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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 how to use light for communication instead of bulky copper wire while working at ITT's Standard Telecommunications Laboratories in the 1960s. In 1970, Maurer headed a team of Corning Inc. researchers that designed and produced the first optical fiber....

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...

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...

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...

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...

Metromedia Fiber to Buy AboveNet Jun 25, 1999 — NEW YORK, NY, June 25 -- Metromedia Fiber Network Inc. has agreed to acquire AboveNet Communications Inc., a supplier of managed Internet services, in a stock swap worth about $1.55 billion. Under the terms of the acquisition, which is expected to...

Four Firms Agree on Fiber-to-the-Home Specs Jun 23, 1999 — ATLANTA, GA, June 23 -- Four major telecommunications companies -- BellSouth, British Telecommunications (BT), France Telecom (FT) and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. (NTT) -- have developed a common technical specification that should hasten...

Metromedia Fiber Expanding into London & Amsterdam Jun 18, 1999 — NEW YORK, NY, June 18 -- Metromedia Fiber Network, Inc. plans to build local high-density fiber optic networks in the metropolitan areas of London and Amsterdam. The company will deploy more than 32,400 fiber kilometers in London to cover in excess...

Bell Atlantic, Metromedia Fiber Reach Agreement Jun 15, 1999 — NEW YORK, NY, June 15 -- Metromedia Fiber Network, Inc. and Bell Atlantic have signed an agreement under which Metromedia Fiber Network (MFN) will implement dark fiber connectivity within all Bell Atlantic central offices. This accord, a first for...

New Fiber Optek Division Eyes Faster Networks Jun 11, 1999 — WAPPINGERS FALLS, NY, June 11 -- Fiber Optek Interconnect Corp. is forming a new division to develop technology to increase the capacity of existing communications infrastructures. Such a boost could be achieved by converting global telephone...

Metromedia Fiber Awards Lucent $100 Million Contract Jun 9, 1999 — MURRAY HILL, NJ, June 9 -- Lucent Technologies has signed agreements valued at more than $100 million with Metromedia Fiber Network, Inc. for deployment of TrueWave RS Fibre throughout the US and Europe. Under the terms of the contract Lucent will...

Fiber Optic Ring Around Africa Planned Jun 8, 1999 — NEW YORK, NY, June 8 -- Africa ONE, an independent telecommunications network, announced that it will link the countries of Africa to one another and to growing global broadband telecommunication networks. S.G. Fassoulis, chairman of Africa ONE,...

BellSouth Plans Fiber-Optic Test Jun 3, 1999 — ATLANTA, Georgia, June 3 -- BellSouth Corp. will test a new fiber-optic data line at 400 suburban Atlanta homes this fall as part of the company's plan to provide affordable high-speed Internet access. The fiber-optic line should transmit data...

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