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Fiberworks, Corning Join on Southeastern Fiber Net Oct 16, 2000 — CORNING, NY, Oct. 16 -- Corning Inc. has agreed to supply Fiberworks, a privately-held, end-to-end Internet and fiber infrastructure provider, with more than 175,000 km of its MetroCor fiber over a three-year period for Fiberworks' 15-city all-optical broadband access and transport systems. Under the terms of the agreement Corning will be Fiberworks' sole provider of fiber and Corning Cable Systems will provide all cable and hardware needed to link the 15 Southeastern US cities. The project...

Metromedia Fiber to Acquire SiteSmith Oct 13, 2000 — NEW YORK, Oct. 13 -- Metromedia Fiber Network Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire SiteSmith Inc. for $1.36 billion in stock. The deal will close by the end of the year and is subject to customary regulations, said Metromedia Fiber...

France Telecom to Build US Fiber Network Sep 28, 2000 — PARIS, Sept. 28 -- France Telecom will spend $200 million to build a 1.6-Tb/s, 15,000-mile fiber optic network linking 28 major cities in North America to its pan-European backbone network via submarine cables. The network will serve the needs...

NTT Opening Fiber Optic Networks to Competition Sep 21, 2000 — TOKYO, Sept 21 -- Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) Corp., which owns 30 percent of Japan's fiber optic networks, will allow rival carriers to use its fiber optic network. The Japanese government's recent attempt to unfasten NTT's hold on the...

Aeroflex Wins $21 Million in Fiber Component Orders Sep 15, 2000 — PLAINVIEW, NY, Sept. 15 -- Aeroflex Laboratories Inc. has received orders from three fiber optic systems manufacturers to provide thin-film products, microelectronic assemblies and RF modules used in 10 Gb and higher fiber optic systems. The total...

Nortel Signs $155 Million Fiber Deal with Savvis Sep 15, 2000 — TORONTO, Sept 18 -- Nortel Networks Corp. will supply fiber optic products to Savvis Communications Corp., an IP network service provider based in Herndon, Va., in a deal worth an estimated $155 million. Nortel will supply its long-haul network...

EXFO Provides Fiber Test Installation for Bestel Sep 14, 2000 — QUEBEC CITY, Quebec, Canada, Sept. 14 -- EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering Inc. has installed a remote fiber test system (RFTS) for Bestel S.A. de C.V., a Mexican telecommunications service provider.BR>EXFO has provided Bestel with 18 RTUs that...

Alliance Fiber Optic Products Files IPO Sep 12, 2000 — SUNNYVALE, Calif., Sept 11 -- Alliance Fiber Optic Products Inc. has filed for an initial public offering. Alliance seeks to collect close to $86 million through the stock offering.The net proceeds of the IPO will be used for corporate purposes...

Level 3 Completes Ring 1 of European Fiber Net Sep 11, 2000 — BROOMFIELD, Colo., Sept. 11 -- Level 3 Communications Inc. has completed the installation of fiber in Ring 1 of its European fiber optic network, and has finished installing conduits on the 4750-mile inter-city network as well. By installing a...

StockerYale to Construct Fiber Optic Preform Facility Sep 6, 2000 — SALEM, N.H., Sept. 6 -- StockerYale Inc. will construct a new facility specifically designed to house three Modified Chemical Vapor Deposition (MCVD) systems the company recently purchased. The facility will be located next to StockerYale's...

KPNQwest Chosen for Fibernet's European Network Sep 5, 2000 — HOOFDDORP, Netherlands, Sept. 5 - KPNQwest has agreed to provide Fibernet, a telecommunications provider based in the UK, with up to 6800 km of fiber along with co-location facilities on KPNQwest's high speed fiber optic EuroRings network. The...

Newport Acquires Unique Equipment Co. to Bolster Fiber Optics Solutions Sep 5, 2000 — IRVINE, Calif. - Sept. 5 -- Newport Corp. has announced the acquisition of Unique Equipment Co., a Chandler Ariz.-based systems integrator specializing in the use of robotics for the fiber optics and semiconductor industries. Unique Equipment's...

