between the two companies. Metromedia Fiber also announced plans to expand its US...
Fiber Optek Wins $4-Million Contract
Oct 8, 1999 — WAPPINGERS FALLS, N.Y., Oct. 8 -- Fiber Optek has received a master contract from a New England-based inter-exchange carrier to design, obtain permits for and construct a fiber-optic infrastructure along critical rights-of-way from Hartford, Conn....
Raytheon Fiber Transceiver Approved for Building Networks
Oct 6, 1999 — SUDBURY, Mass., Oct. 6 -- Raytheon Control-By-Light announced that its fiber optic modular transceiver has been approved for use in open multi-vendor LonWorks control networks. The device implements the newly approved Electronic Industry Association...
Advanced Optics Electronics BuysInterest in Fiber Switch Maker
Oct 1, 1999 — ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Oct. 1 -- Advanced Optics Electronics Inc. has purchased a minority interest in WIZARD Technologies Inc. (WTI), a New Mexico-based developer of fiber optic switches. WTI estimates the market for fiber optic switches to exceed...
Cisco Rivals Fiber Optic Giants
Oct 1, 1999 — The $7.4 billion acquisition of Cerent Corp. of Petaluma, Calif., and Monterey Networks Inc. of Richardson, Texas, signals the entry of the San Jose, Calif.-based Cisco Systems Inc. into the multimedia-network ring. Cisco, which controls about 85...
German Researchers Employ Fiber Laser to Weld a Fine Seam
Oct 1, 1999 — Scientists from the Laserzentrum Fachhochschule Münster in Steinfurt, Germany, and the Technische Universitat Chemnitz reported that they seam welded stainless steel foil with a joint smaller than 70 µm. They employed a fiber laser that...
Multimode Fiber Transmits at 10 Gb/s and over 3000 m
Oct 1, 1999 — Separate tests performed on the 50-µm InfiniCor multimode fiber, which is produced by Corning Inc. of Corning, N.Y., demonstrated serial transmission at 10 Gb/s over 600 m and at Gigabit Ethernet speeds over 3000 m. The InfiniCor fiber is...
Fiber-Guided Missile Passes New Test
Sep 24, 1999 — WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M., Sept. 24 -- The US Army's Enhanced Fiber Optic Guided Missile (EFOGM), under development by Raytheon Co., has completed a successful ninth flight at the White Sands Missile Range -- another achievement in the EFOGM...
Israeli and Jordan Eye Fiber Optic Link
Sep 21, 1999 — TEL AVIV, Israel, Sept. 21 -- A joint Israeli-Jordanian committee has been formed to produce a formal plan in the next three months for installing a fiber-optic cable to link the two countries. In the aftermath of talks between the countries'...
Worldwide Fiber Completes Private Equity Placements
Sep 16, 1999 — VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 16 -- Worldwide Fiber Inc. has completed equity private placements totaling $345 million in convertible preferred stock to affiliates of Tyco International Ltd., DLJ Merchant Banking II Inc., Providence Equity...
Corning Enters EDFA Fiber Market
Sep 13, 1999 — CORNING, N.Y., Sept. 13 -- Corning Inc. has launched the expansion of its specialty fiber product line by announcing that it will begin selling erbium-doped optical fiber for use in Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifiers (EDFA). The bandwidth revolution is...
ICG Communications to Sell Fiber Optic Unit
Sep 8, 1999 — NEW YORK, Sept. 8 -- ICG Communications Inc., a regional phone company based in Englewood, Colo., has announced the planned sale of its fiber-optic networking unit. In this latest in a series of asset disposals by the telecom, ICG will sell its...
Corning Multimode Fiber Transmits at Gigabit Ethernet Speeds
Aug 25, 1999 — CORNING, N.Y., Aug. 25 -- Corning Inc. reports that its InfiniCor multimode fiber has transmitted over 3000 m at Gigabit Ethernet speeds in the 850-nm window. Corning says that the demonstration of the 850 nm optimized 50 µm fiber betters...
Fibernet to Boost Capacity with CIENA DWDM Systems
Aug 24, 1999 — LONDON, Aug. 24 -- CIENA Corp. and Fibernet Group plc announced the deployment of CIENA's dense wavelength division multiplexing optical transport equipment in Fibernet's TANet UK nationwide fiber optic backbone network. The companies report that...
FiberNet to Build Chrysler Center's SONET Infrastructure
Aug 13, 1999 — NEW YORK, Aug. 13 -- FiberNet Telecom Group Inc. has entered into exclusive agreements to build and operate a broadband fiber optic transmission network within the Chrysler Center, which is currently undergoing a major redevelopment by Tishman...
Metromedia Fiber Launches Optical Networks
Aug 9, 1999 — NEW YORK, Aug. 9 -- Metromedia Fiber Network Inc. has launched intracity dark fiber networks in the metropolitan areas of Chicago, Dallas and Washington, D.C. Dark fiber networks are comprised of fiber-optic cable that has no signal or light passing...
FiberCore Sets Record Results, Anticipates Growth
Aug 4, 1999 — CHARLTON, Mass., Aug. 4 -- FiberCore, Inc. announced record sales for the first six months of 1999 and said that it expects to see continued growth during the second half of the year. Sales for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 1999...
Construction Begins on Pan-European Fiber Optic Network
Aug 1, 1999 — London-based i-21 Future Communication has begun building what it says will be Europe’s largest and most ambitious broadband network. Planning to "go live" next May and to have 90 percent of the coverage available by the end of 2000, the...
Researchers Achieve Higher Bandwidth over Single-Mode Fiber
Aug 1, 1999 — A technology that would improve the transmission capacity of wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) systems on standard single-mode fiber may affect the majority of installed fiber networks. Researchers from Pirelli Cables and Systems of Milan,...
Worldwide Fiber Appoints Chief Technology Officer
Jul 5, 1999 — VANCOUVER, B.C., July 6 -- Worldwide Fiber Inc. (WFI) has named Steve Baker vice president and chief technology officer. Prior to joining WFI, Baker was vice president of Strategic Technology Planning for Sprint Canada. In 1988 Baker founded...
Fiber Optic Unit Promises More Crash Data
SUDBURY, Mass. -- SUDBURY, Mass. -- Airplane crash investigations have been hindered by limited flight data, prompting the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to push for more recorded information so they can determine...
International FiberCom Signs Agreements with AT&T
Jun 25, 1999 — PHOENIX, Ariz., June 25 -- International FiberCom Inc. will provide AT&T Broadband and Internet Services (AT&T BIS) with design-build services for the upgrade of its cable systems. Initial work will include portions of AT&T's cable upgrade projects...
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