MEXICO CITY, Dec. 29 -- Telefonos de Mexico (Telmex) has reached a deal with Alestra (49 percent o... | CHARLOTTE, NC, Dec. 29 -- The BFGoodrich Co., a supplier of aerospace and industrial products, has... |
FREMONT, Calif., Dec. 29 -- AXT Inc. will discontinue its laser diode and consumer product lines i... | KANSAS CITY, Mo. Dec. 28 -- KLT Telecom Inc., a unit of Kansas City Power & Light Co., will acquir... |
IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 28 -- In an all-stock transaction aimed at increasing its technology access a... | BLACKWOOD, N.J., Dec. 28 -- Metrologic Instruments Inc., a maker of barcode scanning systems, will... |
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Dec. 28 -- NDC Automation Inc., provider of products for creating and servicing a... | CHARLTON, Mass., Dec. 25 -- FiberCore, a manufacturer of optical fiber and preform for the telecom... |
WALTHAM, Mass., Dec. 25 -- Marconi Ventures, the corporate venture capital fund of Marconi plc, ha... | ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 25 -- SurgiLight Inc., a developer of UV lasers and IR technologies, has agree... |
WALTHAM, Mass., Dec. 25 -- Marconi Ventures, the corporate venture capital fund of Marconi plc, ha... | QUEBEC CITY, Dec. 22 -- EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering Inc., a designer and manufacturer of fibe... |
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 22 -- Plummer Precision Optics Co., now known as Blue Jaunte Co., will have to ... | TORONTO, Dec 22 -- Nortel Networks Corp., an Internet and communications company, will supply Gian... |
QUEBEC CITY, Dec. 22 -- EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering Inc., a designer and manufacturer of fibe... | SUNNYVALE, Calif., Dec. 22 -- Alliance Fiber Optic Products Inc., a supplier of fiber optic compon... |
NEW YORK, Dec. 21 -- In a move to get a foothold in the urban telecommunications market, Ciena Cor... | SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 21 -- Because of a longer-than-expected regulatory approval process, JDS Un... |
TOKYO, Dec. 21 -- Vodafone Group, a British telecommunications company, has agreed to buy a 15 per... | VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada, Dec. 20 -- The first direct fiber optic connection between th... |
MURRAY HILL, N.J., Dec. 20 -- In its bid to move resources closer to customers, Lucent Technologie... | IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 20 -- Newport Corp., designer of components for the fiber optic communication... |
MILWAUKEE, Dec. 20 -- LEDs originally developed for commercial plant growth by NASA have been foun... | IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 20 -- Newport Corp., designer of components for the fiber optic communication... |
WAYLAND, Mass., Dec. 19 -- Candela Corp., a developer and manufacturer of aesthetic laser solution... | ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. 19 -- The Committee for Proprietary Medicinal Products of the European Medicine... |
TOKYO, Dec 18 -- Rohm Co. Ltd., A manufacturer of semiconductors based in Japan, will form a techn... | MUNICH, Germany, Dec. 19 -- EOS GmbH, a European manufacturer of rapid prototyping systems, has fi... |
CORNING, N.Y., Dec. 19 -- Corning Inc. will build its next optical fiber manufacturing facility i... | YOKNEAM, Israel, Dec. 18 -- OpusDent Ltd., a subsidiary of ESC Medical Systems Ltd., has received ... |
SALEM, N.H., Dec. 18 -- Citing the continuous growth of the Internet, StockerYale Inc. has decided... | BEIJING, Dec. 18 -- Lucent Technologies has landed an $8 million contract to provide optical n... |
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada, Dec. 18 -- 360networks, provider of broadband network and col... | SALEM, N.H., Dec. 18 -- Citing the continuous growth of the Internet, StockerYale Inc. has decided... |
QUEBEC, Canada, Dec. 15 -- Citing the success of its fiber optic test, measurement and monitoring ... | STANFORD, Calif., Dec. 15 -- Duke and Stanford universities will receive $25 million each fro... |
VAUDREUIL-DORION, Quebec, Canada, Dec. 15 -- Alfalight Inc., a start-up company that provides diod... | SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 15 -- McKessonHBOC Medical Group has received the exclusive distribution ri... |
STANFORD, Calif., Dec. 15 -- Duke and Stanford universities will receive $25 million each fro... | NATICK, Mass., Dec. 14 -- Cognex Corp.’s board of directors has said that the company may... |
CORNING, N.Y., Dec. 14 -- Corning Inc. bought 90 percent of Pirelli SpA’s optical... | CORNING, N.Y., Dec. 14 -- Corning Inc. bought 90 percent of Pirelli SpA’s optical... |
CAMPINAS, Brazil, Dec. 14 -- Lucent Technologies will provide engineering, maintenance and operati... | ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Dec. 13 -- LightPath Technologies Inc., manufacturer of collimator assemblies a... |