Metromedia Fiber Network to Provide Fiber Infrastructure to Telseon Sep 1, 2000 — NEW YORK, Sept. 1 -- Metromedia Fiber Network Inc. will lease dark fiber to Telseon, a metro area Internet infrastructure provider based in Denver, Colo. The agreement allows Telseon access to Metromedia Fiber Network's infrastructure to provide...

Fiber Optek to Engineer Boston-Washington Network Aug 31, 2000 — WAPPINGERS FALLS, NY, Aug. 31 -- Fiber Optek has been given a contract to design, construct, engineer and acquire right-of-way for a Boston to Washington, D.C., fiber optic telecommunications network by Global Lightwave Holdings Inc. Global...

HEI Gets First Fiber Alignment Order Aug 25, 2000 — MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 25 -- HEI Inc., designer and manufacturer of ultraminiature microelectronic devices, has obtained a production order to align fiber optic devices for a major multinational customer. The order is to extend over a period of several...

Level 3 Picks Corning's New Fiber for Multi-Conduit Network Aug 25, 2000 — BROOMFIELD, Colo., Aug. 25 -- Level 3 Communications Inc., a global communications and information services company with metropolitan networks in 56 US and 21 international markets, has signed a letter of intent to buy more than two million cabled...

DataCom Reports Fiber Optic Conduit Agreement Aug 23, 2000 — IUKA, Miss., Aug. 23 -- North American DataCom Inc. has purchased more than one thousand miles of fiber optic conduit to add to its ongoing broadband fiber optic and wireless distribution network within the southeastern US. The fiber will connect...

FiberCore Receives Contracts from South America Aug 21, 2000 — CHARLTON, Mass., Aug. 21 -- FiberCore Inc. has received $39 million in new orders from existing South American customers. FiberCore will fill the orders for its single mode optical fiber starting this year and continue production throughout 2002...

FiberNet Adds $7.5 Million Placement with Nortel Aug 16, 2000 — NEW YORK, Aug. 16 -- FiberNet Telecom Group Inc. has received another $7.5 million private placement of 8 percent convertible preferred stock at a price of $12 per share from Nortel Networks. This brings Nortel Networks' total investments in...

RSL Subsidiary Activates Barcelona and Valencia Fiber Aug 11, 2000 — MADRID, Spain, Aug. 11 -- ALO Comunicaciones S.A., a subsidiary of RSL Communications Ltd., has activated the initial phase of its fiber optic metropolitan area networks in Barcelona and Valencia. The networks will eventually link customers to ALO's...

Israeli Fiber Start-Up Accumulates $7 Million Aug 7, 2000 — JERUSALEM, Aug 7 -- Lambda Crossing, an Israeli fiber optic company, has raised $7 million in private investments. Investors included the venture capital arm of Lucent Technologies Inc., Garage.com and Israeli venture funds Gemini and Star Seed....

KMI Predicts Transpacific Undersea Systems Will Surpass Transatlantic Jul 27, 2000 — NEWPORT, R.I., July 27 -- KMI Corp., a Rhode Island-based consulting firm specializing in the fiber optics and telecommunications markets, reported that more than $65 billion will be invested in undersea fiber optic systems worldwide by 2003....

Lucent Unit Reports First New York-to-Los Angeles Fiber Video Link Jul 27, 2000 — NEW YORK, July 27 -- GeoVideo Networks Inc., a Lucent Technologies venture, has completed its previously announced transcontinental fiber-optic video Internet connection. The connection gives film, television, and business customers in New York and...

FiberCore Receives Multi-Year South American Contract Jul 25, 2000 — CHARLTON, Mass., July 25 -- FiberCore Inc., a manufacturer of optical fiber and preform for the telecommunication and data communications markets, has received a new order for single-mode optical fiber worth $7.4 million from a current customer....

Carrier1 Lights German Fiber Optic Ring Jul 21, 2000 — ZURICH, Switzerland, July 21 -- Carrier1 International SA has completed and put into operation its German fiber optic network. The Carrier1 German ring encompasses 2370 km and connects 14 cities in Germany, with a direct connection from the cities...

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