TABY, Sweden, Dec. 13 -- Micronic Laser Systems AB, developers of laser pattern generators for the... | MEXICO CITY, Dec. 13 -- The ongoing dispute between Telmex, AT&T and WorldCom may have to be settl... |
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Dec. 13 -- LightPath Technologies Inc., manufacturer of collimator assemblies a... | AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Dec. 12 -- Cisco Systems Inc. has provided Telecom New Zealand with dense ... |
RALEIGH, N.C., Dec. 12 -- Corning Inc. will spend $450 million to expand its Cabarrus County fiber... | WARWICK, R.I., Dec. 12 -- Laser Fare ATG, a member of Infinite Group’s Laser and Photonics... |
AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Dec. 12 -- Cisco Systems Inc. has provided Telecom New Zealand with dense ... | BROOMFIELD, Colo., Dec. 11 -- By making a full transceiver link with a 1.3µm vertical-cavity... |
BINGHAMTON, NY, Dec. 11 -- Semiconductor Laser International Corp. (SLI) has settled its lawsuit a... | NEW YORK, Dec. 11 -- Citing a desire to expand its distribution of fiber optic conduit systems to ... |
BROOMFIELD, Colo., Dec. 11 -- By making a full transceiver link with a 1.3µm vertical-cavity... | OTTAWA, Dec. 11 -- EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering Inc. has received a $1 million contract fr... |
COSTA MESA, Calif., Dec. 11 -- Emulex announced that it will pay $645 million to acquire Gigan... | CORNING, N.Y., Dec. 8 -- Roger Ackerman, the man who is credited with putting Corning Inc. on the ... |
OTTAWA, Canada, Dec. 8 -- GT Group Telecom Inc. will expand its high-speed fiber optic network in ... | HAIFA, Israel, Dec. 8 -- Electro-Optics Industries Ltd. (El-Op), a subsidiary of Elbit Systems Ltd... |
KANATA, Ontario, Dec. 8 -- Because of a delay in the development of a high-power laser system for ... | SHANGHAI, China, Dec. 7 -- China’s telecommunications service industry has seen its first... |
NEW YORK, Dec. 7 -- Lucent Technologies plans to spin off another business as an independent compa... | PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 7 -- Electro Scientific Industries Inc., supplier of production equipment to ... |
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Dec. 7 -- Citing the need to increase sales and achieve profitability, Eclipse ... | SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 7 -- As a result of its joint venture with Japan-based Photron Inc., th... |
NEW YORK, Dec. 7 -- Lucent Technologies plans to spin off another business as an independent compa... | CANTON, Mass., Dec. 7 -- Robotic Vision Systems Inc.’s Semiconductor Equipment Group has... |
PLANO, Texas, Dec. 6 -- With the hopes of launching research projects that will solve bottlenecks ... | SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 6 -- SDL Inc., provider of laser equipment for sending multiple light signa... |
CORNING, N.Y., Dec. 6 -- Because of its increasingly large role in the optical networking industry... | IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 6 -- Trimedyne Inc. has acquired Mobile Surgical Technologies Inc., a Dallas-... |
CORNING, N.Y., Dec. 6 -- Because of its increasingly large role in the optical networking industry... | TORRANCE, Calif., Dec. 5 -- Intelligent Optical Systems Inc. (IOS) has joined with Zellweger Analy... |
HOLLISTON, Mass., Dec. 5 -- Zygo TeraOptix Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Zygo Corp., has fini... | SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 1 -- Paradigm Medical Industries Inc. has begun shipping its photon laser sys... |
BINGHAMTON, N.Y., Dec. 1 -- Semiconductor Laser International Corp. (SLI) has signed a contract wi... | STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Dec. 1 -- Saab Training Systems, based in Huskvarna, Sweden, has been chosen by... |
TOKYO, Dec. 1 -- In a move to establish its IMT-2000 mobile communications system and related mobi... | VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada, Dec. 1 -- Canada’s first seamless coast-to-coast fiber... |
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Building on its wide-bandwidth, wide-angle, high-reflectivity dielectric mirror,... | MUNICH, Germany -- Monitoring the exhaust plumes from industrial activities such as power generation... |
HOLMDEL, N.J. -- A researcher at Lucent Technologies Inc.’s Bell Labs has taken a working... | Major optical fiber manufacturers have invested $2.6 billion in plant expansions that will nearly do... |
Alcatel of Paris has demonstrated 5.12-Tb/s transmission over 300 km of its TeraLight optical fiber.... | OTTAWA -- Hungry for high-end wavelength measurement and positioning tools, Exfo Electro-Optical Eng... |
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